Glenn Panner – Las Vegas International Chess Festival https://www.vegaschess.com The Chess Vacation of the Year! Fri, 07 Jun 2024 02:26:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.vegaschess.com/wp03/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-lvcf-icon-32x32.png Glenn Panner – Las Vegas International Chess Festival https://www.vegaschess.com 32 32 Special Guests https://www.vegaschess.com/2024/special-guests/ https://www.vegaschess.com/2024/special-guests/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2024 17:22:00 +0000 https://www.vegaschess.com/?p=4659 We have been receiving some questions about who will be some of our special guests at the event, and in the coming weeks we will have a comprehensive list. Right now, we can tell you that GM Ben Finegold and GM Kayden Troff will be there as will Ben Johnson from the Perpetual Chess Podcast, popular streamer Boston Mike will be looking to take on all comers in blitz, and there will be others!

]]> https://www.vegaschess.com/2024/special-guests/feed/ 5 Checks https://www.vegaschess.com/2023/checks/ https://www.vegaschess.com/2023/checks/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 03:38:49 +0000 https://www.vegaschess.com/?p=4474 We understand that some of the checks issued to prize winners had a misprint that is preventing the banks from cashing them. We are sorry for this inconvenience, if you are impacted by this, please contact us at contact@vegaschessfestival.com so that we may get your hard earned winnings to you ASAP. UPDATE AS OF 6/30, most of the checks have been mailed out, with the remainder scheduled to go out this weekend. As a reminder, if you received a check that has this mistake, you need to let us know or else we assume you received one of the checks that was fine.

]]> https://www.vegaschess.com/2023/checks/feed/ 0 Meet IM Eric Rosen at the Las Vegas Chess Festival https://www.vegaschess.com/2023/meet-im-eric-rosen-at-the-las-vegas-chess-festival/ https://www.vegaschess.com/2023/meet-im-eric-rosen-at-the-las-vegas-chess-festival/#comments Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:03:37 +0000 https://www.vegaschess.com/?p=4234

We are thrilled to have IM and streamer Eric joining us again this year. Eric will be the guest host of our youth events. All of our festival participants will get a chance to meet him as he will also be part of a meet and greet, play blitz against all comers, and be a part of other events to be announced. Stay tuned for more details.

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