Unofficial: GMs Robson, Friedel, Mitkov win 2013 Chicago Open

GM Nikola Mitkov held up the local honor this year. Here's his very nice win in the money round (finished just a few minutes ago).

ADDENDUM: The cross-tables for the event are available here.

The one that got away....

Rosen-Robson, US Junior Invoitational 2010

After 42...Rb2

White to play and win

a cool game from the World Open

The field is so top-heavy at the World Open that GMs have been playing each other from Round 2.  Yesterday, Illinois Co-Champion Mesgen Amanov took down prodigy Ray Robson in a bizarre Botvinnik Semi-Slav sideline.

Corus Round 3

Sneaking a peek in between clients...

In the GM-A, Shirov leads with 3-0; Nakamura and Carlsen are tied for second with 2.5.

Ray Robson is in a three-way tie for first in the GM-C section, all on 2.5.

Here's the official site!

More nice coverage from Chess Life Online.

Corus round 2

Nakamura wins the best game prize; Robson takes the clear lead in Group C.

Corus Round 1

For the next couple weeks, the eyes of the chess world will be on the Netherlands resort town of Wijk aan Zee.

Hikaru Nakamura and teenager Fabiano Caruana (Italy/Brooklyn) are playing in the A section (Carlsen, Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk...)  Two fan favorites won in round one: Loek van Wely (over Nigel Short) and Alexei Shirov (over Peter Leko).

Fabiano Caruana

Varuzhan Akobian is playing in the GM-B section....

Varuzhan Akobian

...and  teenager Ray Robson is playing in the C-section, and won his first-round game.

Ray Robson

Ray Robson annotates the U.S. - India match

At Chess Life Online.