The 16-years old FM Jason Wang emerged clear winner of the main Open section of the 31st North American Open. Wang (rated 2361) collected 7,5 points from nine games to earn the prize and bonus of 10.300 USD.
The 31st annual North American Open was held from 26-30th December at The Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The event had 7 sections and a total prize fund of 125.000 USD. Open, U2300 and U2100 were FIDE rated.
Open section final standings (130 players):
1.FM Jason Wang 2361 USA – 7.5
2-5. GM Aleksey Sorokin 2537 RUS, IM Jason Liang 2514 USA, GM Arman Mikaelyan 2507 ARM and GM Harshit Raja 2457 IND – 7.0 (2825 USD each)
6-12. GM Jianchao Zhou 2558 CHN, GM Viktor Matviishen 2527 UKR, GM Vladimir Belous 2517 RUS, GM Luka Budisavljevic 2505 SRB, GM Manuel Leon Hoyos 2488 MEX (720 USD each), FM Sandeep Sethuraman 2394 USA and Nicholas F Matta 2167 USA (2500 USD each) – 6.5
13-16. GM Mikhail Antipov 2600 FID, GM James Edward Tarjan 2360 USA, FM Alice Lee 2292 USA and Avi Harrison Kaplan 2046 USA – 6.0 (333 USD each)
Prizes:
Open Section: $10000-5000-3000-2000-1300-1000-800-700-600-500, clear winner or 1st on tiebreak bonus $300, top FIDE Under 2400/Unr $3000-2000-1000. FIDE rated, GM & IM norms possible.
Under 2300 Section: $7000-4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400. FIDE rated.
Under 2100 Section: $7000-4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $2000. FIDE rated.
Under 1900 Section: $7000-4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $1600.
Under 1700 Section: $6000-3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-500-400-400, no unrated may win over $1300.
Under 1500 Section: $5000-2500-1300-1000-700-600-500-400-300-300, no unrated may win over $1000.
Under 1250 Section: $3000-1500-1000-800-600-500-400-400-300-300, top Under 1000 (no unr) $1000-500
