NorCal House of Chess will be conducting its first Invitational tournament. It’s a round-robin IM-norm event that has an average rating of 2306. Hence, norm-hunters will need 6.5/9.0 to earn an IM norm!
Here are the list of players:
1) IM Enrico Sevillano 2502 (USA);
2) IM De Guzman, Ricardo 2400 (PHI);
3) IM Kaufman, Raymond 2316 (USA);
4) FM Cusi, Ronald 2316 (USA);
5) FM Lobo, Richard 2236 (ENG);
6) FM Evans, Bela 2256 (USA);
7) WFM Bayambaa, Uyanga 2110 (MGL);
8) NM Emmanuel Perez 2290 (PHI);
9) NM Ishkanov, Tigran 2347 (USA);
and 10) NM Yian Liou 2293 (USA).
Pairings have been emailed to the players a week before the event. Interestingly, the round times are scheduled on weekends to accommodate those who have a day-job or go to school. The schedule is as follows: March 17, 18, 23, 24, & 25 10:30 & 5:30; except for Friday (Mar. 23) 6:00 pm.
The time-control that will be used is 40/90, SD/30 with 30-second increment. A prize fund of $ 400.00 for the top Prize, $ 200.00 for 2nd place.
Couple of months ago, NorCal House of Chess together with Arun Sharma hosted the most elite chess tournament in Northern California. It was a very successful event that had great reviews in various website and newspapers, like NY Times. Like in the previous tournament, we will also be providing chess boards, clocks and food/beverage.
Concurrently, NorCal House of Chess will also be conducting a FIDE-Qualifier Event on March 24 & 25. These events are both USCF & FIDE RATED tournament. The FIDE Qualifier will have 4 Rounds: Saturday, 11:00 & 4:00 pm, Sunday 10:30 & 3:30 pm with a time-control of 30/90, SD 30 d5. The entry fee for the FIDE Qualifier is $ 80.00. Although we will limit the number of players so those who are interested should email us right away at norcalhouseofchess@gmail.com or castro.ted@gmail.com.
1st place winner – earns a seat at NorCal House of Chess Invitational
Our next IM Norm event will be in May
2nd place winner – earns a seat at the next FIDE QUALIFIER EVENT
3rd place winner – earns a seat at the next FIDE QUALIFIER EVENT
Chief Arbiters: Gaurang Mehta & Bobby Bautista
Deputy Arbiters: Richard Koepcke & Tom Langland
Organizer: Ted Castro, NorCal House of Chess
The location for both events will be at All Star Institute, 43697 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA. For more info, please check our website at http://www.norcalhouseofchess.com/
Good luck Ted!