The Week in Chess

Home » Chess News » Events » 40th Annual World Open 2012

The 40th Annual World Open took place in Philadelphia 2nd-8th July 2012. GMs Ivan Sokolov and Alex Shabalov finished at the top of the Open Section standings, both finishing with 7/9 after agreeing to a quick draw in the final round to secure a share of first. Both players could have been caught by GMs Wesley So and Yury Shulman or IM Marc Arnold who all started the final round half-point behind the leaders but none of those players managed a victory, leaving Sokolov and Shabolov alone at the top. An Armageddon play-off between the two GMs was held after the end of the tournament. Sokolov had the white pieces and 5 minutes while Shabalov had the black pieces, 3 minutes and draw odds (both players also had a 5 second delay). The game was won by Sokolov who becomes the 2012 World Open Champion. Final standings to follow.

vs

ChessTempo viewer

40th Annual World Op Philadelphia USA Mon 2nd Jul 2012 - Sun 8th Jul 2012 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	Prize
1	Ivan Sokolov	GM	2676	7	$12926.50
2	Alexander Shabalov	GM	2534	7	$12673.50
3	Wesley B So	GM	2650	6.5	$1484.57
4	Aleksander Lenderman	GM	2613	6.5	$1484.57
5	Giorgi Kacheishvili	GM	2605	6.5	$1484.57
6	Ray Robson	GM	2601	6.5	$1484.57
7	Yury Shulman	GM	2588	6.5	$1484.57
8	Alexander Evdokimov	GM	2544	6.5	$1484.57
9	Marc Tyler Arnold	IM	2529	6.5	$1484.57
10	Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli	GM	2628	6	$70.34
11	Abhijeet Gupta	GM	2627	6	$70.34
12	Sergey Erenburg	GM	2624	6	$70.34
13	Sam Shankland	GM	2579	6	$70.34
14	Marin Bosiocic	GM	2570	6	$70.34
15	Alexander Stripunsky	GM	2553	6	$70.34
16	Mikheil Kekelidze	GM	2494	6	$636.25
17	Mackenzie Molner	IM	2479	6	$636.25
18	John Daniel Bryant	FM	2377	6	$636.25
19	Eesha Karavade	IM	2343	6	$636.25
20	Sergei Azarov	GM	2658	5.5
21	Tamaz Gelashvili	GM	2604	5.5
22	Alojzije Jankovic	GM	2543	5.5
23	S P Sethuraman	GM	2535	5.5
24	Nikola Mitkov	GM	2527	5.5
25	Joshua E Friedel	GM	2503	5.5
26	Alonso Zapata	GM	2488	5.5
27	Deepan Chakkravarthy	GM	2468	5.5
28	Vladimir Romanenko	GM	2463	5.5
29	Ilya Smirin	GM	2647	5
30	Evgeny Romanov	GM	2623	5
31	Atanas Ivan Kolev	GM	2604	5
32	Vidit Gujrathi	IM	2530	5
33	Qingnan Liu	IM	2509	5
34	Shyam Nikhil	IM	2502	5
35	Tsegmed Batchuluun	GM	2501	5
36	Robert Hungaski	IM	2488	5
37	Thomas Bartell	FM	2465	5
38	Greg Shahade	IM	2462	5
39	Salvijus Bercys	IM	2429	5
40	Gildardo Garcia	GM	2418	5
41	Yaacov Norowitz		2388	5
42	Teddy Coleman	FM	2379	5
43	Robert Perez		2334	5
44	Michael Kleinman	FM	2293	5
45	Alex M Fikiet		2243	5
46	Andrew Shvartsman		2240	5
47	Robert L Hess	GM	2639	4.5
48	Mesgen Amanov	GM	2529	4.5
49	M R Venkatesh	IM	2506	4.5
50	Justin Sarkar	IM	2396	4.5
51	Mikhail Zlotnikov	IM	2354	4.5
52	Mauricio Arias Santana	IM	2316	4.5
53	Adarsh Jayakumar		2300	4.5
54	Kassa Korley	FM	2298	4.5
55	Luke Harmon-Vellotti		2265	4.5
56	Viktorija Ni	WIM	2264	4.5
57	Nelson Castaneda	FM	2244	4.5
58	Alexander B King		2237	4.5
59	Steve Barrett		2233	4.5
60	Justus D Williams		2216	4.5
61	Joshua Colas		2126	4.5
62	Thomas M Ulrich		2118	4.5
63	Joel Benjamin	GM	2559	4
64	Tania Sachdev	IM	2394	4
65	Ronald Burnett	IM	2350	4
66	Robby Adamson	FM	2335	4
67	Seth Homa	FM	2283	4
68	Anna Sharevich	WGM	2258	4
69	Michael Thaler		2243	4
70	Nadya Ortiz	WGM	2230	4
71	Steven D Greanias		2154	4
72	Nicholas Ryba		2097	4
73	Matt D Helfst		1930	4
74	Daniel J Ludwig	IM	2482	3.5
75	Gabriel Battaglini	IM	2419	3.5
76	Jake Kleiman	IM	2392	3.5
77	Kazim Gulamali	FM	2318	3.5
78	Jared Defibaugh		2263	3.5
79	James A Black Jr		2232	3.5
80	Manuel Llopis de Aysa		2153	3.5
81	Nitai D Leve		2134	3.5
82	Sarah Chiang		2102	3.5
83	Benjamin Coraretti		2091	3.5
84	Jeffrey Plew		1996	3.5
85	Jonathan Chiang		1935	3.5
86	Mark R Rand		1927	3.5
87	Awonder Liang	FM	1922	3.5
88	Erik Santarius		2297	3
89	Atulya A Shetty		2252	3
90	Christopher Wu		2182	3
91	Sylvester Smarty		2037	3
92	Vasanta Wettasinha		1830	3
93	Alejandro Ramirez	GM	2576	2.5
94	Dov Gorman		2276	2.5
95	Andrew Ryba		2162	2.5
96	Andrew E Lebovitz		2061	2.5
97	Thomas J Beckman		1969	2.5
98	Sam Sloan		1902	2.5
99	Guillermo Luigui Uba Nieto		1897	2.5
100	Jennifer Acon		1832	2.5
101	Michael A Mulyar	IM	2386	2
102	Michael H Bodek	FM	2324	2
103	Luis Belliard		2183	2
104	Daniel J Clancy		2154	2
105	Mariano A Acosta		2039	2
106	Manuel Valerio Nieto		1949	2
107	Adream Liang		1878	2
108	Eduardo Bauza Mercere		1828	2
109	Adam Samu Maltese		2255	1.5
110	Greg Shahade [7-day]	IM	2462	1
111	Richard J Tuhrim		2268	1
112	Nadya Ortiz [house]		2230	1
113	Aaron E Kahn		2262	0.5
114	Benjamin W Krause		2205	0.5
115	Okechukwu A Iwu		2166	0.5
116	Luke Harmon-Vellotti [7-day]		2265	0
117	Sarah Chiang [7-day]		2102	0
118	Jonathan Chiang [7-day]		1935	0
118 players

---

---

---

---

Contact Mark Crowther (TWIC) if you wish to advertise here.

TWIC Sponsors:

Clark St James Ltd - online advertising agency eg Google AdWords, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn Ads

The Doctor.

• All material © The Week In Chess
• Email Mark Crowther - TWIC