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Ron Luther
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Ron Luther is a chess player from Kansas City. He is a USCF Original Life Master and his USCF rating is currently 2200. His most notable chess achievements is winning the Missouri Championship eight times. He has also won or tied for 1st in over 150 USCF rated events. Mr. Luther is well known for his chess playing prowess and wicked since of humor. Ron is a greatly respected figure in the Missouri chess community and often helps weaker players improve their chess playing. Ron has been playing chess for over 30 years and is known around the Kansas City area as the KC Reaper. 2007 State Championship After winning the 2006 Mo Invitational, 2007 KC Open, 2007 StLouis Open, 2007 Mo Class, Mr. Luther was seeded to play in the Missouri State Invitational chess tournament. Mr. Luther played strongly and won all his games against fellow chess players James R. Voelker, Nathanael David Swinger, Frank H. Smith, Bob Holliman, and Francis Crow, thus becoming the 2007 Missouri State Champion. Cheating accusations Ron Luther's chess career has been under scrutiny lately. 2007 St. Louis Open At the 2007 St. Louis Open, Accusations of cheating have been made by the president of the Missouri Chess Association Ken Fee on the popular chess forum . The accusation involves giving a player an easy five-move draw in order to win the tournament. Although this is considered unethical by some chess players, prearranged draws aren't against USCF rules. 
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