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Space Coast Chess Open 2025

Space Coast Chess Open 2025 takes place 3-4 May in Florida, USA. It is an open event with 20 000 USD prize fund. Top seeded is 2023 and 2024 winner GM Jinchao Zhou. Scroll down for the full list of winners.

Participants include GM Jianchao Zhou, GM Gabriel Flom, GM Nikola Mitkov, IM John Ludwig, FM Eric Rodriguez, FM Ryan Amburgy, FM Brejesh Chakrabarti, FM Rose Atwell, FM Corey Acor, Nick Moore, FM Jean Marco Cruz, Jacorey Bynum, Theodore Slade, Ryan Hamley, etc. Live games will be daily on Chessdom

Space Coast Champions

2024 – GM Jianchao Zhou

2023 – GM Jianchao Zhou

2022 – GM Timur Gareyev

2020 – GM Olexandr Bortnyk

2019 – GM Hedinn Steingrimsson

2017 – GM Timur Gareyev

2016 – GM Andrey Stukopin, GM Julio Becerra (tie)

2015 – GM Julio Becerra

2014 – GM Mikheil Kekelidze, IM Alex Reprintsev, IM Javad Maharramzade (tie)

2013 – IM Nikolay Andrianov, GM Alex Yermolinsky (tie)

2012 – IM Javad Maharramzade

2011 – GM Julio Becerra

2010 – NM Eric Rodriguez

2009 – NM Jeffrey Haskel

2008 – IM Javad Maharramzade

2007 (Wojtkiewicz Memorial) – GM Alex Stripunsky

2006 – GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz

2005 – GM Julio Becerra

2004 – GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz

2003 – GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz

2002 – GM Aleks Wojtkiewicz

2001 – GM Sergey Kudrin

2000 – IM Virgil Grabliauskes, IM Blas Lugo, NM Marcel Martinez, GM Gennady Sagalchik (tie)

1999 – IM Rashid Ziatdinov

1998 – NM Fabio La Rota

1997 – GM Sergey Kudrin

1995 – GM Gabriel Schwartzman

1992 – NM Mikhail Braude

1991 – Bruce Koopmans

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