The 19th Annual Mid-America Open was held from March 13-15, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel St. Louis-Clayton, 7750 Carondelet Ave., St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
The 5-round Swiss event had seven sections: Open, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500, Under 1300 and Under 1000.
The Open section gathered 37 participants. GM Illya Nyzhnyk of Webster University took a clear first place with 4,5/5 points to claim the top prize of 2100 USD.
IM Priyadharshan Kannappan is second with 4,0 points, having collected 1000 USD for the effort.
Open section final standings (top finishers):
1. GM Illya Nyzhnyk 2748 MO – 4,5
2. IM Priyadharshan Kannappan 2559 MO – 4,0
3-6. GM David Berczes 2602 TX, IM Ashwin Jayaram 2561 MO, Advait Patel 2345 OK and David Tianjian Peng 2275 IL – 3,5
7-12. FM Tansel Turgut 2382 IL, Alex Richter 2281 MO, Petros Karagianis 2280 IL, Yogesh Gautam 2266 HA, Dane Mattson 2249 WI and Joseph Cheng-Yue Wan 2079 IA – 3,0 etc.