The 3rd D.C. International was held from June 25-30, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, Virginia.
The 9-round Swiss event with one Open section attracted 122 participants.
Grandmasters Luke McShane, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Magesh Panchanathan and IM Andrey Gorovets shared the first place on 7,0/9 points to earn $1550 each. FM Cameron Wheeler was the best U2300 player to win $1200.
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami
Final standings:
1-4. GM Luke McShane 2685 ENG, GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami 2562 IRI, GM Magesh Panchanathan 2541 IND and IM Andrey Gorovets 2514 BLR – 7,0
5-10. GM Axel Bachmann 2626 PAR, GM Anton Kovalyov 2613 CAN, GM Artur Jussupow 2584 GER, IM Akshat Chandra 2495 NJ, IM Ashwin Jayaram 2490 IND and WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan 2370 IRI – 6,5
11-19. GM Jianchao Zhou 2597 CHN, GM Samuel Sevian 2578 MA, GM Arun Prasad Subramanian 2496 IND, IM Nico Georgiadis 2479 SUI, FM Michael H Bodek 2425 NY, FM Renato Rodrig Quintiliano Pinto 2422 BRA, FM Ruifeng Li 2394 TX, FM Jason Cao 2332 CAN and FM Cameron Wheeler 2299 CA – 6,0
Most of the players continued the tour with the 43rd Annual World Chess Open at the same playing venue.
