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Chess Life Online 2008 September Finegold Leads in Chicago
Chess Life Online 2008 September Finegold Leads in Chicago | Finegold Leads in Chicago |
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| By Sevan Muradian | |
| January 21, 2008 | |
 After two rounds of the 7th North American FIDE Invitational (Chicago,Jan 20-26), Michigan's IM Ben Finegold leads the pack with two out two. In the first round, Finegold played against Thomas Bartell. The New Jersey FM faced an unfortunate disqualification when his phone rang in an equal position. According to FIDE rules, he was forfeited. 1567 Dr. Tansel Turgut, a cardiologist from Decatur, IL who plays for Turkey had a fantastic win over FM Dr. Ricardo Szmetan and then a draw with IM Angelo Young. 1566 Long-time Chicago area chess master FM Albert Chow rolled a first round win over junior player Gauri Shankar (rated 2350) to a hard fought draw with FM Dr. Ricardo Szmetan. 
FM Albert Chow
With 6/9 for an IM norm no one is out of the running yet and if a couple of players keep up their games they can walk away with a norm. North American Fide Invitational Standings after 2 rounds 1st- 2.0/2.0 IM Ben Finegold 2nd - 4th - 1.5/2.0 IM Angelo Young FM Albert Chow Tansel Turgut 5th - 7th- 1.0/2.0 IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan FM Tom Bartell FM Mehmed Pasalic 8th - .5/2.0 FM Ricardo Szmetan 9th - 10th- 0/2.0 Gauri Shankar Bill Calton All games are broadcast on the MonRoi World Databank of Chess - http://www.monroi.com/wdc The 7th North American FIDE Invitational is the current installment of the FIDE title norm tournaments operated by the North American Chess Association. This year the North American Chess Association has 12 title norm events scheduled, 10 IM norm and 2 GM norm. The rules of these events slightly differ in that there are no draw offers allowed prior to 30 moves unless it is a repetition of position, stalemate, or no mating material. This was done to limit the amount of professional draws and elevate the fighting spirit of the games. For tournament information visit http://www.nachess.org/fide. |