A Heritage Event!
Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!
Five grandmasters has committed to playing in NJ Open! The list includes three-time US Champ GM Joel Benjamin, GM John Fedorowicz, GM Alexander Stripunksy, GM Sergey Kudrin and GM Alex Fishbein.
AUG. 30-SEPT. 1 OR AUG. 31-SEPT. 1 68th Annual New Jersey Open Championship
TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 60
All Prizes Guaranteed!! 6-SS, 40/2 d5, SD/1. Headquarters Plaza Hyatt, 3 Headquarters Plaza, Morristown, NJ 07960. (973) 898-9100. A luxury hotel including spa. Free parking. For chess rate ($109/night) please use https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=10891130 for online reservations. Short walk to train station with service to New York and Philadelphia (via Newark). 5 minute walk to many restaurants and shopping. In 4 sections, Open Section, Gold U1900, Silver U1600 and Booster U1300. With 3 day and 2 day schedules. Prizes: Open: $1000-$800-$600-$400-$200, Top Expert & A: $200 and trophy. Trophy to NJ Champion. Gold Section $500-$300-$100. Top B: $100 and trophy. Silver U1600: $500-$300-$100. Top D: $100 and trophy. Booster U1300: $500-$300-$100. Top E & F $100 & trophy. All Prizes Guaranteed. All sections get these trophies: Top 3, Top Senior over age 55, Top Under age 16, Top Under Age 13. Unrated may win first place in Open section only. EF Early $68 if paid by 8/27. EF onsite is $80. $50 for re-entry.
3 day reg at hotel: 9:00am-11:00am 8/30/2014. 2 day reg at hotel: Sunday, 8/31/2014 9-10am. Rounds: 3 day Saturday 12:00 & 6:30pm, Sunday 11am & 6pm, Monday 9am & 3:30pm. Rounds: 2 day 1-2-3(G/60 d5) Sunday 10:30am, 12:45pm and 3:00pm. 3 Day and 2 Day schedules merge in round 4. Entries to Noreen Davisson, 6 Red Barn Ln., Randolph, NJ 07869. Email: Noreen@deanofchess.com. Entries should include name, USCF ID and expirations, mailing address, email address, phone, section and schedule desired and entry fee.
Current Entries
Name | USCF | Rating | Section | Sched |
GM Alexander Stripunksy | 12715435 | 2656 | Open | 3 |
GM Joel Benjamin | 10102511 | 2634 | Open | 3 |
GM Sergey Kudrin | 11257585 | 2580 | Open | 3 |
IM Dean Ippolito | 12445752 | 2552 | Open | 3 |
GM Alex Fishbein | 12077910 | 2542 | Open | 3 |
IM Yaacov Norowitz | 12566496 | 2529 | Open | 2 |
GM John Fedorwicz | 10604737 | 2460 | Open | 3 |
Karl Dehmelt | 10164176 | 2255 | Open | 3 |
Roshan Idnani | 14220898 | 1996 | Open | 3 |
Kevin Chen | 12632969 | 1972 | Open | 3 |
Marvin Shumowitz | 10086281 | 1939 | Open | 3 |
Ryan Feng | 14215155 | 1884 | Open | 3 |
Joshua Guo | 14325542 | 1870 | Open | 2 |
Taran Idnani | 14220903 | 1863 | Open | 3 |
Nick Figorito | 14077836 | 1845 | Open | 2 |
Shiv Krishen Sethi | 13330268 | 1708 | Open | 3 |
Christopher Moravek | 13910544 | 1854 | U1900 | 3 |
Tom Schrade | 10248213 | 1838 | U1900 | 3 |
Donnally Miller | 12544721 | 1794 | U1900 | 3 |
Matthew Li | 14208535 | 1733 | U1900 | 3 |
Glen Hart | 12456765 | 1733 | U1900 | 3 |
Ron Grosseibl | 12734172 | 1711 | U1900 | 3 |
Evelyn Zhu | 14587517 | 1703 | U1900 | 3 |
Greg Tomkovich | 12114610 | 1682 | U1900 | 2 |
Nico Chasin | 14955471 | 1681 | U1900 | 3 |
Maxwell Weinstein | 13768890 | 1680 | U1900 | 2 |
Stanley Liu | 15057347 | 1673 | U1900 | 2 |
Justin Lee | 14951717 | 1645 | U1900 | 3 |
Jonathan Chin | 14687040 | 1621 | U1900 | 3 |
John Cartier | 14259600 | 1604 | U1900 | 3 |
Anthony Tang | 14267951 | 1577 | U1900 | 3 |
Steven Feng | 14130326 | 1572 | U1900 | 3 |
Albert Tang | 14267945 | 1559 | U1900 | 3 |
Yassi Ehsani | 14745787 | 1552 | U1900 | 3 |
Lucas Foerster-Yialamas | 15056077 | 1545 | U1900 | 3 |
Louis Sturniolo | 14130326 | 1526 | U1900 | 3 |
Claire Cao | 14672670 | 1521 | U1900 | 3 |
Glenn Jacobs | 13996286 | 1515 | U1900 | 3 |
Angelica Chin | 14687055 | 1529 | U1600 | 3 |
Mitch Fishbein | 14633346 | 1506 | U1600 | 3 |
Kenneth Jachewicz | 12497563 | 1459 | U1600 | 3 |
Tom Laconich | 13262294 | 1369 | U1600 | 3 |
Michael Weinstein | 14708493 | 1301 | U1600 | 2 |
Howard Prince | 12462863 | 1289 | U1300 | 2 |
Lawrence Constance | 12630617 | 1212 | U1300 | 3 |
Eddy Tian | 15249281 | 1167 | U1300 | 2 |
Thoshan Omprakash | 15204438 | 1074 | U1300 | 2 |
William Cige | 15068656 | 872 | U1300 | 2 |
Abhimanyu Mishra | 15456104 | 797 | U1300 | 2 |
Noah Chasin | 15457883 | unr | U1300 | 3 |
Scholastic Sections | ||||
Name | Section | USCF ID | Rating | |
Thoshan Omprakash | U1200 | 15204438 | 1074 | |
Jessica Lee | U1200 | 14951702 | 1069 | |
Aayush Ajith | U1200 | 14956385 | 988 | |
Winston Yuxiang Li | U1200 | 15219584 | 952 | |
Abishek Kannapan | U1200 | 15242156 | 921 | |
William Cige | U1200 | 15068656 | 872 | |
Eric Jin | U900 | 15312421 | 845 | |
Aiden Lu | U900 | 15278506 | 814 | |
Abhimanyu Mishra | U900 | 15456104 | 797 | |
Daniel Shen | U900 | 15161618 | 700 | |
Dylan DePrince Volinski | U600 | 14892862 | 581 | |
Ashwin Kaliyaperumal | U900 | 15432987 | 573 | |
Anish Reemala | U900 | 15202281 | 536 | |
Siddarth Lal | U600 | 14890054 | 412 | |
Jaysen Lim | U600 | 15202803 | 322 | |
Nithin Jayakanthan | U600 | 15379748 | 229 | |
Conrad Lewis | U600 | 15466363 | unr |