The 9th edition of the Cherry Blossom Classic will take place from 26-30 May at Washington Dulles Airport Marriott in Virginia.
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The event will feature 6 tournaments: Open tournament, U2300, U2000, U1700, U1400 and U1100. Most of the events will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds increment. 32 players from 10 countries already registered for the main Open event and the battlefield is currently led by: GM Aleksandr Lenderman, GM Hedinn Steingrimsson, GM Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo.
Current starting list of participants:
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Lenderman Aleksandr
USA
2591
2
GM
Steingrimsson Hedinn
ISL
2534
3
GM
Ruiz Castillo Joshua Daniel
COL
2473
4
GM
Hevia Alejano Carlos Antonio
CUB
2460
5
IM
Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta
CAN
2358
6
FM
Morefield Jason
USA
2242
7
IM
Zlotnikov Mikhail
USA
2194
8
Sriniaiyer Sudarshan
USA
2181
9
Luo Terry
USA
2168
10
FM
Samuelson Andrew
USA
2164
11
Ansh M Shah
IND
2130
12
Tahmassebi Bijan
USA
2118
13
Prabhu Naveen
USA
2099
14
IM
Adu Oladapo
NGR
2092
15
Hu Merric
USA
2075
16
Brady Tyson
USA
2064
17
Su Kevin
USA
2036
18
Ling Evan
USA
2009
19
Su Jasmine Zhixin
USA
1984
20
Colorado Morales Francisco
USA
1965
21
Doraszelski Alexander
GER
1887
22
Jegan Alan
USA
1883
23
Nair Siddhant
USA
1820
24
Pang Brian
USA
1818
25
De Fotis Gary
USA
1810
26
Heidari Ako
IRI
1788
27
Goktepe Derin
USA
1775
28
Pillai Adithya
USA
1771
29
Hebbar Eshaan
USA
1742
30
Feng Andrew
USA
1741
31
Baim Elvin
AZE
1655
32
Didita George Vic
USA
2009
Featured photo by: Paul Swaney; Official website