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The National Open is a traditional tournament that is played over five days with a lot of double rounds. Participants can take part in different events, either over three, four or five days and over nine rounds or seven rounds. This is probably also where the "bye" was invented for the players who have very little time: You sit out a round and still get half a point. In addition to the Open, there are numerous junior competitions.
Walter Tevis' novel The Queens Gambit also mentions the tournament, in which Tevis played in the 1970s.
The Open started last Wednesday and ended the following Sunday. Among the more than 130 participants in the main tournament were numerous grandmasters and some well-known names such as Gregory Kaidanov, Alexander Yermolinsky, the young Hungarian GM Benjamin Gledura, online bullet expert Andrew Tang, the former FIDE Vice World Champion Vladimir Akopian, who lost here in Las Vegas in 1999 to Alexander Khalifman in the final of the FIDE Knockout World Championship, "Blindfold King" Timur Gareyev or the Cuban grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon.
Gareyev is known for his original style and his crazy ideas, not only at the board.
The Elo favourite was Ukrainian-born Ilya Nyzhnyk (2679). In his younger years Nyzhnyk played some time in Germany in the Second Bundesliga before emigrating to the USA.
Nyzhnyk finished with 7.0/9, as did four other players: Andrew Hong, Emilio Corodva, Lazaro Bruzon and Arthur Guo. Of these, 15-year-old IM Arthur Guo had the best tiebreak and won the tournament.
In round 7 Guo had Black against Hans Niemann and outplayed the grandmaster from the U.S.
23... Bxf2+ 24.Kh1? A step in the wrong direction. Better was 24.Kxf2 Rc2+ 25.Kg1 Rxb2 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Rab1 and White can still fight for a draw.
24...Rc2 25.Be5 25.Rab1 Rd8 26.Be5 Be2–+
25...Bc5
26.Rac1 Black threatened 26.-- Rd8, causing White great problems on the diagonal b7–h1, e.g.: 27.Be4 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Be2 29.Bxc2 Bf3#
26...Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Rd8 28.Bg2 f6 29.Bf4 29.Ba1 Rd2 and White can hardly move.
29...Bd3 30.Ne3 g5 and the bishop is trapped. 0–1
No. Ttl Name St ID FIDE USCF TB1 Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 Rnd8 Rnd9 Prize Place 1 IM Guo,Arthur GA 14772092 2359 2447 42 7 W120 W127 W 17 L 14 W 37 W 16 W 15 D 13 D 4 $3,780 1st - 3rd / 1st U2400 / Edmondson Cup 2 GM Nyzhnyk,Illia UKR 15477488 2679 2776 41.5 7 W 67 -H- D 8 W 54 W 39 W 23 D 3 D 6 W 15 $3,780 1st - 3rd 3 IM Hong,Andrew CA 14941904 2453 2543 41 7 W 57 W102 L 13 W 41 W 62 W 14 D 2 D 7 W 36 $3,780 1st - 3rd / 1st U2500 4 GM Cordova Daza,Emilio PER 13208885 2590 2655 40.5 7 D 41 W 85 W 31 D 37 W 56 D 8 W 22 W 18 D 1 $3,780 1st - 3rd 5 GM Bruzon Batista,Lazaro MO 15199286 2639 2725 38.5 7 W 66 W125 D 37 -H- W 27 -H- W 9 D 8 W 13 $3,780 1st - 3rd 6 FM Sorokin,Aleksey RUS 17003082 2521 2628 42.5 6.5 W 77 W 75 W 18 D 7 D 14 W 51 D 13 D 2 D 8 $486 4th - 10th 7 IM Theodorou,Nikolas GRE 16770955 2566 2657 42.5 6.5 W 29 W 78 W129 D 6 D 16 D 24 W 23 D 3 D 10 $486 4th - 10th 8 FM Griffith,Kyron CA 12860484 2351 2461 42.5 6.5 D 97 W121 D 2 W 96 W 34 D 4 W 69 D 5 D 6 $486 4th - 10th 9 IM Wang,Justin TX 14930904 2447 2540 41.5 6.5 W110 W100 D 15 D 19 W 78 W 10 L 5 D 14 W 22 $486 4th - 10th 10 GM Gledura,Benjamin HUN 16429168 2633 2721 40 6.5 W109 W 30 L 25 W 81 W 38 L 9 W 37 W 17 D 7 $486 4th - 10th 11 FM Posthuma,Joshua MI 13856778 2256 2399 38.5 6.5 W128 D 19 W 69 D107 L 65 D 34 W 96 W 27 W 23 $486 4th - 10th 12 FM Vibbert,Sean TN 21004359 2270 2391 35 6.5 W131 D107 D 26 D 17 L 52 W 82 W 59 W 70 W 37 $486 4th - 10th 13 GM Hakobyan,Aram ARM 16863605 2598 2683 44.5 6 W 98 W 28 W 3 W 22 D 23 D 15 D 6 D 1 L 5 $179 GM/WGM/For. IM Bonus 14 GM Akopian,Vladimir CA 12561112 2638 2734 43.5 6 D 92 W 40 W 52 W 1 D 6 L 3 W 24 D 9 D 20 $179 GM/WGM/For. IM Bonus 15 GM Niemann,Hans CT 15041466 2567 2620 42 6 W 80 W 61 D 9 W 58 W 25 D 13 L 1 W 39 L 2 $179 GM/WGM/For. IM Bonus 16 GM Gareyev,Timur KS 13262157 2606 2692 41.5 6 W 33 W 24 W 20 D 25 D 7 L 1 L 39 W 29 W 42 $179 GM/WGM/For. IM Bonus 17 GM Belous,Vladimir RUS 16004571 2520 2614 40.5 6 W 71 W 43 L 1 D 12 D 28 W 78 W 42 L 10 W 38 $179 GM/WGM/For. IM Bonus 18 IM Stearman,Josiah CA 14006506 2364 2467 40 6 W 94 W 84 L 6 W100 D 22 W107 W 65 L 4 D 19 19 GM Stremavicius,Titas LTU 15874756 2469 2551 37.5 6 W 47 D 11 W 82 D 9 L 51 W 54 D 38 W 56 D 18 $179 GM/WGM/For. IM Bonus 20 IM Yoo,Christopher Woojin CA 15244943 2457 2540 37 6 W 64 W 53 L 16 W 60 L 24 W 67 D 21 W 52 D 14
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