The 19th Annual Los Angeles Chess Open 2024 was held from 1-3th November at the Hilton Orange County Airport in Irvine, California, USA.
The event had seven sections: Major (for players rated over 1900), Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The top two sections are FIDE rated.
The tournament format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/80, SD/30, d30 (2-day option, rounds 1-2 G/60 d10).
The main Major Section had 79 participants. Grandmaster Batchuluun Tsegmed took a clear first place with 4.5/5 points, earning the top prize of $2100. Other Grandmasters fell short on 3.5 points and finished without prizes.
Under 2100 section had 71 players. Ephraim M Rosenstock 2086, Davit Simanovski 1953 and Finn Belew 1918 shared the first place with 4.5/5 points each.
Under 1900 section had 61 participants. Owen Durby 1858, Taja Delijani 1814 and Angelo Sebastian Rano Agbayani 1763 shared the first place with 4.5/5 points each.
Under 1700 section attracted 44 players. Ethan Chou Dyget 1680 took a clear first place with 4.5/5 points.
Under 1500 section gathered 46 participants. Andrew Zhuoyuan You 1465 won with the perfect 5/5 score.
Under 1300 section had 44 players. Aryan Mijwad Ali 1191 won with the perfect 5/5 score.
Under 1000 section had 67 participants. Chyngyz Abylkasymov 889 won with the perfect 5/5 score.
Major Section final standings:
1 GM Batchuluun Tsegmed 2522 – 4.5
2-7 IM Alexander Velikanov 2427, Eduard Hakobyan 2416, FM Isaac Wang 2397, FM Jiangwei Yu 2358, FM Julian Colville 2251 and CM Sultai Chyngyz 2172 – 4.0
8-17 GM Tigran L Petrosian 2717, GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez 2661, GM Arman Mikaelyan 2596, David Gasparyan 2339, FM Teddie Wen 2305, CM Ethan Guo 2269, FM Benjamin Benchen Tang 2207, Ionatan Giurgiu 2192, Austin Liu 2189 and Kyle Yiwen Wang 2125 – 3.5 etc
The event had a $20,000 guaranteed prize fund.
