Table of Contents
Explanation of symbols 6
Acknowledgments 7
Preface 9
Introduction 10
Chapter 1 The History of the World Open 13
Chapter 2 1973-1979 - The Early Years 21
Chapter 3 Walter Browne 32
Chapter 4 John Fedorowicz 45
Chapter 5 1980-1989 - The Decadent Decade 58
Chapter 6 Larry Christiansen 73
Chapter 7 Dmitry Gurevich 82
Chapter 8 Joel Benjamin 91
Chapter 9 Nick De Firmian 111
Chapter 10 1990-1999 - The Fall of the Iron Curtain 120
Chapter 11 Alex Yermolinsky 139
Chapter 12 Gregory Kaidanov 158
Chapter 13 Alexander Goldin 168
Chapter 14 Alexander Shabalov 180
Chapter 15 2000-2009 - The New Millennium 196
Chapter 16 Gata Kamsky 210
Chapter 17 Varuzhan Akobian 220
Chapter 18 Leonid Yudasin 232
Chapter 19 Hikaru Nakamura 239
Chapter 20 2010-2019 - The Modern Era 252
Chapter 21 Ilya Smirin 262
Chapter 22 Illya Nyzhnyk 273
Chapter 23 2020-2021 - The Covid Years 285
Chapter 24 Cheating in Chess 295
Chapter 25 Tactics Fireworks 315
Chapter 26 Tactics Answers 321
Chapter 27 World Open Champions 329
Chapter 28 Trivia Quiz 335
Index of names 337
Bibliography 343
