The 8th North American FIDE Invitational IM norm tournament has begun.
10 participants come together where 7 are competing for IM norms. A score of 6.5/9 will secure an IM norm.
The participants include:
IM David Vigorito (USA)
IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan (IND)
IM Angelo Young (PHI)
FM Mehmed Pasalic (GER)
FM Raymond Kaufman (USA)
FM Igor Tsyganov (USA)
FM Albert Chow (USA)
NM Dennis Monokroussos (USA)
NM Jon L. Burgess (ENG)
Expert Michael Thaler (USA)
The host site is the Touch Move Chess Center in Chicago, IL which is owned and operated by IM Angelo Young.
All games are transmitted on the MonRoi World Databank of Chess (www.monroi.com/wdc)
Pairings and crosstables available at http://www.nachess.org/fide
Good Chess to All,
Sevan A. Muradian
North American Chess Association
Is Goichberg a sponsor of this event to support Illinois chess?
No he is not.
This event is sponsored by the players’ entry fees, the North American Chess Association, Touch Move Chess Center, MonRoi, The Chess Piece, and Cajun Chess.
Of course there are sponsors like the Susan Polgar Chess Blog that helps give coverage of the event which we all appreciate greatly!
Best of luck Dennis Monokroussos hope all your tips on chess video comes into good effect.
May the 8th North American FIDE Invitational be blessed and praised.
May the organizer be blessed and praised.
May the players be blessed and praised.
May the spectators be blessed and praised.
May the TD be blessed and praised.
May my betting pool be blessed and praised.. whoops!
Go Kramnik!