The 2025 Illinois Open is taking place August 30 – September 01 in Illinois, USA. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from USA, check out The North American Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Praveen Balakrishnan (2494), IM Sam Schmakel (2450), FM Lkhagvajamts Ochirbat (2277), Saumil Padhya (2197), FM Igor Tsyganov (2173), Anshul P Shetty (2156), Rohit Guha (2155), Artemii Khanbutaev (2145), Andrei Skorobogatykh (2094), Nicholas Bruha (2040), Justin Lee (1936), Lucas Silvestre (1933), Luke O Hengen (1932), Said Elferachi (1918), Debarghya Das (1913), CM Matthew Yu (1912), Matthew Tikhomirov (1910).
More: 2025 Southeastern FIDE Championship / 2025 Toronto Open / Fujairah Global 2025 – Superstars / FIDE World Chess Cup 2025
