Mitkov leads North American Open

Local Grandmaster Nikola Mitkov is tied for first with four other GMs (including Spanish super-GM Vallejo) at the North American Open at Bally's Casino Resort in Las Vegas. 

Standings are here.  FM Aleksandar Stamnov is tied for first in the Under 2300 section, and Jim Egerton has a perfect 4-0 in the Under 1900 section.

Stamnov wins All American Double Class

NM Aleksandar Stamnov scored an impressive 4½-½ to take clear first in Larry Cohen's All American Double Class, held July 2-3 in Oak Brook.  IM Angelo Young, FM Albert Chow, NM Peter Gilruth, and NM Kevin Cao tied for second, a full point back.

Zhaozhi Li and Andrew Pheasant tied for first in the A/B section with 4-1 scores.  Rudy Padilla and Jordan Nach shared B/C honors, also with 4-1.  And Andrew Hochstadt's undefeated 4-1 score was good for clear first in the E/Unrated diviision.

Crosstable here!

Scholastics and side events

Nathan Holzmuller and Leonard Liu tied for first in the Labor Day Scholastic U1200 with 4 wins and a draw.

Matthew Blanton and Sherya Mangalam shared first in the Labor Day Scholastic U700, also with 4.5 points each.

NM Audrius Macenis and NM Aleksandar Stamnov blanked the field in the Game/25 side event with perfect 4-0 scores.

Stamnov wins US Game/15

Crosstable here!

Menon, Stamnov win Illinois Bltiz Championship

Results are here.

I really should have known better than to get into a theoretical "discussion" with Gopal Menon in the main line of the Be3, Rc1 Grünfeld.