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Chicago Open 2010 Photographs

Photos courtesy of William Shehan (Midway Chess Club), Rose Homa and Laura Smith.

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GMs Yury Shulman, Mesgen Amanov and Varuzhan Akobian

IM Sam Shankland

Park at the Hotel

TD Glenn Panner

GM Varuzhan Akobian

GM Daniel Fridman

Apurva and Punita Virkud

FM Conrad Holt and GM Alex Lenderman

IM Goran Vojinovic

GM Loek Van Wely

GM Nikola Sedlek

GM Mikheil Kekelidze

GM Evgeny Najer and GM Timur Gareev

Chicago Open 2009 Photographs

Check out this Photo Gallery (27 photos) from the 2009 Chicago Open. All photographs are by Chris Bird.

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Westin North Shore Hotel

Wheeling Landmark

GM Loek van Wely

GM Gabriel Sargissian

GM Tigran Petrosian

GM Giorgi Kacheishvili

GM Zviad Izoria

GM Alex Shabalov

GM Yury Shulman

GM Darmen Sadvakasov

GM Varuzhan Akobian

GM Eugene Perelshteyn

IM Ben Finegold

IM Gergely Antal

IM Joe Bradford

IM Mackenzie Molner

FM Florin Felecan vs GM Darmen Sadvakasov

GMs Nikola Mitkov and Vladimir Georgiev Analyzing

GM Tigran Petrosian

Chicago Open 2008 Photographs

Check out this photo gallery (69 photos) from the 2008 Chicago Open. Many thanks to Betsy Dynako and Ola Osanyinjobi for providing the photographs.

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1. Players in the Under sections (photo Betsy Dynako)

2. IM Mesgen Amanov (photo Betsy Dynako)

3. Yulia Cardona (photo Betsy Dynako)

4. IM Josh Friedel (photo Betsy Dynako)

5. GM Gilberto Hernandez (photo Betsy Dynako)

6. Jonathan Hilton (photo Betsy Dynako)

7. Andres Hortillosa (photo Betsy Dynako)

8. WFM Hana Itkis (photo Betsy Dynako)

9. Lorand Bela Kis (photo Betsy Dynako)

10. Ilan Meerovich (front) and Leonardo Campiz (photo Betsy Dynako)

11. GM Nikola Mitkov (photo Betsy Dynako)

12. GM Hikaru Nakamura (photo Betsy Dynako)

13. GM Tigran Petrosian

14. The playing hall (photo Betsy Dynako)

15. Sam Schmakel plays WFM Tatev Abrahamyan (photo Betsy Dynako)

16. Adam Strunk (photo Betsy Dynako)

17. WFM Iryna Zenyuk against FM Mehmed Pasalic (photo Betsy Dynako)

18. (photo Betsy Dynako)

19. Serafim Tsyganova (photo Betsy Dynako)

20. Andres Hortillosa (photo Betsy Dynako)

Chicago Open 2007 Photographs

Check out this photo gallery (69 photos) from the 2007 Chicago Open. Many thanks to Betsy Dynako for providing the photographs.

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1. Chouchanik Airapetian

2. Alexander Betaneli

3. Alex Hamilton

4. Alex Shabalov

5. Alex Shabalov

6. Anatoly Lein

7. Andrew Karklins

8. Angelo Young

9. David Pruess

10. Dmitry Gurevich

11. Elizabeth Vicary

13. Emil Anka and Ilya Smirin

14. Ilya Smirin

15. Jan van de Mortel

16. Marc Esserman

17. Merab Gagunashvili