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Club Championship Qualifier Round 4 February 5!
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Silver State Chess Association
presents
2026 Northern Nevada State Seniors Championship
March 6-8 2026
Mathewson Bridge Center
125 West Plumb Lane
Reno, NV 89509
Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/event/NNV2026Seniors
Swiss 5 Rounds Game/90+30
Note: Players must be age 50+ prior to Aug 3, 2026.
Players must reside in Nevada in one of the following counties and have their eligible address on file with USCF: Washoe, Humbolt, Elko, Pershing, Storey, Churchill, Lander, Eureka, White Pine, Lyon, Douglas, Mineral and the independent city of Carson City.
Southern Nevada residents should register for the Southern Nevada State Seniors Championship in a separate tournament.
Schedule: (all rounds G/90+30)
Round 1: Friday March 6 @ 6:00 pm
Round 2: Saturday March 7 @ 12:00 pm
Round 3: Saturday March 7 @ 5:00 pm
Round 4: Sunday March 8 @ 12:00 pm
Round 5: Sunday March 8 @ 5:00 pm
Top three winners advance to the State Championship to compete against top three winners from Southern NV in a proctored online tournament to be held at the Mathewson Bridge Center on April 24-26.
Please bring boards, sets, and clocks as none are provided.
Prizes
$1000.00 with 20 paid players:
Top Prize: $500 + Trophy
Second: $350 + Trophy
Third: $150 + Trophy
Top U1900: Trophy
Top U1600: Trophy
Above cash prizes adjusted proportionally for more or fewer players.
Note: Cash prizes will be awarded following the completion of the Nevada State Seniors Championship on April 26. To receive a cash prize in the Northern NV Championship, players must play in the Nevada State Seniors Championship. If a player is unable or unwilling to play in the online Nevada State Seniors Championship, entry and cash prize will be offered to the next highest scoring player.
The winner of the Nevada State Seniors Championship will represent Nevada in the John T. Irwin Tournament of Senior State Champions on August 3-6 (TBD) in Grand Rapids, MI. Silver State Chess will provide a travel stipend of $650 upon completion of the Irwin with no forfeited games.
Maximum number of entries: 40. Registration not confirmed until payment received.
Waitlist will start if/when max entries received.
Entry fee: $99 by March 5, $115 later.
Refunds: may be requested prior to start of Round 1. $15 withheld for processing fees
Entrants may register in person and pay with cash or check at the Reno Chess Club on Thursday evenings 6-9pm before March 6 @ 8:00pm.
Maximum two half-point byes available and must be requested before Round 3 and are irrevocable
US Chess Membership is required.
Please join or renew the player’s membership at www.uschess.org before registering for the tournament.
Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/event/NNV2026Seniors
Contact info@silverstatechess.org
Round 3: Complete.
Round 3: Complete.
Round 4: Compete.
Round 4: Compete.
The Club Championship Qualifier continues February 5.
In Round 1, a pair of monumental rating-based upsets: Jason Thoel (1621) over Aastik Grover (2020) - a 399-point spread; and Larry Hillson (1226) over Akash Anumalasetty (1740) - an incredible 514-point rating difference.
One of our annual awards is for Biggest Upset, and Mr. Hillson is now a contender!
On January 21,
On January 21,
(well, actually, January 22)
(well, actually, January 22)
We Celebrated
We Celebrated
90 Years
90 Years
Rummaging through our archives, Jason Thoel, AKA He Who Should Probably Not Be Named, found the ancient document you see to your left.
We are proud to discover our history in a more precise form than we used to know it: Until Mr. Thoel found these Minutes of the first meeting of the Reno Chess Club, held in the Hearing Room of the State Library Building on January 21, 1936.
The Trowell Club was kind enough to offer a room for $15 a month, or $350 in 2026 US dollars, a fairly steep price for enjoying the use of a room once weekly.
19 years later, Mr. Wm. F. Taber won the 1955 Idaho Open with a score of 6.5/8, ahead of such players as Mrs. Piatigorsky - please see another ancient document, the Washington Chess Letter. Fans of chess history will remember the Piatigorsky Cup events from the 1960's.
Happy birthday, Reno Chess Club!
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