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{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 2010 [[Chicago Open]]
|champion = The Solid Scholars
|second = The Gorilla Wrestles With The Superman
|third = This Civilising Love of Death
|fourth = This Octopus Exploits Women
|scorer = [[Jonathan Magin]], The Solid Scholars
|editors = [[Jerry Vinokurov]] with [[Shantanu Jha]], [[Guy Tabachnick]], and [[Andy Watkins]]
|site = [[Chicago]]
|field = 15
|stats = [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/582/stats/stats/standings/ Stats]}}

The '''2010 Chicago Open''' was won by The Gorilla Wrestles with the Superman ([[Matt Weiner]], [[Kevin Koai]], [[Dallas Simons]], and [[Rich Mason]]) who came from behind to defeat The Solid Scholars ([[Jonathan Magin]], [[Selene Koo]], [[Seth Teitler]], and [[Bruce Arthur]]) on the tiebreaker of the second finals packet.

This was the last of the four consecutive Chicago Opens that Matt Weiner won with no repeat teammates. Due to a series of travel mishaps, the car containing two of Weiner's teammates (Kevin and Rich) arrived an hour and forty-five minutes late. Weiner successfully convinced his first-round opponents to postpone their match until the lunch break, rather than making Weiner and Dallas play as a duo.

The tournament was head-edited by [[Jerry Vinokurov]], with [[Shantanu Jha]], [[Guy Tabachnick]], and [[Andy Watkins]] serving as the other editors. The packets still included some notes from the editors, including this one from Watkins, appended to a tossup on the kinetic isotope effect: "Que is the most important inorganic chemist in the country by far for anyone who works with non-heme oxo, so this is basically the One True Clue."

Despite the fact that the final question of the main event was answered at 11:59 PM, an attempt was made to play a fifteen-round [[Chicago Open Literature Tournament|literature tournament]] after a dinner break. It was aborted after six rounds, at which point it was past 2:30 AM.

The Sunday events were the [[Chicago Open Trash|Paul Goodman Memorial Open]] (the last CO trash tournament helmed by [[Andrew Yaphe]]) and the [[Jean-Baptiste Lully Memorial]] (a fine arts tournament).

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 The '''2010 Chicago Open''' was won by The Gorilla Wrestles with the Superman ([[Matt Weiner]], [[Kevin Koai]], [[Dallas Simons]], and [[Rich Mason]]) who came from behind to defeat The Solid Scholars ([[Jonathan Magin]], [[Selene Koo]], [[Seth Teitler]], and [[Bruce Arthur]]) on the tiebreaker of the second finals packet.
-This was the last of the four consecutive Chicago Opens that Matt Weiner won with no repeat teammates. Due to a series of travel mishaps, the car containing two of Weiner's teammates (Kevin and Rich) arrived an hour and forty-five minutes late. Weiner successfully convinced his first-round opponents to postpone their match until the lunch break, rather than making Weiner and Dallas play as a duo.
+This was the last of the four consecutive Chicago Opens that Matt Weiner won with no repeat teammates. Due to a series of travel mishaps, the car containing two of Weiner's teammates (Kevin and Rich) arrived an hour and forty-five minutes late, thus missing the first round. Weiner successfully convinced his first-round opponents to postpone their match until the lunch break, rather than making Weiner and Dallas play as a duo.
 The tournament was head-edited by [[Jerry Vinokurov]], with [[Shantanu Jha]],  [[Guy Tabachnick]], and [[Andy Watkins]] serving as the other editors. The packets still included some notes from the editors, including this one from Watkins, appended to a tossup on the kinetic isotope effect: "Que is the most important inorganic chemist in the country by far for anyone who works with non-heme oxo, so this is basically the One True Clue."

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John Lawrence at 18:40, 2 July 2021

John Lawrence: Created page with "{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 2010 Chicago Open |champion = The Solid Scholars |second = The Gorilla Wrestles With The Superman |third = This Civilising Love of Death |f..."