Awonder Liang wins 2024 Illinois Chess Open

Awonder Liang is the winner of the 2024 Illinois Chess Open. He collected 6,5/7 to win the strong open ahead of IM Alexander Velikanov, Jonathan Kogen, FM Ochirbat Lkhagvajamts, FM Spencer George Lehmann, CM Avi Harrison Kaplan, etc.

The 2024 Illinois Chess Open is a 7-round Swiss, held during Labor Day weekend from the 31st of August to the 2nd of September in Lisle, Illinois (Chicago area), USA.

Illinois Chess Open 2024 standings

1	GM Liang, Awonder	2751	6.5
2	IM Velikanov, Alexander	2424	5.5
3	Kogen, Jonathan	2323	5.5
4	FM Lkhagvajamts, Ochirbat	2376	5.0
5	FM Lehmann, Spencer George	2353	5.0
6	CM Kaplan, Avi Harrison	2349	4.5
7	Rao, Anjaneya Sripathy	2209	4.5
8	Shetty, Anshul P	2208	4.5
9	Platnick, Elijah Samuel	2094	4.5
10	Khanbutaev, Artemii	2057	4.5
11	Dmitriev, Andrey	2019	4.5
12	CM Gratz, Glen E	2004	4.5
13	Moerlien, Puwit Sky	2110	4.0
14	Malladi, Sadkrith	2108	4.0
15	Ramesh, Nehanraj	2064	4.0
16	Field, Rowan	2012	4.0
17	Feng, Jay	2006	4.0
18	Huang, Ayden	1999	4.0
19	Lim, Alex	1966	4.0
20	Lee, Justin	1908	4.0
21	Neal, James	2246	3.5
22	Szpisjak, Steven J	2200	3.5
23	WCM Wisniowski, Natalie	2139	3.5
24	Raman, Arjun	2109	3.5
25	Gagliano, Ethan A	1959	3.5
26	Adhikari, Sunav	2101	3.0
27	Paitrick, Derek	2089	3.0
28	Li, Aiden Linyuan	2036	3.0
29	Baker, Aidan	1998	3.0
30	Xia, Henry	1953	3.0
31	Silverstein, Jonathan	1935	3.0
32	Das, Debarghya	1915	3.0
33	Ramnath, Vrishank	1905	3.0
34	FM Vanmeter, Lester L	2200	2.5
35	Tikhomirov, Matthew	2005	2.5
36	Murali, Rishi	1937	2.5
37	Akella, Achyuta	unr.	2.5
38	WCM Fei, Irene	2004	2.0
39	Aaron, Michael E	1966	2.0
40	Thakkar, Aayush	1930	2.0
41	Hengen, Luke O	1901	2.0
42	Zhang, Alex	2231	1.5
43	Shrigadi, Aryan	2014	1.0
44	Peterson, Brian	1956	1.0
45	Nudo, Zachary W	1915	1.0
46	Brock, William H	1900	1.0
47	Klugstedt, Vincent Christian	1998	0.5
48	Blomer, John	1934	0.5