Theo Wolchock defeated Nathan Vaughn on Board 1 to win the sixty-four player 2023 Manitoba Open with a perfect 5.0 score and the $ 400 first prize.
Second place went to Collin Anderson who finished with 4.5 points, winning $ 260.
Third place prize money was shared by Nathan Vaughan, Michael Odugbesan, Marcos Valentino, Joshua Gerona, Rolando Bince, and Blair Rutter, all with 4 points, and each winning $ 30.
Also scoring 4 points, but qualifying for the undivided first U1800 prize was Iqvinder Dhillon, with a prize of $ 250.
Wesley Russell won the 2nd U1800 Prize, with 3.5 points, winning $200.
Five players U1600 scored 3 points, with 3 of the players U1300 – the U1600 and U1300 prizes were then pooled and split 5 ways.
Josh Brandon, Harrison Parboosingh, Amangeldi Abdildin, Jonaus Best, and Abdul Moeez each won $ 114.
The Tournament was directed by Al MacPherson, with assistance from Tony Boron and John Klokow.
| Bd | Res | White | Res | Black | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Theo Wolchock (2221 4.0) | 0 | Nathan Vaughan (1873 4.0) | |
| 2 | 0 | Will Bonness (1912 3.5) | 1 | Collin Anderson (1997 3.5) | |
| 3 | 0 | Steven De Groot (1904 3.5) | 1 | Adedapo Odugbesan (2076 3.0) | |
| 4 | 0 | Gustav L Baron (2047 3.0) | 1 | Blair Rutter (1853 3.0) | |
| 5 | 0 | James Paeldin (1783 3.0) | 1 | Marcos Valentino (1990 3.0) | |
| 6 | 1 | Iqvinder Singh Dhillon (1761 3.0) | 0 | Mutiu Salawu (1951 3.0) | |
| 7 | 0 | Jackson Stordeur (1742 3.0) | 1 | Joshua Gerona (1926 3.0) | |
| 8 | ½ | Wesley Russell (1683 3.0) | ½ | Jordan Kwiatek (1891 3.0) | |
| 9 | 0 | Jonaus Bast (unr. 3.0) | 1 | Rolando Bince (1855 3.0) | |
| 10 | ½ | Udaya Annakkage (1775 2.5) | ½ | Oliver De Meyer (1758 2.0) | |
| 11 | ½ | Charitha Hansima (1701 2.0) | ½ | John V Minano (1678 2.5) | |
| 12 | 1 | Inuri Kahanda (1754 2.0) | 0 | Francis Trueman (1433 2.0) | |
| 13 | 0 | Elizar Tagle (1434 2.0) | 1 | Cory Letain (1743 2.0) | |
| 14 | 0 | Prabhav Repaka (1648 2.0) | 1 | Harrison Parboosingh (1420 2.0) | |
| 15 | 0 | Zixuan [Joe] Zhou (1632 2.0) | 1 | Abdul Moeez (unr. 2.0) | |
| 16 | 1 | Eric Williams (1612 2.0) | 0 | Yueheng Gao (1208 2.0) | |
| 17 | 0 | Mason Bilugan (1381 2.0) | 1 | James A Melnyk (1611 2.0) | |
| 18 | 1 | Josh Brandon (1582 2.0) | 0 | Chamali Kodikara (1179 2.0) | |
| 19 | ½ | Keaton Parboosingh (unr. 2.0) | ½ | Mick Aiello (1577 2.0) | |
| 20 | ½ | Harsha Kumbharathi (1558 2.0) | ½ | Lukas Pacin (unr. 2.0) | |
| 21 | 1 | Amangeldi Abdildin (1148 2.0) | 0 | Shawn Liu (1565 1.5) | |
| 22 | 1 | Allan Roberts (1369 1.5) | 0 | Luis Exconde (1316 1.5) | |
| 23 | 1 | Aiden Ling (1361 1.5) | 0 | Rhailey Punay (unr. 1.5) | |
| 24 | 0 | Ojas Patil (1141 1.5) | 1 | Elazar Schwartz (1615 1.0) | |
| 25 | 0 | Richard Ott (1524 1.0) | 1 | Dilki Wijekoon (1371 1.0) | |
| 26 | ½ | Mackay Elias (1498 1.0) | ½ | Bryan Zhang (1258 1.0) | |
| 27 | 1 | Daniel Alviar (1422 1.0) | 0 | Mark Ireland (unr. 1.0) | |
| 28 | 1 | John March (1406 1.0) | 0 | Mateo Cardona (1107 1.0) | |
| 29 | 0 | John Chan (1293 1.0) | 1 | Mark Jenkins (1388 1.0) | |
| 30 | 0 | Cory Ash (1190 1.0) | 1 | Jon Bettner (1376 1.0) | |
| 31 | 0 | Thakshila Perera (1146 0.5) | 1 | Vincent Celones (1527 0.5) | |
| 32 | 1 | Dineth Balamanage (1224 0.0) | 0 | Samantha Sinclair (unr. 0.0) | |
| ½ | John Klokow (1638 2.5) | BYE |
Crosstable at:
http://www.chessmanitoba.org/tournaments/2023/2023_MB_Open.htm