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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 2000, Annakov won the Foxwoods Open in Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA. Subsequently, he did not achieve significant international success, with the exception of 1st place at the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia in 2003, which Annakov shared with Jaan Ehlvest, Ilya Smirin and Alexander Onischuk.
July 9 – Typhoon Yolanda survivor Mario Rebano prevails in the World Open Chess Under 2000 Tournament 2024 in Philadelphia. [83] August 25 – International Master Daniel Quizon places sixth at the 30th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, winning against four grandmasters out of the six matches, including a victory over S. L. Narayanan of
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.
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 MitoĊ in the 33rd World Open, played in Philadelphia over the Independence Day weekend. [2]
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.
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The US Women's Chess Championship, held in Illinois is shared by Elena Donaldson and Irina Levitina. Judit Polgár and Evgeny Bareev share victory at the 1992/93 Hastings International Chess Congress. Gata Kamsky wins the U.S. National Open in Las Vegas. Mark Taimanov wins the World Senior Chess Championship in Bad Wildbad, Germany.