This tournament commemorated the 1975 US Open tournament, held in the very same hotel in Lincoln 50 years ago. The tournament attracted a very strong field, including four Grandmasters. The tournament ended with a 13-way tie for first place, each of the finishers earning 4 out of 5 points. The winners were:
GM Manuel Petrosyan
GM Karen Grigoryan
GM Zhao Jian Chao
GM Vojtech Plat
IM Keaton Kiewra
IM Doug Root
NM Paul Rohwer
NM Tim McEntee
Puwit Sky Moerlien
Irene Fei
Luke Hengen
Guru Gurumoorthi
Varun Gurramkonda