Colombian grandmaster Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo triumphed at the 9th edition of the Cherry Blossom Classic open tournament which took place from 26-30 May at Washington Dulles Airport Marriott in Virginia.
Ruiz Castillo was number three on the starting rank list of the event and scored impressive 8/9 points to earn 22.1 rating points showing the rating performance of 2704. After a loss in the fourth round against FM Justin Paul, the Colombian won five games in a row to emerge as the sole convincing winner of the event. Replay the games here
Three players tied for the second place with 6.5 points, each: GM Hedinn Steingrimsson, IM Sahil Sinha and FM Justin Paul. The tiebreak criteria determined the medalists with Steingrimsson finishing on the second place, Sinha claimed third place and Paul came fourth.
Final rankings – Cherry Blossom Classic Open 2022:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
TB1
1
GM
Ruiz Castillo Joshua Daniel
COL
2473
8
2
GM
Steingrimsson Hedinn
ISL
2534
6.5
IM
Sinha Sahil
USA
2323
6.5
FM
Paul Justin
USA
2244
6.5
5
GM
Lenderman Aleksandr
USA
2591
6
IM
Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta
CAN
2358
6
FM
Morefield Jason
USA
2242
6
8
Tahmassebi Bijan
USA
2168
5.5
9
GM
Hevia Alejano Carlos Antonio
CUB
2460
5
IM
Zlotnikov Mikhail
USA
2194
5
Sriniaiyer Sudarshan
USA
2181
5
FM
Samuelson Andrew
USA
2164
5
Prabhu Naveen
USA
2099
5
Girsh Daniel
USA
2076
5
Jian Alex
USA
2055
5
Kurtz Eric M
USA
2023
5
WIM
Wang Ellen
USA
1963
5
18
IM
Bartell Thomas
USA
2361
4.5
Luo Terry
USA
2168
4.5
Ansh M Shah
IND
2130
4.5
Ling Evan
USA
2009
4.5
Jegan Alan
USA
1883
4.5
23
IM
Liang Jason
USA
2432
4
Chiu Isaac
USA
2245
4
Garcia Erick
USA
2153
4
Lee Justin
USA
2115
4
Brady Tyson
USA
2064
4
Su Kevin
USA
2036
4
Prem Pranav
USA
2017
4
Doraszelski Alexander
GER
1887
4
Nair Siddhant
USA
1820
4
Pang Brian
USA
1818
4
Hebbar Eshaan
USA
1742
4
Patel Arav
USA
1711
4
Baim Elvin
AZE
1655
4
36
Su Jasmine Zhixin
USA
1984
3.5
Pillai Adithya
USA
1771
3.5
38
Wu William
USA
1963
3
Hyland Mark
USA
1875
3
Haldankar Ameya
USA
1687
3
Didita George Vic
USA
2009
3
42
De Fotis Gary
USA
1810
2
Shankar Pranav
USA
1756
2
BEHRENDS Josef
USA
1319
2
45
CM
Altman Joshua
ENG
2095
1.5
46
Feng Andrew
USA
1741
0.5
.