Colorado Closed Champions

1976    Curtis Carlson (Colorado Invitational)

 

8 players

 

1987   Alex Fishbein (average rating: 2272)

1988   Randy Canney (average rating: 2200)

1989   Dave Jellison (average rating: 2155)

1990   Sam Quintanar (average rating: 2147)

1991   Randy Canney (average rating: 2240)

1992   Michael Ginat (average rating: 2256)

1993   Michael Mulyar (average rating: 2312)

1994   Michael Mulyar (average rating: 2254)

1995   Jerry Kearns (average rating: 2320)

1996   Steve Odendahl (average rating: 2331)

1997   Mikhail Ponomarev (average rating: 2281)

1998   Michael Ginat (average rating: 2215)

1999   Randy Canney (average rating: 2228)

2000  Andy Rea (average rating: 2179)

2001   Michael Ginat and Philipp Ponomarev (average rating: 2178)

2002   Brian Wall (average rating: 2154)

2003   Paul Nikitovich (average rating: 2158)

2004   Philipp Ponomarev (average rating: 2190)

2005   Brian Wall (average rating: 2068)

2006   James Hammersmith (average rating: 2132, 7 players)

2007   Brian Wall (average rating: 2124)

 

6 players (the top 8 players in the state were much weaker, so the field went from 8 to 6)

 

2008    Philipp Ponomarev (average rating: 2263)

2009    Dashzegve Sharavdorj (average rating: 2295)

2010    Mitesh Shridhar (average rating: 2111)

2011     Randy Canney (average rating: 2122)

2012    Eric Montany (average rating: 2136)

2013    Brian Wall  (average rating: 2186)

2014    Randy Canney   (average rating: 2223)

2015    Lior Lapid    (average rating: 2256)

2016    Lior Lapid    (average rating: 2245)

2017    Gunnar Anderson    (average rating: 2262)

2018    Lior Lapid (average rating: 2307)

2019    Josh Bloomer (average rating: 2296)

2020    Gunnar Anderson & Sullivan McConnell (average rating: 2216)

2021    No tournament – Covid

2022    Sullivan McConnell (average rating: 2218)

2023    Matthew Wofford (average rating: 2210)

2024    Eamon Montgomery (average rating: 2206)

2025    Griffin McConnell (average rating: 2209)