The best final came in the under-10 open tournament.
The same year, he won an Icelandic open tournament with the score of 9.5/11.
This left the tournament wide open, with a large number of players in the chasing pack.
The annual open tournament is due to take place on 10 July 2010.
It had a $15,000 prize fund (1st place $2,000), a world record for an open tournament.
It had a $40,000 prize fund, at the time the largest ever for an open tournament in the world.
There were 1,063 entrants, a new record for open tournaments.
It was established in 2002 and quickly grew to be the strongest open tournament.
Clubs also typically hold at least one open tournament per year.
But in an open tournament, just making the field would cease to carry much meaning.