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GM John Burke triumphs at the 15th annual Philadelphia International

The 15th annual Philadelphia International Chess Tournament took place from 24-28 June at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown which hosted the Philadelphia Open and will be the venue of the 50th World Open starting tomorrow.

GM John Burke triumphed in the Premier group as he had better tiebreaks than GM Brandon Jacobson and IM Minh Tuan Le who had the same score of 7 points. Tiebreak criteria favored Burke who claimed gold, Jacobson came second and Tuan Le came third. (scroll down for final rankings)

The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the total prize fund of 22.000$.

GM John Burke

Final rankings – 15th Philadelphia International – Premier group:


Rk Name Rtg Fed Pts Tb Prize
1 GM John Michael Burke 2579 USA 7 42.5 $3,533.34*
2 GM Brandon Jacobson 2526 USA 7 40.5 $3,333.34
3 IM Minh Tuan Le 2514 VIE 7 39.5 $3,333.34
4 IM Semen Khanin 2517 RUS 6.5   $1,050.00
5 IM Viktor Matviishen 2496 UKR 6.5   $1,050.00
6 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2488 CAN 6.5   $1,050.00
7 IM Jason Liang 2443 USA 6.5   $1,050.00
8 FM Maximillian Lu 2354 USA 6.5   $2,000.00
9 FM Liran Zhou 2350 USA 6   $1,000.00
10 GM Jianchao Zhou 2583 CHN 5.5   $133.34
11 GM Emilio Cordova 2549 PER 5.5   $133.34
12 GM Pablo Salinas Herrera 2532 CHI 5.5   $133.34
13 IM Balaji Daggupati 2494 USA 5.5   $133.34
14 GM Mark Paragua 2475 PHI 5.5   $133.34
15 GM Gabriel Battaglini Flom 2428 FRA 5.5   $133.34
16 IM Safal Bora 2426 USA 5.5   $133.34
17 IM Shiyam Thavandiran 2389 CAN 5.5   $133.34
18 IM Michael A Mulyar 2348 USA 5.5   $133.34
19 FM Vincent Tsay 2310 USA 5.5   $133.34
20 FM Aaron Jacobson 2275 USA 5.5   $133.34
21 FM Jason Wang 2273 USA 5.5   $133.34
22 Gunnar James Andersen 2238 USA 5.5   $2,000.00
23 GM Bilel Bellahcene 2513 ALG 5    
24 IM Eddy Tian 2431 USA 5    
25 IM Yuanchen Zhang 2370 CAN 5    
26 IM Farai Mandizha 2364 ZIM 5    
27 FM Rohan Talukdar 2315 CAN 5    
28 WIM Alice Lee 2293 USA 5    
29 Alex Kolay 2251 USA 5    
30 Isaac Chiu 2245 USA 5   $333.34
31 IM J Sai Agni Jeevitesh 2235 IND 5   $333.34
32 Ansh Milinkumar Shah 2143 IND 5   $333.34
33 WGM Jennifer R Yu 2290 USA 4.5    
34 FM Ruiyang Yan 2281 USA 4.5    
35 WIM Rochelle Wu 2270 USA 4.5    
36 FM Seth Homa 2261 USA 4.5    
37 FM Marcus Ming Miyasaka 2252 USA 4.5    
38 FM Samuel Malka 2223 FRA 4.5    
39 Terry Luo 2168 USA 4.5    
40 Matthew Puckett 2160 USA 4.5    
41 CM Joshua A Altman 2095 ENG 4.5    
42 Eric Chang Liu 2019 USA 4.5    
43 Eshan Guha 1989 USA 4.5    
44 Eddie Xu 1875 CAN 4.5    
45 FM Bach Ngo 2327 USA 4    
46 FM Christopher Yu-shuo Shen 2291 USA 4    
47 FM Deniel Causo 2260 PHI 4    
48 FM Anthony Atanasov 2229 CAN 4    
49 Shelev Oberoi 2176 USA 4    
50 Gnel Melikian 2159 RUS 4    
51 Vladyslav Shevkunov 2145 USA 4    
52 CM Davis Zong 2141 USA 4    
53 FM Norman Rogers 2138 USA 4    
54 WFM Zoey Tang 2098 USA 4    
55 Anant Adury 2079 USA 4    
56 Daniel Girsh 2076 USA 4    
57 FM Arthur Xu 2073 USA 4    
58 Kelsey Liu 1944 USA 4    
59 Derek Jin 1935 USA 4    
60 IM Mikhail Zlotnikov 2185 USA 3.5    
61 Justin Lee 2115 USA 3.5    
62 Harshid Kunka 2088 USA 3.5    
63 Eric Cooke 2061 USA 3.5    
64 Eric Li 1979 CAN 3.5    
65 Victor Zheng 1790 CAN 3.5    
66 Hersh Singh 2077 USA 3    
67 Tommy Wen 2057 USA 3    
68 CM Rohun Trakru 2056 USA 3    
69 Chawit Asavasaetakul 1933 THA 3    
70 Ethan Su 1843 CAN 3    
71 IM Carissa Shiwen Yip 2418 USA 2.5    
72 FM Nico Werner Chasin 2302 USA 2.5    
73 WCM Iris Zhaoying Mou 2042 USA 2.5    
74 WCM Sandhya Goli 1960 IND 2.5    
75 Rafael Serrato 1702 COL 2.5    
76 FM Milind Maiti 2310 USA 2    
77 Rory Dontae Prescod 1267 BAR 2    
78 Emar Ephraim Edwards 1708 BAR 1.5    
79 Gabriel A Pinales 2021 PUR 1    
80 Merric Hu 2075 USA 0.5    
81 GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami 2519 IRI 0    
82 Paul Obiamiwe 1908 NGR 0