Las Vegas Chess festival - OzChess

**Superbear** · 08-25-2010, 01:54 PM

It is of the type of National Open and carries $100,000 prize fund. In 1983 Fred Gruenberg brought it to Las Vegas. June 10-12 2011, next festival.

**Ehm TO** · 08-30-2010, 05:50 AM

Yay! Time to get wasted and find some prostitutes

**zatoichi** · 01-07-2011, 11:09 AM

I have been to a few Goichberg tournaments.

The pairings are sound. The general administration is good.

But the one thing you should expect are sandbaggers. What we call sandbaggers in the USA are those players who have a rating that is much lower than their real ratiing.

In the 1996 World Open, the winners of the under 1600 section were experts in correspondence chess. In 1997 the winner of that same under 1600 section was a kid who was rated expert by the end of the year.

This tournament is not likely to be as competitive. But you should expect that there will be a number of players who will have prepared as well as they can to get a good result. Looking at the calender this tournament falls a couple weeks before the World Open in Philadelphia. These two tournaments along with the Continental Open are two class/big prize fund events that attract a certain type of mercenary element.

Outside of being as polite as one can to one's opponent, my advise is to stay positive and expect tough games, particularly if you continue to win.

08-25-2010, 01:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Superbear Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 39 ICC Handle: Superbear	Las Vegas Chess festival It is of the type of National Open and carries $100,000 prize fund. In 1983 Fred Gruenberg brought it to Las Vegas. June 10-12 2011, next festival.

08-30-2010, 05:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ehm TO Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 314	Yay! Time to get wasted and find some prostitutes __________________ Camel - Welcome to flavour country!

01-07-2011, 11:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
zatoichi Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 15	Generally speaking whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas I have been to a few Goichberg tournaments. The pairings are sound. The general administration is good. But the one thing you should expect are sandbaggers. What we call sandbaggers in the USA are those players who have a rating that is much lower than their real ratiing. In the 1996 World Open, the winners of the under 1600 section were experts in correspondence chess. In 1997 the winner of that same under 1600 section was a kid who was rated expert by the end of the year. This tournament is not likely to be as competitive. But you should expect that there will be a number of players who will have prepared as well as they can to get a good result. Looking at the calender this tournament falls a couple weeks before the World Open in Philadelphia. These two tournaments along with the Continental Open are two class/big prize fund events that attract a certain type of mercenary element. Outside of being as polite as one can to one's opponent, my advise is to stay positive and expect tough games, particularly if you continue to win.

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