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George Washington Chess Open 2024 – All information

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Washington Dulles Marriott Hotel

The 8th annual George Washington Open 2024 will take place from 23rd to 25th February at the Washington Dulles Marriott Hotel, 45020 Aviation Drive, Dulles, Virginia, USA.

The tournament format is 5-round Swiss, with the time control 40/80, SD/30, d30, and the event consists of five sections: Major (over 1900), U2100, U1800, U1500 and U1200. The top two sections are FIDE rated.

The total prize fund is $17,000 guaranteed.
Major Section (1900/up): $2000-1000-600-400, clear or tiebreak 1st $100 bonus, top USCF U2300 $600-300. FIDE rated.
Under 2100 Section: $1300-700-400-200, top Under 1900 (no Unr) $600-300. FIDE rated.
Under 1800 Section: $1200-600-300-200, top Under 1600 (no Unr) $500-250.
Under 1500 Section: $1000-500-300-150, top Under 1300 (no Unr) $400-200.
Under 1200 Section: $700-400-300-200, top Under 1000 (no Unr) $200-100.

Top 4 sections entry fee: $113 online at chessaction.com by 2/21, $130 at site or online until an hour before round 1. Already more than 50 players registered for the event, including GM Jianchao Zhou and GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez who top-seed the Major section.

Starting list of players – George Washington Chess Open 2024 (As of 3rd February, 2024):

St. RankPlayer’s NameFIDE RatingStateSection
1Jianchao Zhou (GM)2565MAMajor (1900 & up)
2Fidel Corrales Jimenez (GM)2531NYMajor (1900 & up)
3Oladapo Olutola Adu (IM)2111DCMajor (1900 & up)
4Sudarshan Sriniaiyer (FM)2073VAMajor (1900 & up)
5Arvind Jayaraman (FM)2072OHMajor (1900 & up)
6Emmett Parks1843DCMajor (1900 & up)
7Max Asher Friedman1781TNMajor (1900 & up)
8Daniel Wang1769VAUnder 2100
9Zachary Pan1718MAMajor (1900 & up)
10Marshall Philip Kaiser1700DCUnder 2100
11Patrick Tomporowski1684NYUnder 2100
12Grant Peed1681VAMajor (1900 & up)
13Sandeep Thimmasamudram1679MDMajor (1900 & up)
14Ryan Christopher Cowdin1663MDUnder 2100
15Ariv Debmisra1638PAUnder 2100
16Steven Liu1616MDUnder 2100
17Matthew Sammons1565VAUnder 2100
18Frank Zhongtian Cao1526MAMajor (1900 & up)
19Sridhar Seshadri1459WAUnder 2100
20Kavin Chandar Sathiesh1424VAUnder 2100
21Robert D Whitaker1320CAUnder 2100
22Daniela Fitzsimmons1229VAUnder 2100
23Alikhan Karim1212VAUnder 2100
24Adidev YadhunandanN/AVAUnder 1200
25Akash BarathanN/AVAUnder 1200
26Alexander William MortonN/AVAUnder 1800
27Andrew Charles MooreN/AVAUnder 1500
28Andrew MorcosN/AVAUnder 1200
29Andrew PlevaN/AVAUnder 1500
30Charithra ArvindN/AOHUnder 1800
31Cheren SongN/AMDUnder 1200
32Ellen Jia-ning PengN/AVAUnder 1200
33Harsha PrabhalaN/AVAUnder 1500
34Isabella IncontreraN/AVAUnder 1200
35Jack MorganN/AVAUnder 1200
36Jack O Mitcham JrN/AVAUnder 1800
37Joey M CarlsonN/AMDUnder 1200
38Kavin Vairavan (Withdrawn)N/ANJUnder 1200
39Logan Wilson MercerN/ADCUnder 1800
40Michael James WilsonN/AWVUnder 1800
41Nathan Eric EhrenbergN/ADCUnder 1800
42Nicholas Alan EfflandN/APAUnder 1800
43Orcarsh BhatiaN/AMDUnder 1200
44Richard G CarlsonN/AMDUnder 1800
45Rishaan Reddy GangumallaN/AVAUnder 1200
46Ryan Michael TullyN/AVAUnder 1200
47Sathiesh ArunagiriN/AVAUnder 1500
48Shivani SathieshN/AVAUnder 1200
49Tanush DokkaN/AVAUnder 1800
50Ughur BakhishN/AVAUnder 1200
51Yonatan NikolichN/AVAUnder 1800
52Yoyo HeN/ACAUnder 1800
53Gregor A BonnellUnrNYUnder 2100
54Makar BrazhnikovUnrMDUnder 2100

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