Illinois Open

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Illinois Open is an mACF collegiate tournament traditionally held at the University of Illinois. A variety of people from the University of Illinois have been involved in the editing, but most recently, Mike Sorice has performed most of the work.

2007

The sixth Illinois Open was held on November 12, 2007. 7 teams competed, and team Another Victim of the Manocentric Maleocracy (Jonathan Magin, Eric Mukherjee, Jerry Vinokurov, and Matt Weiner) won with a perfect 10-0 record. Seth Teitler from Chicago Random Street Corner was the leading scorer.

In addition to the main tournament itself, side events were held, including a literature subject doubles produced by Andrew Hart et al, a difficult experimental doubles tournament produced by Ryan Westbrook, and the inaugural in-person ACF Pyramid tournament.

2008

The 2008 Illinois Open was written by Trygve Meade and won by Minnesota A, consisting of Brendan Byrne, Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, and Bernadette Spencer. Paul Drube was the top scorer. Side events included TRASH Regionals on Sunday, an Impossible Speedcheck tournament written by Andrew Hart and RMPFest.

The tournament was mirrored at Maryland, Berkeley, and Brandeis.