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28th World Open Tournament

Shaun Smith1/1(+1 -0 =0)[games]
Yefrem Zats0/1(+0 -1 =0)[games]
Joel Benjamin7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Jaan Ehlvest7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Alexander Goldin7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Grigory Serper7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Alexander Ivanov7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
John Fedorowicz7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Pavel Blatny7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Sergey Kudrin7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Gregory Kaidanov6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Alexander Shabalov6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Julian Hodgson6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Vasilios Kotronias6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Suat Atalik6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Gildardo Garcia6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Maurice Ashley6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Benjamin Finegold6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Eugene Perelshteyn6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz6/9(+6 -3 =0)[games]
Alex Yermolinsky6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Yury Shulman6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Gennadi Zaichik6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Eduard Gufeld6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Kamil Miton6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Emory Tate6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Justin Sarkar6/9(+6 -3 =0)[games]
Mark Paragua6/9(+6 -3 =0)[games]
Jayson Gonzales6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Norman Rogers6/9(+6 -3 =0)[games]
Anton Paolo C del Mundo6/9(+6 -3 =0)[games]
Nathan Solon6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
* (159 players total; 127 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
28th World Open (2000)

The World Open took place in Philidelphia June 28th-July 4th 2000. There were seven sections with the main open section having a strong entry. There was an eight way tie for first after the nine rounds were completed, between Jaan Ehlvest, Alexander Goldin, Joel Benjamin, Gregory Serper, Alexander Ivanov, John Fedorowicz, Pavel Blatny and Sergey Kudrin. There was a single round robin blitz playoff amongst six of these eight (Ivanov and Fedorowicz didn't participate) which was won by Joel Benjamin.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 90  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Mulyar vs V Grechikhin  1-039200028th World OpenA20 English
2. R Goletiani vs R Olsen  1-033200028th World OpenA04 Reti Opening
3. K Miton vs A Read 1-034200028th World OpenE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
4. Hodgson vs P Saint-Amand 1-043200028th World OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
5. S Ritvin vs P Stephano  1-023200028th World OpenA04 Reti Opening
6. J E Amador vs B Privman 1-023200028th World OpenA04 Reti Opening
7. M Paragua vs Hodgson 1-046200028th World OpenB06 Robatsch
8. A Wojtkiewicz vs R Goletiani  1-037200028th World OpenA30 English, Symmetrical
9. M Dougherty vs A Pappu  1-028200028th World OpenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
10. D Ippolito vs W B Wright  1-032200028th World OpenD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. S Atalik vs J Bonin  1-032200028th World OpenD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. A Ivanov vs J Bryan  1-032200028th World OpenB01 Scandinavian
13. A A Zaremba vs T Beckman  1-049200028th World OpenE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
14. T Battsetseg vs Benjamin 1-038200028th World OpenB06 Robatsch
15. B McCarthy vs R Dennis  1-015200028th World OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
16. L Filatov vs D K Dunn 1-030200028th World OpenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
17. A Prasetyo vs B Privman 1-040200028th World OpenA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
18. J Bonin vs S Shchukin  1-046200028th World OpenE92 King's Indian
19. Y Schwartz vs S J Szpisjak  1-024200028th World OpenD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
20. Hodgson vs A Del Mundo 1-026200028th World OpenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
21. E Formanek vs A Pixton  1-060200028th World OpenC11 French
22. M Shibut vs J E Roush  1-029200028th World OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
23. M Paragua vs A Prasetyo 1-011200028th World OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
24. P MacIntyre vs N Siegel  1-035200028th World OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
25. H Multhopp vs J Gonzales 1-032200028th World OpenB07 Pirc
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