The 32nd edition of the Chicago Chess Open 2023 will be held from 25-29 May at the Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel in Chicago. The event features a $100.000 prize fund and it is played in 8 rating categories: Open, U2300, U2100, U1900, U1700, U1500, U1300 and U1000. The events are played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the classical time control.
Prize fund will be distributed as follows:
ย ย ย ย Under 2300 Section:ย $5000-2500-1200-800-600-500-400-300-300-300.ย FIDE Rated
ย ย ย Under 2100 Section:ย $5000-2500-1200-800-600-500-400-300-300-300.Unrated limit $1200.ย FIDE Rated
ย ย ย ย Under 1900 Section:ย $5000-2500-1200-800-600-500-400-300-300-300.ย
ย ย ย ย Under 1700 Section:ย $5000-2500-1200-800-600-500-400-300-300-300.ย
ย ย ย ย Under 1500 Section:ย $4000-2000-1000-700-500-400-300-300-300-300.ย
ย ย ย ย Under 1300 Section:ย $3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-300-300-300-300.ย
ย ย ย ย Under 1000 Section:ย $1500-800-600-400-300-200-200-100-100-100.ย Unrated limit $200.
More than 650 players already registered for the events, and the starting rank list of the Open section can be found below. The top seeds are GM Awonder Liang, GM Vasif Durarbayli and GM Jianchao Zhou.
Chicago Chess Open 2023 – Participants list:
| Starting rank | Player’s Name | FIDE Rating |
| 1 | Awonder, Liang (GM) | 2651 |
| 2 | Vasif, Durarbayli (GM) | 2627 |
| 3 | Jianchao, Zhou (GM) | 2555 |
| 4 | Grzegorz, Nasuta (GM) | 2550 |
| 5 | Emilio, Cordova (GM) | 2543 |
| 6 | Robby, Kevlishvili (GM) | 2541 |
| 7 | Giorgi, Margvelashvili (GM) | 2530 |
| 8 | Jason, Liang (IM) | 2530 |
| 9 | Praveen, Balakrishnan (GM) | 2515 |
| 10 | Oskar, Wieczorek (GM) | 2512 |
| 11 | Jakub, Kosakowski (IM) | 2485 |
| 12 | Nikola, Mitkov (GM) | 2477 |
| 13 | Ehsan, Ghaemmaghami (GM) | 2463 |
| 14 | Dimitar, Mardov (IM) | 2461 |
| 15 | Zurab, Javakhadze (IM) | 2459 |
| 16 | Joshua, Posthuma (IM) | 2457 |
| 17 | Aleksa, Strikovic (GM) | 2454 |
| 18 | Robert, Shlyakhtenko (IM) | 2427 |
| 19 | Jason, Wang (IM) | 2425 |
| 20 | Sam A, Schmakel (IM) | 2420 |
| 21 | Artiom, Samsonkin (IM) | 2420 |
| 22 | Ryo Wenyu, Chen (IM) | 2406 |
| 23 | Joseph, Levine (FM) | 2392 |
| 24 | Tugstumur, Yesuntumur (FM) | 2388 |
| 25 | Brewington, Hardaway (FM) | 2363 |
| 26 | Kapil, Chandran (FM) | 2351 |
| 27 | Zoey, Tang (WIM) | 2348 |
| 28 | Harshid, Kunka | 2347 |
| 29 | Gus, Huston (FM) | 2347 |
| 30 | Liordis, Quesada Vera (IM) | 2322 |
| 31 | Andy, Lin (FM) | 2312 |
| 32 | Olivier, Chiku-ratte (IM) | 2311 |
| 33 | Eric Chang, Liu | 2299 |
| 34 | Dachey, Lin (FM) | 2299 |
| 35 | Samrug, Narayanan (FM) | 2297 |
| 36 | Michalina, Rudzinska (WFM) | 2297 |
| 37 | Nicholas, Vettese (IM) | 2283 |
| 38 | Gunnar, Andersen | 2283 |
| 39 | Tanitoluwa, Adewumi (FM) | 2283 |
| 40 | Erick, Zhao (FM) | 2275 |
| 41 | Gabriela, Antova (FM) | 2259 |
| 42 | Ryan, Harper (FM) | 2255 |
| 43 | Ryan, Amburgy (FM) | 2246 |
| 44 | Nicolas, De La Colina | 2244 |
| 45 | Oleiny, Linares Napoles (WGM) | 2236 |
| 46 | Nicholas, Ladan | 2228 |
| 47 | Seth, Homa (FM) | 2213 |
| 48 | Andrew, Jiang | 2201 |
| 49 | Raghav, Venkat | 2188 |
| 50 | Joseph Cheng-yue, Wan | 2167 |
| 51 | Ryan Daniel, Clayton | 2157 |
| 52 | Ethan Thomas, Sheehan | 2151 |
| 53 | Avi Harrison, Kaplan | 2146 |
| 54 | Matthew, Puckett | 2136 |
| 55 | Alexander, Deatrick | 2111 |
| 56 | Rose, Atwell | 2108 |
| 57 | Stephen, Adams | 2097 |
| 58 | Arsal, Gardezi | 2093 |
| 59 | James L, Nguyen | 2088 |
| 60 | Vincent, Latorre | 2070 |
| 61 | Isaiah, Gadson | 2063 |
| 62 | Okechukwu Anele Nnej, Iwu | 2049 |
| 63 | Mauro Alberto, Lopez | 2045 |
| 64 | Daniel, Yedidia | 2041 |
| 65 | Yassamin, Ehsani (WFM) | 2037 |
| 66 | Sullivan Mac, Mcconnell | 2037 |
| 67 | Dane, Mattson | 2031 |
| 68 | Jeffrey L, Quirke | 2007 |
| 69 | Jed, Sloan (CM) | 2006 |
| 70 | Isaac, Wiebe | 2006 |
| 71 | Matthew, Wofford | 1999 |
| 72 | Carter Frank, Peatman | 1998 |
| 73 | Daniel G, Pomerantz | 1997 |
| 74 | Griffin Thomas, Mcconnell | 1995 |
| 75 | Anshul P, Shetty | 1993 |
| 76 | Ronak, Hiwale | 1992 |
| 77 | Kevin, Velazquez | 1988 |
| 78 | Evan, Sammons | 1984 |
| 79 | Nastassja A, Matus (WFM) | 1981 |
| 80 | Nicholas, Bruha | 1977 |
| 81 | Rohit, Guha | 1970 |
| 82 | Natalie, Wisniowski (WCM) | 1960 |
| 83 | Elijah Samuel, Platnick | 1953 |
| 84 | Dhruv, Khosla (CM) | 1937 |
| 85 | Adhvaith, Rajanish | 1930 |
| 86 | Aadit, Bhatia | 1926 |
| 87 | Chloe, Gaw | 1911 |
| 88 | Roger, Zhang | 1879 |
| 89 | Rishi T, Narayanan | 1876 |
| 90 | Prateek R, Nemmali | 1875 |
| 91 | Edward Thorpe, Dean | 1870 |
| 92 | Eric, Starkman | 1866 |
| 93 | Paul, Fricano | 1849 |
| 94 | Eduard, Danilyan | 1849 |
| 95 | Derek, Chen | 1848 |
| 96 | Jack, Heller | 1842 |
| 97 | Ajitesh, Nair | 1822 |
| 98 | James, Altucher | 1812 |
| 99 | Advait, Nair | 1812 |
| 100 | Linxi, Zhu | 1779 |
| 101 | Rohit, Bhatta | 1741 |
| 102 | Yusuf, Mansurov | 1731 |
| 103 | Eskandar, Saraie | 1646 |
| 104 | Matthew Kent, Pikus | 1588 |
| 105 | Kyriakos, Kypriotakis | 1258 |
