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Top 100 seeds

Title Name MC Rating USCF FIDEsort ascending Fed
1 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2844 2936 2844 US
2 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2802 2873 2802 US
3 GM So, Wesley 2762 2841 2762 US
4 GM Wang, Hao 2735 2735 CN
5 GM Yu, Yangyi 2724 2828 2724 CN
6 GM Le, Liem 2712 2800 2712 VN
7 GM McShane, Luke 2685 2685 GB
8 GM Bareev, Evgeny 2663 2664 2663 RU
9 GM Najer, Evgeniy 2653 2714 2653 RU
10 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2653 2758 2653 US
11 GM Shankland, Sam 2652 2738 2652 US
12 GM Robson, Ray 2651 2750 2651 US
13 GM Azarov , Sergei 2646 2745 2646 BY
14 GM Nyzhnyk, Illya 2639 2639 UA
15 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav 2639 2728 2639 US
16 GM Durarbayli, Vasif 2635 2635 AZ
17 GM Naroditsky, Daniel 2633 2724 2633 US
18 GM Macieja, Bartlomiej 2633 2684 2633 PL
19 GM Ortiz Suarez, Isan Reynaldo 2625 2625 CU
20 GM Lenderman, Aleksandr 2614 2717 2614 US
21 GM Ramirez, Alejandro 2601 2683 2601 US
22 GM Zhou, Jianchou 2590 2590 CN
23 GM Stukopin, Andrey 2583 2719 2583 RU
24 GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2578 2656 2578 US
25 GM Holt, Conrad 2574 2667 2574 US
26 GM Indjic, Aleksandar 2558 2654 2558 RS
27 GM Chirila, Ioan Cristian 2548 2641 2548 RO
28 GM Huschenbeth, Niclas 2548 2627 2548 DE
29 GM Hernandez, Holden 2548 2620 2548 US
30 GM Stopa, Jacek 2544 2549 2544 PL
31 GM Troff, Kayden 2544 2649 2544 US
32 GM Steingrimsson, Hedinn 2544 2602 2544 IS
33 GM Tazbir, Marcin 2543 2543 PL
34 GM Jakubiec, Artur 2539 2539 PL
35 GM Sevian, Samuel 2531 2655 2531 US
36 GM Popilski, Gil 2529 2601 2529 IL
37 GM Ivanov, Alexander 2528 2625 2528 US
38 GM Rombaldoni, Axel 2527 2527 IT
39 GM Berczes, David 2519 2607 2519 HU
40 GM Kadric, Denis 2518 2612 2518 BA
41 GM Raznikov, Dani 2515 2586 2515 IL
42 GM Pakleza, Zbigniew 2509 2509 US
43 GM Subramanian, Arun Prasad 2507 2507 IN
44 GM Zapata, Alonso 2501 2555 2501 CO
45 GM Krush, Irina 2500 2564 2500 US
46 GM Fishbein, Alexander 2499 2589 2499 US
47 GM Skorchenko, Dmitry 2498 2498 RU
48 GM Boros, Denes 2490 2560 2490 HU
49 IM Chandra, Akshat 2489 2576 2489 US
50 IM Xiong, Jeffery 2485 2598 2485 US
51 IM Drozdowski, Kacper 2476 2570 2476 PL
52 GM Barcenilla, Rogelio,Jr 2475 2583 2475 PH
53 IM Kannappan, Priyadharshan 2469 2584 2469 IN
54 IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur 2468 2454 2468 IS
55 IM Bartholomew, John 2461 2557 2461 US
56 IM Javakhadze, Zurabi 2451 2517 2451 GE
57 IM Esserman, Marc 2447 2566 2447 US
58 IM Salinas Herrera, Pablo 2444 2444 CL
59 IM Norowitz, Yaacov 2442 2551 2442 US
60 IM Korley, Kassa 2435 2490 2435 DK
61 IM Viswanadha, Kesav 2424 2429 2424 US
62 IM Bryant, John 2410 2518 2410 US
63 IM De Guzman, Ricardo 2409 2502 2409 US
64 IM Meinhardt, Maximilian 2401 2401 DE
65 IM Milovanovic, Rade 2428 2428 2399 US
66 Kalikshteyn, Alex 2395 2422 2395 US
67 IM Coleman, Teddy 2393 2425 2393 US
68 IM Mandizha, Farai 2388 2478 2388 ZW
69 Herman, Matthew 2384 2458 2384 US
70 Sorkin, Igor 2384 2491 2384 IL
71 IM Rensch, Daniel 2384 2488 2384 US
72 FM Luukkonen, Tommi 2380 2380 FI
73 IM Gergacz, Attila 2375 2375 HU
74 FM Colmenares, Aurelio 2370 2370 CH
75 FM Gurevich, Daniel 2365 2431 2365 US
76 FM Li, Ruifeng 2365 2497 2365 US
77 WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa 2361 2408 2361 IR
78 IM Brendel, Oliver 2361 2361 DE
79 IM Yang, Kaiqi 2359 2359 CN
80 FM Colas, Joshua 2357 2430 2357 US
81 FM Shneider, Igor 2355 2382 2355 US
82 Sarwer, Jeff 2344 1837 2344 FI
83 FM Kavutskiy, Konstantin 2344 2445 2344 US
84 Nasri, Amin 2340 2340 IR
85 FM Gulamali, Kazim 2338 2437 2338 US
86 FM Liang, Awonder 2335 2449 2335 US
87 FM Inants, Aghasi 2332 2392 2332 AM
88 Zhang, Xiaopeng 2326 2326 CN
89 FM Sanchez Saez, Francisco 2320 2320 ES
90 FM Kniest, Oliver 2375 2335 2315 DE
91 FM Boekhoff, Andrew 2312 2341 2312 US
92 FM Rojas, Eduardo 2311 2311 CL
93 FM Shankar, Gauri 2309 2359 2309 IN
94 FM Panchanatham, Vignesh 2303 2389 2303 US
95 IM Dominguez, Jose Manuel 2300 2300 DO
96 Sturt, Raven 2299 2395 2299 US
97 FM Stewart, William 2297 2344 2297 US
98 Singh, Gurpreet Pal 2295 2295 IN
99 FM Boor, Carl 2293 2420 2293 US
100 IM Olubunmi, Olape 2291 2291 NG

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PRIZE FUND MC#2

OPEN
1st place 100,000
2nd place 50,000
3rd place 25,000
4th 16,000
5th 10,000
6th 8,000
7th to 10th 5,000 each
11th to 20th 3,500 each
Sub-total 264,000
Top 2400-2549
1st place 40,000
2nd place 20,000
3rd place 13,000
4th place 8,000
5th place 5,000
Sub-total 86,000
Top Under 2400
1st place 38,000
2nd place 19,000
3rd place 11,000
4th place 7,000
5th place 4,000
Sub-total 79,000
Total for OPEN 429,000

U2200
1st place 38,000
2nd place 19,000
3rd place 10,000
4th place 8,000
5th place 6,000
6th place 5,000
7th to 10th 4,000 each
11th to 20th 3,000 each
Sub-total 132,000

U2000
1st place 36,000
2nd place 18,000
3rd place 9,000
4th place 7,000
5th place 5,000
6th place 4,000
7th to 10th 3,000 each
11th to 20th 2,500 each
Sub-total 116,000

U1800
1st place 34,000
2nd place 17,000
3rd place 8,500
4th place 6,500
5th place 5,000
6th place 4,000
7th to 10th 3,000 each
11th to 20th 2,500 each
Sub-total 112,000
Total for U2200, U2000, U1800 360,000

U1600
1st place 30,000
2nd place 16,000
3rd place 8,000
4th place 6,000
5th place 4,000
6th place 3,000
7th to 10th 2,500 each
11th to 20th 2,280 each
Sub-total 99,800
Top Under 1400
1st place 24,000
2nd place 12,000
3rd place 6,000
4th place 4,000
Sub-total 46,000
Top Under 1200
1st place 20,000
2nd place 10,000
3rd place 6,000
4th place 4,000
Sub-total 40,000
Total for U1600 185,800
UNRATED / PROVISIONAL ($100 EF)
1st place 3,000
2nd place 2,000
3rd place 1,000
Sub-total 6,000

Special Prizes
Biggest upset prize 1,000
Tie Break Consolation 6,000
Mixed Double 2,000
Best dress for man 100 per day x 4 days
Best dress for woman 100 per day x 4 days
Best dress for child under 18 100 per day x 4 days
Top female Prize (OPEN) 1,000
Top female Prize (U2200) 500
Top female Prize (U2000) 500
Top female Prize (U1800) 500
Top female Prize (U1600) 500
Top senior prize (65+) – OPEN 1,000
Top senior prize (65+) – U2200 500
Top senior prize (65+) – U2000 500
Top senior prize (65+) – U1800 500
Top senior prize (65+) – U1600 500
Best child under 13 yrs old (OPEN) 1,000
Best child under 13 yrs old (U2200) 500
Best child under 13 yrs old (U2000) 500
Best child under 13 yrs old (U1800) 500
Best child under 13 yrs old (U1600) 500
Sub-total 19,200
Total 25,200

Total PRIZE FUND

 1,000,000

MILLIONAIRE SQUARE PRIZE

One player in the 2nd Millionaire Chess Open will have a 1 in 64 chance to walk away a millionaire!The player will be one of the 36 who make it to Millionaire Monday, the final day of competition. The Millionaire Square Prize is in addition to the million-dollar prize fund that up to 1,200 players from over 40 countries will be competing to win.
Here’s how it will work: Of the 36 players who make it to the final day, nine winners representing each rating division will emerge from the competition. Those nine players will match wits in a fast-paced game of strategy (details to be revealed later) to determine who moves on to get a shot at the Millionaire Square Prize. The winner will then pick from 64 envelopes filled with cash and other prizes randomly placed on a giant chessboard. If the lucky envelope is picked, the winner will walk away an instant millionaire!

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