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At the North American Open in Las Vegas (Dec.26-29), GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM David Pruess tied for first with 6/7 each.
After three rounds of the Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship (Miami, Dec.27-30), four teams have perfect scores: UTD A, UTD B, UMBC A, and Stanford. IM John Bartholomew reports.
The U.S. Chess League added two new teams for the 2008 season, the Chicago Blaze and the Arizona Scorpions. Off season action also includes a Game of the Year contest. Web-editor Jennifer Shahade is one of the judges.
The Pan-American Championship in Miami, Florida kicked off Thursday. Look for blogging by University of Texas at Dallas student IM John Bartholomew. Two major Swisses, The North American in Vegas and the Eastern Open in DC are also heating up the holidays...
Up for grabs in CLO's Holiday Chess Trivia quiz are book prizes, including a signed copy of "King's Gambit" by Paul Hoffman. Answers and winners now published! Congrats to 1st place winner, Jon Leisner.
University of Texas at Dallas business student IM Davorin Kuljasevic won his first GM norm at the UTD Invitational. Davorin annotates two of his games and tells CLO where he wants to go in chess and in business.
In IM Josh Friedel's second report on his European adventures, our 2007 Samford Scholar reports on the Bad Wiessee Open in Germany. Josh writes about losing with a rook vs. a knight, beating the "Mad Dog" and what he plans to do to get into top form.
World Youth coach GM Joel Benjamin 
In an inspiring article, International Correspondence Master Bart Gibbons takes a 64-square tour through chess history, looking for the best moves on each square. Read, solve and feel free to disagree about his choices! Pictured to the left is Bart's favorite of the 64.
