A few Canadians played in the World Open (thanks to Hugh Brodie for finding the results).
IM Bindi Cheng and IM Leonid Gerzhoy both ended up with 5.5/9 - winning $462.50 each. 6.5 was enough to win the Open section.
FM Shiyam Thavandiran had 5.0; FM Michael Kleinman 4.0; Janak Awatramani 4.0; James Chan 3.5; Ian Finlay 0/2.
U2400 - Christopher Knox 5.0 (re-entry; 0.5/3 on original entry); Roman Sapozhnikov 5.0; Jackie Peng 1.0/6.
U2200 - Yuanchen Zhang 5.5; Victor Dzera 5.5; Jofrel Landingin 3.0 (re-entry; 1/3 on original entry).
U2000 - Ian Finlay 6.0 (re-entry); Louis Morin 5.5; Ralph Deline 4.0; Pierre Maheux 4.0; Guangyu Song 0.0/1.
U1800 - David Zhou 7.5 (tie for 1st; re-entry; 0.0/1 on original entry); Dennis Shamroni 6.0; George Avery Jones 4.5; Gilles Bruneau 4.0; Brian Clarke 3.5; Mario V Piccinin 3.0; Guangyu Song 1.0/3.
U1600 - Janet Peng 4.5/8; Alexandru Muscalu 4.5/8 (2nd re-entry; 1/3 on original entry; 1/3 on 1st re-entry); Jacques Bolduc 4.0.
David Zhou, who publishes the weekly tactics on the newsfeed had an incredible tournament, winning $5100 in the U1800 section. Here's one of his games.
[Event "World Open 2013 U1800"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lee, Jack J."]
[Black "Zhou, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.07.04"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.23"]
{115m/40moves + 60m + d5} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4 Qb6 9. Bb3 Nxe4 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nf6 12. Nxc6
dxc6 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qc2 Nd5 17. Bf2 Rd7 18. Rad1
Rcd8 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. Rd2 Bh6 21. Rde2 Kg8 22. Bd4 c5 23. Re8+ Bf8 24. Be5 Rxe8
25. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Rf1+ 27. Kg3 (27. Ke2 Rg1) 27... Nxc7 28. Qe2 Rh1 29.
Qe4 b5 30. Qc6 Bd6+ 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. h3 Rb1 33. c4 Rxb2+ 34. Ke3 bxc4 35. Bxc4
Rb6 36. Qa4 Rb4 37. Qc2 Re8+ 38. Kd3 (38. Kf2 Be5) 38... Bf4 39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40.
Qxc5 Re3+ 41. Kc2 Re2+ 42. Kc3 Nb5+ 43. Kd3 Rd2# 0-1