Willem Lucien Blyheid
July 7, 1949 - Nov 30, 2022
In a loving memory of the good friend and colleague, bringing together the best draughts players from all over the world
October 15 to October 22, 2023
US open 2023
Willem Blyheid Memorial
Sunny Isles Beach, FL, USA
Tournament details can be found here
Special ❤️ Thanks to All Those Who Made This Event Successful:
Our Sponsors: PAUPERI SPF Foundation
(managed by Ricardo R. Wever)
- Susan & Steven Hurowitz, Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort
- Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Alexander
Rudnitsky
- Wilbert Aly
Edouard,
Le Genie restaurant
- K. Turiy family
- Papa John's
Pizza
- Galina
Petukhova
- Victor Larin
- Pier Augustin
- Tigran Harutyunyan
Photos by
Christine Kromodimedjo, Rudi Azimullah, Konstantin Petukhov,
Nicolas Derival, Nandin Batdelger and others
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING
AND WATCHING,
WILL SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR!
Local organization
Alex Rudnitsky,
Andriy ScherbatyukGames recording
Rudi Azimullah, Eugene Sklyarov, Frantz ForbinPrayers by
Claude BoulouteDrivers:
Claude Bouloute,,
Michael Severe,
Jean Morisseau,
Ulisse Elius, Makendy St Juste,
Alex Rudnitsky
Congratulations to our prize winners:
1st Place Main Tournament - Ivan Trofimov $1000 1st Place USA - Alexander Rudnitsky $ 500
2nd Place Main Tournament - Makendy Saint Juste $ 600 2nd Place USA - Rudi Azimullah $ 300
3rd Place Main Tournament - Alexander Rudnitsky $ 400 3rd Place USA - Pierre Antoine Augustin $ 200
4th Place Main Tournament - Frantz Forbin $ 250 1st Place Blitz - Ivan Trofimov $ 200
5th Place Main Tournament - Rudi Azimullah $ 150 2nd Place Blitz - Makendy Saint Juste $ 125
1st Place Women Main Tournament - Tetyana Zaytseva $ 200 3rd Place Blitz - Ricardo Edouarzin $ 75
Special prizes:
First victory of the tournament: Claude Bouloute (white) against Tetyana Zaytseva (black) - $25
Last victory of the tournament: Munkhijn Baatarsukh (black) against Jean Reynold Joseph (white) - $25
The youngest and the oldest participants of US Open 2023:- Vasilisa Filaretova, 12 and Jean Joseph Fleurime, 89 - souvenirs
Special prize to Claude Bouloute from Turiy family in the name of Kolman Turiy, first vice-president of ICAONA,
for the Best End Game in the tournament for his game against Wilky Fortunat, Round 3 - $100 + the autographed book
of Kolman Turiy "The Journey to the End Game"
Top USA players are:
Alexander Rudnitsky US Champion 2023 Claude Bouloute US Champion 2023 Blitz
Rudi Azimullah US Vice Champion 2023 Alexander Rudnitsky US Vice Champion 2023 Blitz
Pierre Antoine Augustin 3rd Place USA 2023 Jean Reynold Joseph 3rd Place USA Blitz 2023
Jean Baptiste Numa 4th Place USA 2023 Wilbert Ali Edouard 4th Place USA Blitz 2023
Claude Bouloute 5th Place USA 2023 Jean Baptiste Numa 5th Place USA Blitz 2023