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
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Champion
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Second Place
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Stats
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Editor or Writer
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| 1997 Virginia Open
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Andrew Yaphe (wrote tournament)
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| 1998 Virginia Open
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Eric Hillemann, Tom Waters
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Dave Hamilton, John Nam, Julie Singer, Maureen Smith
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Stats
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Andrew Yaphe (wrote tournament)
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| 1999 Chicago Open
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Tom Waters, Albert Whited
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Eric Hillemann, R. Hentzel
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Stats
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Andrew Yaphe (wrote tournament)
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| 2000 Chicago Open
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R. Hentzel, Eric Hillemann, Emily Pike
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Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Dave Goodman, Dave Hamilton, John Nam
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Andrew Yaphe & Subash Maddipoti (editors of packet-submission tournament)
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| 2001 Chicago Open
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Andrew Yaphe, Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Dave Hamilton, Mike Angel
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Adam Kemezis, Paul Litvak, Ben Heller, Noel Erinjeri
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Subash Maddipoti (editor of packet-submission tournament)
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| 2002 Chicago Open
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Eric Hillemann, R. Hentzel, Emily Pike
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Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Paul Litvak, Ryan McClarren, Ed Cohn
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Subash Maddipoti (wrote tournament)
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| 2003 Chicago Open
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Chris Borglum, Kelly McKenzie, Raj Dhuwalia, Seth Kendall
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Paul Litvak, Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Andrew Yaphe, Ben Heller
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Subash Maddipoti (wrote tournament)
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| 2004 Chicago Open
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Jeff Hoppes, Seth Teitler, Andrew Yaphe, Paul Litvak
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Mike Sorice, Matt Weiner, Sudheer Potru, Andrew Ullsperger
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Prelims, Playoffs A, Playoffs B, Playoffs C
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Subash Maddipoti (editor of packet-submission tournament)
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| 2005 Chicago Open
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Mike Sorice, Andrew Ullsperger, Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Matt Weiner
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Seth Teitler, Andrew Yaphe, Adam Kemezis, Wesley Matthews
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Stats
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Subash Maddipoti (wrote tournament)
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| 2006 Chicago Open
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Dave Rappaport, Will Turner, Matt Lafer, Andrew Yaphe
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Ryan Westbrook, Eric Kwartler, Jerry Vinokurov, Charles Meigs
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Stats
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Chris Romero & Ezequiel Berdichevsky (editors of packet-submission tournament)
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| 2007 Chicago Open
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Sudheer Potru, Mike Sorice, Andrew Ullsperger, Matt Weiner
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Matt Lafer, Ray Luo, Jerry Vinokurov, Ryan Westbrook
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Stats
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Seth Teitler (editor of packet-submission tournament)
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| 2008 Chicago Open
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Jonathan Magin, Eric Mukherjee, Jerry Vinokurov, Matt Weiner
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Selene Koo, Mike Sorice, Seth Teitler, Andrew Yaphe
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Stats
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Ryan Westbrook (editor of packet-submission tournament)
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| 2009 Chicago Open
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Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, Brendan Byrne, Matt Weiner
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Ted Gioia, Dallas Simons, Jerry Vinokurov, Eric Mukherjee
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Stats
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Eric Kwartler et al (editor of packet-submission tournament)
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| 2010 Chicago Open
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Dallas Simons, Richard Mason, Kevin Koai, Matt Weiner
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Bruce Arthur, Seth Teitler, Selene Koo, Jonathan Magin
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Stats
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Jerry Vinokurov et al (editor of packet-submission tournament)
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