Canadians at the 2014 World Open
A few Canadian are doing well. GM Kovalyov has 4.5/6 (after a loss against GM Smirin) and FM Razvan Preotu has an impressive 3/5 against 5 GMs for a total of 4/6. Other Canadian players include IM Bindi Cheng, IM Richard Wang and IM Raja Panjwani. Dennis Shamroni also has 4.5/6 in the U1800 section.
42nd Annual World Open
June 30-July 6, 2014The 42nd Annual World Open will be held from June June 30-July 6, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.
The event has a $250,000 prize fund, based on 1180 paid entries, with $200,000 minimum guaranteed!
The event has 10 sections: Open, Under 2400/Unrated, Under 2200, Under 2000, Under 1800, Under 1600, Under 1400, Under 1200, Under 900/Unrated and Unrated/Provisional.
The Open Section will be a 9-round event held over 5-days (July 2-6). GM and IM norms possible!
The Under 2400/Unrated to Under 1600 sections are 9-round events with 7-day (June 30-July 6), 5-day (July 2-6), 4-day (July 3-6) or 3-day (July 4-6) schedules to play in.
The Under 1400 to Unrated/Provisional sections are 9-round events with 5-day (July 2-6), 4-day (July 3-6) or 3-day (July 4-6) schedules to play in.
All details on the tournament website : http://www.chesstournamentservices.com/cca/world-open/