World Open: Open Section (2003)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Ilya Smirin, Alexander Onischuk, Alex Yermolinsky, Leonid Yudasin, Alexander Shabalov, Joel Benjamin, Yury Shulman, Boris Gulko, Darmen Sadvakasov, Ildar Ibragimov, Jaan Ehlvest, John Fedorowicz, Alexander Ivanov, Victor Mikhalevski, Alexander Goldin, Igor Novikov, Alexandre Lesiege, Benjamin Finegold, Pavel Blatny, Sergey Kudrin, Gennadi Zaitshik, Petr Kiriakov, Alexander Stripunsky, Sarunas Sulskis, Vladimir Georgiev, Walter Shawn Browne, Dimitri Gurevich, Michael Rohde, Nikola Mitkov, Boris Kreiman, Nazar Firman, Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, Joshua E Friedel, Anatoly Lein, Dimitri Tyomkin, Jake Kleiman, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Anna Zatonskih, Dr. Anthony Saidy, Babakouly Annakov, Jesse Kraai, Harmen Jonkman, Rashid Ziatdinov, Adrian Negulescu, Arthur Bisguier, Ronald Burnett, Lev Milman, Eli Vovsha, Emil Anka, Yurij Lapshun, Justin Sarkar, Alexander Mikhalevski, John Bartholomew, Daniel Fernandez, Stanislav G Kriventsov, Keaton F Kiewra, Jay R Bonin, Nikolay Andrianov, David E Vigorito, Andrei Zaremba, Rusudan Goletiani, Bill Paschall, Richard Kenneth Delaune Jr, John A Curdo, Yoshiharu Habu, Mark Ginsburg, Calvin Blocker, Paul MacIntyre, Raymond S Kaufman, Beenish Bhatia, Andrew Karklins, William Morrison, Agnieszka Brustman, Renard W Anderson, Luiz Chiong, Ali Morshedi, Shelby D Getz, Igor M Tsyganov, Matthew Hoekstra, Khaled Sharafuddin, Carl Brandon Boor, Yevgeniy Gershov, Boris Privman, Nelson Castaneda, Michael Langer, Samson Benen, Eugene Yanayt, Peter J Bereolos, Alexander Betaneli, Zasilow R Pasiuk, Zakhar Fayvinov, Evan D Ju, Curt Collyer, Giedrius Sulskis, Iryna Zenyuk, Macon A Shibut, Shivkuma Shivaji, John S Rouleau, Gregg H Small, Xiao Cheng, Norman Rogers, Matthew Bengtson, Jairo Carrillo, William J Aramil, Jim H Dean, Richard Francisco, Alex Cherniack, Eric N Cooke, A J Steigman, Orest Popovych, Matthew Fouts, Lorand Bela Kis, Nick A Adams, Sunil Weeramantry, Georgios Alexopoulos, Abiodun Nelson, William Peterson, John Russell Potter, Omar Rivera, Denis Strenzwilk, Jerry T Wheeler, Jason T Duncan, Clark R Harmon, James L Burden, Stanley W Fink, Thomas P Magar, Jerome B Hanken, Roger Patterson, Ben Gershenov, Christopher Belcher, William B Wright, Andy Reeder, Mark W Dejmek, Peter Chubinsky, Kimani A Stancil, Robert Plunkett, Omowale Nelson, Parker Montgomery, William Hook, Mark Knecht, Graeme Kafka, Paul H Song, Jeff Kelleher, Ruixin Yang, Thomas J Beckman, Nick Kordahi, Steven A Owen, Sam Barsky plus 12 more players

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 162  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Firman vs Wojtkiewicz ½-½ 35 2003 World Open: Open Section B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. Gennadiy Geyler vs Sadvakasov   0-1 36 2003 World Open: Open Section B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 3. N Castaneda vs E D Ju 1-0 37 2003 World Open: Open Section E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 4. B Gershenov vs Furman 0-1 35 2003 World Open: Open Section E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. Ruixin Yang vs N Castaneda 1-0 40 2003 World Open: Open Section C50 Giuoco Piano 6. R Ziatdinov vs Ehlvest   1-0 22 2003 World Open: Open Section C77 Ruy Lopez 7. Caruana vs R Ziatdinov   0-1 22 2003 World Open: Open Section C53 Giuoco Piano 8. R Ziatdinov vs Sadvakasov   ½-½ 45 2003 World Open: Open Section B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 9. Blatny vs N Firman   0-1 41 2003 World Open: Open Section A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 10. N Firman vs R Ziatdinov 0-1 54 2003 World Open: Open Section C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. M Fouts vs N Firman 1-0 27 2003 World Open: Open Section B07 Pirc 12. V Mikhalevski vs G Kafka   1-0 27 2003 World Open: Open Section D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. R Patterson vs N Andrianov   0-1 28 2003 World Open: Open Section B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 14. E D Ju vs S Getz   0-1 52 2003 World Open: Open Section B33 Sicilian 15. Gulko vs M Bengtson   1-0 25 2003 World Open: Open Section A34 English, Symmetrical 16. Xiao Cheng vs E Anka   0-1 36 2003 World Open: Open Section A07 King's Indian Attack 17. J Wheeler vs Sadvakasov   0-1 36 2003 World Open: Open Section A37 English, Symmetrical 18. J L Burden vs N Firman   0-1 39 2003 World Open: Open Section B06 Robatsch 19. K Cottrell vs Popovych 0-1 14 2003 World Open: Open Section E91 King's Indian 20. S Sulskis vs A Nelson   1-0 34 2003 World Open: Open Section A15 English 21. Blatny vs C R Harmon 1-0 47 2003 World Open: Open Section A02 Bird's Opening 22. J Kraai vs M David   1-0 54 2003 World Open: Open Section B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 23. R Ziatdinov vs Blatny ½-½ 81 2003 World Open: Open Section B06 Robatsch 24. Z Fayvinov vs Ehlvest   0-1 26 2003 World Open: Open Section A46 Queen's Pawn Game 25. W Peterson vs B Finegold 0-1 71 2003 World Open: Open Section B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 162    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Sep-04-03    Cerebrate2006: I actually played in this tournament, in the u1400 section...won 2k bucks at it in a 3 way tie for 2nd...it was my first big tournament since im stuck in VA where we have very very small tournaments. Cant wait till next year. Sep-04-03    Dustin J.: Where was he tournament at? And I, uh need a loan. Sep-04-03    AgentRgent: <Cerebrate2006> Congrats! +6=3-0 is very impressive! Sep-04-03    refutor: you won $2000 in the U1400 section?! where do i sign up ;) Sep-04-03    Sylvester: Great job Cerebrate2006! Who won the open section? Sep-04-03    AgentRgent: It was a 10-way tie @ 7/9 between: ILYA SMIRIN ALEXANDER ONISCHUK ALEXANDER GOLDIN LEONID G YUDASIN JAAN EHLVEST ALEKS WOJTKIEWICZ ALEXANDER SHABALOV GENNADI ZAITSHIK BABAKOULY D ANNAKOV NAZAR FIRMAN Sep-05-03    Sylvester: I hardly know any of these guys. Sep-05-03    Cerebrate2006: it was in philidelphia (i know i spelled that wrong) Sep-05-03    sleepkid: 10 way tie. . . silly. We really need to have tournaments with more rounds. Sep-10-03    Cerebrate2006: oh but 9 rounds was plenty for the players... i was a walking zombie till school started 2 months later...couldnt even look at a chess board till i had to Dec-23-12    wordfunph: Scotland's Graeme Kafka wore a t-shirt with the words - "Today is not your day. Tomorrow's not looking good either." Lucky for him he was not thrown out of the tournament :)

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