40th Annual Virginia Open
30 Point Grand Prix FIDE Rated event

Jan 25-27 Springfield, Virginia
   Open
$600-$400-$300-$250
Top X/A = $180 ea

Amateur
$400-$200-$150
Top B/C/D/U1200 $160

 

Open - State Champ Edward Lu and Shinsaku Uesugi (Japanese National Champ) entered Rd 5 with perfect 4-0 scores. They practiced being GM's with a 2-move draw and tossed up to the fates who would win the title and plaque. Shinsaku eventually won on tiebreaks. 

Amateur - A four way tie at the top with 4.5 left Ilya Kremenchugskiy winning on triebreaks over Shane Lewis, Richard Fraser and Nicholas Cravotta.

 Jan. 25-27.   GPP:  30  Virginia
40th Annual Virginia Open. 5SS, Rd1 G/2, Rds 2-5 40/2 SD/1 Holiday Inn Express- Springfield VA. 6401 Brandon Ave, Springfield, VA 22150. Conveniently located at the  junction of I-95, I-495 and I-395. ph: 703-644-5555) ask for "Sales Department" and request special chess rate of $95 Reserve before Jan 12th!  SPECIAL - PLEASE STAY AT HOTEL! IF WE GET 25 ROOM NIGHTS FOR BOTH FRI AND SAT NIGHTS, SITE RENTAL IS FREE. PRIZES WILL RISE $400 AND 2 PLAYERS WHO ARE STAYING AT HOTEL WILL RECEIVE ONE NIGHT FREE  $$3400 (Top 4 Open G) Rest B/110 Two Sections Open and Amateur (U1900) Open $600-400-300-250 Top X, A Each $180. Winner gets Plaque and Va Open title Amateur $400-200-150 Top B,C,D,U1200 Each $160 Top U $100. Winner gets Plaque and Va Amateur title. ALL: Reg Friday 1/28 530p-745p. Rds 8p Friday, Sat 10-4:30, Sun 9-3:30. EF: $50 if rec'd by 1/19, $60 at site. $5 discount to active duty military with ID. $30 Re-entry allowed from Rd.1 only into Rd 2 with 1/2 pt. One 1/2 point bye allowed, must be declared before Rd.1 starts and is irrevokable when play begins. VCF membership required (OSA) $10 Adults, $5 U19. Ent: Make checks payable to "Virginia Chess" and mail to Michael Atkins, PO Box 6139, Alexandria VA 22306. http://vachess.org/vaopen.htm   matkins2@cox.net no phone or internet entries, just inquiries. NS, NC, W, FIDE.
 

Be sure to note the possibility of $400 added to prize fund if 25+ players stay both Friday and Saturday nights, and two of those players will get a free night if this happens!!

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Past Virginia Opens

Year Open Winner Amateur Winner Director
1992 Macon Shibut - Steve Stoyko Eldridge Alston Sam Conner
1993 Sergei Kudrin - Alex Sherzer John Clifford, Mark Lance, Robert Norman, Mike Cornell, Thomas Mc Intire Mark Johnson
1994 Eugene Meyer Woody Harris Mark Johnson
1995 William Morrison David Blair Allen Beadle
1996 Gennady Zaitchik, Shelby Getz, Rusty Potter, Boris Reichstein Edward Smith Allen Beadle
1997 Eugene Meyer, Ron Burnett, Rich Delaune, Edgar Inocencio Brian Starry, Mike Cornell, Yusef Ali, Steven Pollard, Joe Wheelhouse, Ted Udelson Michael Atkins
1998 Larry Kaufman, Emory Tate Ransom Carter Michael Atkins
1999 Adrian Negulescu, Emory Tate, Leonid Filatov Lance Rackham Michael Atkins
2000 Larry Kaufman Richard Fraser Michael Atkins
2001 Ilye Figler David O'Bryant Michael Atkins
2002 Alex Wojtkeiwicz, Rodion Rubenchik David Paulina Michael Atkins
2003 Alex Wojtkeiwicz Santy Wong, Richard Fraser, William Carroll Michael Atkins
2004 Walter Browne Andrew Briscoe Michael Atkins
2005 Andrew Samuelson Jack Barrow, Ted Udelson, James Cope Michael Atkins
2006 Larry Kaufman Ted Udelson Michael Atkins
2007 Larry Kaufman Allan Salgado, Jeevan Karamsetty Michael Atkins
2008 Shinsaku Uesugi, Edward Lu Ilya Kremenchugskiy, Shane Lewis, Richard Fraser, Nicholas Cravotta Michael Atkins

 

 



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