GMs Zhou Jianchao and Attila Czebe share first place in George Washington Chess Open

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The 8th annual George Washington Open 2024 was held from 23-25th February at the Washington Dulles Marriott Hotel, 45020 Aviation Drive, Dulles, Virginia, USA.

The tournament was rather short, with only 5-round Swiss, and the time control 40/80, SD/30, d30. The event consisted of five sections: Major (over 1900), U2100, U1800, U1500 and U1200, with the top two sections being FIDE rated.

The Major Section had 55 participants. Grandmasters Zhou Jianchao (China 2661) and Attila Czebe (Hungary 2386) shared the first place with 4,5/5 points each. They were each awarded with $1500.

GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez (USA, 2615) and Siddharth Singh (USA, 2161) shared the third place with 4,0/5 points each. Priyansh Garg (USA, 2131), WIM Michelle Catherina (India, 2299), Vaibhav Robinjith Kalpaka 2196, FM Sudarshan Sriniaiyer (India, 2302) and Max England (Canada, 2202) shared the 5th place with 3,5/5 points each.

The Under 2100 Section gathered 69 players. Jagadeeshwa Yehamandram Sridhar (1933) crushed the opposition to emerge clear winner with the perfect 5/5 score.
The Under 1800 Section had 58 players. Ethan Crawford (1655) was convincing in claiming the first place and $1200 prize with the score of perfect 5/5 points.
The Under 1500 Section gathered 33 participants. Benjamin Lin (1273) won all 5 games and took a clear first place for a $1000 prize.
The Under 1200 Section had 52 participants. Krish Jeyakumar (1166) was also perfect with 5/5 points, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind.

The total prize fund of the events was $17,000.

Final standings – George Washington Chess Open 2024 – Major group:

#	Name	Rating	Total	Prize
1	GM Jianchao Zhou	2661	4.5	1500
2	GM Czeber Attila	2386	4.5	1500
3	GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez	2615	4	600
4	Siddharth Singh	2161	4	600
5	Priyansh Garg	2131	3.5	140
6	WIM Michelle Catherina	2299	3.5	140
7	Vaibhav Robinjith Kalpaka	2196	3.5	140
8	FM Sudarshan Sriniaiyer	2302	3.5	140
9	Max England	2202	3.5	140
10	Pranav Swaminathan	2024	3
11	Kevin Wang	2059	3
12	Thomas Kung	2295	3
13	Mardon Yakubov	2232	3
14	Nitesh Cherukuri	2143	3
15	FM Arvind Jayaraman	2238	3
16	Andrey Ubushiev	2150	3
17	Neil Samant	2196	3
18	Thomas Lane	2098	3
19	Benjamin Gu Lin	1988	2.5
20	Naveen Prabhu	2334	2.5
21	Pranav Prem	2201	2.5
22	Architsai Ramnath	2047	2.5
23	Benjamin Amrany	2046	2.5
24	Arjun Srinivasan	1988	2.5
25	Roman Rychkov	2252	2.5
26	Jose R Melendez	1989	2.5
27	Gabriel Schoenfeld	2126	2.5
28	Tariq Yue	2058	2.5
29	Wyatt Wong	2033	2.5
30	Owen Levine	2076	2.5
31	Siddharth Ajay Kurup	2039	2
32	Ariv Debmisra	1905	2
33	Siddhant Nair	2090	2
34	Max Asher Friedman	1953	2
35	Michael Opaska	2053	2
36	Frank Zhongtian Cao	1798	2
37	Arabella Fang	1917	2
38	Tim Walters	1938	2
39	Caleb Meyer-chabris	1961	2
40	Adithya Pillai	2110	2
41	IM Kevin* Wang	2455	2
42	Anatoly Boshkin	1909	1.5
43	Elvin Baim	1987	1.5
44	Lacey Wang	1920	1.5
45	Joseph J Mucerino	1996	1.5
46	WCM Khanim Ismayilova	2030	1.5
47	Sandeep Thimmasamudram	1920	1.5
48	IM Oladapo Olutola Adu	2235	1.5
49	Hanford Chong	1939	1
50	Zachary Pan	1958	1
51	Emmett Parks	1917	1
52	Denis Markov	2038	1
53	CM Christopher F Chabris	2213	0.5
54	Ronen Wilson	2246	0.5
55	Matthew Guo Diao	2149	0