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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

TWIC 968(CAN) INDEX-2013-May 28

Introduction
TWIC is produced by Mark Crowther. 

Chicago Open May 23-27 2013 Results
IM Porper did very well to finish second with 6.5/9 but GM Ray Robson took first with better tiebreaks over Friedel and Mitkov.

  • Porper,E 6.5
  • Gerzhoy,L 5.5
  • Kleinman,M 4.5
  • Preotu,Razvan 3.5
Report-ChessVibes
'Ray Robson won the strong Chicago Open on Monday with a score of 7/9. The 18-year-old American grandmaster edged out GMs Joshua Friedel and Nikolai Mitkov on tiebreak (modified median).


GM Ray Robson
Photo-Chessvibes

The tournament drew over 20 grandmasters, including Aleksandr Lenderman and Victor Mikhalevski. The 22nd annual Chicago Open was held May 23-27 and organized by the Continental Chess Association.

The venue was the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel in Wheeling, Illinois. In 2010 Loek van Wely won, in 2011 Timur Gareev, in 2012 Gabriel Sargissian and this year Ray Robson took the title of Chicago Open Champion. Robson (18), who became a grandmaster just before turning 15, is a freshman at Webster University.

Robson finished on 7/9 together with Josh Friedel and Nikolai Mitkov, but had the best tiebreak.(more)'

Some background on the Chicago Open.


 


Final Standings

#NameRtngStTotal
1GM Ray Robson2620MO7
2GM Joshua E Friedel2485WI7
3GM Nikola Mitkov2484MKD7
4IM Edward Porper2423CAN6.5
5GM Alexander Shabalov2544PA6.5
6GM Aleksandr Lenderman2585NY6
7GM Varuzhan Akobian2616KS6
8GM Victor Mikhalevski2551ISR6
9GM Fidel Corrales2604CUB6
10GM Alex Yermolinsky2497SD6
11GM Mikheil Kekelidze2509GEO6
12GM Alexander Fishbein2506NJ6
13GM Conrad Holt2513KS5.5
14GM Yaroslav Zherebukh2629UKR5.5
15IM Michael A Mulyar2383CO5.5
16IM Leonid Gerzhoy2469CAN5.5
17IM Irina Krush2470NY5.5
18GM Zviad Izoria2585NY5.5
19GM Dmitry Gurevich2492IL5.5
20GM Andre Diamant2479BRA5.5
21GM Vladimir Georgiev2559MKD5.5
22GM Mesgen Amanov2510TKM5.5
23IM Daniel Fernandez2396TX5.5
24FM Jeffery Xiong2376TX5
25IM Darwin Yang2485TX5
26Tigran Ishkhanov2306CA5
27GM Benjamin P Finegold2505MO5
28FM John Danie Bryant2442CA5
29Bradley J Denton2270AL5
30Thomas M Ulrich2213WI5
31FM Akshat Chandra2270NJ5
32Sam A Schmakel2192IL5
33IM Kayden W Troff2421UT5
34Denys Konstantin Shmelov2431UKR5
35Kevin Y Cao2201MO5
36FM Kevin Wasiluk2322MN5
37FM Michael Kleinman2302CAN4.5
38Deepak Aaron2257NY4.5
39GM Yury Shulman2570IL4.5
40FM Seth Homa2307MI4.5
41Walker Kyle Griggs2202OH4.5
42Benjamin Coraretti2151NM4.5
43FM Shivkumar Shivaji2272CA4.5
44Iskandar Aripov2196UZB4.5
45FM Gregory Markzon2191NJ4.5
46IM Vitaly Neimer2420ISR4.5
47FM Samuel Sevian2371CA4.5
48Sean Vibbert2255IN4.5
49Richard Tyler Francisco2277GA4.5
50FM Ali Morshedi2227CA4.5
51WGM Anna Sharevich2265BLR4.5
52FM Adarsh Jayakumar2336IL4.5
53IM Florin Felecan2375IL4
54Alexand Velikanov2210WI4
55Joshua Colas2201NY4
56Christopher Wu2199NJ4
57FM Cameron Wheeler2193CA4
58WFM Sarah Chiang2098TX4
59Derek Richard Paitrick2094WI4
60FM Eric S Rosen2289IL4
61GM Wesley So2705PHI4
62Badamkhand Norovsambuu1922MGL4
63FM Konstantin Kavutskiy2268MO4
64Jarod M Pamatmat2113TX4
65Razvan Preotu2221CAN3.5
66FM Steven D Greanias2132VA3.5
67Edward Song2093MI3.5
68Kai Jie Edward Lee2164SIN3.5
69Safal Bora2195MI3.5
70Erik Santarius2292WI3.5
71Yuanchen Zhang2045ON3.5
72FM Robby Adamson2284AZ3.5

e2e4 Sunningdale Open 2013
Hambleton clear first with 6.5/7

Calgary International 2013
GM Wesley So clear first 8/9.

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