Gareev wins Metropolitan Invitational
Metropolitan Chess, Inc. hosted an International Grand Master norm round robin tournament on August 23 to 27 of 2011. The tournament was sponsored by California Market Center, Fashion Business, Inc, Chess.com, MonRoi, LawyerFy, and Betty Bottom Showroom.
The tournament was a 10 player round-robin (all play all), with rounds scheduled as follows – 23rd: 7:00 PM, 24th: 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM, 25th: 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM, 26th: 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM, 27th: 10:00 AM & 4:00 PM.
Final Standings:
GM Timur Gareev 7.0
IM Zhanibek Amanov 5.5
GM Dejan Bojkov 6.5
IM Raja Panjwani 4.5
IM Siddharth Ravichanran 4.5
IM Mackenzie Molner 4.0
IM Andranik Matikozyan 4.0
GM Melikset Khachiyan 4.0
IM Levon Altounian 2.5
IM Mark Ginsburg
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6.5 out of 9.0 was necessary for the GM norm. Going into the last round, IM Zhanibek Amanov needed a win to achieve a norm, however he was unable to beat the venerable IM Mark Ginsburg.
Nice job Timur.