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Press Thanksgiving Open, GM Norm Tourney in Saint Louis
Press Thanksgiving Open, GM Norm Tourney in Saint Louis | Thanksgiving Open, GM Norm Tourney in Saint Louis |
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| By Mike Wilmering | |
| November 23, 2011 | |
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SAINT LOUIS, November 22, 2011 -- Chess players across the country will be gathering in Saint Louis this week to give thanks for tournament chess. The Thanksgiving Open, scheduled to be held November 25-27 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, features a prize fund of $10,050, and 10 titled players have already signed up to compete: GM Timur Gareyev GM Ray Robson GM Gregory Kaidanov GM Sam Shankland GM Mesgen Amanov GM Alexander Shabalov GM Andre Diamant IM Danny Rensch IM Angelo Young WIM Iryna Zenyuk The tournament is a FIDE-rated, six-round, G/120 tournament in three sections (Open, U1800, U1400), and it also features two-day and three-day options with the option for re-entry. The first three rounds of the two-day option are G/65, and then the fields merge for round four. Click here for more information or to register. Following the Thanksgiving Open, the CCSCSL will host its first-ever GM norm tournament. Nine of the ten players have already been confirmed with one spot still remaining. The tournament is scheduled to run November 29 through December 3, and will be a nine-round, round-robin tournament with a standard FIDE time control. Find full details and stay posted on http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/ccscsl-invitational 1 GM Kacheishvili Georgi 2590 GEO New York NY 2 GM Amanov Mesgen 2524 TKM Chicago IL 3 GM Diamant Andre 2505 BRA Lubbock TX 4 IM Arnold Marc 2504 USA New York NY 5 IM Krush Irina 2476 USA New York NY 6 IM Shahade Greg 2459 USA New York NY 7 IM Yang Darwin 2442 USA Dallas TX 8 IM Rensch Danny 2416 USA Phoenix AZ 9 IM Young Angelo 2350 PHI Chicago IL 10 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev 2264 USA Los Angeles, CA |
