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The World Open chess tournament is an annual open chess tournament usually held in Philadelphia. The inaugural event was held in New York in 1973 with 732 players, and was won by Walter Browne . The tournament is divided into different sections, with typically 100–200 players in the top section.
In 2017, Barbosa took part in the 45th Annual World Open held from June 29 – July 4, 2017 in Philadelphia, where he landed in the top ten finishing in a tie for 7th place with a score of 6.5/9. It was the highest place achieved so far by a Filipino chess player in the annual Open.
He began playing chess at age five and never had a formal instructor. [4] Korley became a FIDE Master (FM) in 2010 and an International Master in 2014. [ 5 ] He has two Grandmaster (GM) norms , which he earned in 2018 at the Charlotte Chess Festival and in 2019 at the Xtracon Open in Copenhagen.
He played in the Chess World Cup 2009 and Chess World Cup 2011, in both cases representing the Cuban Chess Federation, being defeated by Alexander Areshchenko and Judit Polgár, respectively, in the first rounds. In 2023, Jimenez won the World Chess Open in Philadelphia.
The World Junior Chess Championship is won by Igor Miladinović of Serbia. Alexander Shabalov and Alex Yermolinsky both enjoy success in Philadelphia, winning the US Open and World Open, respectively. The two tie for the US Chess Championship held at Long Beach.
Magesh Chandran was born in Madurai.In 2003 he won the Asian Junior Chess Championship in Sri Lanka. [1] In 2005 he shared first place with Kamil Mitoń in the 33rd World Open, played in Philadelphia over the Independence Day weekend. [2]
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He won the World Open tournament in Philadelphia on three separate occasions; he shared first place in 2002 and won it outright in 2004 and 2007. In 2006 he tied for first in the San Marino tournament with a performance rating of 2796. [ 2 ]