The 46^th running of the New Western Open was won by Alex Betaneli and Aleksandar Stamnov, both with scores of 4.5/5. Overall attendence was down a little from last year with 78 total entries to the event. Despite this overall drop, the Open section attendence was up 3 players from last year, while the Reserve section dropped from 54 players to 39.

The co-champions met in round four and played to a hard-fought draw. In addition to playing each other, both players faced two other players from the pool of six masters in the event; Betaneli defeating last year's champion Steven Szpisjak and Vadim Ruzell, while Stamnov defeated Steven Tennant and Glen Gratz. But the big story of the section this year was Eugene Gorodetskiy. Coming into the event rated 1575, he went undefeated (three wins and two draws) against opposition averaging 1932 (including a final round win against a player rated 2123)!

The story of the Reserve section this year was first place. Brayden Glad, a junior from Marquette University High School, took first place with a perfect 5.0 score. Glad, rated 1393 going into the event, successfully took on all challengers, defeating his nearest competition, Erik Santarius, in round 3 and beating Dennis Seibel, who trailed Glad in the last round by a half point, to secure a clear first. Santarius tied with Larry Schmitt at 4.0/5 for second.

The tournament was held in the Director's Rooms of the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Milwaukee Wisconsin.