The 6th Annual Central California Open was held from August 14-16, 2015, at the Doubletree Hotel, 2233 Ventura St, Fresno, California.
The event was held in four sections – Open, U2050, U1650 and U1250 – and completed through five rounds of Swiss system.
The main Open section had 27 participants. GM Enrico Sevillano finished clear first with 4,5/5 points to claim the top prize of 1100 USD.
Enrico Sevillano
Open final standings:
1. GM Enrico Sevillano 2526 CA – 4,5 $1100.00
2-4. Jimmy Heiserman 2297 CA, FM Rayan Taghizadeh 2245 CA and Trevor Showalter 2201 CA – 4,0
5. Karthik Padmanabhan 2079 CA – 3,5
6-12. IM John Daniel Bryant 2514 CA, Scott Ramer 2315 OH, Hayk Manvelyan 2310 CA, Art Zhao 2228 CA, Gabriel James Bick 2196 CA, Robert Hatarik 2193 CA and Jeffrey Wei 2018 CA – 3,0 etc
The event was co-sponsored by Fresno Chess Club and Fresno Chess Foundation and the total prize fund was 7500 USD.
