40th World Open

July 2 - 8, 2012
Philadelphia, PA
Official website

There are several different sections and different playing schedules.  A large contingent of foreign players comes over every year, many from India, to take advantage of the overlap with the Philadelphia Open.  I'm only reporting the Open and top U-2400 female finishers, plus the final table from the Women's Championship.

In the Open, a GM norm was scored by IM Eesha Karavade!

The Open title was won by GM Ivan Sokolov after an Armageddon play-off with GM Alexander Shabalov.  Both players scored 7.0/9.  IM Eesha Karavade (IND 2343) finished in a very respectable 19th place overall in the Open with 6.0/9 and took home prize money of $636.25. 

I hope I didn't miss any chess femmes -- I see the following in the Open (final standings):

54th: FM Kassa Korley (USA 2298) 4.5
56th: WIM Viktorija NI (USA 2264) 4.5
64th: IM Tania Sachdev (IND 2394) 4.0
68th: WGM Anna Sharevich (BLR 2258) 4.0
70th: WIM Nadia Ortiz (COL 2230) 4.0
82nd: Sarah Chiang (USA 2102) 3.5
100th: Jennifer Acon (USA 1832) 2.5

In the U-2400 Section, top female finishers were:

5th: IM Nisha Mohota (IND 2376) 6.5, prize of $897.63
13th: WGM Padmini Rout (IND 2354) 6.0, prize of $70.34
16th: WIM Iryna Zenyuk (USA 2327) 6.0, prize of $70.34

There was a Women's Championship this year, and two of the lovely Ulrich sisters (I have met them at the Hales Corners Chess Challenges held in April and October every year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) participated.  Here are the final standings:

World Open 2012 Standings – Women’s Championship

Final Standings

#	Name	Rtng	St	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	Apurva Virkud	2020	MI	W16	W7	W4	D2	W3	W5	5.5	$500.00
2	Guijue Zhou	2260	CHN	W9	W6	D3	D1	W4	W7	5.0	$300.00
3	Jessica Regam	2021	PA	W10	W13	D2	W5	L1	W6	4.5	$200.00
4	WFM Anna Levina	2111	NY	W14	D5	L1	W7	L2	W8	3.5
5	WFM Danitza Vazquez Maccarini	1975	PR	W15	D4	W6	L3	D8	L1	3.0
6	Jennifer Acon	1923	CA	W12	L2	L5	W13	W11	L3	3.0
7	Rachel J Ulrich	1818	WI	W11	L1	W14	L4	W10	L2	3.0
8	Saithanusri Avirneni	1632	GA	H—	L9	W12	W11	D5	L4	3.0
9	Jayashree Sekar	1609	GA	L2	W8	L11	L15	W13	W12	3.0
10	Alisa Kikuchi	1335	NY	L3	D12	D13	W14	L7	W15	3.0	$220.00
11	Nancy R Guimaraes	unr.	NJ	L7	W16	W9	L8	L6	W14	3.0
12	Anne E Ulrich	928	WI	L6	D10	L8	W16	W15	L9	2.5	$190.00
13	Sheena Zeng	862	KS	B—	L3	D10	L6	L9	W16	2.5	$190.00
14	Samhitha Dasari	1365	GA	L4	W15	L7	L10	W16	L11	2.0
15	Srihitha Dasari	961	GA	L5	L14	W16	W9	L12	L10	2.0	$160.00
16	Christin Mitchell	1154	PA	L1	L11	L15	L12	L14	L13	0.0