Nyzhnyk nabs National Open

by Ruifeng Li
6/24/2019 – Grandmaster RUIFENG LI reports and annotates games from Las Vegas as Ukrainian GM Illya Nyzhnyk won the newly lengthened 9-round National Open. Nyzhnyk's five wins and four draws were good enough for clear 1st place and the USD $8,000 prize. Alejandro Ramirez was the best scoring US player. Pictured: Organizers Janelle and Alan Losoff, with the new National Open Champion. | Photo: Tim Hanks
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International GMs dominate in Las Vegas

In a positive break from tradition, this year’s Las Vegas National Open (June 12 – 16) was a nine-round norm tournament, instead of six rounds. Reigning World Open champion Illya Nyzhnyk took home the Edmonson Cup with 7 points, half a point ahead of eight GMs who snapped at his heels. Although Nyzhnyk sometimes, in his own words, “felt so terrible” about his play (such as in his game against me), his consistent performance and last round victory against "Blindfold King" Gareyev made up for it all.

Li and Nyzhnyk

Ruifeng Li vs Illya Nyzhnyk | Photo: Rachael Li

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Be7!? 6...Bd6 is the typical move, but I've never liked it. 7.Bg3 0-0 8.Bd3 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Re8 11.e4 Be7 12.e5 Nh5 happens fairly often, but 13.h4! seems like a fantastic idea for white. All kinds of nasty things will happen on the kingside, and only a masochist would prefer to play black here. 7.Bd3 7.h3 Bd6! is the strange idea. Now there is no Bg3 line. 8.Ne5 Qc7 7...Nh5 and this is the other idea, as Be7 prevents Bg5. Black will certainly get the bishop pair. 8.Be5 f6 9.Bg3 g6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4 Nxg3? Inviting serious issues on the h-file. Simple and good enough was 11...0-0 12.hxg3 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.0-0-0? A natural continuation, but it was better to prevent the black king from running off to the queenside. 15.Ned2! Kf7 16.0-0-0± 15...Qc7 16.Bc4 A nice little trap. 16.Neg5!? fxg5 17.Bxg6+ Kf8 18.Bxh7 Kg7 19.Qe4 Be8 16...e5! Now black is safe and sound, and Illya was very unhappy, given that white had been clearly better. 16...0-0-0?! 17.Rxd7! Qxd7 18.Nxf6 18.Neg5!? Kb8 19.Bxe6 Qd3 20.Qxd3 Rxd3 21.Nf7 Re8 22.Kc2 Rxf3 23.gxf3 Bc5 24.Bc4 18...Qd6 19.Qxe6+ Qxe6 20.Bxe6+ Kb8 21.Ne4 17.Qd2 17.Rd6!? is a funny computer idea. But black can just chill out. 0-0-0 17...Bxd6?! 18.Nxf6+ Kd8 19.Ng5! 18.Rxf6 Bxf6 19.Nxf6 Bf5 17...0-0-0 18.Nd6+ Bxd6= 18...Kb8!? Illya told me after the game that he had been extremely worried about this idea. Obviously, I never thought about it. 19.Nf7 Na5! 20.Nxd8 Rxd8 21.Bb3 21.Be2 Ba4 22.Qe3 Bxd1= 21...Nxb3+ 22.axb3 Qa5 23.Qc2 Bf5 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.Qd1 Qa1+ 26.Kd2 Qxb2+ 27.Ke1 Qxc3+ 28.Ke2∞ 19.Qxd6 e4 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Nyzhnyk,I2649Li,R2546½–½2019D02National Open 20195
Nyzhnyk,I2649Gareev,T25841–02019C70National Open 20199

Nyzhnyk vs Gareyev

Gareyev is ready for a long, long game | Photo: Rachael Li

This year’s main event was remarkably strong; out of 108 players, nearly thirty GMs were in attendance. Former National Open winners Ioan Chirila and I were among the hopefuls, but we faced severe difficulties against the second and first seeds respectively.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.0-0 Nd7 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e6 7.d4 f5 8.c4 Bd6 9.Qd3 Qf6 10.Bg2 Ne7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.e3 Kh8 13.Nf3 a5 14.Bd2 g5!? Black starts going for the kill. 15.a3 h5 16.Rab1 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Nh4 Kg7 19.b4 Rh8 Threatening... stuff. Actually, threatening nothing decisive. 20.f4? The problem is, now white is positionally busted. His bishops are pretending to be pawns, while the Nh4 is looking very dim indeed. Although it certainly looks a bit scary, especially when your opponent has has a hundred elo points over you, white's king is pretty much fine. 20.bxa5 Rxh4 21.gxh4 Qxh4 22.Rfc1 Nf8 23.Kf1 Nfg6 24.Qe2 Qh2 25.f4± 20...axb4 21.axb4 Ra2 22.c5 Bc7 23.Ra1 Rha8 24.Bc3 Qf8 25.b5 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27.Bxa1 Qa8 28.Bc3 cxb5? Unnecessarily creating a weakness on b7. 28...Ba5 29.Qxb5 Nf6 30.Qb3 Kf7 31.Bf1? Ne4 32.Kh2 Ba5 33.Bxa5 Qxa5 34.Bd3 Nxg3! 35.Ng2 Nh5 36.Qxb7 Qd2 37.Qb1 Qf2 37...Ng6!-+ 38.Qc2 Nh4‼ 39.Qxd2 Nf3+ 40.Kh1 Ng3# 38.Qe1 Qf3 39.Qh4? Knowing Chirila, he was probably in some serious time trouble here. 39.Kg1 was essential, although white is still suffering supremely. Qh3 40.Qh4 Nxf4 41.Qxh3 Nxh3+ 39...Ng6 40.Qg5 Qh3+ 41.Kg1 g3 42.c6 Qh2+ 43.Kf1 Qh1+ 44.Ke2 Qxg2+ 45.Kd1 Qh1+ 46.Kd2 g2 0–1
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Chirila,I2561Kovalenko,I26510–12019A07National Open 20197
Li,R2546Bruzon Batista,L26570–12019C54National Open 20196

Chirila vs Kovalenko

Chirila vs Kovalenko | Photo: Rachael Li

In the middle of the event, however, it was well-known chess personality Alejandro Ramirez who took the sole lead. This he accomplished by a sweet win over FM Aleksey Sorokin who, with an Elo of 2536, is surely the strongest FM in the world!

Ramirez vs Sorokin

Ramirez vs Sorokin | Photo: Rachael Li

Unfortunately for the American grandmaster, he then encountered tough resistance in the forms of Igor Kovalenko and Hovhannes Gabuzyan. Despite being up an exchange in both games, positional draws were almost inevitable, and the top spot was again up for grabs.

 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.d3 Be7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Rc1 Re8 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.0-0 Bf8 11.a4!? The small problem with this move is that white has no rook on a1, so he doesn't threaten anything. a5?! Well, never mind. 12.Bxb6 cxb6 13.Nb5 Be6 14.d4! e4 15.Ne1 f5 16.f3! Bd5? 16...exf3 17.Bxf3 17.fxe4 fxe4 18.e3 g6 19.Bh3 White's pieces are all falling into position, while black's are quite miserable. Bh6 20.Ng2 Re7 21.Nf4 21.Rf6! Nb4 22.Qg4 Bb3 23.Rd6 Qf8 24.Rf1 Qg7 25.Rff6! 21...Nb4 22.Qg4 Nd3?? 22...Bxf4 23.gxf4 23.Nxd5 Nxc1 23...Qxd5 24.Rc8+ Black probably missed this. Rxc8 25.Qxc8+ Kg7 26.Qf8# 24.Qh4! A nice little move, attacking everything and ending black's life in a crisp manner. Qxd5 25.Qxe7 Bxe3+ 26.Kh1 1–0
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Ramirez,A2574Sorokin,A25361–02019A29National Open 20195
Kovalenko,I2651Ramirez,A2574½–½2019D13National Open 20196
Ramirez,A2574Gabuzyan,H2619½–½2019A48National Open 20197

Speaking of exchanges, this fellow Gabuzyan seems to sacrifice rooks for breakfast. My brain tells me that aside from his game against Ramirez, he did so in both the first round and the penultimate. In the last round, however, Gabuzyan played ultra-solidly against the ultra-solid Lazaro Bruzon, ending in an ultra-solid draw. Aside from Nyzhnyk vs. Gareyev, all the other top games ended in truces as well, enabling Nyzhnyk to climb decisively above his competitors.

A special mention should be made for the participation of the legendary IM Anthony Saidy, who is famous for having been Bobby Fischer’s close friend and confidante. But at the grand old age of 82, Saidy also took down GM Vladimir Belous in round three.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 0-0 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 e6 8.0-0 exd5 9.cxd5 Na6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.a4 b6 12.Nc4 Ba6 13.Qb3 Qd7 14.Na3 Bb7 15.h3 Rfe8 16.e4 Ba6 17.Nab5 Bxb5 18.axb5 a6? Typical but risky. 19.bxa6 b5 20.Bg5 Saidy chooses to play solidly. 20.a7 b4 21.Na4 Qb5 22.Nxc5‼ An amazing resource. dxc5 22...Qxc5 23.Be3 Qb5 24.Rfc1 and the pawn is too strong. 23.d6 Ne6 23...Na6 24.e5 24.e5 Nd7 25.f4 The white pawns are simply OP. 20...b4 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nd1 Bd4 23.Ne3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Rxa6 25.Rxa6 Nxa6 26.Ra1 Nc7 27.Qb3?! The queen is somewhat out of sorts on b3; black gains an opportunity to hit the kingside. 27.Qf4= 27...Ra8 27...f5! 28.Rxa8+ Nxa8 29.Qa2 Nb6 30.Qa6 Na4?? Going for the b2 pawn - but the knight dies as well. 30...Qc7 31.Qb5= 31.Bf1! Qe8 31...Nxb2 32.Qa8+! Kg7 33.Qa1!+- 32.Bb5 Qxe4 33.Qxa4 Qb1+ 34.Bf1 Qxb2 35.Qe8+ Kg7 36.Qe7 b3 37.Qxd6 Qa1 38.Kg2 b2 38...Qd4 39.Qf4 Qxd5+ 40.Qf3+- 39.Bd3 c4 40.Qe5+! Kg8 41.Qb8+! Kg7 42.Bc2 Qc1 43.Qe5+ Kg8 44.Qe4 f5 45.Qxc4 b1Q 46.d6+ Kf8 47.Qc8+ Kg7 48.Qc7+ Kh6 49.Bxb1 Qxb1 50.d7 Qe4+ 51.Kh2 1–0
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Saidy,A2290Belous,V25141–02019A62National Open 2019 Las Vegas

IM Saidy

Dr. Saidy getting ready to trounce his formidable opponent. | Photo: Rachael Li

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1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Bruzon Batista,L2657Gabuzyan,H2619½–½2019A369
Quesada Perez,Y2577Kovalenko,I2651½–½2019B309
Nyzhnyk,I2649Gareyev,T25841–02019C709
Ramirez,A2574Antal,G2559½–½2019A229
Shtembuliak,E2538Baryshpolets,A25741–02019A139
Neiksans,A2566Boros,D24661–02019B039
Corrales Jimenez,F2549Gorovets,A25020–12019C419
Chirila,I2561Shetty,A24311–02019A509
Ostrovskiy,A2437Vorontsov,P2553½–½2019B529
Li,R2546He,A2339½–½2019B269
Salik,S1929Vijay Ke Krishnamoorthy-½–½2019B289
Naran-Erdene Naranbaatar1983Loving,J2032½–½2019A109
Felix Javier Chavez-Dante Tabing-½–½2019A169
Prasanna Suresh-Froilan Araiz Daigan-0–12019B029
Kevin Peterson-Wesly Grant Harston-1–02019B109
Nicholas Goetz-Jason Patrick Murray-1–02019C429
Katz,A2427Sorokin,A25360–12019B192019 National Open9
Shabalov,A2528Guo,A22861–02019B902019 National Open9
Kavutskiy,K2417Belous,V2514½–½2019A432019 National Open9
Rozman,L2368Tang,A24960–12019D302019 National Open9
Nestorovic,N2481Ippolito,D23310–12019C422019 National Open9
Prasanna Raghuram Rao2448Asaria,D23041–020192019 National Open9
Sun,R1967Yanayt,E22410–12019A452019 National Open9
Xu,A2048Logozar,E-1–02019B902019 National Open9
Kovalenko,I2651Bruzon Batista,L2657½–½2019A458
Gareyev,T2584Ramirez,A2574½–½2019D158
Baryshpolets,A2574Nyzhnyk,I2649½–½2019E628
Gabuzyan,H2619Janssen,R25141–02019A138
Sorokin,A2536Quesada Perez,Y25770–12019D268
Gorovets,A2502Antal,G2559½–½2019A458
Boros,D2466Corrales Jimenez,F2549½–½2019A168
Guo,A2286Neiksans,A25660–12019B468
Vigorito,D2338Chirila,I2561½–½2019D768
Vorontsov,P2553Shabalov,A2528½–½2019B538
Grabinsky,A2281Salik,S1929½–½2019B908
Avila Rodriguez,J2174Naran-Erdene Naranbaatar19830–12019B238
Felix Javier Chavez-Badgett,C-1–02019A108
Curtis Akomanyi-Froilan Araiz Daigan-0–12019A458
Welch,M-Kevin Peterson-1–02019C638
Michael Weitz-Jason Patrick Murray-½–½2019A178
Ippolito,D2331Li,R2546½–½2019D112019 National Open8
Abrahamyan,T2385Shtembuliak,E25380–12019B062019 National Open8
Griffith,K2336Nestorovic,N24810–12019B322019 National Open8
Daggupati,B2331Prasanna Raghuram Rao2448½–½2019B472019 National Open8
Shetty,A2431Grabinsky,A22811–02019A202019 National Open8
Della Morte,P2270Katz,A24270–12019B072019 National Open8
Li,E2155Kavutskiy,K24170–12019E822019 National Open8
Yanayt,E2241Nathan,K20981–02019D112019 National Open8
Bloomquist Jr,D-Kondakov,A20090–12019C532019 National Open8
Bruzon Batista,L2657Gareyev,T2584½–½2019B567
Ramirez,A2574Gabuzyan,H2619½–½2019A047
Chirila,I2561Kovalenko,I26510–12019A077
Nyzhnyk,I2649Vorontsov,P25531–02019A287
Quesada Perez,Y2577Corrales Jimenez,F2549½–½2019B237
Gurevich,D2399Baryshpolets,A25740–12019D457
Neiksans,A2566Abrahamyan,T2385½–½2019C077
Antal,G2559Tarjan,J23731–02019C597
Li,R2546Vigorito,D2338½–½2019A017
Shtembuliak,E2538Ippolito,D2331½–½2019D587
Salik,S1929Lu,M2045½–½2019C117
Naran-Erdene Naranbaatar1983Kaleeswaran,J17811–02019A347
H G Pitre-Felix Javier Chavez-0–12019B207
Froilan Araiz Daigan-Golden,R-1–02019A557
Welch,M-Kevin Peterson-0–12019E217
Michael Weitz-Jason Patrick Murray-½–½2019D027
Wang,A2334Sorokin,A25360–12019D852019 National Open7
Shabalov,A2528Asaria,D23041–02019B902019 National Open7
Tang,A2496Lin,A22671–02019D002019 National Open7
Katz,A2427Gretarsson,H2433½–½2019C532019 National Open7
Griffith,K2336Shetty,A24312019C112019 National Open7
Nestorovic,N2481Yanayt,E22411–02019B722019 National Open7
Prasanna Raghuram Rao2448Ghazarian,K22241–02019D022019 National Open7
Kavutskiy,K2417Watson,J21991–02019A062019 National Open7
Ghatti,S2190Lee,M2115½–½2019C772019 National Open7
Kondakov,A2009Logozar,E-0–12019B552019 National Open7
Kovalenko,I2651Ramirez,A2574½–½2019D156
Li,R2546Bruzon Batista,L26570–12019C536
Corrales Jimenez,F2549Nyzhnyk,I2649½–½2019B126
Gareyev,T2584Neiksans,A25661–02019E126
Gabuzyan,H2619Shtembuliak,E25381–02019A156
Quesada Perez,Y2577Tang,A24961–02019C486
Chirila,I2561Rozman,L23681–02019A226
Ippolito,D2331Antal,G2559½–½2019D796
Vorontsov,P2553Katz,A24271–02019E486
Sorokin,A2536Hevia Alejano,C2481½–½2019A616
Balint,V2234Wu,D20360–12019D436
Li,R1626Coulter,J19250–12019D026
Barozzi,M-Lin,L1660½–½2019A056
Haifeng Jiang-Spencer Nathaniel Allen-0–12019B236
Welch,M-Jacob Steven Dower-0–12019D856
Larry A Webb-Thomas Hannibal-0–12019C006
Bruzon Batista,L2657Neiksans,A2566½–½2019E145
Nyzhnyk,I2649Li,R2546½–½2019A465
Ramirez,A2574Sorokin,A25361–02019A165
Janssen,R2514Gareyev,T25840–12019A405
Nestorovic,N2481Kovalenko,I26510–12019D025
Katz,A2427Quesada Perez,Y2577½–½2019B225
Tarjan,J2373Chirila,I2561½–½2019A175
Rozman,L2368Vorontsov,P2553½–½2019A415
Corrales Jimenez,F2549Abrahamyan,T23851–02019C165
Shtembuliak,E2538Aldama Degurnay,D24181–02019E705
Balint,V2234Wu,D20360–12019A075
Li,R1626Coulter,J19250–12019B075
Barozzi,M-Lin,L16601–02019B905
Haifeng Jiang-Spencer Nathaniel Allen-0–12019D025
Welch,M-Jacob Steven Dower-1–02019E725
Larry A Webb-Thomas Hannibal-1–02019C505
Tang,A2496Ippolito,D2331½–½2019A452019 National Open5
Kavutskiy,K2417Baryshpolets,A2574½–½2019A062019 National Open5
Antal,G2559Shetty,A24310–12019C072019 National Open5
Prasanna Raghuram Rao2448Gurevich,D2399½–½2019D592019 National Open5
Shabalov,A2528Kung,T2136½–½2019C482019 National Open5
Yanayt,E2241Bryant,J24341–02019E982019 National Open5
Logozar,E-Cigan,J20121–02019B122019 National Open5
Baradaran,A2049Kondakov,A20091–02019D302019 National Open5
Neiksans,A2566Ramirez,A2574½–½2019B304
Kovalenko,I2651Janssen,R2514½–½2019A304
Boros,D2466Bruzon Batista,L26570–12019B854
Gorovets,A2502Nyzhnyk,I26490–12019D104
Chirila,I2561Tang,A2496½–½2019A074
Vorontsov,P2553Hevia Alejano,C2481½–½2019A044
Aldama Degurnay,D2418Corrales Jimenez,F2549½–½2019B884
Li,R2546Prasanna Raghuram Rao24481–02019A014
Sorokin,A2536Ostrovskiy,A24371–02019E204
Baryshpolets,A2574Rozman,L2368½–½2019B104
Grabinsky,A2281Infuehr,J19481–02019B404
Taylor,M1841Li,R16260–12019A004
Lutzke,R1811Marlon B Icban-1–02019A074
Randy Bailin-Davis,C-½–½2019B374
Paul R De Jong-Welch,M-0–12019D864
Varun Sayana-Larry A Webb-0–12019D004
Della Morte,P2270Nestorovic,N24810–12019C502019 National Open4
Shetty,A2431Costello,A2297½–½2019A202019 National Open4
Asaria,D2304Katz,A24270–12019A422019 National Open4
Kung,T2136Kavutskiy,K2417½–½2019B002019 National Open4
Belous,V2514Polavaram,R20581–02019A182019 National Open4
Huang,G2119Yanayt,E2241½–½2019A042019 National Open4
Bryant,J2434Logozar,E-1–02019B222019 National Open4
Kondakov,A2009Ghatti,S21900–12019B132019 National Open4
Bruzon Batista,L2657Gorovets,A2502½–½2019C413
Hevia Alejano,C2481Kovalenko,I2651½–½2019E603
Nyzhnyk,I2649Boros,D2466½–½2019A153
Ramirez,A2574Zhu,J23631–02019A343
Neiksans,A2566Vigorito,D23381–02019B133
Ostrovskiy,A2437Li,R2546½–½2019B513
Rozman,L2368Sorokin,A2536½–½2019D903
Janssen,R2514Wang,A23341–02019D313
Gareyev,T2584Abrahamyan,T2385½–½2019A303
He,A2339Chirila,I25610–12019B323
Biyiasas,T1906Heredia Serrano,C2159½–½2019D123
Cailen J Melville-Gordon Jamall Randall-1–02019A603
Juan Baligad-Marius Cutitaru-0–12019B923
Charles Davis-Christian Mercado-1–02019A003
Mason Welch-Fred Conley-1–02019D323
Dustin Herker-Rudy Crook-½–½2019B073
Nestorovic,N2481Asaria,D2304½–½2019A462019 National Open3
Prasanna Raghuram Rao2448Sam,G22270–12019E212019 National Open3
Yanayt,E2241Gabuzyan,H2619½–½2019A612019 National Open3
Calhoun,L-Baryshpolets,A25740–12019A052019 National Open3
Ghatti,S2190Quesada Perez,Y25770–12019C772019 National Open3
Shtembuliak,E2538Zenin,D21861–02019E772019 National Open3
Shabalov,A2528Easton,J21631–02019B332019 National Open3
Zavortink,M2156Shetty,A24310–12019A072019 National Open3
Feinstein,M2142Katz,A24270–12019B092019 National Open3
Logozar,E-Kavutskiy,K24170–12019B082019 National Open3
Bryant,J2434Bruzon Batista,L26570–12019C452
Kovalenko,I2651Gretarsson,H24331–02019A202
Katz,A2427Nyzhnyk,I26490–12019C112
Aldama Degurnay,D2418Gareyev,T2584½–½2019C972
Kavutskiy,K2417Ramirez,A25740–12019A402
Quesada Perez,Y2577Rozman,L23680–12019B192
Bradford,J2379Neiksans,A25660–12019A152
Zhu,J2363Antal,G25591–02019C152
Vorontsov,P2553He,A2339½–½2019A162
Li,R2546Costello,A22971–02019C532
Ippolito,D2331Janssen,R25140–12019E322
Gorovets,A2502Raptis,N23261–02019A402
Asaria,D2304Tang,A2496½–½2019D372
Hevia Alejano,C2481Yanayt,E22411–02019A152
Boros,D2466Somalwar,A21151–02019B442
Polavaram,R2058Prasanna Raghuram Rao2448½–½2019A502
Vigorito,D2338Shtembuliak,E25381–02019D022019 National Open2
Sorokin,A2536Griffith,K23361–02019E902019 National Open2
Wang,A2334Shabalov,A25281–02019D312019 National Open2
Chirila,I2561Li,E21551–02019A452019 National Open2
Mishra,P2034Nestorovic,N24810–12019C702019 National Open2
Shetty,A2431Lee,M21151–02019A152019 National Open2
Serna,J2052Ghatti,S21900–12019B122019 National Open2
Romero,J1940Logozar,E21170–12019D472019 National Open2
Bruzon Batista,L2657Della Morte,P22701–02019A041
Guo,A2286Kovalenko,I26510–12019A311
Nyzhnyk,I2649Meyer,L22861–02019A131
Grabinsky,A2281Gabuzyan,H2619½–½2019B551
Gareyev,T2584Lin,A22671–02019A131
Yanayt,E2241Baryshpolets,A25741–02019E041
Ramirez,A2574Calhoun,L-1–02019A131
Jaksland,T2237Quesada Perez,Y25770–12019A091
Neiksans,A2566Ghazarian,K22241–02019B401
Watson,J2199Chirila,I2561½–½2019D851
Shtembuliak,E2538Easton,J21631–02019A281
Zavortink,M2156Sorokin,A25360–12019A451
Shabalov,A2528Ravuri,V21511–02019E741
Feinstein,M2142Belous,V25140–12019E731
Janssen,R2514Kung,T21361–02019A211
Quirke,J2136Gorovets,A25020–12019A841
Antal,G2559Lynch,J21951–02019B312019 National Open1
Ghatti,S2190Vorontsov,P25530–12019B062019 National Open1
Wu,L2177Li,R25460–12019B002019 National Open1
Tang,A2496Burrows,B21271–02019E332019 National Open1
Logozar,E-Boros,D24660–12019B272019 National Open1
Prasanna Raghuram Rao2448Lee,M21151–02019C772019 National Open1
Polavaram,R2058Shetty,A24311–02019D102019 National Open1
Katz,A2427Serna,J20521–02019C532019 National Open1
Kavutskiy,K2417Akopian,R20401–02019A652019 National Open1
Gustafsson,A2018Bradford,J23790–12019A482019 National Open1

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Ruifeng is one of the top junior players in the world. He received his IM title in 2016 and the GM title in 2017. 2016 was one of the best years in his chess career. He won the North American Junior Championship, National Open, and Philadelphia Open, also tied for first at 26th Annual North American Open.

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