The Winter Open at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis was a huge success with 57 participants and intense fighting chess throughout. Eight players with a rating higher than 2000 filled out the Master/Expert class, and the CCSCSL's own GM Ben Finegold took first place with a perfect 4-0 score.
Click Read more below to view the tournament standings and prize payouts, and stay tuned for more in-depth coverage of the tournament by esteemed tournament director Ray Kurczynski!
SwissSys Standings. CCSCSL Winter Open: Open (Pair number)
| # | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Tot | Prize |
| 1 | Benjamin Finegold | 2611 | W30 | W18 | W14 | W12 | 4.0 | 100.00 |
| 2 | Gordon J Ruan | 2134 | W31 | W20 | D13 | W17 | 3.5 | 25.00 |
| 3 | Jialin Ding | 2095 | L32 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | |
| 4 | Drew Hollinberger | 2094 | W33 | L22 | W35 | U--- | 2.0 | |
| 5 | Joshua Frank | 2049 | W34 | L21 | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
| 6 | James A Davies | 2025 | W35 | W24 | D17 | D13 | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Nick W Karlow | 2012 | L36 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | |
| 8 | Kevin Dal Johnson | 2001 | L37 | W47 | L33 | W44 | 2.0 | |
| 9 | Paul D Mechem | 1973 | W38 | W23 | W21 | D10 | 3.5 | 41.67 |
| 10 | Spencer Finegold | 1957 | W39 | W28 | W22 | D9 | 3.5 | 41.67 |
| 11 | Selden Trimble | 1938 | D40 | W53 | W36 | W19 | 3.5 | 41.67 |
| 12 | Daniel O Roberts | 1933 | W41 | W37 | W32 | L1 | 3.0 | |
| 13 | Joseph An Garnier | 1933 | W42 | W25 | D2 | D6 | 3.0 | |
| 14 | John Boyer | 1921 | W43 | W56 | L1 | W24 | 3.0 | |
| 15 | Albert D Howlett | 1907 | W45 | L32 | W34 | W25 | 3.0 | |
| 16 | Steven D Bange | 1905 | W46 | D36 | L19 | D33 | 2.0 | |
| 17 | Adil Skuka | 1900 | W48 | W44 | D6 | L2 | 2.5 | |
| 18 | William M Tong | 1881 | W49 | L1 | D37 | W28 | 2.5 | |
| 19 | Smajlagic Senad | 1825 | H--- | W40 | W16 | L11 | 2.5 | |
| 20 | Alex J Marler | 1823 | W50 | L2 | W38 | W26 | 3.0 | |
| 21 | Troy L Krimminger | 1758 | W51 | W5 | L9 | D31 | 2.5 | 12.50 |
| 22 | Timothy C Nesham | 1754 | W52 | W4 | L10 | L32 | 2.0 | |
| 23 | Bob Howe | 1704 | W54 | L9 | W39 | W56 | 3.0 | 100.00 |
| 24 | William Nesham | 1694 | W29 | L6 | W41 | L14 | 2.0 | |
| 25 | Peter Rupprecht | 1658 | W55 | L13 | W46 | L15 | 2.0 | |
| 26 | Stephen J Zhang | 1651 | L44 | W42 | W52 | L20 | 2.0 | |
| 27 | Michael Jo Kummer | 1648 | L56 | D43 | D47 | W46 | 2.0 | |
| 28 | Steve Korenblat | 1638 | W57 | L10 | D44 | L18 | 1.5 | |
| 29 | Steve Logue | 1628 | L24 | W49 | L56 | W43 | 2.0 | |
| 30 | Daymion Phillips | 1619 | L1 | L46 | L50 | U--- | 0.0 | |
| 31 | Dennis Geo Taylor | 1611 | L2 | W48 | W53 | D21 | 2.5 | 12.50 |
| 32 | Alexan Vergilesov | 1593 | W3 | W15 | L12 | W22 | 3.0 | 100.00 |
| 33 | James Larki Smith | 1572 | L4 | W45 | W8 | D16 | 2.5 | 12.50 |
| 34 | William Thompson | 1525 | L5 | W51 | L15 | W47 | 2.0 | |
| 35 | John Pau Slattery | 1487 | L6 | W50 | L4 | L42 | 1.0 | |
| 36 | William Le Little | 1478 | W7 | D16 | L11 | W37 | 2.5 | 12.50 |
| 37 | Don Harper | 1433 | W8 | L12 | D18 | L36 | 1.5 | |
| 38 | Daniel J Tuttle | 1433 | L9 | W54 | L20 | W48 | 2.0 | |
| 39 | Jacob Lee Smith | 1428 | L10 | W55 | L23 | L52 | 1.0 | |
| 40 | Aravind Ganapathy | 1389 | D11 | L19 | D43 | L50 | 1.0 | |
| 41 | Vishal Bharadwaj | 1368 | L12 | W57 | L24 | L54 | 1.0 | |
| 42 | Nathan Tu Phan | 1359 | L13 | L26 | W51 | W35 | 2.0 | 100.00 |
| 43 | Tom A Morrell | 1340 | L14 | D27 | D40 | L29 | 1.0 | |
| 44 | Michael Yin | 1305 | W26 | L17 | D28 | L8 | 1.5 | 25.00 |
| 45 | Robert A Luckey | 1259 | L15 | L33 | L54 | U--- | 0.0 | |
| 46 | Jason Zhou | 1233 | L16 | W30 | L25 | L27 | 1.0 | |
| 47 | Matthew Llo Lodge | 1216 | H--- | L8 | D27 | L34 | 1.0 | |
| 48 | Ken P West | 1146 | L17 | L31 | W55 | L38 | 1.0 | |
| 49 | Suhas Bobba | 1107 | L18 | L29 | W57 | H--- | 1.5 | |
| 50 | James W Elliott | 1034 | L20 | L35 | W30 | W40 | 2.0 | 25.00 |
| 51 | Haozhe Wang | 958 | L21 | L34 | L42 | L53 | 0.0 | |
| 52 | Scott Anderson | 939 | L22 | B--- | L26 | W39 | 2.0 | 25.00 |
| 53 | Clark W Rogers | 836 | B--- | L11 | L31 | W51 | 2.0 | 25.00 |
| 54 | Jon Strand | unr. | L23 | L38 | W45 | W41 | 2.0 | 25.00 |
| 55 | George Rogers | unr. | L25 | L39 | L48 | W57 | 1.0 | |
| 56 | Anthony Ford | unr. | W27 | L14 | W29 | L23 | 2.0 | 25.00 |
| 57 | Zachery Wright | unr. | L28 | L41 | L49 | L55 | 0.0 |