TWIC 960(CAN) INDEX April 2,2013

Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther

Philadelphia Open 2013 Results
IM Cheng,B  5.5
IM Hambleton,A 5.5
Song Michael  4.5



Report by ChessDom

The big winner, GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez

 
The 7th Annual Philadelphia Open was held over the Easter week from March 27-31, 2013, at the upscale, luxury Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 
 Cuban GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez and IM Daniel Naroditsky finished at the top of the Open Section with 7/9. Both players led from the front, each winning 5 games and drawing 4.
 
 Corrales Jimenez collected $4,827 for his efforts, which included the 1st place bonus by virtue of having a better tie-break score while Naroditsky collected $4,658. Naroditsky’s score was also good enough for a GM norm.
 
 IM norms were scored by FM Adarsh Jayakumar, FM Jeffery Xiong, FM Arthur Shen and Adithya Balasubramanian.

1. GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez 2601 CUB ($4827) and IM Daniel A Naroditsky 2472 CA ($4658) – 7.0
  3-6. GM Magesh Panchanathan 2579 IND, GM Mikheil Kekelidze 2488 GEO, GM Alexander Fishbein 2504 NJ and GM Alexander Shabalov 2550 PA – 6.5 ($953)
  7-11. GM Zviad Izoria 2583 NY, ($402), IM Darwin Yang 2486 TX ($402), FM Adarsh Jayakumar 2294 IL ($1694), GM Giorgi Margvelashvili 2565 GEO ($402) and IM Milos M Pavlovic 2482 SRB ($402) – 6.0
  12-17. FM Jeffery Xiong 2330 TX ($282), IM Aman Hambleton 2463 CAN, FM Arthur Shen 2227 NJ ($282), Adithya Balasubramanian 2253 IND ($282), GM Aleksandr Lenderman 2601 NY and IM Bindi Cheng 2409 CAN – 5.5 etc (71 players)

Final Standings

#	Name	FIDE	FED/State	Total
1	GM Fidel C. Jimenez	2601	CUB	7
2	IM Daniel A Naroditsky	2472	CA	7
3	GM Magesh Panchanathan	2579	IND	6.5
4	GM Mikheil Kekelidze	2488	GEO	6.5
5	GM Alexander Fishbein	2504	NJ	6.5
6	GM Alexander Shabalov	2550	PA	6.5
7	GM Zviad Izoria	2583	NY	6
8	IM Darwin Yang	2486	TX	6
9	FM Adarsh Jayakumar	2294	IL	6
10	GM Giorgi Margvelashvili	2565	GEO	6
11	IM Milos M Pavlovic	2482	SRB	6
12	FM Jeffery Xiong	2330	TX	5.5
13	IM Aman Hambleton	2463	CAN	5.5
14	FM Arthur Shen	2227	NJ	5.5
15	Adithya Balasubramanian	2253	IND	5.5
16	GM Aleksandr Lenderman	2601	NY	5.5
17	IM Bindi Cheng	2409	CAN	5.5
18	FM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy	2379	NY	5
19	Robert M Perez	2361	FL	5
20	GM Boris Kreiman	2482	NY	5
21	FM Thomas Bartell	2381	PA	5
22	WGM Tatev Abrahamyan	2300	CA	5
23	Alexander Ross Katz	2254	NJ	5
24	IM Lorin A R D’Costa	2416	ENG	4.5
25	IM David Vigorito	2437	MA	4.5
26	Safal Bora	2140	MI	4.5
27	FM Seth Homa	2307	MI	4.5
28	FM Akshat Chandra	2265	NJ	4.5
29	Alexander B King	2244	NY	4.5
30	IM Bryan G Smith	2460	PA	4.5
31	FM John Daniel Bryant	2454	CA	4.5
32	Kevin Wang	2276	MD	4.5
33	IM James A Rizzitano	2322	MA	4.5
34	Kevin Mo	2282	PA	4.5
35	Michael Song	2189	CAN	4.5
36	Benjamin Coraretti	2123	NM	4.5
37	Justus D Williams	2188	NY	4.5
38	Alex Barnett	2214	MD	4.5