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Four players tied on top in Bradley Open

The 22nd Annual Bradley Open was held from July 21-23, 2017, at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel at Bradley Airport, 1 Bradley Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

There were five sections to play in: Open, U2100, U1800, U1500 and U1200. The tournament format was 5-round Swiss with the time control 40/100, SD/30, d10.

The main Open section had 39 participants. GMs Alexander Ivanov, Sergey Kudrin, FMs Hans Niemann and Aravind Kumar shared the first place with 4,0/5 points each.

The total prize fund was $8,000.

Open final standings:

1-4. GM Alexander Ivanov 2565 MA, GM Sergey Kudrin 2558 CT, FM Hans Niemann 2415 CT and FM Aravind Kumar 2363 NJ – 4,0
5-6. Michael Isakov 2264 MA and Sameer Mujumdar 2263 NJ – 3,5
7-14. IM Rolando Nolte 2488 NJ, Yoon-young Kim 2352 CT, Alejandro Botta 2286 MA, Maximillian Lu 2247 CT, Yelfry Torres 2178 CT, Eric Zhang 2144 NY, Liran Zhou 2119 NY and Brandon M Wang 2059 NY – 3,0

Sheraton Hotel, Bradley Airport

Sheraton Hotel, Bradley Airport

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