Photos and information from Skokie, IL
The World Amateur Chess Championship has started at Skokie, IL. Round 1 featured mostly decisive games. A lot of surprises were seen, and the top three rated players were defeated at the start. Fan Yun and Jain Singhai have proven they are coming to fight for the title, as well as Denitsa Dragieva, Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh, Mikhail Strovsky, and Bianca Albano Jeremias who won their games.
Organized by Sevan Muradian, the event features a guaranteed $20 000 prize fund, the largest in history. As per regulations, the World Amateur Champion will be awarded the title of FIDE Master with a rating of 2200. The Woman’s World Amateur Champion will be awarded the title of Woman FIDE Master with a rating of 2050.
Here are the photos from round 1, scroll down for the results. More information can be found on the official website
Mikhail Strovsky (RUS), top rated among the participants
Bianca Jeremias
Official Representative of Portugal
Joseph Cygan vs Andrew Hollinberger
Illinois vs Indiana
All the way from Idaho and our eldest participant
Dan Mayers
Denitza Dragieva from Bulgaria
Guillermo Nieto of Columbia,
Son of Deputy Arbiter Manuel Nieto
Gherorghe Ionita
Official Representative of Romania
Jeff Dixon (USA) vs Jesus Marin (COL)
Yun Fan (USA) in the background
Jennifer Acon
Olivier Desormes
Official Representative of France
Tony Rich of the St. Louis Chess Center
Deputy Arbiter Manuel Nieto in the background
1 63 Cygan Joe 0 1 – 0 0 Hollinberger Drew D 1
2 2 Mayers Dan E 0 0 – 1 0 Holland Morry R 64
3 65 Richmond M Barrie Md 0 1 – 0 0 Amarasinghe Prashantha N 3
4 4 Albano Jeremias Bianca 0 1 – 0 0 Cox Douglas 66
5 67 Gafni Paul 0 0 – 1 0 Fan Yun 5
6 6 Jain Singhai Niklesh N 0 1 – 0 0 Parnaby Mark 68
7 69 Craigmile Charles 0 ½ – ½ 0 Harwood Duncan J 7
8 8 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 0 1 – 0 0 Delay Joe 70
9 71 Marcinek Pawel 0 0 – 1 0 Huang Richard 9
10 10 Emdin Mark 0 1 – 0 0 Lutzke Rick 72
11 73 Liang Awonder 0 0 – 1 0 Bian Alex 11
12 12 Stone George W 0 1 – 0 0 Froehlich Jim 74
13 75 Ravi Saisree 0 0 – 1 0 Anu Bayar 13
14 14 Parmet Daniel Edward 0 ½ – ½ 0 Leong Gee Y 76
15 77 Enverga Cesaer 0 0 – 1 0 Strovsky Mikhail 15
16 16 Sverdlov Mikhail 0 1 – 0 0 Padilla Rudy 78
17 79 Marin Jesus 0 0 – 1 0 Dixon Jeff S 17
18 18 Kalaydina Regina Veronicka 0 1 – 0 0 Kim Robert 80
19 81 Lewis Otis 0 0 – 1 0 Acon Jennifer T 19
20 20 Nieto Guillermo Luigui Ubaldo 0 0 – 1 0 Szelag Boguslaw 82
21 84 Toepher Ryan 0 0 – 1 0 Feldstein Esq Robert A 21
22 22 S Bhat Vaibhav 0 ½ – ½ 0 Milek Dariusz 85
23 86 Sun Abe 0 1 – 0 0 Kosteris Dimitri 23
24 24 Villarreal Brian L 0 1 – 0 0 Bian Shaogang 87
25 88 Spitzig Mark 0 1 – 0 0 Musin Azat 25
26 26 Lim Jae 0 0 – 1 0 Morrison Michael 89
27 90 Goebel Ryan 0 0 – 1 0 Desormes Olivier 27
28 28 Rodriguez Varela Alvaro 0 ½ – ½ 0 Gasunas Anthony 91
29 92 Peng David 0 0 – 1 0 Dragieva Denitza 29
30 30 Ionita Gheorghe 0 1 – 0 0 Pinkus Vincent P 93
31 94 Brown Tony 0 0 – 1 0 Nieto Manuel Valerio Waldo 31
32 32 Soikkeli Raino 0 1 – 0 0 Lu Mindren D 95
33 96 Kalghatgi Akhil 0 0 – 1 0 Gupta Bhaskar 33
34 34 Elizarova Taisia 0 + – - 0 Ferguson Mark 97
35 98 Kalghatgi Nikhil 0 0 – 1 0 Stevanovic Miomir 35
36 36 Velazquez Kevin Joseph 0 1 – 0 0 Crutcher Adam 99
37 100 Gao John 0 ½ – ½ 0 Marovitch Mark 37
38 38 Hubbard Andrew D 0 1 – 0 0 Nevling Alex 101
39 102 Braun David N. 0 0 – 1 0 O’Brien Matthew 39
40 40 Mc Clanahan Gavin Jacob 0 1 – 0 0 Crutcher Eleanor 103
41 104 Alybaev Djekshenbek 0 1 – 0 0 Liang Yingming 41
42 42 Meduri Aakaash 0 1 – 0 0 Arsaev Aynur 105
43 106 Batalov Artem 0 0 – 1 0 Criss Nathaniel 44
44 45 Cen Kent Y 0 1 – 0 0 Batalov Ildar 107
45 108 Djordjevic Vladimir 0 0 – 1 0 Couvillion Joseph 46
46 47 Cima Joe 0 1 – 0 0 Emdin Grigory 109
47 110 Fayruzova Elena 0 0 – 1 0 Ofek Ariel 48
48 49 Potts Kevin 0 ½ – ½ 0 Giniyatullin Marsel 111
49 112 Golikov Daniil 0 0 – 1 0 Rich Anthony 50
50 51 Snell Christopher 0 – - + 0 Jeffrey L Williams 113
51 114 Kalra Agastya 0 1 – 0 0 Lee David L 52
52 53 Glawe Christian 0 ½ – ½ 0 Kisaev Timur 115
53 116 Prenas Yanis 0 + – - 0 Zarate Christian 54
54 55 Helfst Matt D 0 0 – 1 0 Schmakel Sam A 117
55 118 Seet Paul 0 0 – 1 0 Prather Chris 56
56 57 Wei James 0 1 – 0 0 Stjazhkina Anna 119
57 120 Torino Caballero Luis F 0 1 – 0 0 Virkud Apurva 58
58 59 Kuperman Roman 0 1 – 0 0 Vorobyev Boris 121
59 122 Vospoplit Anastasia 0 0 – 1 0 Mc Clanahan Bryce 60
60 61 Girardo Chistopher 0 1 – 0 0 Yarkovoy Mikhail 123
61 124 Zhuravleva Zinaida 0 0 – 1 0 Perez Samuel 62
