June 21 – 27, 2008

The 12th North American FIDE Invitational is underway now!

For events specifics including round times visit – http://www.nachess.org/fide

All games held at the Touch Move Chess Center at 5639 N. Ashland Ave Chicago, IL 60660.

Round times are 10:30am and 4pm Chicago time on Sat & Sun; 6:30pm Chicago time Mon – Fri.

Participants include:

IM Kirill Kuderinov (KAZ)
IM Angelo Young (PHI)
IM Emory Tate (USA)
IM-elect (FM) Mehmed Pasalic (GER) – gained all 3 IM norms in this tournament series!
FM Florin Felecan (USA) – holds 1 IM norm
FM Jim Dean (USA)
FM Aleksander Stamnov (MKD)
FM Albert Chow (USA)
WFM Yuanling Yuan (CAN)
Marc Arnold (USA) – gained 1st IM norm at this event in March 2008!

IM Norm – 6.5/9WGM norm – 5.5/9WIM norm – 4.0/9

Spectators are welcome!Games are being broadcast live on the MonRoi World Databank of Chess – http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1038

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar June 21, 2008 Chess Improvement, General News 1 Comment
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