9th Cherry Blossom Classic

The 9th edition of the Cherry Blossom Classic will take place from 26-30 May at Washington Dulles Airport Marriott in Virginia.
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The event will feature 6 tournaments: Open tournament, U2300, U2000, U1700, U1400 and U1100. Most of the events will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds increment. 32 players from 10 countries already registered for the main Open event and the battlefield is currently led by: GM Aleksandr Lenderman, GM Hedinn Steingrimsson, GM Joshua Daniel Ruiz Castillo.

Current starting list of participants:

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Lenderman Aleksandr	USA	2591
2	GM	Steingrimsson Hedinn	ISL	2534
3	GM	Ruiz Castillo Joshua Daniel	COL	2473
4	GM	Hevia Alejano Carlos Antonio	CUB	2460
5	IM	Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta	CAN	2358
6	FM	Morefield Jason	USA	2242
7	IM	Zlotnikov Mikhail	USA	2194
8		Sriniaiyer Sudarshan	USA	2181
9		Luo Terry	USA	2168
10	FM	Samuelson Andrew	USA	2164
11		Ansh M Shah	IND	2130
12		Tahmassebi Bijan	USA	2118
13		Prabhu Naveen	USA	2099
14	IM	Adu Oladapo	NGR	2092
15		Hu Merric	USA	2075
16		Brady Tyson	USA	2064
17		Su Kevin	USA	2036
18		Ling Evan	USA	2009
19		Su Jasmine Zhixin	USA	1984
20		Colorado Morales Francisco	USA	1965
21		Doraszelski Alexander	GER	1887
22		Jegan Alan	USA	1883
23		Nair Siddhant	USA	1820
24		Pang Brian	USA	1818
25		De Fotis Gary	USA	1810
26		Heidari Ako	IRI	1788
27		Goktepe Derin	USA	1775
28		Pillai Adithya	USA	1771
29		Hebbar Eshaan	USA	1742
30		Feng Andrew	USA	1741
31		Baim Elvin	AZE	1655
32		Didita George Vic	USA	2009

Featured photo by: Paul Swaney; Official website