17. Open

Chicago, IL USAMay 23 – 26, 2008Classical

17. Open brought together 62 players in Chicago, IL USA, including 17 grandmasters. Varuzhan Akobian has the best score, 5½ out of 7. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 62
Games: 121
Average Elo: 2317
Top rating: 2792

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	GMVaruzhan Akobian	USA	2601	5½/7	5 / 1 / 1
2	GMTigran L. Petrosian	ARM	2616	5/6	4 / 2 / 0
2	GMAlex Yermolinsky	USA	2518	5/7	3 / 4 / 0
4	GMJulio Becerra Rivero	USA	2575	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
5	Vasil At. Kolev	BUL	2568	4/5	3 / 2 / 0
5	GMMark Paragua	PHI	2538	4/7	2 / 4 / 1
5	GMJoshua Friedel	USA	2484	4/6	3 / 2 / 1
5	IMDaniel Gurevich	USA	2324	4/5	3 / 2 / 0
9	GMAlexander Shabalov	USA	2633	3½/6	3 / 1 / 2
9	GMYury Shulman	USA	2559	3½/6	2 / 3 / 1
9	GMGilberto Hernandez Guerrero	MEX	2554	3½/5	2 / 3 / 0
9	GMAlonso Zapata	COL	2478	3½/6	2 / 3 / 1
13	GMHikaru Nakamura	USA	2792	3/3	3 / 0 / 0
13	GMDashzegve Sharavdorj	MGL	2440	3/5	2 / 2 / 1
13	GMRay Robson	USA	2433	3/5	3 / 0 / 2
13	GMJacek Stopa	POL	2430	3/6	1 / 4 / 1
13	IMZhe Quan	CAN	2390	3/6	1 / 4 / 1
13	FMDan Wolf	ISR	2295	3/6	2 / 2 / 2
13	David Lee	GER	–	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
20	GMNikola Mitkov	MKD	2528	2½/4	2 / 1 / 1
20	GMDarwin Laylo	PHI	2496	2½/5	1 / 3 / 1
20	GMMesgen Amanov	TKM	2396	2½/5	2 / 1 / 2
20	FMSeth Homa	USA	2239	2½/6	2 / 1 / 3
20	David Filipovich	CAN	2208	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
20	Jeremiah Donahue	USA	2146	2½/5	1 / 3 / 1
20	Mario Marshall	JAM	2051	2½/4	2 / 1 / 1
27	IMJan Van de Mortel	NED	2421	2/5	1 / 2 / 2
27	IMSilvio Cunha Pereira	BRA	2291	2/4	2 / 0 / 2
27	IMAlexander Velikanov	USA	2067	2/2	2 / 0 / 0
30	IMLev Milman	USA	2488	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
30	Emory Tate		2378	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
30	IMMark Ginsburg	USA	2365	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
30	Jonathan Hilton	USA	2244	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
30	CMIryna Zenyuk	USA	2233	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
30	CMGlenn Bady	USA	2229	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
30	Andres Hortillosa	USA	2199	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
30	Loal Davis	USA	2198	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
30	Wladyslaw Obierak	POL	2080	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
30	Troy L Krimminger	USA	–	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
40	IMFlorin Felecan	USA	2377	1/4	1 / 0 / 3
40	FMKazim Gulamali	USA	2343	1/3	0 / 2 / 1
40	FMAndrew Karklins	USA	2294	1/3	1 / 0 / 2
40	Matthew Parry	WLS	2265	1/4	1 / 0 / 3
40	Aaron Chow	SGP	2208	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
40	Leonardo Campiz Jimenez	PUR	2081	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
40	Erald Hazizi	USA	–	1/5	1 / 0 / 4
40	Ilan Meerovich	USA	–	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
48	Chris Mabe	USA	2258	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	Kayin Barclay	USA	2184	½/2	0 / 1 / 1
48	Ga Smith		2161	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	Adam P Strunk	USA	2131	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	WFMChouchanik Airapetian	USA	2092	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	Srikar Varadaraj		–	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
48	David C Vetter	USA	–	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
55	IMMehmed Pasalic	GER	2392	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
55	William Wright	USA	2187	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
55	FMFabio Mensing		2128	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
55	Daniel Vulis	USA	2035	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
55	William Carroll	USA	1951	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
55	Mike Cronin	USA	1564	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
55	Paul Fricano		–	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
55	John L Tellis III	USA	–	0/5	0 / 0 / 5

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

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