Awonder Liang wins 2024 Illinois Chess Open
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Awonder Liang is the winner of the 2024 Illinois Chess Open. He collected 6,5/7 to win the strong open ahead of IM Alexander Velikanov, Jonathan Kogen, FM Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts, FM Spencer George Lehmann, CM Avi Harrison Kaplan, etc.
The 2024 Illinois Chess Open is a 7-round Swiss, held during Labor Day weekend from the 31st of August to the 2nd of September in Lisle, Illinois (Chicago area), USA.
Illinois Chess Open 2024 standings
| 1 | GM Liang, Awonder | 2751 | 6.5 |
| 2 | IM Velikanov, Alexander | 2424 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Kogen, Jonathan | 2323 | 5.5 |
| 4 | FM Lkhagvajamts, Ochirbat | 2376 | 5.0 |
| 5 | FM Lehmann, Spencer George | 2353 | 5.0 |
| 6 | CM Kaplan, Avi Harrison | 2349 | 4.5 |
| 7 | Rao, Anjaneya Sripathy | 2209 | 4.5 |
| 8 | Shetty, Anshul P | 2208 | 4.5 |
| 9 | Platnick, Elijah Samuel | 2094 | 4.5 |
| 10 | Khanbutaev, Artemii | 2057 | 4.5 |
| 11 | Dmitriev, Andrey | 2019 | 4.5 |
| 12 | CM Gratz, Glen E | 2004 | 4.5 |
| 13 | Moerlien, Puwit Sky | 2110 | 4.0 |
| 14 | Malladi, Sadkrith | 2108 | 4.0 |
| 15 | Ramesh, Nehanraj | 2064 | 4.0 |
| 16 | Field, Rowan | 2012 | 4.0 |
| 17 | Feng, Jay | 2006 | 4.0 |
| 18 | Huang, Ayden | 1999 | 4.0 |
| 19 | Lim, Alex | 1966 | 4.0 |
| 20 | Lee, Justin | 1908 | 4.0 |
| 21 | Neal, James | 2246 | 3.5 |
| 22 | Szpisjak, Steven J | 2200 | 3.5 |
| 23 | WCM Wisniowski, Natalie | 2139 | 3.5 |
| 24 | Raman, Arjun | 2109 | 3.5 |
| 25 | Gagliano, Ethan A | 1959 | 3.5 |
| 26 | Adhikari, Sunav | 2101 | 3.0 |
| 27 | Paitrick, Derek | 2089 | 3.0 |
| 28 | Li, Aiden Linyuan | 2036 | 3.0 |
| 29 | Baker, Aidan | 1998 | 3.0 |
| 30 | Xia, Henry | 1953 | 3.0 |
| 31 | Silverstein, Jonathan | 1935 | 3.0 |
| 32 | Das, Debarghya | 1915 | 3.0 |
| 33 | Ramnath, Vrishank | 1905 | 3.0 |
| 34 | FM Vanmeter, Lester L | 2200 | 2.5 |
| 35 | Tikhomirov, Matthew | 2005 | 2.5 |
| 36 | Murali, Rishi | 1937 | 2.5 |
| 37 | Akella, Achyuta | unr. | 2.5 |
| 38 | WCM Fei, Irene | 2004 | 2.0 |
| 39 | Aaron, Michael E | 1966 | 2.0 |
| 40 | Thakkar, Aayush | 1930 | 2.0 |
| 41 | Hengen, Luke O | 1901 | 2.0 |
| 42 | Zhang, Alex | 2231 | 1.5 |
| 43 | Shrigadi, Aryan | 2014 | 1.0 |
| 44 | Peterson, Brian | 1956 | 1.0 |
| 45 | Nudo, Zachary W | 1915 | 1.0 |
| 46 | Brock, William H | 1900 | 1.0 |
| 47 | Klugstedt, Vincent Christian | 1998 | 0.5 |
| 48 | Blomer, John | 1934 | 0.5 |