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November 3, 2013
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Bryan G. Smith
Fifteen Grandmasters played in the third annual Michigan Chess Festival, held in Dearborn from October 23-27. GM Carlos Matamoros of Ecuador won the 9-round 5-day tournament on tiebreaks with 6.5/9. 

Others tied for first included GMs Alexander Ipatov, Yury Shulman, Mackenzie Molner, Anton Kovalyov, Aleksandr Lenderman and Eugene Perelshteyn.

Here's a victory by Matamoros over GM Kekelidze:

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Bryan G. Smith earned his third GM norm in the event, finishing with 6/9 (check out his FIDE graph here, showing a peak rating of 2503). He won a key game with black over GM Timur Gareev.

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Gareev, one of the highest rated GMs in the USA, was recently featured in the Chicago Tribune for his continued blindfold chess tour.

 
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GM Sergey Kudrin at a Friday night simul at the Detroit Institute of Arts
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