The 29th Annual Pacific Coast Open was held from 19-21st July at the Hilton Orange County Airport Hotel, Irvine, near Los Angeles, USA.
The event had 7 sections: Premier (for players rated over 2000), Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000. The top two sections are FIDE rated.
The tournament format was 6-round Swiss with the time control 40/80, SD/30, d30 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/35, d10).
The main Premier Section had 50 participants. GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez took a clear first place with 5.5/6 points, after defeating the top seeded GM Karen Grigoryan in the final round. Corrales Jimenez is awarded with $3100 prize.
Under 2100 section had 80 participants. Michael Taylor 1918, Jayden David Lee 1877 and Ivan Petrusevich 1853 shared the first place with 5.0/6 points each.
Under 1900 section had 63 participants. Gavin Tjipto 1823 is sole winner with 5.5/6 points.
Under 1700 section gathered 37 participants. Owen Durby 1534 was convincing with 5.5/6 points.
Premier Section final standings:
1 GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez 2625 CA – 5.5
2 GM Arman Mikaelyan 2616 CA – 5.0
3-6 IM John D Bryant 2507 CA, FM Mikayel Rostomyan 2382 ER, FM Isaac Wang 2355 CA and CM Yiding Lu 2228 WA – 4.5
7-13 GM Karen Grigoryan 2696 ARM, GM Batchuluun Tsegmed 2561 CA, David Gasparyan 2322 CA, IM Ming Lu 2311 CA, FM Teddie Wen 2287 CA, Vishva Nanugonda 2162 CA and Kritin Rohan Gopalakrishnan 2105 CA – 4.0 etc
The event had a $30,000 guaranteed prize fund.
