Chinese Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi emerged winner of the 2015 New Year Championship after conceding only one draw to conclude the event with 5,5/6 points, a full point ahead of the chasing pack.
The 2015 New Year Championship was held from 2-4th January at the SFO Airport Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, a city on the San Francisco Peninsula.
The playing format was 6-round Swiss and the projected prize fund was $18,000 (with 60% guaranteed).
Open section final standings:
1. GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2778 – 5,5
2-5. GM Batchuluun Tsegmed MGL 2509, IM Chen Wang CHN 2646, GM Parimarjan Negi IND 2743 and Emilio Fiora 2270 – 4,5
6-12. IM Andrey Gorovets BLR 2580, NM Michael Wang 2269, NM Ian David Schoch 2285, Alexis Roberto Ferrara 2163, Dana N Mackenzie 2182, IM Yang Shen CHN 2498 and Dale Hammer 2019 – 4,0
13-18. NM Xianglin Liu 2260, NM Hans Moke Niemann 2200, NM Colin Chow 2265, NM Michael Aigner 2256, Udit Iyengar 2177 and Chris Xiong 1928 – 3,5 etc
Bu Xiangzhi
