First Gambit newsletter of 2026 published
Gambit 1st quarter 2026 Edited by Bruce Draney
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Luke Hengen is 2025 Nebraska State Champion
Luke scored 4.5/5 to win the A closed. Siddharth Parthasarathy won the B closed with a perfect 5/5 score! Congratulations to the winners!
Nick Lacroix is Nebraska’s 2025 Player of the Year!
Congratulations, Nick!
Third Quarter 2025 Gambit newsletter published
The Gambit newsletter covering the 3rd quarter of 2025 (July, August, and September) has now been published. The Gambit’s editor Bruce Draney states that this […]
Luke Hengen takes gold at Cornhusker State Games with a perfect 5-0 score
Rakshith Seetharaman took silver and Will Osborne took bronze. Samanvi Kantem, rated 1518, impressed with a score of 3.5. Congratulations to the winners!
Hall of Fame Tournament ends with 13-way tie for first place
This tournament commemorated the 1975 US Open tournament, held in the very same hotel in Lincoln 50 years ago. The tournament attracted a very strong […]
Gambit newsletters from 1964-1968 now available
Bruce Draney, editor of the Gambit newsletter, has recently digitized a run of Gambits from 1964 to 1968. This makes for interesting reading, check it […]
First Quarter 2025 Gambit newsletter published
Edited by Bruce Draney.
Four-way tie for first in 2025 Omaha City Championship
Nicholas Lacroix, Chris Kisicki, Kirill Belashchenko, and Jerry Slominski tied for first in the 2025 Omaha City Championship held on Saturday March 15th, with a […]
Luke Hengen and Nick Lacroix are 2024 State co-champs
Luke Hengen and Nick Lacroix tied for first in the Nebraska State Closed tournament, making them 2024 Nebraska State co-champions. They each earned a score […]