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[[File:CO_travel_trophy.png|thumb|right|The CO traveling trophy, introduced in 2014, as held by [[Matt Bollinger]].]]
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[[File:CO_travel_trophy.png|thumb|right|The (now lost) CO traveling trophy, introduced in 2014, as held by [[Matt Bollinger]].]]
  
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'''Chicago Open''' (or '''CO''') is a summer open tournament held annually in the Chicago metropolitan area, generally occurring in the last week of July or first week of August. Its most distinguishing feature is its extremely high difficulty (far more difficult than the year's [[ICT]] or [[ACF Nationals]]), which usually makes Chicago Open the most challenging all-subject set of the calendar year.  
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'''Chicago Open''' (or '''CO''') is a summer open tournament held annually in the Chicago metropolitan area, generally occurring in the last week of July or first week of August. Its most distinguishing features are its extremely high difficulty (often more difficult than the year's [[ICT]] or [[ACF Nationals]]) and its extremely competitive field, which usually make Chicago Open the most challenging all-subject set of the calendar year.
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A true open tournament, Chicago Open attracts current college players, retired or graduated players, and, occasionally, ambitious high school (or middle school) players. Participants generally play on mixed teams not limited by school affiliation.
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Because the CO field draws a field from across the continent (and sometimes the [[UK]]), it is typicaly not [[mirror]]ed elsewhere. From 2005 to 2009, [[Berkeley]] hosted a small West Coast mirror called [[BASQUE]]; smaller mid-Atlantic mirrors existed at various points in the early to mid-2000s [https://discord.com/channels/275279348855209984/275279348855209984/1005880322254176266].
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==History==
  
 
The first Chicago Open was held in 1999 as the successor to '''Virginia Open''', a similar tournament held at [[Virginia]] in 1997 and 1998. After many years under the stewardship of first [[Andrew Yaphe]] and then [[Subash Maddipotti]], its editorship has rotated based on the interest and availability of well-regarded editors and players, with each new editor or editing team approved by its predecessor. After some early house-written events, CO has established itself as a true [[packet-submission]] event, for which every participating team must write a packet.
 
The first Chicago Open was held in 1999 as the successor to '''Virginia Open''', a similar tournament held at [[Virginia]] in 1997 and 1998. After many years under the stewardship of first [[Andrew Yaphe]] and then [[Subash Maddipotti]], its editorship has rotated based on the interest and availability of well-regarded editors and players, with each new editor or editing team approved by its predecessor. After some early house-written events, CO has established itself as a true [[packet-submission]] event, for which every participating team must write a packet.
  
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A true open tournament, Chicago Open attracts current college players, retired or graduated players, and, occasionally, ambitious high school players. Participants generally play on mixed teams not limited by school affiliation. Despite many long-graduated individuals making an annual trip to CO for the only tournament they still regularly play, 2021 was the first year since 2002 in which the winning team contained no players who were eligible, active participants on a college quizbowl team during the preceding academic year. In most years, the tournament has been a full round-robin among all participating teams, which can last well into the evening. Since 2016, the event has run a shorter schedule using preliminary [[bracket]]s and crossover games due to the demands of a growing field (this did not, however, stop the 2018 iteration from going past 11pm). The combination of the tournament's extreme difficulty and deep field makes the assembly of a winning CO team one of the most challenging accomplishments in quizbowl.
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From 1999 to 2017, every instance of CO was hosted at [[Chicago|The University of Chicago]]. Due to changes in room reservation policy, the tournament moved to [[Northwestern University]] for the first time in 2018 and has been held there ever since. Jocular references to recent instances of the tournament as "Chicanston Open" or "Evanston Open" are largely discouraged.
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In most years through 2015 (except 2009), the tournament was a full round-robin among all participating teams, which often lasted well into the evening. Since 2016, the event has run a shorter schedule using preliminary [[bracket]]s and crossover games due to the demands of a growing field. (This did not, however, stop the 2018 iteration from going past 11 p.m., or the 2022 iteration from going slightly past midnight.)
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===Unusual prizes===
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In 2014, [[Andrew Hart]] introduced a traveling trophy, which the aim being that a member of the winning team would get to keep until the next year's CO is held. It disappeared quickly and its current whereabouts are uncertain.
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[[File:Blahaj.png|thumb|right|Four stuffed Blåhaj awarded at CO 2023]]
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In 2023, tournament director [[Em Gunter]] awarded a small stuffed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blåhaj Blåhaj] shark to each member of the winning team.
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Chicago Open typically occurs alongside several side events; these have included a semi-regular [[trash]] tournament and subject tournaments in [[Science Monstrosity|science]], [[Chicago Open History Tournament|history]], [[Chicago Open Literature Tournament|literature]], and, more recently, a variety of arts events. Since 2011, the main tournament has stood alone on Saturday.
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==Side events==
  
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In 2014, [[Andrew Hart]] introduced a traveling trophy (pictured right), which some member of the winning team (hypothetically) gets to keep until the next year's CO is held.
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Chicago Open typically occurs alongside several side events; these have included a roughly biennial [[CO Trash|trash]] tournament and subject tournaments in [[Science Monstrosity|science]], [[Chicago Open History Tournament|history]], [[Chicago Open Literature Tournament|literature]], and, more recently, a variety of arts events. Since 2011, the main tournament has stood alone on Saturday, with all side events occurring on Sunday.
  
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Due to changes in room reservation convenience, each CO that has happened from 2018 onward has been held at [[Northwestern University]] in Evanston, Illinois, rather than its presumptive home in the city proper from 1999-2017 at the [[University of Chicago]]. It remains to be seen whether this change of venue is permanent. Jocular references to recent instances of the tournament as "Chicanston Open" or "Evanston Open" are largely discouraged.
 
  
 
==Table of Champions==
 
==Table of Champions==
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
 
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
 
! Tournament
 
! Tournament
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! Field size
 
! Champion
 
! Champion
 
! Second Place
 
! Second Place
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|-  
 
|-  
 
| [[1997 Virginia Open]]
 
| [[1997 Virginia Open]]
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| ?
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| ?
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[1998 Virginia Open]]
 
| [[1998 Virginia Open]]
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| 13
 
| [[Eric Hillemann]], [[Tom Waters]]
 
| [[Eric Hillemann]], [[Tom Waters]]
 
| [[Dave Hamilton]], [[John Nam]], [[Julie Singer]], [[Maureen Smith]]
 
| [[Dave Hamilton]], [[John Nam]], [[Julie Singer]], [[Maureen Smith]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[1999 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[1999 Chicago Open]]
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| 14
 
| [[Tom Waters]], [[Albert Whited]]
 
| [[Tom Waters]], [[Albert Whited]]
 
| [[Eric Hillemann]], [[R. Hentzel]]
 
| [[Eric Hillemann]], [[R. Hentzel]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[2000 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2000 Chicago Open]]
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| ?
 
| [[R. Hentzel]], [[Eric Hillemann]], [[Emily Pike]]
 
| [[R. Hentzel]], [[Eric Hillemann]], [[Emily Pike]]
 
| [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Dave Goodman]], [[Dave Hamilton]], [[John Nam]]
 
| [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Dave Goodman]], [[Dave Hamilton]], [[John Nam]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[2001 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2001 Chicago Open]]
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| ?
 
| [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Dave Hamilton]], [[Mike Angel]]
 
| [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Dave Hamilton]], [[Mike Angel]]
 
| [[Adam Kemezis]], [[Paul Litvak]], [[Ben Heller]], [[Noel Erinjeri]]
 
| [[Adam Kemezis]], [[Paul Litvak]], [[Ben Heller]], [[Noel Erinjeri]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[2002 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2002 Chicago Open]]
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| ?
 
| [[Eric Hillemann]], [[R. Hentzel]], [[Emily Pike]]
 
| [[Eric Hillemann]], [[R. Hentzel]], [[Emily Pike]]
 
| [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Paul Litvak]], [[Ryan McClarren]], [[Ed Cohn]]
 
| [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Paul Litvak]], [[Ryan McClarren]], [[Ed Cohn]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[2003 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2003 Chicago Open]]
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| ?
 
| [[Chris Borglum]], [[Kelly McKenzie]], [[Raj Dhuwalia]], [[Seth Kendall]]
 
| [[Chris Borglum]], [[Kelly McKenzie]], [[Raj Dhuwalia]], [[Seth Kendall]]
 
| [[Paul Litvak]], [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Ben Heller]]
 
| [[Paul Litvak]], [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Ben Heller]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[2004 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2004 Chicago Open]]
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| 11
 
| [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Paul Litvak]]
 
| [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Paul Litvak]]
 
| [[Mike Sorice]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Sudheer Potru]], [[Andrew Ullsperger]]
 
| [[Mike Sorice]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Sudheer Potru]], [[Andrew Ullsperger]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[2005 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2005 Chicago Open]]
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| ?
 
| [[Mike Sorice]], [[Andrew Ullsperger]], [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Mike Sorice]], [[Andrew Ullsperger]], [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Seth Teitler]], [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Adam Kemezis]], [[Wesley Matthews]]
 
| [[Seth Teitler]], [[Andrew Yaphe]], [[Adam Kemezis]], [[Wesley Matthews]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[2006 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2006 Chicago Open]]
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| 13
 
| [[Dave Rappaport]], [[Will Turner]], [[Matt Lafer]], [[Andrew Yaphe]]
 
| [[Dave Rappaport]], [[Will Turner]], [[Matt Lafer]], [[Andrew Yaphe]]
 
| [[Ryan Westbrook]], [[Eric Kwartler]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], [[Charles Meigs]]
 
| [[Ryan Westbrook]], [[Eric Kwartler]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], [[Charles Meigs]]
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|-
 
| [[2007 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2007 Chicago Open]]
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| 9
 
| [[Sudheer Potru]], [[Mike Sorice]], [[Andrew Ullsperger]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Sudheer Potru]], [[Mike Sorice]], [[Andrew Ullsperger]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Matt Lafer]], [[Ray Luo]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], [[Ryan Westbrook]]
 
| [[Matt Lafer]], [[Ray Luo]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], [[Ryan Westbrook]]
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|-
 
| [[2008 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2008 Chicago Open]]
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| 17
 
| [[Jonathan Magin]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Jonathan Magin]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Selene Koo]], [[Mike Sorice]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Andrew Yaphe]]
 
| [[Selene Koo]], [[Mike Sorice]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Andrew Yaphe]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2227/stats/final_stats/ Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2227/stats/final_stats/ Stats]
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| [[Ryan Westbrook]] (head editor)
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| [[Ryan Westbrook]] (head editor), [[Matt Keller]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2009 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2009 Chicago Open]]
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| 14
 
| [[Andrew Hart]], [[Rob Carson]], [[Brendan Byrne]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Andrew Hart]], [[Rob Carson]], [[Brendan Byrne]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Ted Gioia]], [[Dallas Simons]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], [[Eric Mukherjee]]
 
| [[Ted Gioia]], [[Dallas Simons]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]], [[Eric Mukherjee]]
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|-
 
| [[2010 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2010 Chicago Open]]
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| 15
 
| [[Dallas Simons]], [[Richard Mason]], [[Kevin Koai]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Dallas Simons]], [[Richard Mason]], [[Kevin Koai]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Bruce Arthur]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Koo]], [[Jonathan Magin]]
 
| [[Bruce Arthur]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Koo]], [[Jonathan Magin]]
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|-
 
| [[2011 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2011 Chicago Open]]
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| 15
 
| [[Andrew Hart]], [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Selene Koo]], [[Seth Teitler]]
 
| [[Andrew Hart]], [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Selene Koo]], [[Seth Teitler]]
 
| [[Matt Weiner]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Gautam Kandlikar]]
 
| [[Matt Weiner]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Gautam Kandlikar]]
 
| [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Durgin&id=1&page=standings Stats]
 
| [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Durgin&id=1&page=standings Stats]
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| [[Ryan Westbrook]] et al (editors)
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| [[Ryan Westbrook]] (head editor), [[Mia Nussbaum]], [[SteveJon Guth]], [[Eric Mukherjee]] (contributor)
 
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|-
 
| [[2012 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2012 Chicago Open]]
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| 17
 
| [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Chris Ray]]
 
| [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Chris Ray]]
 
| four-way tie; by PPG [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Gautam Kandlikar]], [[Andrew Hart]], [[Mike Sorice]]
 
| four-way tie; by PPG [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Gautam Kandlikar]], [[Andrew Hart]], [[Mike Sorice]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1012/stats/final_stats/ Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1012/stats/final_stats/ Stats]
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| [[Ryan Westbrook]] and [[Mike Bentley]] (head editors)
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| [[Ryan Westbrook]] and [[Mike Bentley]] (head editors), [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[SteveJon Guth]], [[Ted Gioia]]
 
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|-
 
| [[2013 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2013 Chicago Open]]
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| 17
 
| [[John Lawrence]], [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Koo]]
 
| [[John Lawrence]], [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Koo]]
 
| four-way tie; by PPG [[Rob Carson]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Ike Jose]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]]
 
| four-way tie; by PPG [[Rob Carson]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Ike Jose]], [[Jerry Vinokurov]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1545/stats/chicago_open_2013_all_games/  Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1545/stats/chicago_open_2013_all_games/  Stats]
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| [[Matt Bollinger]] (head editor), [[Kevin Koai]], [[Sinan Ulusoy|lots]] [[Libo Zeng|of]] [[Sriram Pendyala|science]] [[Dennis Loo|people]], [[Matt Jackson]]
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| [[Matt Bollinger]] (head editor), [[Kevin Koai]], [[Sinan Ulusoy]], [[Libo Zeng]], [[Sriram Pendyala]], [[Dennis Loo]], [[Matt Jackson]]
 
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|-
 
| [[2014 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2014 Chicago Open]]
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| 17
 
| [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Evan Adams]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]], [[Eric Mukherjee]]
 
| [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Evan Adams]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]], [[Eric Mukherjee]]
 
| [[Matt Jackson]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Billy Busse]]
 
| [[Matt Jackson]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Billy Busse]]
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|-
 
| [[2015 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2015 Chicago Open]]
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| 17
 
| [[Matt Jackson]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]]
 
| [[Matt Jackson]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]]
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Koo]]
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Koo]]
 
| [http://www.qbwiki.com/statistics/2015-chicago-open/2015_Chicago_Open_standings.html Stats]
 
| [http://www.qbwiki.com/statistics/2015-chicago-open/2015_Chicago_Open_standings.html Stats]
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| [[Jerry Vinokurov]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Zeke Berdichevsky]], [[Jonathan Magin]], and [[Rebecca Maxfield]]
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| [[Jerry Vinokurov]] (''de facto'' head editor), [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Zeke Berdichevsky]], [[Jonathan Magin]], and [[Rebecca Maxfield]]
 
|-
 
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| [[2016 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2016 Chicago Open]]
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| 20
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Will Nediger]], [[Jacob Reed]]
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Will Nediger]], [[Jacob Reed]]
 
| tie; by PPG [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Ike Jose]], [[Brian McPeak]], [[Chris Ray]]
 
| tie; by PPG [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Ike Jose]], [[Brian McPeak]], [[Chris Ray]]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3794/stats/combined/ Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3794/stats/combined/ Stats]
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| [[John Lawrence]], [[Matt Jackson]], [[Mike Cheyne]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Adam Silverman]], [[Mike Bentley]], [[Jake Sundberg]], and [[Shan Kothari]]
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| [[John Lawrence]] (''de facto'' co-head editor), [[Matt Jackson]] (''de facto'' co-head editor), [[Mike Cheyne]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Adam Silverman]], [[Mike Bentley]], [[Jake Sundberg]], and [[Shan Kothari]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2017 Chicago Open]]
 
| [[2017 Chicago Open]]
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| 18
 
| [[Will Alston]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Will Nediger]]
 
| [[Will Alston]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Will Nediger]]
 
| tie; by PPG [[Joey Goldman]], [[Jonathan Magin]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Jacob Reed]]
 
| tie; by PPG [[Joey Goldman]], [[Jonathan Magin]], [[Matt Weiner]], [[Jacob Reed]]
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|-
 
| [[2018 Chicago Open]]*
 
| [[2018 Chicago Open]]*
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| [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Shan Kothari]], [[Adam Silverman]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Shan Kothari]], [[Adam Silverman]], [[Matt Weiner]]
 
| [[Ike Jose]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Jakob Myers]], [[Andrew Wang]]
 
| [[Ike Jose]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Jakob Myers]], [[Andrew Wang]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[2019 Chicago Open]]*
 
| [[2019 Chicago Open]]*
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| 20
 
| [[Adam S. Fine]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Jakob Myers]], and [[Clark Smith]]
 
| [[Adam S. Fine]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[Jakob Myers]], and [[Clark Smith]]
 
| [[Mike Bentley]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Mike Cheyne]], and [[Shan Kothari]]
 
| [[Mike Bentley]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Mike Cheyne]], and [[Shan Kothari]]
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5853/stats Stats]
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5853/stats Stats]
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| [[Chris Ray]] and [[Jacob Reed]], with [[Alston Boyd]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], [[Wonyoung Jang]], [[Michael Kearney]], [[Jonathan Magin]], and [[Sriram Pendyala]]
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| [[Chris Ray]] (co-head editor), [[Jacob Reed]] (co-head editor), [[Alston Boyd]], [[Will Holub-Moorman]], [[Wonyoung Jang]], [[Michael Kearney]], [[Jonathan Magin]], and [[Sriram Pendyala]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2021 Chicago Open]]*
 
| [[2021 Chicago Open]]*
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| 18
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Ophir Lifshitz]], and [[Andrew Wang]]
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Ophir Lifshitz]], and [[Andrew Wang]]
 
| tie; by PPG [[Matt Weiner]], [[Aseem Keyal]], [[Taylor Harvey]], [[Rahul Keyal]]
 
| tie; by PPG [[Matt Weiner]], [[Aseem Keyal]], [[Taylor Harvey]], [[Rahul Keyal]]
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7048/ Stats]
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7048/ Stats]
 
| [[Will Alston]] (head editor), [[Ike Jose]], [[Itamar Naveh-Benjamin]], [[Jonathen Settle]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[Brad McLain|Brad Maclaine]]
 
| [[Will Alston]] (head editor), [[Ike Jose]], [[Itamar Naveh-Benjamin]], [[Jonathen Settle]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[Brad McLain|Brad Maclaine]]
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| [[2022 Chicago Open]]*
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| [[Jordan Brownstein]], [[Nick Jensen]], [[Taylor Harvey]], [[Jonathen Settle]]
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| [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Natan Holtzman]], [[Aseem Keyal]], [[Daniel Hothem]] (feat. [[Carsten Gehring]])
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| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7585/ Stats]
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| [[Austin Brownlow]] (co-head editor), [[Kurtis Droge]] (co-head editor), [[Eddie Kim]], [[Young Fenimore Lee]], [[Sameer Apte]], [[Shan Kothari]], [[Vincent Du]], [[Ashish Subramanian]], and [[Alistair Gray]]
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| [[2023 Chicago Open]]*
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| 20
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| [[Jordan Brownstein]], [[Matt Jackson]], [[Geoffrey Chen]], [[Will Nediger]]
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| [[Nick Jensen]], [[Aseem Keyal]], [[Tracy Mirkin]], [[Adam Fine]]
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| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8262/ Stats]
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| [[Alex Fregeau]] (co-head editor), [[Henry Atkins]] (co-head editor), [[Arya Karthik]], [[David Bass]], [[Itamar Naveh-Benjamin]], [[Gerhardt Hinkle]], [[Dan Ni]], [[Alistair Gray]], [[Davis Everson-Rose]], [[Jacob Egol]], [[Ganon Evans]], [[Victor Pavao]], [[Kevin Thomas]], [[Ryan Rosenberg]], [[Caleb Kendrick]], various writers [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26748]
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| [[2024 Chicago Open]]*
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| 30
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| [[Will Alston]], [[Matt Jackson]], [[Nick Jensen]], [[Eric Mukherjee]]
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| [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Billy Busse]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Tejas Raje]]
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| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/9002/ Stats]
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| [[Jordan Brownstein]] (head editor), [[Delia Cropper]], [[Jeremy Cummings]], [[Joey Goldman]], [[Ryan Humphrey]], [[Ophir Lifshitz]], [[Ani Perumalla]], [[Dan Ni]], [[Kevin Park]], [[Eleanor Settle]], various writers [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28168]
 
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==Victories by Player==
 
==Victories by Player==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! Number of Victories
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! <span style="font-size:80%"># of Wins</span>
 
! Players
 
! Players
 
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| One Win
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| 1
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| [[Albert Whited]] <small>(1999)</small>, [[Mike Angel]] <small>(2001)</small>, [[Dave Hamilton]] <small>(2001)</small>, [[Chris Borglum]] <small>(2003)</small>, [[Raj Dhuwalia]] <small>(2003)</small>, [[Seth Kendall]] <small>(2003)</small>, [[Kelly McKenzie]] <small>(2003)</small>, [[Paul Litvak]] <small>(2004)</small>, [[Matt Lafer]] <small>(2006)</small>, [[Dave Rappaport]] <small>(2006)</small>, [[Will Turner]] <small>(2006)</small>, [[Sudheer Potru]] <small>(2007)</small>, [[Jonathan Magin]] <small>(2008)</small>, [[Jerry Vinokurov]] <small>(2008)</small>, [[Brendan Byrne]] <small>(2009)</small>, [[Rob Carson]] <small>(2009)</small>, [[Kevin Koai]] <small>(2010)</small>, [[Richard Mason]] <small>(2010)</small>, [[Dallas Simons]] <small>(2010)</small>, [[Chris Ray]] <small>(2012)</small>, [[Evan Adams]] <small>(2014)</small>, [[Matt Jackson]] <small>(2015)</small>, [[Jacob Reed]] <small>(2016)</small>, [[Will Alston]] <small>(2017)</small>, [[Shan Kothari]] <small>(2018)</small>, [[Adam Silverman]] <small>(2018)</small>, [[Adam S. Fine]] <small>(2019)</small>, [[Jakob Myers]] <small>(2019)</small>, [[Clark Smith]] <small>(2019)</small>, [[Andrew Wang]] <small>(2021)</small>, [[Ophir Lifshitz]] <small>(2021)</small>
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| [[Albert Whited]] <small>(1999)</small>, [[Mike Angel]] <small>(2001)</small>, [[Dave Hamilton]] <small>(2001)</small>, [[Chris Borglum]] <small>(2003)</small>, [[Raj Dhuwalia]] <small>(2003)</small>, [[Seth Kendall]] <small>(2003)</small>, [[Kelly McKenzie]] <small>(2003)</small>, [[Paul Litvak]] <small>(2004)</small>, [[Matt Lafer]] <small>(2006)</small>, [[Dave Rappaport]] <small>(2006)</small>, [[Will Turner]] <small>(2006)</small>, [[Sudheer Potru]] <small>(2007)</small>, [[Jonathan Magin]] <small>(2008)</small>, [[Jerry Vinokurov]] <small>(2008)</small>, [[Brendan Byrne]] <small>(2009)</small>, [[Rob Carson]] <small>(2009)</small>, [[Kevin Koai]] <small>(2010)</small>, [[Richard Mason]] <small>(2010)</small>, [[Dallas Simons]] <small>(2010)</small>, [[Chris Ray]] <small>(2012)</small>, [[Evan Adams]] <small>(2014)</small>, , [[Jacob Reed]] <small>(2016)</small>, [[Shan Kothari]] <small>(2018)</small>, [[Adam Silverman]] <small>(2018)</small>, [[Adam S. Fine]] <small>(2019)</small>, [[Jakob Myers]] <small>(2019)</small>, [[Clark Smith]] <small>(2019)</small>, [[Andrew Wang]] <small>(2021)</small>, [[Ophir Lifshitz]] <small>(2021)</small>, [[Taylor Harvey]] <small>(2022)</small>, [[Jonathen Settle]] <small>(2022)</small>, [[Geoffrey Chen]] <small>(2023)</small>
 
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| Two Wins
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| 2
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| [[Tom Waters]] <small>(1998–99)</small>, [[R. Hentzel]] <small>(2000, 2002)</small>, [[Emily Pike]] <small>(2000, 2002)</small>, [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]] <small>(2001, 2005)</small>, [[Mike Sorice]] <small>(2005, 2007)</small>, [[Andrew Ullsperger]] <small>(2005, 2007)</small>, [[Andrew Hart]] <small>(2009, 2011)</small>, [[Selene Koo]] <small>(2011, 2013)</small>, [[John Lawrence]] <small>(2012–13)</small>,  [[Tommy Casalaspi]] <small>(2014–15)</small>, [[Will Nediger]] <small>(2016–17)</small>, [[Jordan Brownstein]] <small>(2016, 2021)</small>
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| [[Tom Waters]] <small>(1998–99)</small>, [[R. Hentzel]] <small>(2000, 2002)</small>, [[Emily Pike]] <small>(2000, 2002)</small>, [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]] <small>(2001, 2005)</small>, [[Mike Sorice]] <small>(2005, 2007)</small>, [[Andrew Ullsperger]] <small>(2005, 2007)</small>, [[Andrew Hart]] <small>(2009, 2011)</small>, [[Selene Koo]] <small>(2011, 2013)</small>, [[John Lawrence]] <small>(2012–13)</small>,  [[Tommy Casalaspi]] <small>(2014–15)</small>, [[Will Alston]] <small>(2017, 2024)</small>, [[Nick Jensen]] <small>(2022, 2024)</small>
 
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| Three Wins
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| 3
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| [[Eric Hillemann]] <small>(1998, 2000, 2002)</small>, [[Andrew Yaphe]] <small>(2001, 2004, 2006)</small>, [[Jeff Hoppes]] <small>(2004, 2011, 2013)</small>, [[Seth Teitler]] <small>(2004, 2011, 2013)</small>,  [[Auroni Gupta]] <small>(2015, 2017, 2019)</small>
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| [[Eric Hillemann]] <small>(1998, 2000, 2002)</small>, [[Andrew Yaphe]] <small>(2001, 2004, 2006)</small>, [[Jeff Hoppes]] <small>(2004, 2011, 2013)</small>, [[Seth Teitler]] <small>(2004, 2011, 2013)</small>,  [[Auroni Gupta]] <small>(2015, 2017, 2019)</small>, [[Will Nediger]] <small>(2016-17, 2023)</small>, [[Matt Jackson]] <small>(2015, 2023-24)</small>
 
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| Four Wins
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| 4
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| [[Eric Mukherjee]] <small>(2008, 2012, 2014, 2016)</small>
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| [[Jordan Brownstein]] <small>(2016, 2021-23)</small>
 
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| Five Wins
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| 5
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|  
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| [[Eric Mukherjee]] <small>(2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2024)</small>
 
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| Six Wins
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| 6
 
| [[Matt Weiner]] <small>(2005, 2007–10, 2018)</small>, [[Matt Bollinger]] <small>(2012, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2021)</small>
 
| [[Matt Weiner]] <small>(2005, 2007–10, 2018)</small>, [[Matt Bollinger]] <small>(2012, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2021)</small>
 
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Latest revision as of 22:05, 28 July 2024

The (now lost) CO traveling trophy, introduced in 2014, as held by Matt Bollinger.

Chicago Open (or CO) is a summer open tournament held annually in the Chicago metropolitan area, generally occurring in the last week of July or first week of August. Its most distinguishing features are its extremely high difficulty (often more difficult than the year's ICT or ACF Nationals) and its extremely competitive field, which usually make Chicago Open the most challenging all-subject set of the calendar year.

A true open tournament, Chicago Open attracts current college players, retired or graduated players, and, occasionally, ambitious high school (or middle school) players. Participants generally play on mixed teams not limited by school affiliation.

Because the CO field draws a field from across the continent (and sometimes the UK), it is typicaly not mirrored elsewhere. From 2005 to 2009, Berkeley hosted a small West Coast mirror called BASQUE; smaller mid-Atlantic mirrors existed at various points in the early to mid-2000s [1].

History

The first Chicago Open was held in 1999 as the successor to Virginia Open, a similar tournament held at Virginia in 1997 and 1998. After many years under the stewardship of first Andrew Yaphe and then Subash Maddipotti, its editorship has rotated based on the interest and availability of well-regarded editors and players, with each new editor or editing team approved by its predecessor. After some early house-written events, CO has established itself as a true packet-submission event, for which every participating team must write a packet.

From 1999 to 2017, every instance of CO was hosted at The University of Chicago. Due to changes in room reservation policy, the tournament moved to Northwestern University for the first time in 2018 and has been held there ever since. Jocular references to recent instances of the tournament as "Chicanston Open" or "Evanston Open" are largely discouraged.

In most years through 2015 (except 2009), the tournament was a full round-robin among all participating teams, which often lasted well into the evening. Since 2016, the event has run a shorter schedule using preliminary brackets and crossover games due to the demands of a growing field. (This did not, however, stop the 2018 iteration from going past 11 p.m., or the 2022 iteration from going slightly past midnight.)

Unusual prizes

In 2014, Andrew Hart introduced a traveling trophy, which the aim being that a member of the winning team would get to keep until the next year's CO is held. It disappeared quickly and its current whereabouts are uncertain.

Four stuffed Blåhaj awarded at CO 2023

In 2023, tournament director Em Gunter awarded a small stuffed Blåhaj shark to each member of the winning team.


Side events

Chicago Open typically occurs alongside several side events; these have included a roughly biennial trash tournament and subject tournaments in science, history, literature, and, more recently, a variety of arts events. Since 2011, the main tournament has stood alone on Saturday, with all side events occurring on Sunday.


Table of Champions

Tournament Field size Champion Second Place Stats Editor or Writer
1997 Virginia Open ? ? ? ? Andrew Yaphe (wrote tournament)
1998 Virginia Open 13 Eric Hillemann, Tom Waters Dave Hamilton, John Nam, Julie Singer, Maureen Smith Stats Andrew Yaphe (wrote tournament)
1999 Chicago Open 14 Tom Waters, Albert Whited Eric Hillemann, R. Hentzel Stats Andrew Yaphe (wrote tournament)
2000 Chicago Open ? R. Hentzel, Eric Hillemann, Emily Pike Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Dave Goodman, Dave Hamilton, John Nam ? Andrew Yaphe & Subash Maddipoti (editors)
2001 Chicago Open ? Andrew Yaphe, Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Dave Hamilton, Mike Angel Adam Kemezis, Paul Litvak, Ben Heller, Noel Erinjeri ? Subash Maddipoti (editor)
2002 Chicago Open ? Eric Hillemann, R. Hentzel, Emily Pike Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Paul Litvak, Ryan McClarren, Ed Cohn ? Subash Maddipoti (wrote tournament)
2003 Chicago Open ? Chris Borglum, Kelly McKenzie, Raj Dhuwalia, Seth Kendall Paul Litvak, Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Andrew Yaphe, Ben Heller ? Subash Maddipoti (wrote tournament)
2004 Chicago Open 11 Jeff Hoppes, Seth Teitler, Andrew Yaphe, Paul Litvak Mike Sorice, Matt Weiner, Sudheer Potru, Andrew Ullsperger Stats Subash Maddipoti (head editor) with Ezequiel Berdichevsky
2005 Chicago Open ? Mike Sorice, Andrew Ullsperger, Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Matt Weiner Seth Teitler, Andrew Yaphe, Adam Kemezis, Wesley Matthews Stats† Subash Maddipoti (wrote tournament)
2006 Chicago Open 13 Dave Rappaport, Will Turner, Matt Lafer, Andrew Yaphe Ryan Westbrook, Eric Kwartler, Jerry Vinokurov, Charles Meigs Stats Chris Romero & Ezequiel Berdichevsky (editors)
2007 Chicago Open 9 Sudheer Potru, Mike Sorice, Andrew Ullsperger, Matt Weiner Matt Lafer, Ray Luo, Jerry Vinokurov, Ryan Westbrook Stats Seth Teitler (head editor) with Ezequiel Berdichevsky
2008 Chicago Open 17 Jonathan Magin, Eric Mukherjee, Jerry Vinokurov, Matt Weiner Selene Koo, Mike Sorice, Seth Teitler, Andrew Yaphe Stats Ryan Westbrook (head editor), Matt Keller
2009 Chicago Open 14 Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, Brendan Byrne, Matt Weiner Ted Gioia, Dallas Simons, Jerry Vinokurov, Eric Mukherjee Stats Eric Kwartler (head editor), Gautam Kandlikar, Trevor Davis, Wesley Matthews, Trygve Meade
2010 Chicago Open 15 Dallas Simons, Richard Mason, Kevin Koai, Matt Weiner Bruce Arthur, Seth Teitler, Selene Koo, Jonathan Magin Stats Jerry Vinokurov (head editor), Shantanu Jha, Hannah Kirsch, Andy Watkins
2011 Chicago Open 15 Andrew Hart, Jeff Hoppes, Selene Koo, Seth Teitler Matt Weiner, Matt Bollinger, John Lawrence, Gautam Kandlikar Stats Ryan Westbrook (head editor), Mia Nussbaum, SteveJon Guth, Eric Mukherjee (contributor)
2012 Chicago Open 17 Matt Bollinger, Eric Mukherjee, John Lawrence, Chris Ray four-way tie; by PPG Jeff Hoppes, Gautam Kandlikar, Andrew Hart, Mike Sorice Stats Ryan Westbrook and Mike Bentley (head editors), Aaron Rosenberg, SteveJon Guth, Ted Gioia
2013 Chicago Open 17 John Lawrence, Jeff Hoppes, Seth Teitler, Selene Koo four-way tie; by PPG Rob Carson, Auroni Gupta, Ike Jose, Jerry Vinokurov Stats Matt Bollinger (head editor), Kevin Koai, Sinan Ulusoy, Libo Zeng, Sriram Pendyala, Dennis Loo, Matt Jackson
2014 Chicago Open 17 Matt Bollinger, Evan Adams, Tommy Casalaspi, Eric Mukherjee Matt Jackson, John Lawrence, Matt Weiner, Billy Busse Stats Andrew Hart (head editor), Ike Jose, Los Dos Kandlikars, Austin Brownlow, Jacob Reed
2015 Chicago Open 17 Matt Jackson, Matt Bollinger, Auroni Gupta, Tommy Casalaspi Jordan Brownstein, John Lawrence, Seth Teitler, Selene Koo Stats Jerry Vinokurov (de facto head editor), Eric Mukherjee, Aaron Rosenberg, Zeke Berdichevsky, Jonathan Magin, and Rebecca Maxfield
2016 Chicago Open 20 Jordan Brownstein, Eric Mukherjee, Will Nediger, Jacob Reed tie; by PPG Auroni Gupta, Ike Jose, Brian McPeak, Chris Ray Stats John Lawrence (de facto co-head editor), Matt Jackson (de facto co-head editor), Mike Cheyne, Aaron Rosenberg, Adam Silverman, Mike Bentley, Jake Sundberg, and Shan Kothari
2017 Chicago Open 18 Will Alston, Matt Bollinger, Auroni Gupta, Will Nediger tie; by PPG Joey Goldman, Jonathan Magin, Matt Weiner, Jacob Reed Stats Ike Jose (head editor), Billy Busse, Ryan Westbrook, Jason Thompson
2018 Chicago Open* 22 Matt Bollinger, Shan Kothari, Adam Silverman, Matt Weiner Ike Jose, John Lawrence, Jakob Myers, Andrew Wang Stats Auroni Gupta (head editor), Jacob Reed, Will Holub-Moorman, Jordan Brownstein, Seth Teitler, Eliza Grames, Joey Goldman
2019 Chicago Open* 20 Adam S. Fine, Auroni Gupta, Jakob Myers, and Clark Smith Mike Bentley, Matt Bollinger, Mike Cheyne, and Shan Kothari Stats Chris Ray (co-head editor), Jacob Reed (co-head editor), Alston Boyd, Will Holub-Moorman, Wonyoung Jang, Michael Kearney, Jonathan Magin, and Sriram Pendyala
2021 Chicago Open* 18 Jordan Brownstein, Matt Bollinger, Ophir Lifshitz, and Andrew Wang tie; by PPG Matt Weiner, Aseem Keyal, Taylor Harvey, Rahul Keyal Stats Will Alston (head editor), Ike Jose, Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, Jonathen Settle, Eric Mukherjee, and Brad Maclaine
2022 Chicago Open* 27 Jordan Brownstein, Nick Jensen, Taylor Harvey, Jonathen Settle Matt Bollinger, Natan Holtzman, Aseem Keyal, Daniel Hothem (feat. Carsten Gehring) Stats Austin Brownlow (co-head editor), Kurtis Droge (co-head editor), Eddie Kim, Young Fenimore Lee, Sameer Apte, Shan Kothari, Vincent Du, Ashish Subramanian, and Alistair Gray
2023 Chicago Open* 20 Jordan Brownstein, Matt Jackson, Geoffrey Chen, Will Nediger Nick Jensen, Aseem Keyal, Tracy Mirkin, Adam Fine Stats Alex Fregeau (co-head editor), Henry Atkins (co-head editor), Arya Karthik, David Bass, Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, Gerhardt Hinkle, Dan Ni, Alistair Gray, Davis Everson-Rose, Jacob Egol, Ganon Evans, Victor Pavao, Kevin Thomas, Ryan Rosenberg, Caleb Kendrick, various writers [2]
2024 Chicago Open* 30 Will Alston, Matt Jackson, Nick Jensen, Eric Mukherjee Matt Bollinger, Billy Busse, John Lawrence, Tejas Raje Stats Jordan Brownstein (head editor), Delia Cropper, Jeremy Cummings, Joey Goldman, Ryan Humphrey, Ophir Lifshitz, Ani Perumalla, Dan Ni, Kevin Park, Eleanor Settle, various writers [3]

* Tournament held at Northwestern
† Broken stats link

Victories by Player

# of Wins Players
1 Albert Whited (1999), Mike Angel (2001), Dave Hamilton (2001), Chris Borglum (2003), Raj Dhuwalia (2003), Seth Kendall (2003), Kelly McKenzie (2003), Paul Litvak (2004), Matt Lafer (2006), Dave Rappaport (2006), Will Turner (2006), Sudheer Potru (2007), Jonathan Magin (2008), Jerry Vinokurov (2008), Brendan Byrne (2009), Rob Carson (2009), Kevin Koai (2010), Richard Mason (2010), Dallas Simons (2010), Chris Ray (2012), Evan Adams (2014), , Jacob Reed (2016), Shan Kothari (2018), Adam Silverman (2018), Adam S. Fine (2019), Jakob Myers (2019), Clark Smith (2019), Andrew Wang (2021), Ophir Lifshitz (2021), Taylor Harvey (2022), Jonathen Settle (2022), Geoffrey Chen (2023)
2 Tom Waters (1998–99), R. Hentzel (2000, 2002), Emily Pike (2000, 2002), Ezequiel Berdichevsky (2001, 2005), Mike Sorice (2005, 2007), Andrew Ullsperger (2005, 2007), Andrew Hart (2009, 2011), Selene Koo (2011, 2013), John Lawrence (2012–13), Tommy Casalaspi (2014–15), Will Alston (2017, 2024), Nick Jensen (2022, 2024)
3 Eric Hillemann (1998, 2000, 2002), Andrew Yaphe (2001, 2004, 2006), Jeff Hoppes (2004, 2011, 2013), Seth Teitler (2004, 2011, 2013), Auroni Gupta (2015, 2017, 2019), Will Nediger (2016-17, 2023), Matt Jackson (2015, 2023-24)
4 Jordan Brownstein (2016, 2021-23)
5 Eric Mukherjee (2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2024)
6 Matt Weiner (2005, 2007–10, 2018), Matt Bollinger (2012, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2021)

Trivia

To the dismay of editors who labored over finals packets, a team cleared the field at every Chicago Open from 2012 through 2017.

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