Harmon-Vellotti Leads Again at U.S. Junior Closed By Brian Jerauld SAINT LOUIS (June 21, 2013) — As if Luke Harmon-Vellotti didn’t get enough cake from his sixth-round match versus WFM Sarah Chiang, he got to eat it, too, when...
Harmon-Vellotti tops Shetty to take lead at U.S. Junior Closed
For more information, please contact:Mike WilmeringCommunications SpecialistChess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis For pictures, visit www.uschesschamps.com/galleries On a day where separation was on the order, just the opposite was on the plate. Report by Brian Jerauld.“This tournament...
The #1 ranked 14 year old in the country
(Luke is third from the left) Boise, ID – October 1, 2012 The World Chess Federation Announces Luke Vellotti is awarded the International Title of FIDE MASTER (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) At just 13 years old, Idaho’s most famous chess-player...
A noble cause
Chess champ uses Game of Kings to put Idaho hunger in checkBy Mac KingCREATED Mar. 16, 2012 The two princes of Idaho’s royal family of chess schemed and scrutinized to overthrow the other’s king in record time, Friday afternoon....
The young American Master
11 year old Luke Harmon-Vellotti from Boise, Idaho I just received an email from Luke Harmon-Vellotti’s family that he recently finished solving all 5,334 puzzles in Polgar’s family book “CHESS”! This was a longtime project for Luke, and he...
Playing for Haiti
Chess champ to play for HaitiBy Tim WoodwardPublished: 01/27/10 Idaho’s state chess champion will take on all challengers Saturday to raise money for victims of Haiti’s earthquake. Luke Vellotti, 11, has teamed up with Smoky Mountain Pizza to do...
America’s next phenom
Luke Harmon-Vellotti and Daniel Vellotti 10 year old Luke defeated 4 masters, 1 GM, and drew a 2350+ player this past weekend at the Las Vegas International Chess Festival! He also won the SP World Open Puzzle Solving Championship...
Big splash from Las Vegas
The story of the US game 10 championship is young Luke Harmon (around 10 years old) beating WIM Melikhina and GM Gurevich in the final 2 rounds to finish 1/2 point behind the co-champions GMs Sargissian, Petrosian and Izoria....
Luke Harmon, an American phenom
August 11, 2008Boise boy invited to represent U.S. in chessBY ANNE WALLACE ALLENEdition Date: 08/11/08 The 9-year-old could go to Vietnam for the World Youth Chess ChampionshipsBoise’s 9-year-old chess champion, Luke Harmon, is preparing for a trip to a...