Young Ties for First in the World Open 2009 U2400 Section

IM Angelo Young went and conquered the U2400 section at the World Open in Philly this last weekend. Playing in a tough section Angelo scored seven points in nine rounds (5 wins, 4 draws and no losses) to end up tied for first place with four other players. Along the way Angelo defeated two other IM's including top rated IM for the section, Timothy Taylor 2399.

A big congrats to Angelo for this excellent performance.

Angelo owns and runs the Touch Move Chess Center in Chicago, always worth a visit.

Not to be outdone by Angelo's peroformance, Martin Niemczewski scored 8.5/9 in the U1200 section to take top honours. That's eight wins and one draw, an incredible performance! In addition to the well-earned prize money, his rating of 1184 will be going up.

Other notable performances from Illinois people included Stoil P. Jotev and Jordan Cohen who both scored 7.5/9 in the U2000 section. They tied for 2nd after playing each other for a draw in the final round. It's too bad when you go out of state and play people from your own state or even worse people you know.

Well done to all players from IL who competed in this year's World Open.

For more info, go to http://www.worldopen.com/. USCF Crosstable

Originally Published by Jon Burgess 6-July-2009