Would you like to represent Nevada in a national senior chess championship?
Attention all Nevada senior chess players. The US Chess Federation has announced that the 2021 US Open and all associated events, including the 4th Annual John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions, will take place this summer in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Every state, including Nevada, may nominate one player to participate in the John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions. But, due to Covid-19 restrictions, Nevada has not been able to run a senior championship this year. Even though we have no official senior state champion, we still wish to nominate a player to represent Nevada in the John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions. If you have any interest in traveling to Cherry Hill, New Jersey to represent Nevada in the John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions, please contact Nevada Chess board member Tom Brownscombe at tkbrownscombe@hotmail.com no later than noon pacific time on Wednesday, June 16th. The highest rated senior chess player who responds by noon on Wednesday, June 16 will be selected to represent Nevada in the the John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions. The John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions will be held at the Crown Plaza Philadelphia-Cherry Hill July 31-August 3. For more information about the John T. Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions, please visit new.uschess.org/irwin. For more information about the US Open and all of its side events, please visit http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2021/usopen.