World Open 2013

41st World Open
June 29-July 7, 2013

The 41st Annual World Open was held from June 29-July 7, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.

A 10-way tie for 1st in the Open Section led to an Armageddon play-off game between the two players with the best tie-break scores. This game was contested by GM Yuniesky Quesada Perez, with white, against GM Varuzhan Akobian. Yuniesky had 5 minutes to Akobian’s 3 minutes and draw odds. The play-off game finished in a draw and so GM Varuzhan Akobian is the 2013 World Open Champion!

IM norms were scored by Sean Vibbert, Luke Harmon-Vellotti, Arthur Shen, Kevin Wang, Christopher Gu and Shiyam Thavandiran.

Final standings for all the sections are now posted.

Please use the following links to view more information from the World Open 2013:

• Tournament Information: Sections, schedules, entry fees, prize funds, hotel info, etc.
• Standings
• Open Section
• Under 2400 Section
• Under 2200 Section
• Under 2000 Section
• Under 1800 Section
• Under 1600 Section
• Under 1400 Section
• Under 1200 Section
• Under 900 Section
• Results of Expelled Players
• Blitz Championship Open Section
• Blitz Championship Under 2000 Section
• G/10 Championship Open Section
• G/10 Championship Under 1900 Section
• Daily Blitz - July 7
• Daily Blitz - July 6
• Daily Blitz - July 5
• Daily Blitz - July 4
• 7-Minute Championship
• Women's Championship Open Section
• Women's Championship Reserve Section
• Under 2300
• Warmup
• Under 13 Championship Open Section
• Under 13 Championship Under 1400 Section
• Under 13 Championship Under 1000 Section
• Under 13 Championship Under 600 Section
• Senior Amateur Under 2010 Section
• Senior Amateur Under 1810 Section
• Senior Amateur Under 1610 Section
• Senior Amateur Under 1410 Section

• Replay Games/Download PGN
• Photo Gallery

Other World Open Events

Please use the following links to view more information on other events taking place at the World Open site in Arlington, Virginia:

• World Open Senior Amateur – June 28-30, 2013
• World Open Under 13 Championship – June 29-30, 2013
• World Open Women’s Championship – July 1-3, 2013
• Other Side Events, Blitz events, G/10, etc.

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