1/5/2020 – Close to a hundred chess players spent the last days of 2019 participating in the 29th edition of the North American Open at the Bally's Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Hovhannes Gabuzyan and Zviad Izoria finished atop the standings on 7 out of 9 — Gabuzyan took home the bonus prize money reserved for the winner, as he had a higher score in the second tiebreak criterion. GM RUIFENG LI sent us a report with expert analyses and a selection of noteworthy games. | Photos: Crystal Jiuzhou Gu

3/1/2013 –  Recently GM Timur Gareev of Uzbekistan went on an extended tour, mostly on motorbike, that took him to Mexico City, San Diego, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, the Hawaiian Islands and Las Vegas, where he won the North American Open with an undefeated 8.0/9 score. To our recent report on this event we now add some tour pictures and a nicely annotated game from Vegas.