The 6th Annual Cleveland Open was held from August 9-11, 2013 at the Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio.
The event had 6 sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1800, Under 1500, Adult Under 1200 and Junior Under 1200. All sections were played over five rounds of Swiss system.
The Open had 33 participants. GM Sergey Kudrin (last year winner), Gabriel Petesch and Gopal Menon shared the first place with 4,0/5 points and earned 1400 USD each.
Open section final standings:
1-3. GM Sergey Kudrin 2572 CT, Gabriel Petesch 2302 PA and Gopal Menon 2289 IL ($1400 each) – 4,0
4-7. John M Marcsik 2109 KY, Edward Song 2311 MI, Alex Markovits 2210 OH and Gaibo Yan 2139 PA ($375 each) – 3,5
8-11. Matthew L Marsh 2173 TN, Carl Brandon Boor 2379 IL, Mariano A Acosta 2200 IL and Zane S Eisen 1854 OH – 3,0 etc, 33 players
Cleveland Open had a $16,000 prize fund, unconditionally guaranteed.
