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UNLV Grand Prix Tournament vol.2 for Games and Details from the tournament

UNLV Grand Prix Tournament vol.2 for Scores (Grand Prix points) and Standings

2010 Silver State Invitational for games, scores, standings, and details from the tournament

Tournament News from UNLV, Clark County, and USCF around Nevada

Calendar for ALL event details

UNLV Chess Club Grand Prix 2nd Tournament for Spring 2010 starts on March 6

Starting from March 6, 2010, UNLV Chess Club will host UNLV Chess Club Grand Prix Tournament vol. 2. The games will be USCF rated and will run through every Saturdays till the end of Semester.
The Grand Prix tournament will hold nice surprises for its top 10 players!
The tournament will be held at the Student Union. Registrations for each round will end at 1:45pm. Rounds will begin at 2:00pm.
You must be a member of the USCF to participate in the rated games. To sign up as a member go to www.uschess.org
Click Here for more details

Spring 2010 Meetings start on Feb 18, Thursday from 2:30pm till 5:00pm

Our new regular meeting days will be Thursdays from 2:30pm till 5:00pm starting from Feb 18. Please check the calendar for more details about meetings. Mostly meetings will be in room 218 but there are couple of exceptions, so please make sure you check the calendar. You can stop by anytime during the meeting to have a casual game, discuss some games, learn chess, have fun!...
We will have BLITZ on the same day! ;)

UNLV Chess Club Spring 2010 Meetings on Tuesdays are CANCELLED

I have to cancel reservation for Tuesdays due to low attendance, I will pick another day and time and I'll keep you updated, till then please check the calendar for accurate information about the meetings.

Southern Nevada Invitational Tournament started on January 11!

The Clark County and UNLV Chess Clubs Round-Robin Tournament with 8 players began January 11, 2010 and will run through the next 7 Mondays. It will be a Round-Robin event held at the Clark County Chess Club.
The tournament will be held at the Clark County Chess Club (2040 W. Charleston, 6th floor, of the University of Nevada School of Medicine Building). Rounds will begin at 7pm.
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Clark County Chess Club Tournament started on January 7!

The Clark County Chess Club 6-Round Tournament begins January 7, 2010 and will run through the next six Thursdays. It will be a six-round event held at the Clark County Chess Club.
The tournament will be held at the Clark County Chess Club (2040 W. Charleston, 6th floor, of the University of Nevada School of Medicine Building). Rounds will begin at 7:30pm.
You must be a member of the USCF to participate. To sign up as a member go to www.uschess.org
Click Here for more details

The Game of the Month!

Brilliant Game posted by Sean...

2009 North American Open U1000 Champion is Sean!

As UNLV Chess Club, we were at North American Open Chess Tournament (Dec 26-29) at Bally's and Sean got the 1st place with no losts and no draws! Congratulations Sean ;)
Click Here for standings

An Amazing Challenge!

Congratulations
to Jacob Bard, USCF Rated Section Winner and
to Ruzlan Concepcion, Club Rated Section Winner.

And thank you all for coming and battling on the tournament. This was our first tournament with USCF Rated section (Nov 14, 2009 Saturday).
Tournament had 2 sections: USCF Rated and UNLV Chess Club Rated.
I already submitted the scores to USCF online, and I have updated Club ratings.
Click Here to see details about the tournament.
And Click Here to see the standings and the game scores.

The Game of the Tournament!

Brilliant Game by Jacob and Edmund...

UNLV Chess Club working with Clark County Chess Club

We are now sibling club for Clark County Chess Club. With their mentorship, our club will achive more. Thank you all.

UNLV Chess Club is now USCF Affiliated

Our Club is now USCF Affiliated, which means we are nationally recognized! Check here!
What is more, we will get monthly Chess Life Magazines.
AND you can be a USCF member through UNLV Chess Club and get reimbursments. Please contact us for details at info@unlvchess.com

Tournament Champion Sean!

We just had a great tournament with amazing challenges. Thank you all for joining.
And Sean got the trophie for this one too! We congratulate him ;) For final standings please Click Here

Blitz Tournament Champion Sean!

We just had a great blitz tournament during Student Involvement Fair. Thank you all for joining.
And Sean got the trophie without losing a single game! We congratulate him ;) For final standings please Click Here

UNLV Chess Club is now at unlvchess.com

Our new domain is on-air! easily go to unlvchess.com anytime

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UNLV Chess Tournament Spring '09 has been finalized!

Check out the moments from the tournament!

Our tournament champion is Jacob! - Congratulations, Jacob!

UNLV Chess Tournament Spring 2008 (click for detailed results)


  1. Jacob Bard - the Champion of the Tournament
    Jacob Bard

  2. Mehmet James Bayburt - Second Place
    Mehmet "James" Bayburt

  3. Sean Crozier - Third Place
    Sean Crozier

A Blitz tournament was held at the end of the tournament. And Sean became champion on the Blitz. Sean took your revenge ;)

the Blitz champion is Sean! - Congratulations, Sean!

UNLV Chess Blitz Tournament #2 (click for detailed results)

  1. Sean Crozier
    Sean Crozier - the Champion of Blitz
  2. Jacob Bard
  3. Mehmet James Bayburt

UNLV Chess Club is at Facebook!

Now we are oficially at Facebook now, feel free to join us at Facebook for discussions, events, news, an all... Click Here!

Tournament News!

You can now follow the tournament news here at unlvchess.com

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UNLV Chess Tournament Fall '08 has been finalized!

Check out the moments from the tournament!

Our First champion is Jacob! - Congratulations all for Jacob!

UNLV Chess Tournament Fall 2008 (click for detailed results)


  1. Jacob Bard - the Champion of the Tournament and Blitz
    Jacob Bard

  2. Mehmet James Bayburt - Second Place
    Mehmet "James" Bayburt

  3. Sean Crozier - Third Place
    Sean Crozier

Tournament was interesting and breath taking but participation was unfortunately not as high as we expected. Though we enjoyed it!

A Blitz tournament was held on the last day. And the champion remained champion on the Blitz too:

the Blitz champion is Jacob! - Congratulations again all for Jacob!

UNLV Chess Blitz Tournament #1 (click for detailed results)

  1. Jacob Bard
    Jacob Bard - the Champion of the Tournament and Blitz
  2. David Foshee
  3. Sean Crozier