Fabiano Caruana defeats Varuzhan Akobian in the 7th round to share the lead with Samuel Shankland with 4 rounds to go at the US Chess Championship 2018. Wesley So trails at 3rd place with 4.5 points.
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U.S.-based Filipino grandmaster, GM Julio Catalino “Ino” Sadorra, won the recently concluded Manhattan Open 2016.
The 15th Annual Manhattan Open was a 5-round chess tournament held from July 29-31, at the Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 Seventh Ave. (32nd-33rd St, across from Penn Station), New York, NY. The event had 6 sections: Open, Under 2200, Under 1900, Under 1600, Under 1300 and Under 1000, and the playing format was 5-round Swiss with time control 40/100, SD/30, d10.
The top 10 finishers of the Open section are listed below.
| # | Name | Rtng | St | Points | Prize | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Julio C Sadorra | 2655 | TX | 4.5 | 1st | $2100.00 |
| 2 | GM Zviad Izoria | 2679 | NY | 4.0 | 2nd-4th | $285.71 |
| 3 | GM Alexander Stripunsky | 2647 | NJ | 4.0 | 2nd-4th | $285.71 |
| 4 | GM Robert L Hess | 2646 | NY | 4.0 | 2nd-4th | $285.71 |
| 5 | GM Alejandro Ramirez | 2642 | TX | 4.0 | 2nd-4th | $285.71 |
| 6 | GM Sergey Kudrin | 2562 | CT | 4.0 | 2nd-4th | $285.71 |
| 7 | GM Niaz Murshed | 2534 | PA | 4.0 | 2nd-4th | $285.71 |
| 8 | GM Michael A Rohde | 2513 | NY | 4.0 | 2nd-4th | $285.71 |
| 9 | GM Tamaz Gelashvili | 2658 | NY | 3.5 | ||
| 10 | Joseph Zeltsan | 2151 | NY | 3.5 | 1st U2400 | $600.00 |