National Open Las Vegas
This week Lawrence looks at the annual tournament in Las Vegas, which was recently won by GM Cristian Chirila who took home the "Edmondson Cup" and the first prize of USD $8,000.
Chirila scored 6.0 / 7, a half point ahead of Dariusz Swiercz, Illia Nyzhnyk and Nikola Mitkov.
But first a warm-up:
Trent vs Grezels, Porticcio Open
A nice combination here allows White to play for two results.
This week
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