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. Rank | Player’s Name | FIDE Rating | State | Section |
1 | Jianchao Zhou (GM) | 2565 | MA | Major (1900 & up) |
2 | Fidel Corrales Jimenez (GM) | 2531 | NY | Major (1900 & up) |
3 | Oladapo Olutola Adu (IM) | 2111 | DC | Major (1900 & up) |
4 | Sudarshan Sriniaiyer (FM) | 2073 | VA | Major (1900 & up) |
5 | Arvind Jayaraman (FM) | 2072 | OH | Major (1900 & up) |
6 | Emmett Parks | 1843 | DC | Major (1900 & up) |
7 | Max Asher Friedman | 1781 | TN | Major (1900 & up) |
8 | Daniel Wang | 1769 | VA | Under 2100 |
9 | Zachary Pan | 1718 | MA | Major (1900 & up) |
10 | Marshall Philip Kaiser | 1700 | DC | Under 2100 |
11 | Patrick Tomporowski | 1684 | NY | Under 2100 |
12 | Grant Peed | 1681 | VA | Major (1900 & up) |
13 | Sandeep Thimmasamudram | 1679 | MD | Major (1900 & up) |
14 | Ryan Christopher Cowdin | 1663 | MD | Under 2100 |
15 | Ariv Debmisra | 1638 | PA | Under 2100 |
16 | Steven Liu | 1616 | MD | Under 2100 |
17 | Matthew Sammons | 1565 | VA | Under 2100 |
18 | Frank Zhongtian Cao | 1526 | MA | Major (1900 & up) |
19 | Sridhar Seshadri | 1459 | WA | Under 2100 |
20 | Kavin Chandar Sathiesh | 1424 | VA | Under 2100 |
21 | Robert D Whitaker | 1320 | CA | Under 2100 |
22 | Daniela Fitzsimmons | 1229 | VA | Under 2100 |
23 | Alikhan Karim | 1212 | VA | Under 2100 |
24 | Adidev Yadhunandan | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
25 | Akash Barathan | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
26 | Alexander William Morton | N/A | VA | Under 1800 |
27 | Andrew Charles Moore | N/A | VA | Under 1500 |
28 | Andrew Morcos | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
29 | Andrew Pleva | N/A | VA | Under 1500 |
30 | Charithra Arvind | N/A | OH | Under 1800 |
31 | Cheren Song | N/A | MD | Under 1200 |
32 | Ellen Jia-ning Peng | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
33 | Harsha Prabhala | N/A | VA | Under 1500 |
34 | Isabella Incontrera | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
35 | Jack Morgan | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
36 | Jack O Mitcham Jr | N/A | VA | Under 1800 |
37 | Joey M Carlson | N/A | MD | Under 1200 |
38 | Kavin Vairavan (Withdrawn) | N/A | NJ | Under 1200 |
39 | Logan Wilson Mercer | N/A | DC | Under 1800 |
40 | Michael James Wilson | N/A | WV | Under 1800 |
41 | Nathan Eric Ehrenberg | N/A | DC | Under 1800 |
42 | Nicholas Alan Effland | N/A | PA | Under 1800 |
43 | Orcarsh Bhatia | N/A | MD | Under 1200 |
44 | Richard G Carlson | N/A | MD | Under 1800 |
45 | Rishaan Reddy Gangumalla | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
46 | Ryan Michael Tully | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
47 | Sathiesh Arunagiri | N/A | VA | Under 1500 |
48 | Shivani Sathiesh | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
49 | Tanush Dokka | N/A | VA | Under 1800 |
50 | Ughur Bakhish | N/A | VA | Under 1200 |
51 | Yonatan Nikolich | N/A | VA | Under 1800 |
52 | Yoyo He | N/A | CA | Under 1800 |
53 | Gregor A Bonnell | Unr | NY | Under 2100 |
54 | Makar Brazhnikov | Unr | MD | Under 2100 |