Awonder Liang is the winner of the 2024 Illinois Chess Open. He collected 6,5/7 to win the strong open ahead of IM Alexander Velikanov, Jonathan Kogen, FM Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts, FM Spencer George Lehmann, CM Avi Harrison Kaplan, etc.
The 2024 Illinois Chess Open is a 7-round Swiss, held during Labor Day weekend from the 31st of August to the 2nd of September in Lisle, Illinois (Chicago area), USA.
Illinois Chess Open 2024 standings
1
GM Liang, Awonder
2751
6.5
2
IM Velikanov, Alexander
2424
5.5
3
Kogen, Jonathan
2323
5.5
4
FM Lkhagvajamts, Ochirbat
2376
5.0
5
FM Lehmann, Spencer George
2353
5.0
6
CM Kaplan, Avi Harrison
2349
4.5
7
Rao, Anjaneya Sripathy
2209
4.5
8
Shetty, Anshul P
2208
4.5
9
Platnick, Elijah Samuel
2094
4.5
10
Khanbutaev, Artemii
2057
4.5
11
Dmitriev, Andrey
2019
4.5
12
CM Gratz, Glen E
2004
4.5
13
Moerlien, Puwit Sky
2110
4.0
14
Malladi, Sadkrith
2108
4.0
15
Ramesh, Nehanraj
2064
4.0
16
Field, Rowan
2012
4.0
17
Feng, Jay
2006
4.0
18
Huang, Ayden
1999
4.0
19
Lim, Alex
1966
4.0
20
Lee, Justin
1908
4.0
21
Neal, James
2246
3.5
22
Szpisjak, Steven J
2200
3.5
23
WCM Wisniowski, Natalie
2139
3.5
24
Raman, Arjun
2109
3.5
25
Gagliano, Ethan A
1959
3.5
26
Adhikari, Sunav
2101
3.0
27
Paitrick, Derek
2089
3.0
28
Li, Aiden Linyuan
2036
3.0
29
Baker, Aidan
1998
3.0
30
Xia, Henry
1953
3.0
31
Silverstein, Jonathan
1935
3.0
32
Das, Debarghya
1915
3.0
33
Ramnath, Vrishank
1905
3.0
34
FM Vanmeter, Lester L
2200
2.5
35
Tikhomirov, Matthew
2005
2.5
36
Murali, Rishi
1937
2.5
37
Akella, Achyuta
unr.
2.5
38
WCM Fei, Irene
2004
2.0
39
Aaron, Michael E
1966
2.0
40
Thakkar, Aayush
1930
2.0
41
Hengen, Luke O
1901
2.0
42
Zhang, Alex
2231
1.5
43
Shrigadi, Aryan
2014
1.0
44
Peterson, Brian
1956
1.0
45
Nudo, Zachary W
1915
1.0
46
Brock, William H
1900
1.0
47
Klugstedt, Vincent Christian
1998
0.5
48
Blomer, John
1934
0.5