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9th Cherry Blossom Classic

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