Chicago Open

Chicago Open is a summer tournament held annually at the University of Chicago, generally occurring in the last week of July or first week of August. It is the de-facto national championship of open quizbowl. It was edited by Seth Teitler in 2007 and was be edited by Ryan Westbrook in 2008. In 2009, Eric Kwartler served as head editor.

The first Chicago Open was held in 1999 and was the successor to the Virginia Open, a similar tournament held at Virginia in 1997 and 1998.

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

Chicago Open typically occurs alongside several side events, including a Trash tournament and subject tournaments in science, history, and literature.

Tournament	Champion	Second Place	Stats	Editor or Writer
1997 Virginia Open	?	?	?	Andrew Yaphe (wrote tournament)
1998 Virginia Open	Eric Hillemann, Tom Waters	Dave Hamilton, John Nam, Julie Singer, Maureen Smith	Stats	Andrew Yaphe (wrote tournament)
1999 Chicago Open	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 of packet-submission tournament)
2001 Chicago Open	Andrew Yaphe, Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Dave Hamilton, Mike Angel	Adam Kemezis, Paul Litvak, Ben Heller, Noel Erinjeri	?	Subash Maddipoti (editor of packet-submission tournament)
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	Jeff Hoppes, Seth Teitler, Andrew Yaphe, Paul Litvak	Mike Sorice, Matt Weiner, Sudheer Potru, Andrew Ullsperger	Prelims, Playoffs A, Playoffs B, Playoffs C	Subash Maddipoti (editor of packet-submission tournament)
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	Dave Rappaport, Will Turner, Matt Lafer, Andrew Yaphe	Ryan Westbrook, Eric Kwartler, Jerry Vinokurov, Charles Meigs	Stats	Chris Romero & Ezequiel Berdichevsky (editors of packet-submission tournament)
2007 Chicago Open	Sudheer Potru, Mike Sorice, Andrew Ullsperger, Matt Weiner	Matt Lafer, Ray Luo, Jerry Vinokurov, Ryan Westbrook	Stats	Seth Teitler (editor of packet-submission tournament)
2008 Chicago Open	Jonathan Magin, Eric Mukherjee, Jerry Vinokurov, Matt Weiner	Selene Koo, Mike Sorice, Seth Teitler, Andrew Yaphe	Stats	Ryan Westbrook (editor of packet-submission tournament)
2009 Chicago Open	Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, Brendan Byrne, Matt Weiner	Ted Gioia, Dallas Simons, Jerry Vinokurov, Eric Mukherjee	Stats	Eric Kwartler et al (editor of packet-submission tournament)