In after only 4 round, Ray Robson has faced 2 of the 3 GMs needed for the opportunity to earn a GM norm. He is also in clear lead with 3.5 /4. His victims so far include: GM Izoria, IM Arjun, and FM Kleiman. His only draw came against the tournament top seed GM Kacheishvili. Another GM norm hopeful is IM Finegold. He is in a tie for 2nd with 3 points.
Both Robson and Finegold will have another shot at a GM norm next month at the 3rd annual SPICE Cup at Texas Tech University.
23rd North American FIDE Invitational
No. Name St Rate 1 2 3 4 Score
1. Robson, Ray (6)…………… FL 2491 W20 D2 W14 W5 3.5
2. Kacheishvili, Gior (1)…….. NY 2606 W15 D1 W10 D4 3.0
3. Finegold, Benjamin (4)…….. MI 2513 W26 D13 D9 W17 3.0
4. Thaler, Michael (28)………. NY 2235 D11 W16 W7 D2 3.0
5. Izoria, Zviad (2)…………. NY 2604 W17 D9 W13 L1 2.5
6. Mitkov, Nikola (3)………… IL 2526 W25 L10 W18 D9 2.5
7. Amanov, Mesgen (5)………… IL 2497 W18 D12 L4 W19 2.5
8. Ippolito, Dean J (7)………. NJ 2455 D21 W19 D12 D10 2.5
9. Shankland, Samuel (8)……… CA 2448 W27 D5 D3 D6 2.5
10. Vigorito, David (11)………. MA 2400 W28 W6 L2 D8 2.5
11. Felecan, Florin (12)………. IL 2399 D4 D24 D22 W21 2.5
12. Molner, Mackenzie (13)…….. NJ 2393 W29 D7 D8 D16 2.5
13. Mulyar, Michael A (14)…….. CO 2390 W32 D3 L5 W24 2.5
14. Kleiman, Jake (16)………… TN 2350 D24 W21 L1 W22 2.5
15. Lee, Michael (17)…………. WA 2347 L2 D26 W28 W20 2.5
16. Arnold, Marc Tyler (10)……. NY 2407 D22 L4 W25 D12 2.0
17. Young, Angelo (18)………… IL 2318 L5 W27 W23 L3 2.0
18. Betaneli, Alex (22)……….. WI 2287 L7 W29 L6 W27 2.0
19. Sarkar, Justin (15)……….. NY 2388 D23 L8 W26 L7 1.5
20. Arjun, Vishnuvardh (21)……. IL 2295 L1 W32 D24 L15 1.5
21. Santarius, Erik F (24)…….. WI 2267 D8 L14 W29 L11 1.5
22. Chow, Albert C (26)……….. IL 2254 D16 D23 D11 L14 1.5
23. Vaja, Ashish (31)…………. WI 2195 D19 D22 L17 D28 1.5
24. Velikanov, Alexand (32)……. WI 2069 D14 D11 D20 L13 1.5
25. Adamson, Robby (20)……….. AZ 2302 L6 D28 L16 D26 1.0
26. Shankar, Gauri (23)……….. IL 2270 L3 D15 L19 D25 1.0
27. Yang, Darwin (25)…………. TX 2262 L9 L17 W32 L18 1.0
28. Pitterson, Jomo (27)………. FL 2254 L10 D25 L15 D23 1.0
29. Matthews, Shane (29)………. WI 2228 L12 L18 L21 W32 1.0
30. Fouts, Matthew (30)……….. IN 2206 L13 L20 L27 L29 0.0
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I thought a player must meet a certain number of players from different federations and the tournament must have a certain number of different federations.
From looking at the cross table, all the players are from USA.
Am I incorrect?
Given the opposition he had Shankland is also doing very well.
Go Ray Ray!
1.43 Federations of opponents
At least two federations other than that of the title applicant must be included, except for 1.43a-1.43e. Even then see 1.43f.
1.43a The finals (but not preliminaries) of national men’s championships and also national women’s championships.
1.43b National team championships.
1.43c Zonal tournaments.
1.43d Tournaments of other types may also be included with the prior approval of the QC Chairman.
1.43e Swiss System tournaments in which the competitors include at least 20 FIDE Rated players, not from the host federation, from at least 3 federations, at least 10 of whom hold GM, IM, WGM or WIM titles. Otherwise 1.44 applies.
1.43f At least one of the norms has to be achieved under normal foreigner requirement. (See 1.43 first clause and 1.44a)
1.44 Opponents shall be calculated using rounding up (minimum) to the next whole number, to the next lower number (maximum).
1.44a A maximum of 3/5 of the opponents may come from the applicant’s federation and a maximum of 2/3 of the opponents from one federation. For exact numbers see the table in 1.7.
You are incorrect to assume the cross table is using the countries the players represent in Fide. The cross table seems to be the State they reside in USCF. Robson has played 3 foreign players and one USA player
There are a few foreign players on the list.
Foreign players:
GM Kacheishvili (GEO)
GM Izoria (GEO)
GM Mitkov (MKD)
GM Amanov (TKM)
IM Vishnuvardhan (IND)
IM Young (PHI)
FM Shankar (IND)
FM Pitterson (JAM)
Shane Mattews (JAM)
For those playing for GM norms, they can easily meet the requirement by meeting 3 of the 4 GM’s and 1 other foreign player, or all 4 GM’s.