Saturday, May 25, 2013

2013 National Open in Las Vegas Getting Ready to Rock 'n Roll!

Note to self, next trip I plan to LV, make sure it's while this tournament is running!  I wanna see it in action!

The National Open (Open prizes guaranteed at $80,000), June 6 - 9, 2013 at the venerable Riviera Hotel.  I have fond memories of the Riviera, stayed there several times during my visits to Las Vegas, including in 1999 when I watched the FIDE World Championship Knock-Out tournament at Casesar's Palace -- the first and last time I saw Judit Polgar in action live!  The memory still thrills...

The big guns registered thus far (who have their eyes set on clear first place in the Open and the guaranteed $6,500 first place prize): 

1 2728 GM Wesley So CAN
2 2698 GM 2620 Ray Robson MO
3 2687 GM 2585 Aleksandr Lenderman NY

Holy Hathor! Wesley So now plays for Canada?!  Thus far, 60 players are pre-registered for the Open.  I am very fond of Ray Robson, a native son, and I absolutely adore Alex Lenderman, whom I "met" when I read the wonderful book "The Kings of New York."  There is just something about him that touches my heart, don't know what it is and no, darlings, it's not a sexual thing, LOL!  I'm old enough to be his grandma :)  I do think he's cute, though.

There are several chess femmes pre-registered for the Open as well:

2407 WGM 2280 Tatev Abrahamyan CA
2267 WFM 2103 Patrycja Anna Labedz TX
2243 WFM 2098 Sarah Chiang TX
2212 WIM 2181 Paloma Gutierrez AZ

Abrahamyan is coming off another good performance at the recently-concluded U.S. Women's Chess Championship in St. Louis, Missouri; Sarah Chiang also premiered in the U.S. Women's Chess Championship this year.  She performed better in the second half, once she got her chess legs underneath her.  Here's the final cross-table from that event:

Cross table after round 9

RankNameRating12345678910Score
1IM Krush, Irina2470x1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8.0
2IM Zatonskih, Anna24660 x½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
3WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev22800 ½ x1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6.5
4WIM Zenyuk, Iryna22430 0 0 x½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 4.5
5WGM Baginskaite, Camilla2278½ 0 0 ½ x1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4.5
6WGM Foisor, Sabina2300½ 0 0 0 0 x0 1 1 1 3.5
7WGM Belakovskaia, Anjelina22630 0 0 ½ ½ 1 x0 1 0 3.0
8WFM Kats, Alena21440 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 x0 ½ 3.0
9WFM Chiang, Sarah20980 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 x1 2.5
10WIM Ni, Viktorija22620 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 x2.0

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