Andrew D Hubbard wins the World Amateur Championship

The world Amateur Championship finished last night at the Holiday Inn (Skokie). 124 players took part in the event. The event was restricted to people who were rated less than 2000 FIDE and also those who had no FIDE rating.

Up for grabs in the tournament was $3000 for first along with the FM title from FIDE and a 2200 FIDE rating automatically given. The highest female got the WFM title and a FIDE rating of 2050.

Also on offer were two scholarships to Texas Tech valued up to $36,000 for the top male and female participants, donated by Texas Tech.

After a grueling 9 rounds of play Andrew D Hubbard from IL appeared on top with 7.5/9. Six wins and three draws ensured a top place finish. Andrew gets the $3000 and the FM title along with a 2200 FIDE rating.

The top female was Yun Fan who takes the WFM title along with $1000 for being the top female.

 

Congratulations to organizer Sevan Muradian for yet another excellent and in this case world class event that he staged right here in the Chicago area.

I hope to show some games from the winners with analysis in the ICB sometime soon.

http://www.nachess.org/naca/results/WACC_standings_Rd9.pdf - Final Standings