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The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion. [1] It is the oldest national chess tournament. [2] The event originated as a challenge match in 1845, but the champion has been decided by tournament play under the auspices of the USCF since 1936. [2]
The World Open chess tournament is an annual open chess tournament usually held in Philadelphia. The inaugural event was held in New York in 1973 with 732 players, and was won by Walter Browne . The tournament is divided into different sections, with typically 100–200 players in the top section. The 1986 edition had as many as 1507 ...
2009 US Open. The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009, in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the men's singles final match on Sunday, September 13, but due to rain ...
Juan Martín del Potro defeated the five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 3–6, 7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 7–6 (7–4), 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2009 US Open.
The 2009 US Open Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 2009 US Open. In the final, Juan Martín del Potro defeated 5-time defending champion Roger Federer 3–6, 7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 7–6 (7–4), 6–2 after 4 hours and 6 minutes to win the match. It was the first US Open singles final ...
The 2009 United States Open Championship was the 109th U.S. Open, held June 18–22 on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park on Long Island, in Farmingdale, New York. Lucas Glover won his only major title, two strokes ahead of runners-up Ricky Barnes , David Duval , and Phil Mickelson .
US Open. · 2010 →. Kim Clijsters defeated Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2009 US Open. It was her second US Open title and her second major singles title overall. She became the first unseeded player and wild card to win the title, and the first mother to win a major since Evonne ...