well it depends on which class you are in. I have won the chicago open too last year :)
Chicago Open 2013
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I mean the whole thing not just a class prize.
My friend William Harris came to my home to play a not official 6 game match after he won the Chicago Open. At the time he was about age 19.
We also played poker and I was $200 ahead but then his schooling took him out of the area. I thought the $200 gone. But one day he knocked on my door for another visit and gave me $200! Sadly, he died at an early age. RIP William Harris.
I also believe Angelo Sandrin has won the Chicago Open in the past.
I played him in the 6th round of the US Open in Chicago in 1973.
RIP Angelo Sandrin who played many memorial games.
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Awesome tournament in Chicago. Check out the game Lenderman - Mikhalevski, fantastic. I put that game on an engine, turns out both players missed some forced combinations -- Lenderman missed one where he could win Black's rook at f3, and later Mik. did have a winning attack. But I guess that just goes to show that neither player was cheating. Still a very entertaining game, thanks to both players for duking it out and giving the spectators their money's worth! So far J. Xiong, 13 yrs old, has a win and a draw against GMs! Good show.
I don't know about the chess scene in Chicago -- use to be there was an ICA but that is almost moribund at this point, right? Chicago is not exactly the happening town these days -- everything is on the east or west coast. NAChess is active. It's good that Cont. Chess can put on a few strong tournaments here.
I had a friend who won the Chicago Open with a perfect score.