The 72nd New Jersey Open was held August 31st through September 2nd 2019 at the Hyatt Hotel in Morristown. Five GMs and five IMs competed among 163 players. In more than 20 years no one had gone undefeated in the open section. Last year there was a five way tie for first place with 5 points. In 2011 there was a seven way tie with 4.5 points. This year GM Alexander Fishbein went undefeated. There was a tie for 2nd and 3rd with 5 points between GM Joel Benjamin and IM Raja Panjwani. Over $10,000 in prizes were won in the Open, U1800 and U1600 sections. The 1st Place player in the U1800 section was Aleksey Sergeev with 5.5 points and 1.5 points ahead of 2nd place. In the U1600 section Vedanta Das took 1st place with an undefeated record.
The 2019 NJ Scholastic K-8 Championship had 126 players in three sections. The U1200 section was won by Alexander Yu. The U900 section was won by Manish Kashyap and the U600 section was won by Kush Modywith 4.5 points on tie breaks over Leah Zaytman.
2019 NJ Open Awards
Open: Score Award1st Place $1400: _6.0____ _Alexander Fishbein__________________ $1,400
New Jersey Champion Trophy: ______ _Alexander Fishbein___________________
2nd Place $1100 + Trophy: __5.0__ ___Raja Panjwani_______________________ $1,000
3rd Place $900 + Trophy: __5.0__ ____Joel Benjamin___________________ $1,000
4th – 5th Place $700 + $600: __4.5__ ____Brandon Jacobson________________ $325
__4.5__ ___Hans Niemann___________________ $325
__4.5__ ___Dean Ippolito____________________ $325
__4.5__ ___Mackenzie Molner________________ $325
1st – 3rd 2200-2399 500 +300 +100: _4.0_ ___Derek Clasby_____________________ $300
_4.0_ ___Noah Thomforde-Toates___________ $300
_4.0_ ___Peter Minear____________________ $300
1st 2000-2199 500: __4.5__ ___Peter Boris______________________ $500
2nd – 3rd 2000-2199 300 + 100: __4.0_ __Ansh Shah_______________________ $50
__4.0_ __Shawn Wang_____________________ $50
__4.0_ ___Robert Forney___________________ $50
__4.0_ __Gracy Franco Prasanna______________ $50
__4.0_ ___Roman Rychkov ___________________ $50
__4.0_ ___David Zhurbinsky_________________ $50
__4.0_ ___Weijie Li_________________________ $50
__4.0_ __Yassamin Ehsani___________________ $50
1st – 3rd U2000 500 + 300 +100: _3.5__ __Roger Zhang_____________________ $180
__3.5___ ___Boyang Zhao_____________________ $180
__3.5___ __Alexander Hu____________________ $180
__3.5____ __Mikhail Chevliagine _______________ $180
__3.5___ __George Maxfield_________________ $180
Top Sr 55+ 200 + trophy _4.0__ ___Michael Rohde_________________ $200
Top Under 16 Trophy: _4.5____ ____Peter Boris____________________
Top Under 13 Trophy: _3.5____ ____Roger Zhang__________________
U 1800: Score Award
1st Place: $500 + Trophy: __5.5_ __Aleksey Sergeev__________________ $500
2nd – 3rd Place: $300 + 100 Trophy: __4.0_ _Matthew Gao_______________ $100
_4.0____ __Eric Levin______________________ $100
_4.0____ __Aarav Gaur____________________ $100
_4.0____ __Eric Li________________________ $100
Top Sr 55+ trophy __3.5___ ___Scott Gorman__________________
__3.5___ ___Stephen Reade_________________ $200
Top Under 16 Trophy: _ 4.0___ ___Eric Li________________________
Top Under 13 Trophy: __4.0___ ____Aarav Gaur___________________
U 1600: Score Award
1st Place: $500 + Trophy: _6.0__ __Vedanta Das_____________________ $500
2nd – 3rd Place: $300 + $100 +Trophy: 5.0_ Paul Stricker_________________ $200
__5.0___ Theodore Covey__________________ $200
Top Sr 55+ 200 + trophy __4.5___ Joe Renna_______________________ $200
Top Under 16 Trophy: _4.0____ Arnav Ketineni__________________
Top Under 13 Trophy: __4.5___ _Ritvik Maridi___________________
Top D $200: _4.5____ _Ritvik Maridi___________________ $100
__4.5___ __Sahana Aravindakshan__________ $100
Top E $200: __3.0___ __Greg Mirne___________________ $200
Top F $200: __3.5__ __Terry Liang___________________ $100
__3.5__ __Atharva Makode______________ $100
