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Chess Life Online 2010 April The Chess Party Begins in Irvine
Chess Life Online 2010 April The Chess Party Begins in Irvine | The Chess Party Begins in Irvine |
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| August 1, 2010 | |
The traditional schedule of the Jerry Hanken Memorial/US Open (July 31-August 8), Denker
tournament of high school champs, US Junior Girls Open and the World Chess Live Tournament
of College Champs all began Saturday night. You can watch the top boards of the Denker, TOC and the US Open live on Monroi.com. 
GM Melikset Khachiyan, Photo courtesy Monroi.com
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Dewain Barber opens the 2010 US Denker, Photo courtesy Monroi
In round one of the Denker, Stephen Mau of Hawaii upset Kevin Mo of PA and Richard Lee of NV upset Prashantha Amarasinghe of MN. 4658 4659 
Steven Zierk's pre-tournament simul featured one very tough opponent, Photo courtesy Monroi
Top seed Steven Zierk of Northern California won his game, fully recovered from what must have been a very difficult simul (see above photo). 4657 In the 1st Trophies Plus Girls Junior Open, rating favorite Simone Liao got off to a good start: 4656 The World Chess Live tournament of College Champs features four IMs and one GM, Timur Gareyev. Surprisingly, Gareyev was nicked for a draw in round against Artur Safin (2174) from Texas. 4663 Look for more coverage on CLO of the US Open in Irvine, including reports by Randy Hough, who previewed the Denker a couple days ago. |