Difference between revisions of "2014 Chicago Open"

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2014 Chicago Open
Edited by	Andrew Hart with Ike Jose, Gautam Kandlikar, Gaurav Kandlikar, Jacob Reed, Austin Brownlow
Champion	Yes, Virginia, There Is a Mukherjesus
Runner-up	Bach's Magnifisob Accompanied By His Cats
Third	Bertrand Muscle
Fourth	New Year's Evolution
High scorer	Matt Bollinger, Yes, Virginia, There Is a Mukherjesus
Site	Chicago
Field	15
Stats	stats

The 2014 Chicago Open was head-edited by Andrew Hart and co-edited by Ike Jose (lit, myth, science), Gautaum and Gaurav Kandlikar (bio and chem), Austin Brownlow (physics), and Jacob Reed (music).

Tournament results

The winning team, "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Mukherjesus", consisted of players from 2014 Virginia (Evan Adams, Matt Bollinger, Tommy Casalaspi) and Eric Mukherjee. They went undefeated (14–0 record) and led the field in PPB with 19.42. Their closest game was a five-point win over "New Year's Evolution" (Mike Cheyne, Sinan Ulusoy, Aaron Rosenberg, and Jordan Brownstein).

The second-place team, "Bach's Magnifisob Accompanied By His Cats", consisted of Matt Jackson and John Lawrence of Yale, plus Matt Weiner and Billy Busse. They went 12–2, losing to "Yes, Virginia" and to Jonathan Magin's team.

Individual results

The top three scorers were Matt Bollinger (60.36 ppg), Jonathan Magin, and Matt Jackson. Jerry Vinokurov led the tournament with 23 negs.

Side events

History: 3M [1] was written by Mik Larsen, Mike Cheyne, and Eric Mukherjee. It was won by "The Buns of August" (Jeff Hoppes and Andrew Hart) [2].
Lit: Gorilla Literature Singles [3] was won by John Lawrence [4].
Video games: Auroni Gupta's The Secret Island of Dr. Auroni [5] was won by Mik Larsen and Tejas Raje [6]

Question reception

Most forum discussion of the questions was about music questions.

Andrew Hart compiled conversion stats on the tossups and bonuses [7].

External links

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 |site = [[Chicago]]
 |field = 15
-|stats = [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2281/stats/all_games/standings/ staaats]}}
+|stats = [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2281/stats/all_games/standings/ stats]}}
-The '''2014 Chicago Open''' was won by Yes, Virginia, There Is a Mukherjesus, consisting of [[Evan Adams]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]], who cleared the field with a 14-0 record.
+The '''2014 Chicago Open''' was head-edited by [[Andrew Hart]] and co-edited by [[Ike Jose]] (lit, myth, science), [[Gautam Kandlikar|Gautaum]] and [[Gaurav Kandlikar]] (bio and chem), [[Austin Brownlow]] (physics), and [[Jacob Reed]] (music).
-The tournament was head-edited by [[Andrew Hart]] and co-edited by [[Ike Jose]] (lit, myth, science), [[Gautam Kandlikar|Gautaum]] and [[Gaurav Kandlikar]] (bio and chem), [[Austin Brownlow]] (physics), and [[Jacob Reed]] (music).
 ==Tournament results==
-The winning team, Yes, Virginia, There Is a Mukherjesus, was players from [[2014 Virginia]] and [[Eric Mukherjee]]. They went undefeated and led the field in PPB with 19.42. Their closest game was a five-point win over New Year's Evolution ([[Mike Cheyne]], [[Sinan Ulusoy]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], and [[Jordan Brownstein]]).
+The winning team, "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Mukherjesus", consisted of players from [[2014 Virginia]] ([[Evan Adams]], [[Matt Bollinger]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]]) and [[Eric Mukherjee]]. They went undefeated (14–0 record) and led the field in PPB with 19.42. Their closest game was a five-point win over "New Year's Evolution" ([[Mike Cheyne]], [[Sinan Ulusoy]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], and [[Jordan Brownstein]]).
-The second-place team, Bach's Magnifisob Accompanied By His Cats, was [[Matt Jackson]] and [[John Lawrence]] of [[Yale]], plus [[Matt Weiner]] and [[Billy Busse]]. They went 12-2, losing to Yes Virginia and to [[Jonathan Magin]]'s team.
+The second-place team, "Bach's Magnifisob Accompanied By His Cats", consisted of [[Matt Jackson]] and [[John Lawrence]] of [[Yale]], plus [[Matt Weiner]] and [[Billy Busse]]. They went 12–2, losing to "Yes, Virginia" and to [[Jonathan Magin]]'s team.
-A team of Canadian players entered this tournament and did not win any games.
 ==Individual results==
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 ==Side events==
-* History: 3M [http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/727/] was written by [[Mik Larsen]], [[Mike Cheyne]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]]. It was won by The Buns of August ([[Jeff Hoppes]] and [[Andrew Hart]]) [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2282/stats/history_combined/standings/].
+* History: 3M [http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/727/] was written by [[Mik Larsen]], [[Mike Cheyne]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]]. It was won by "The Buns of August" ([[Jeff Hoppes]] and [[Andrew Hart]]) [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2282/stats/history_combined/standings/].
 * Lit: [[guerrilla|Gorilla]] Literature Singles [http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/726/] was won by [[John Lawrence]] [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15796#p287559].
 * Video games: [[Auroni Gupta]]'s The Secret Island of Dr. Auroni [http://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1580/] was won by [[Mik Larsen]] and [[Tejas Raje]] [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=15565#p287546]
 ==Question reception==
-Most forum discussion of the questions was about music questions. Andrew Hart compiled conversion stats on the tossups and bonuses [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16159].
+Most forum discussion of the questions was about music questions.
+Andrew Hart compiled [[conversion stats]] on the tossups and bonuses [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16159].
-==External Links==
+==External links==
 * [http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/743/ Questions]
 * [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2281/stats/all_games/ Main Event Stats]
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 * [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16129 Question discussion thread]
-[[category:chicago]][[category: Open Tournaments]]
+[[category: Open Tournaments]]