The 2013 Illinois Open is scheduled to take place from 31st August to 2nd September at the DoubleTree Hotel, 1909 Spring Road, Oak Brook, Illinois.
The tournament will be held in two sections – Open and Reserve (U1800), in two playing schedules. The prize fund is projected to $7000 based on 150 paid entires.
GM Dmitry Gurevich, GM Mesgen Amanov, IM Angelo Young and FM Albert Chow have already signed up to take part.
Prizes in Open:
$1050 – $735 – $525; U2400 $490 – $350 – $245; U2200 $335 – $260; U2000 $245 – $175.
Prizes in Reserve:
$700 – $490 – $350; U1600 $280 – $210; U1400 $210- $140; U1200 $140 – $70
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Not a Goichberg event? I thought he owns Illinois.