October 18 – 24, 2008
The 16th North American FIDE Invitational is about to begin!
For events specifics including round times visit – http://www.nachess.org/fide
All games will be held at the Holiday Inn Northshore Hotel in Skokie, IL
Round times are 1pm and 6:30pm Chicago time on Sat & Sun; 6:30pm Chicago time Mon – Fri.
Participants include:
IM Ben Finegold (USA)
IM Valay Parikh (IND)
IM Angelo Young (PHI)
IM Emorty Tate (USA)
IM-elect (FM) Mehmed Pasalic (GER)
FM Florin Felecan (USA) – holds 1 IM norm
FM Peter Bereolos (USA)
FM Aleksander Stamnov (MKD)
FM Dale Haessel (CAN)
WIM-elect (WFM) Alisa Melekina (USA) – holds 1 WGM norm and 1 IM norm both earned at the 10th NA FIDE Invitational
IM Norm – 6/9; WGM norm 5.5/9
Spectators are welcome!
Games will be available LIVE on the MonRoi World Databank of Chess.
Any GM tournament in place?
I’d visit to watch dearly, but I live overseas. Would the organizer sponsor a part of my plane ticket and accomodation?
Sure, you can stay with Ron Washington.
who pays the prize fund?