The 90th Annual Southwest Chess Open was held from 29th August to 2nd September at the DoubleTree by Hilton Bush International in Houston, Texas, USA.
The Main International section was played over 9 rounds of Swiss pairings with the time control G/90+30. This section is FIDE rated and eligible for title norms.
Other three sections, U2300, Reserve (U2000), and Novice (U1500), started from 30th August and had seven Swiss rounds. U2300 Section is also FIDE rated.
The Main International section had 62 participants. In the closely contested competition six players shared the first place with 6.5/9 points each.
Southwest Open International final standings:
1-6 GM Gleb Dudin 2534, GM Yair Parkhov 2528, GM David Brodsky 2519, GM Aditya Sachin Samant 2472, IM Oleksii Bilych 2434 and IM Karolis Juksta 2407 – 6.5
7-11 GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux 2506, GM Brian Escalante 2483, IM Jakub Fus 2406, IM Ekin Baris Ozenir 2386 and FM Tanitoluwa Adewumi 2315 – 6.0 etc
12-18 FM Isaac Wang 2327, FM Lucius Melillo 2260, IM Dante Matthew Beukes 2235, FM Ryan Amburgy 2230, Nicolas Alejandro De La Colina 2170, WIM Davaakhuu Munkhzul 2163 and Vignesh Anand 1997 – 5.5 etc
The Under 2300 section had 84 players. Brian Jeremiah Tineo 2130 was the sole winner with 6.5/7 points.
The Reserve (U2000) section gathered 78 players. Arush Sunil 1752 won this section with 6.5/7 points.
The Novice (U1500) section had 64 participants. Charles Chen 1493 and Anurag Roy Choudhury 1337 shared the first place with 6/7 points each.
