TWIC 968(CAN) INDEX-2013-May 28

Introduction
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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

#	Name	Rtng	St	Total
1	GM Ray Robson	2620	MO	7
2	GM Joshua E Friedel	2485	WI	7
3	GM Nikola Mitkov	2484	MKD	7
4	IM Edward Porper	2423	CAN	6.5
5	GM Alexander Shabalov	2544	PA	6.5
6	GM Aleksandr Lenderman	2585	NY	6
7	GM Varuzhan Akobian	2616	KS	6
8	GM Victor Mikhalevski	2551	ISR	6
9	GM Fidel Corrales	2604	CUB	6
10	GM Alex Yermolinsky	2497	SD	6
11	GM Mikheil Kekelidze	2509	GEO	6
12	GM Alexander Fishbein	2506	NJ	6
13	GM Conrad Holt	2513	KS	5.5
14	GM Yaroslav Zherebukh	2629	UKR	5.5
15	IM Michael A Mulyar	2383	CO	5.5
16	IM Leonid Gerzhoy	2469	CAN	5.5
17	IM Irina Krush	2470	NY	5.5
18	GM Zviad Izoria	2585	NY	5.5
19	GM Dmitry Gurevich	2492	IL	5.5
20	GM Andre Diamant	2479	BRA	5.5
21	GM Vladimir Georgiev	2559	MKD	5.5
22	GM Mesgen Amanov	2510	TKM	5.5
23	IM Daniel Fernandez	2396	TX	5.5
24	FM Jeffery Xiong	2376	TX	5
25	IM Darwin Yang	2485	TX	5
26	Tigran Ishkhanov	2306	CA	5
27	GM Benjamin P Finegold	2505	MO	5
28	FM John Danie Bryant	2442	CA	5
29	Bradley J Denton	2270	AL	5
30	Thomas M Ulrich	2213	WI	5
31	FM Akshat Chandra	2270	NJ	5
32	Sam A Schmakel	2192	IL	5
33	IM Kayden W Troff	2421	UT	5
34	Denys Konstantin Shmelov	2431	UKR	5
35	Kevin Y Cao	2201	MO	5
36	FM Kevin Wasiluk	2322	MN	5
37	FM Michael Kleinman	2302	CAN	4.5
38	Deepak Aaron	2257	NY	4.5
39	GM Yury Shulman	2570	IL	4.5
40	FM Seth Homa	2307	MI	4.5
41	Walker Kyle Griggs	2202	OH	4.5
42	Benjamin Coraretti	2151	NM	4.5
43	FM Shivkumar Shivaji	2272	CA	4.5
44	Iskandar Aripov	2196	UZB	4.5
45	FM Gregory Markzon	2191	NJ	4.5
46	IM Vitaly Neimer	2420	ISR	4.5
47	FM Samuel Sevian	2371	CA	4.5
48	Sean Vibbert	2255	IN	4.5
49	Richard Tyler Francisco	2277	GA	4.5
50	FM Ali Morshedi	2227	CA	4.5
51	WGM Anna Sharevich	2265	BLR	4.5
52	FM Adarsh Jayakumar	2336	IL	4.5
53	IM Florin Felecan	2375	IL	4
54	Alexand Velikanov	2210	WI	4
55	Joshua Colas	2201	NY	4
56	Christopher Wu	2199	NJ	4
57	FM Cameron Wheeler	2193	CA	4
58	WFM Sarah Chiang	2098	TX	4
59	Derek Richard Paitrick	2094	WI	4
60	FM Eric S Rosen	2289	IL	4
61	GM Wesley So	2705	PHI	4
62	Badamkhand Norovsambuu	1922	MGL	4
63	FM Konstantin Kavutskiy	2268	MO	4
64	Jarod M Pamatmat	2113	TX	4
65	Razvan Preotu	2221	CAN	3.5
66	FM Steven D Greanias	2132	VA	3.5
67	Edward Song	2093	MI	3.5
68	Kai Jie Edward Lee	2164	SIN	3.5
69	Safal Bora	2195	MI	3.5
70	Erik Santarius	2292	WI	3.5
71	Yuanchen Zhang	2045	ON	3.5
72	FM Robby Adamson	2284	AZ	3.5

e2e4 Sunningdale Open 2013
Hambleton clear first with 6.5/7

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