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The 44th Annual World Open took place 30th June to 4th July 2016. Third seed Gabor Papp beat top seed Viktor Bologan in a tie-break game to win the event. In total 7 players scored 7/9 to win $5800, Papp won an extra bonus of $500 for a total of $6300 after beating Bologan in the tie-break.

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44th Annual World Open Philadelphia USA Thu 30th Jun 2016 - Mon 4th Jul 2016 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	Prize
1	Papp, Gabor	GM	HUN	2596	7	45	1st-7th/Bonus $6300.00
2	Bologan, Victor	GM	MDA	2654	7	44.5	1st-7th $5800.00
3	Gelashvili, Tamaz	GM	GEO	2557	7	44	1st-7th $5800.00
4	Popilski, Gil	GM	ISR	2542	7	43.5	1st-7th $5800.00
5	Shimanov, Alex	GM	RUS	2631	7	41	1st-7th $5800.00
6	Durarbayli, Vasif	GM	AZE	2596	7	41	1st-7th $5800.00
7	Nyzhnyk, Illia I	GM	UKR	2622	7	39	1st-7th $5800.00
8	Kamsky, Gata	GM	USA	2675	6.5		8th-10th $200.00
9	Lenderman, Aleksandr	GM	USA	2614	6.5		8th-10th $200.00
10	Akobian, Varuzhan	GM	USA	2612	6.5		8th-10th $200.00
11	Sevian, Samuel	GM	USA	2603	6.5		8th-10th $200.00
12	Zherebukh, Yaroslav	GM	USA	2595	6.5		8th-10th $200.00
13	Ramirez, Alejandro	GM	USA	2563	6.5		8th-10th $200.00
14	Gorovets, Andrey	IM	BLR	2551	6.5		8th-10th $200.00
15	Shabalov, Alexander	GM	USA	2533	6.5		8th-10th $200.00
16	Preotu, Razvan	IM	CAN	2462	6.5		8th-10th $200.00
17	Checa, Nicolas T	FM	USA	2398	6.5		1st 2300-2449 $5000.00
18	Morrison, William	FM	USA	2295	6.5		1st 2200-2299 $5000.00
19	Bachmann, Axel	GM	PAR	2642	6
20	Kacheishvili, Giorgi	GM	GEO	2589	6
21	Suarez, Isan Ortiz	GM	CUB	2578	6
22	Li, Ruifeng	IM	USA	2529	6
23	Subramanian, Arun Prasad	GM	IND	2502	6
24	Sarkar, Justin J	IM	USA	2439	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
25	Liang, Awonder	IM	USA	2408	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
26	Panjwani, Raja	IM	CAN	2393	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
27	Aldama, Dionisio	IM	MEX	2391	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
28	Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr	IM	USA	2390	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
29	Colas, Joshua	FM	USA	2387	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
30	Kleiman, Jake	IM	USA	2378	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
31	Shetty, Atulya	FM	USA	2366	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
32	Wang, Kevin	FM	USA	2314	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
33	Santarius, Erik		USA	2302	6		2nd-3rd 2300-2449 $400.00
34	Rozman, Levy A		USA	2254	6		2nd 2200-2299 $2500.00
35	Jimenez, Fidel Corrales	GM	USA	2528	5.5
36	Fishbein, Alexander	GM	USA	2481	5.5
37	Jayaram, Ashwin	GM	IND	2460	5.5
38	Rohde, Michael A	GM	USA	2449	5.5
39	Krush, Irina	GM	USA	2443	5.5
40	Bryant, John	IM	USA	2439	5.5
41	Lapshun, Yury	IM	USA	2438	5.5
42	Vera, Sandro Pozo	GM	CUB	2432	5.5
43	Tang, Andrew	IM	USA	2416	5.5
44	Sheng, Joshua	FM	USA	2397	5.5
45	Hilby, Craig	FM	USA	2386	5.5
46	Yang, Kaiqi	IM	CHN	2381	5.5
47	Mandizha, Farai	IM	ZIM	2368	5.5
48	Balakrishnan, Praveen	FM	USA	2363	5.5
49	Panchanatham, Vignesh	FM	USA	2352	5.5
50	Vibbert, Sean	FM	USA	2350	5.5
221 players

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44th Annual World Open TB Philadelphia USA Mon 4th Jul 2016 - Mon 4th Jul 2016 Leading Final Round 1 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	Pts
1	Papp, Gabor	GM	HUN	2584	1	1
2	Bologan, Victor	GM	MDA	2654	0	0
2 players

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