The 80th Annual Southwest Open was held from 29th August to 1st September at the Doubletree DFW Airport North in Irving, Texas, USA.
The event had three sections – Open, Reserve (U2000), Novice (U1400) – and a scholastic event. The sections were played over 7 rounds of Swiss system, while the scholastic event was one-day 5-round Swiss.
The main Open section had 69 participants from 10 countries, including five Grandmasters and six International Masters.
Grandmaster Leonid Kritz (GER 2588) finished clear first with 6,0/7 points to take the top prize of $1000. Full standings below.
GM Leonid Kritz
The event was organized by Luis Salinas and Brian Yang, chief arbiter was Lakshmana Vishwanath.
Final standings:
1 GM Kritz Leonid GER 2588 – 6
2 GM Holt Conrad USA 2574 – 5.5
3 GM Margvelashvili Giorgi GEO 2556 – 5.5
4 GM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2513 – 5.5
5 IM Xiong Jeffery USA 2442 – 5
6 GM Berczes David HUN 2472 – 5
7 IM Kadric Denis BIH 2473 – 5
8 FM Li Ruifeng USA 2284 – 5
9 IM Drozdowski Kacper POL 2462 – 5
10 NM Lin Dachey USA 2105 – 5
11 NM Toolin Christopher USA 2186 – 4.5
12 NM Panchanatham Vignesh USA 2271 – 4.5
13 NM Malhotra Akshay USA 2059 – 4.5
14 NM Obili Abhishek USA 1962 – 4.5
15 WFM Chiang Sarah USA 2061 – 4.5
16 IM Calugar Arthur CAN 2295 – 4
17 Nguyen Duy Minh USA 1731 – 4
18 WIM Danelia Mariam GEO 2237 – 4
19 WIM Camacho Chardine Cheradee PHI 2214 – 4
20 NM Vaidya Atulya USA 1987 – 4
21 FM Langer Michael USA 2191 – 4
22 FM Getz Alec USA 2336 – 4
23 NM Rohrbaugh James V USA 2022 – 4
24 NM Liu Bovey USA 2031 – 4
25 Capocyan Sam L USA 1932 – 4
26 NM Dejmek Mark W USA 2020 – 4
27 Lozano Jesse USA 0 – 4
28 Su Dion USA 1830 – 4
29 Zhong Howard USA 2012 – 4
30 Guenther Travis R USA 1783 – 3.5
31 FM He Tommy O USA 2139 – 3.5
32 NM Brooks Curtis J USA 2077 – 3.5
33 Ahn Ju Hyung USA 0 – 3.5
34 Lu Andrew H USA 2085 – 3.5
35 NM Han Curran R USA 2037 – 3.5
36 Xie Tianming USA 1847 – 3.5
37 WFM Devagharan Devina USA 1679 – 3.5
38 Metpally Jason USA 1771 – 3.5
39 WFM Labedz Patrycja POL 2128 – 3.5
40 Ajiboye Odunayo I USA 1949 – 3.5
41 WCM Xiang Ellen USA 1933 – 3
42 Gater Daniel USA 2144 – 3
43 Vaidya Atreya USA 1599 – 3
44 CM Frutos Chase USA 1714 – 3
45 CM Nguyen Anthony Quan USA 1917 – 3
46 Krishna Ram USA 1808 – 3
47 Kneen John Michael RSA 1633 – 3
48 Tang Andrew USA 1582 – 3
49 Sanchez Robert USA 1853 – 2.5
50 WFM Xiang Evan USA 1810 – 2.5
51 Toledo Aaron J USA 1741 – 2.5
52 Weisberg Mark L USA 0 – 2.5
53 Walker Leroy Sean USA 0 – 2.5
54 NM Carr John B USA 1962 – 2.5
55 WFM Nguyen Emily USA 1766 – 2.5
56 CM Frutos Cole N USA 1613 – 2.5
57 Li Alex USA 0 – 2.5
58 Jacob Andrew USA 0 – 2.5
59 Mao Marcus S USA 1634 – 2
60 Bonnell Leo W USA 1874 – 2
61 Guerra Anthony USA 2058 – 2
62 Wisecup David A USA 1894 – 2
63 WFM Zhao Annie USA 1810 – 2
64 La Salle Craig A USA 0 – 2
65 Kao Camille Y USA 1486 – 2
66 Fricks Charles L USA 0 – 1.5
67 Kaniyar Utkarsh USA 1663 – 1.5
68 Davis Daniel L USA 0 – 1
69 Srivatsav Aadarsh USA 1679 – 1
