Author: Grant Oen, CCCSA Assistant Director
This Spring's GM/IM Norm Invitational will be our fifth Invitational tournament - our first four events have produced 12 FIDE title norms. There will be twenty players, among them 3 GMs, 9 IMs, 5 FMs, and 3 NMs, each rated over 2300 USCF. Fourteen of these players will be competing to earn their title norms and titles. The average rating is 2375 FIDE and 2460 USCF!
Here are the players:
GM Section
GM Tanguy Ringoir
(Belgium, FIDE 2541, USCF 2614)
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Best Wins: 2600+
GMs Lenic, Najer, Georgiev, Ganguly, and Durarbayli
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Fourth highest
rated player in Belgium
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Represented
Belgium twice at the World Chess Olympiad
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3 time Belgian
National Champion
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Member, UMBC
Chess Team
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: =3rd place – 5.5/9 (November 2017 GM); 1st
place – 7.5/9 (March 2017 GM); =3rd place – 5.0/9 (March 2016)
IM Michael Brown
(California, FIDE 2497, USCF 2588)
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Best Wins: 2600+ GMs Yu
Yangyi, Almasi, Bachmann, Akobian, Bok,
Zherebukh, Izoria, Avrukh
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#9 under 21 in
the USA, #39 overall in the USA
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2 GM norms
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Previous Charlotte
Invitational Performances: 2nd place – 6.0/9 (March 2017 GM); =3rd place –
5.0/9 and IM norm (March 2016 GM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
final GM norm and GM title
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| IM Michael Brown will seek to complete his GM title in Charlotte |
GM Ashwin Jayaram (India,
FIDE 2484, USCF 2576)
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Best Wins: 2600+
GMs Swiercz, Negi, Fedorov, Petrosian, Volkov, Svetushin
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#39 in India
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Former member,
Webster University Chess Team
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: =6th place – 4.0/9 (March 2016 GM)
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| Indian GM Ashwin Jayaram |
IM Steven Zierk
(California, FIDE 2482, USCF 2543)
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Best Wins: GMs
Azarov, Van Wely, Sadorra, Georgiev, Erenburg, Stripunsky, Huschenbeth
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#59 overall in
the USA
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2 GM norms
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2010 World Under
18 Champion
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MIT Graduate
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: =5th place – 4.0/9 (January 2018 GM); 5th
place – 4.5/9 (March 2016 GM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
final GM norm and GM title
IM John Bartholomew
(Minnesota, FIDE 2477, USCF 2575)
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Best Wins: GMs
Sethuraman, Shabalov, Lenderman, Becerra, Urkedal, Rambaldi, Paragua
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#50 overall in
the USA
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1 GM norm
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Former member, UT
Dallas Chess Team
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: 1st place – 6.0/9 (January 2018 GM); =3rd
place – 4.5/9 (March 2017 GM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
second GM norm
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| IM John "fins" Bartholomew will return to Charlotte for a third Invitational |
GM Denes Boros (Hungary,
FIDE 2429, USCF 2500)
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Best Wins: GMs
So, Meier, Nyzhnyk, Bruzon, Naroditsky, Mamedov, Stukopin, Shulman, Dragun,
Friedel, Vovk, Amin
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#50 overall in
Hungary
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2016 St Louis
Club Co-champion
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Represented
Hungary at European Team Championships and a Gold Medal at the 2003 U16 World
Chess Olympiad
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Former member,
Webster University Chess Team
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: =8th place – 3.5/9 (November 2017 GM)
IM Craig Hilby
(California, FIDE 2419, USCF 2549)
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Best Wins: GMs
Gelashvili, Quesada Perez, Shabalov, Sevillano, Mikhalevski, Macieja, Holt
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#3 age 17 in USA,
#62 overall in USA
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First event in
Charlotte
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Needs 6.5/9 for
first GM norm
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| IM Craig Hilby will seek his first GM norm |
IM Kassa Korley (Denmark,
FIDE 2385, USCF 2477)
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Best Wins: GMs
Dreev, Ganguly, Zherebukh, Stripunsky, Shabalov, Gelashvili, Hector, Danielsen,
Kekelidze
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#26 in Denmark
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: =8th place – 3.5/9 (January 2018 GM); =6th
place – 4.0/9 (March 2016 GM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
first GM norm
IM Philip Wang
(California, FIDE 2380, USCF 2474)
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Best Wins: GMs
Akobian, Boros
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#99 overall in
USA
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First event in
Charlotte
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Needs 6.5/9 for
first GM norm
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| California's IM Philip Wang |
FM Brandon Jacobson (New
Jersey, FIDE 2329, USCF 2454)
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Best Wins: GMs
Kacheishvili, Stripunsky, Glek, Burke, Hevia, Kudrin, Rohde
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#2 fourteen year
old in USA, #5 blitz rating under 16 in USA, #1 quick rating under 16 in USA
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Previous Charlotte
Invitational Performances: 10th place – 2.5/9 (January 2018 GM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
first GM norm or 4.5/9 for first IM norm
IM Section
IM Felix Ynojosa Aponte
(Venezuela, FIDE 2390, USCF 2471)
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Best Wins: GMs
Smeets, Belous, Vasquez Schroeder, Ortiz Suarez, Dragun, Kaidanov, Fontaine,
Cori
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#8 in Venezuela
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Represented
Venezuela in 2012 and 2014 World Chess Olympiads
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Member, UT Rio
Grande Valley Chess Team
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: 1st place – 7.0/9 (March 2018 IM)
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| Venezuelan IM Felix Ynojosa Aponte will return to Charlotte for a second event |
John Ludwig (Florida, FIDE
2388, USCF 2459)
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Best Wins: GMs
Becerra, Sevillano, Mitkov
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#8 age 17 in USA
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2 IM norms
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: =2nd place – 5.0/9 (November 2017 IM);
=1st place – 6.5/9 and IM norm (March 2017 IM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
final IM norm and IM title
IM Roberto Martin del
Campo (Mexico, FIDE 2357, USCF 2429)
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Best Wins: GMs
Adly, Agdestein, Becerra, Zapata, Kunte, Gurevich, Sisniega, Kudrin, Browne
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#10 in Mexico
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Represented
Mexico at four World Chess Olympiads
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1985 Mexican
Junior Champion
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: =2nd place – 5.0/9 (November 2017 IM);
=7th place – 4.0/9 (March 2017); =1st place – 6.5/9 (March 2016 IM)
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| IM Roberto Martin del Campo |
FM/WIM Annie Wang
(California, FIDE 2321, USCF 2382)
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Best Wins: IMs
Kiewra, Ruiz, Ynojosa Aponte, Peters, WGMs Foisor and Abrahamyan
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#1 fifteen year
old girls in USA, #8 women overall in USA, #1 blitz rating for girls under 21
in USA
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Gold Medal, 2017
World Girls U16 Championship
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First event in
Charlotte
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Needs 6.5/9 for
IM norm or 6.0/9 for WGM norm
FM Gauri Shankar (India,
FIDE 2315, USCF 2417)
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Best Wins: GMs
Lenderman, Barbosa, Gurevich, Zapata
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#9 player in
Illinois
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Has played in
every Charlotte Invitational
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5 IM norms
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: =5th place – 4.0/9 (January 2018 GM); =2nd
place – 5.0/9 (November 2017 IM); =3rd place – 4.5/9 and IM norm (March 2017
IM); =5th place – 4.5/9 (March 2016 IM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
sixth IM norm
FM Christopher Yoo
(California, FIDE 2293, USCF 2334)
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Best Wins: GM
Preotu, IMs Patel, Priyadharshan, Wheeler, Stopa, Young, Cernousek, Sukandar,
Matikozian, de Guzman
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#2 eleven year
old in USA, #1 player by FIDE rating under 12 in North America, #6 player by
FIDE rating under 12 in the World, former youngest National Master in the
United States
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1 IM norm
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Became National
Master at 9 years old; became FIDE Master and 2017 North American Under 16
Champion at 10 years old
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: 8th place – 4.0/9 (November 2017 IM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
second IM norm
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| 11-year-old Christopher Yoo will play for his second IM norm |
Tianqi Wang (North
Carolina, FIDE 2291, USCF 2368)
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Best Wins: GMs
Barbosa, Benjamin, IMs Javakhadze, Katz, Montalvo, Martin Del Campo, Brodsky
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#60 American
player under 21, #46 American player by blitz rating under 21
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1 IM norm from
March 2017 CCCSA IM Invitational
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Has won almost
every title in North Carolina
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: 5th place – 5.0/9 (January 2018 IM); =1st
place – 6.5/9 and IM norm (March 2017 IM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
second IM norm
IM Angelo Young
(Philippines, FIDE 2260, USCF 2302)
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Best Wins: GMs Caruana, Shabalov, Van Wely, Holt, Fedorowicz, Blehm, Barcenilla, Fishbein, Ashley,
Yang, Shankland, Yudasin, Arbakov, Zaitchik, Stripunsky, Atalik, Kudrin,
Finegold, Corrales Jimenez, Sevillano, Rohde, Sherzer, Benjamin, Amanov,
Diamant, Smith, Mitkov, Boros, Mikhalevski, Dzindzichashvili, Ivanov,
Perelshteyn, Browne, Blatny, Zapata, Krush, Gurevich
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Has played in
every Charlotte Invitational
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: 8th place – 3.5/9 (January 2018 IM); 9th
place – 3.0/9 (November 2017 IM); 7th place – 4.0/9 (March 2017 IM); =5th place
– 4.5/9 (March 2016 IM)
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| CCCSA "Lifer" IM Angelo Young will return to Charlotte for a fifth Invitational |
FM Sahil Sinha (Maryland,
FIDE 2246, USCF 2355)
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Best Wins: IMs Balakrishnan,
Enkhbat, Brodsky, Kavutskiy, Young, Tate
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#13 seventeen
year old in USA
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Previous
Charlotte Invitational Performances: =2nd place – 5.0/9 (November 2017 IM)
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Needs 6.5/9 for
first IM norm
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| FM Sahil Sinha |
Justin Paul (Virginia,
FIDE 2218, USCF 2295)
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Best Wins: IMs
Ostrovskiy, Wang, Mandizha, Zlotnikov, Almeida
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#10 fourteen year
old in USA
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First event in
Charlotte
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Needs 6.5/9 for
first IM norm
There is also a Junior
Invitational from Friday – Sunday:
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Vishnu Vanapalli
(NC) – #6 ten year old in USA
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Drew Justice (GA)
– #39 eleven year old in USA
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Adharsh Rajagopal
(NC) – #92 fifteen year old in USA
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Pradhyumna
Kothapalli (NC)
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Naveen Prabhu
(NC) – #65 thirteen year old in USA
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Ziyang Qiu (NC) –
#46 eleven year old in USA
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Arya Kumar (NC) –
#11 thirteen year old girl in USA
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James Dill (NC) –
#62 fourteen year old in USA
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Austin Chuang (NC)
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Aasa Dommalapati
(VA) – #13 fourteen year old girl in USA
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Varun Gadi (GA) –
#12 nine year old in USA
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Aditya Shivapooja
(NC) – #46 twelve year old in USA
Please come and visit the Invitational, March 28 - April 1! The event is spectator-friendly - CCCSA members may visit for free while there is a $10 day pass available to everyone else.
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