American Open

Cameron Wheeler wins 55th American Open on Tie-Breaks!

Justin Sarkar Co-Champion, 6.5 pts.

U2200 1st - Andrew Wang
U2000 1st - 4th - Robert Klein, Christopher Sheu, Thomas Harbin, Derin Goktepe
U1800 1st - Eric Chen
U1600 1st - 3rd Alexander Kong, Richard Robledo, Shreyas Sakharkar
U1400 1st - Edwin* Ruiz, Alan Peng

Blitz Champion - IM John Bryant
Action Champion - Ilia Serpik

Scholastic Varsity K-12 Champs - Andrew Huang and Nicholas Scarda
Varsity K-6 Champs - Hengrui Zhang
Varsity K-3 Champs - Nathan Thomas

JV Top Winners in each section- Gordon Xu, Ethan Dygert, Jonathan An, William Chondro, Caleb Zeng, Alfred Lu, Jim Xiao, Leon Chen, Luther Kim, Tony Gong, Kiaan Sangani.

Best teams all around - Beyond Chess and Wing Chess. See standings for section breakdown per section.

If you want to see what happened from last year's event, check out the highlight video below.

A heritage event and an American classic, the American Open is one of the longest running chess tournament in the United States. It was established in 1965 and has since attracted chess players from all over the world and from all levels, beginners to Grandmasters.

The American Open is held annually on Thanksgiving weekend and is composed of two concurrent tournaments. The Main Tournament is open to all players, adults and children. The other is the Scholastic Tournament, which is open only to junior players from Kindergarten to 12th grade. Additionally, there will be two side events available to participate, Blitz (Saturday) and Action Chess (Sunday). There will also be lectures from renowned chess players that will take place throughout the event. Please navigate through this site to find out more about the tournament, prizes, schedule, and side events.

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