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Chess Travel: June 2016
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Thursday, June 30, 2016. 2016 The Riviera Demolition - Flashback: 2008 Las Vegas National Open. June 2016: The Riviera. Recently we stumbled upon some riveting news from Las Vegas. The famed. Hotel and casino has been demolished by implosion. It has been one of those time-honored. Http:/ www.inquisitr.com/3220066/another-las-vegas-landmark-vanishes-riviera-hotel-casino-demolished. June 2008: The Riviera. Very big guys were playing:. Naomi had just turned 5 and didn't yet even know how to play chess!
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Chess Travel: Media Star Naomi
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Monday, January 2, 2017. Victory has a thousand. After becoming the World School Chess Champion, Naomi has turned into a media star of sorts. Oh, the burden of fame! On December 30, 2016, the. With Lili Tan interviewed Naomi and her coach GM Greg Serper for the TV, just an hour and a half after we landed home from the. Photo and video album of KING 5 News TV interview with Naomi and Serper. That interview resulted in a January 3, 2017 KING 5 News TV segment, in three forms here:. Happy New Year everybody!
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Chess Travel: December 2015
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Thursday, December 31, 2015. Viva Las Vegas, for the fourth time. a bit repetitive? At the end of the year the North American Open chess tournament is up again at Bally's Las Vegas, though this time we fly, no more adventurous/tedious driving like previous times. Naomi played in the Under 2100 Section and took 4 points out of 7, which is a good result. Her chess rating grew from 1983 to 2006, crossing the 2000 line for the first time! Here are the photo albums from our trip to Las Vegas:.
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Chess Travel: April 2016
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Saturday, April 30, 2016. All-Girls National Chess Championship in Chicago. Chicago, Chicago, Chicago! All-Girls National Chess Championship 2016. All-Girls US Chess Championship. In Chicago is a venerable tradition for us. Naomi has played there. In 2012 - Under 8 - second place,. In 2013 - Under 10 -. In 2015 - Under 12 -. And now in 2016 we threw her to the lions -. Which expectedly was a great learning experience for her ;-) with. 35 points out of 6 and 10th place Under 18. Which is 8 minutes. To rid...
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Chess Travel: September 2015
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Oregon Open in Portland. In Portland, weirdness is an industry. 65th Annual Oregon Open. Chess tournament was held on September 5-7, 2015 in the Lloyd Center DoubleTree Hilton hotel in Portland, Oregon. As Naomi prepares for the coming World Youth Chess Championship in Halkidiki, Greece in October 2015, this Oregon Open tournament is a good opportunity to hone her battle skills. On the first day Naomi lost the first game to a. Been to Portland before. An old navy submarine.
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Chess Travel: July 2016
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Monday, July 25, 2016. Pan-American Youth Chess Championship 2016. 161;Montevideo, Uruguay! Back in May, the US Chess Federation informed us that. Naomi and Ethan will be the US Official Representatives in their categories (Girls U14 and Open U18) at the Pan-American Youth Chess Championship in. Uruguay, July 24-31, 2016. This means they are partly compensated for accommodation and travel. For cheapskates like us this was the last straw, now we. Monument in front of. July 22 - Day 1. July 22 - Day 1:.
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Chess Travel: October 2016
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Sunday, October 23, 2016. Vancouver WA Open chess tournament. Was played over the weekend of October 22-23, 2016, in the. And the colorful Saturday Market. On Saturday and took 2 half‐point byes on Sunday. Thus we didn't stay overnight, just drove there early Saturday morning and drove back home late at night. Naomi won Rounds 1 and 3, and lost Round 2 to. National Master USCF rating 2200. As the result, congratulations! After glancing through the small. This is the ". In 1937, their plan was to fly from...
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Chess Travel: Pan-American Youth Chess Championship, Brazil again!
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Monday, August 12, 2013. Pan-American Youth Chess Championship, Brazil again! Naomi becomes Pan-American Co-Champion! 2013 Pan-American Youth Chess Championship in Brazil. In the Girls Under 10 category, Naomi. Tied for first place. With a Bolivian girl, 8 points out of 9, and got second place by the first tie-break, while all 3 other tie-breaks were in Naomi’s favor. Thus, Naomi becomes. And gets FIDE title of Woman Candidate Master (WCM)! And Ethan plays great, beating players with FIDE ratings 2000.
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Chess Travel: Pan-American Youth Championship
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Monday, July 21, 2014. Mexico places just fly off the tongue: Oaxtepec, Tlayacapan, Cuernavaca, Teotihuacan! On July 10 - 17, 2014, both Ethan and Naomi played for the US team at the Pan-American Youth Championship in Oaxtepec, Mexico:. Http:/ panamericanoajedrezmexico2014.com/index.php/en/. Many hundreds of young chess players from all the numerous countries of South and North America competed in 9 Swiss rounds, in 12 categories: Open and Girls - Under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18. In Round 2 Naomi won over Me...
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Chess Travel: October 2015
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Friday, October 16, 2015. World Youth in Greece. In Greece, Naomi takes 16th place on the Chess Olympus! In the Goddesses Under 12 category) Plus: Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Acropolis, the Aegean Sea. World Youth Chess Championship. On 24 October - 6 November 2015 in Porto Carras, Halkidiki, Greece, Naomi. Played for the USA. Girls Under 12 category. Flight Seattle-Frankfurt-Thessaloniki. Photos:. First evening in Thessaloniki. From our Andromeda Hotel, we took a seaside walk to the. Of Hungary. Before...
