I mentioned yesterday that Daniel Naroditsky earned his first GM norm at 31st Villa de Benasque Open. He just barely missed the GM norm at the 2011 SPICE Spring Invitational. Here is how he did it this time, round by round:
| d. | SNo | Name | RtgI | FED | Pts. | Res. | |
| 1 | 261 | CUCARELLA MONTELL Angels | 1938 | ESP | 5.0 | s 1 | |
| 2 | 160 | MAZA BROTO Pablo | 2096 | ESP | 5.0 | w 1 | |
| 3 | 94 | ZAMARBIDE INARREA Daniel | 2239 | ESP | 6.0 | s 1 | |
| 4 | 1 | GM | SARIC Ivan | 2639 | CRO | 8.0 | w ½ |
| 5 | 104 | SABRIA BATLLE Pol | 2209 | ESP | 6.0 | s 1 | |
| 6 | 20 | GM | FRANCO OCAMPOS Zenon | 2502 | PAR | 7.0 | w ½ |
| 7 | 16 | GM | CABRERA Alexis | 2530 | ESP | 6.0 | s 1 |
| 8 | 5 | GM | GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E | 2616 | PER | 8.0 | w ½ |
| 9 | 3 | GM | TUROV Maxim | 2630 | RUS | 8.0 | s ½ |
| 10 | 7 | GM | STOCEK Jiri | 2596 | CZE | 7.5 | w ½ |
Once again, congratulations to Daniel! He will be back at Texas Tech for the 2011 SPICE Cup B group in October.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Great!
He’s such a great kid.