* ICA Winter Championship OPEN SECTION *
As a result of Record number of participants (27) – 90% of prize fund was awarded!
Winners:
1st place: ($180.00) Andrew Svartsman
2nd – 3rd places ($112.50 each): James West & Solomon Lerner (ICA instructor)
Best U2000 + Top U13 years ($38 each): Anna Matlin, Alexander Katz (ICA student), and Sasun Sargsyan
Best U1800 ($68.00) Eve Litvak (ICA student)
Best U1600 ($34 each): Ilya Krasnovsky (ICA student) and Jonathan Chan
There was another interesting record - number of big UPSETS:
Rd. 1: Anna Matlin (1800) defeated Boris Privman (2266)
Mark Kapengut (1629) defeated Sam Barsky (2129)
Rd. 2: Alexander Katz (1802) defeated Arthur Feuerstein (2215)
Eve Litvak (1756) defeated Ivette Rubio (2112)
Rd. 3: Solomon Lerner (1875) defeated Thomas Bartell (2452)
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