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 Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura helped analyze the game afterward. During his off day from the Tal Memorial […]
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 hasn’t even started yet,” said IM Daniel Naroditsky after the third round of the 2013 U.S. […]
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 has been awarded the title of FIDE master. This Boise student is the first ever in the […]
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. “He’s better than me,” Carl Harmon-Vellotti said of his younger brother, looking at him from across […]
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 was determined to correctly solve all the puzzles in the book before he turned 12 years […]
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 a chess exhibition. He will play everyone who wants to play him, and will play them […]
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 by solving all 10 puzzles correctly in 90 seconds! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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 is tied with GMs VanWely, Kacheishvili, Akobian, Ivanov, and IM Lenderman. No. Ttl Name St […]
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 chess tournament in Vietnam. Harmon is the top-rated player for his age group in the country, […]