(Photo of GM Kudrin playing against GM Sadvakasov in round 5.)My final report on the 26th Western States Open has been posted at Chess Life Online. The article focuses on the results in the Open section. I annotated five games, including the critical round 5 pairing between Grandmasters Sergey Kudrin from Connecticut and Darmen Sadvakasov from Kazakhstan. Kudrin won that game and took clear first place.
- Official website with crosstables
- Rating report on USCF website
- Photo album and slideshow (over 60 photos)
- All blog posts on Western States Open
Open:
1st U2500 GM Vinay Bhat, East Bay
2nd U2300 NM Michael Aigner, NM Steven Zierk, IM Walter Shipman, Rohan Agarwal, Dana Mackenzie
Expert:
1st-2nd Igor Margulis, San Francisco
Class A:
1st Hayk Manvelyan, East Bay
Class B:
1st-6th Richard Haggstrom, Sacramento
1st-6th Kesav Viswanadha, South Bay
1st-6th Robert Russo, Sacramento
Class C:
1st-3rd Sam Young, Sacramento
Class D:
1st-2nd Suraj Nair, Sacramento
1st-2nd Darren Chapla, Chico
Class E:
1st Merak Arriola, East Bay
2nd-3rd Larry Webb, Sierra foothills
2nd-3rd Colin Chow, Sacramento
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