Two-way tie for the top of the 10th Cherry Blossom Chess Classic 2023

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The 10th edition of the Cherry Blossom Chess Classic took place from 26-29 May at the Washington Dulles Airport Marriott Hotel, Dulles, Virginia. The event featured six tournaments: Open, U2300, U2000, U1700, U1400, and U1100 with a total prize fund of $28.000.

It was a two-way tie for the top of the main Cherry Blossom Chess Classic Open tournament as GM Vasif Durarbayli and GM Mikhail Antipov scored 6.5/9 points, each. Tiebreak criteria favored Durarbayli who eventually finished first on the final standings. As many as nine players followed them scoring 6 points, tying for the third place. Scroll down for final standings

10th Cherry Blossom Chess Classic 2023 – final standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	DURARBAYLI, Vasif	AZE	2627	6.5	47	50
2	GM	ANTIPOV, Mikhail	FID	2588	6.5	45	48
3	GM	KANTOR, Gergely	HUN	2535	6	46	51
4	GM	KHANIN, S.	FID	2566	6	45	50
5	GM	NYZHNYK, Illya	UKR	2644	6	45	48
6	IM	BORA, Safal	USA	2462	6	44	48
7	GM	MATVIISHEN, Viktor	UKR	2538	6	44	48
8	GM	BURKE, John M	USA	2583	6	44	48
9	IM	DRUSKA, Juraj	SVK	2496	6	43	47
10	IM	HILBY, Craig	USA	2401	6	43	46
11	IM	STEARMAN, Josiah	USA	2385	6	42	46
12	FM	MOREFIELD, Jason	USA	2167	5.5	43	47
13		SRINIAIYER, Sudarshan	USA	2211	5.5	41	45
14	CM	TANENBAUM, Zachary	USA	2261	5.5	40	43
15	WGM	MARJANOVIC, Annamaria	HUN	2273	5	40	42
16	IM	PLOTKIN, Mark	CAN	2341	5	40	42
17	WIM	CATHERINA, Michelle	IND	2193	5	30	32
18	IM	SINHA, Sahil	USA	2317	4.5	44	47
19	IM	SARGASYAN, Anna M.	ARM	2375	4.5	41	43
20	IM	ROSELLI MAILHE, Bernardo	URU	2380	4.5	40	43
21		SENFT, Sean	USA	2089	4.5	40	42
22		GIRSH, Daniel	USA	2123	4.5	39	42
23	CM	KANLI, Alperen	AZE	2111	4.5	37	40
24	IM	WILLIAMS, Justus	USA	2396	4.5	37	40
25		BRADY, Tyson	USA	2092	4.5	37	39
26	WCM	ISMAYILOVA, Khanim	AZE	1562	4.5	36	38
27		PRABHU, Naveen	USA	2138	4.5	35	38
28	IM	ADU, Oladapo	NGR	2081	4.5	33	36
29	WGM	OUELLET, Maili-Jade	CAN	2246	4	40	42
30	CM	ALTMAN, Joshua	ENG	2120	4	38	40
31	GM	ZHUKOVA, Natalia	UKR	2324	4	37	41
32		SU, Kevin	USA	2038	4	35	37
33		SLADE, Theodore	ENG	2021	4	33	35
34	IM	PARK, Evan	USA	2380	3.5	42	45
35		SLATE, Kent	USA	1989	3.5	38	41
36	FM	PAUL, Justin	USA	2314	3.5	37	40
37	CM	CHABRIS, Christopher	USA	2053	3.5	37	41
38		LING, Evan	USA	1952	3.5	35	39
39	FM	SAMUELSON, Andrew	USA	2019	3.5	35	37
40	IM	KIEWRA, Keaton	USA	2352	3.5	35	38
41		LADDHA, Yash Jayesh	USA	2195	3	38	40
42		DIAO, Matthew Guo	USA	1973	3	34	37
43		PREM, Pranav	USA	2061	3	33	35
44		BAIM, Elvin	AZE	1728	3	30	32
45		SHOYKHET, Benjamin	USA	1919	2	34	36
46		ARIPOV, Iskandar	UZB	2211	2	32	35
47		VINOD, Aarush	USA	1914	1.5	33	35
48		HU, Merric	USA	2022	1.5	29	31
49		TAHMASSEBI, Bijan	USA	2201	1	29	31
50		MARTIN, Sam B	USA	2067	1	28	30