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The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
The Spanish chess magazine Jaque publishes its final issue in July. 40th Chess Olympiad is held in Istanbul from 27 August to 10 September. In the open event, Armenia wins the gold, with Russia and Ukraine earning silver and bronze. The women's event is won by Russia, followed by China and Ukraine.
In 2013, Friedel tied for first at the Chicago Open, also with 7/9. [3] On August 4, 2013, at the age of 26, Friedel tied for first in the 114th United States Open Chess Championship and eventually winning a tiebreak playoff against (then) IM Mackenzie Molner. [2] In March 2016, Friedel won the Manchester Invitational in New Hampshire with a ...
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In 2009 he came first in the 18th Annual Chicago Open. [13] He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2009 and was knocked out by Li Chao in the first round. [14] Sargissian won the Annual Chicago Open 2012 with 7.0/9 points. [15] In 2014, Sargissian tied for 1st–2nd with Priyadharshan Kannappan in the 23rd Annual Chicago Open. [16]
In 2021 book chess board options: A Memoir of Players, Games and Engines Larry Kaufman says: > I am a strong advocate of Fischerandom (Chess960), and in 2010 I won (on tiebreak) the first and only U.S. Open Championship of that variant, so I suppose I am technically still the official U.S. Open FRC champion.
In May 2017, Liang earned his final two Grandmaster norms in back-to-back tournaments at the Spring Chess Classic in St. Louis (Group B) and the Chicago Open, with the latter won on May 29. He won the former tournament with a score of 7½/9 and ended up getting 6½/9 at the latter tournament to share 5th to 9th place.
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