6th North American FIDE Invitational
1st – 2nd – 3.5/4.0
IM David Vigorito
FM Ray Robson
3rd – 4th – 2.5/4.0
IM Angelo Young
FM Mehmed Pasalic5th – 2.0/4.0
IM Stephen Muhammad
6th – 7th – 1.5 / 4.0
FM Todd Andrews
FM Igor Tsyganov
8th – 10th – 1.0/4.0
FM Albert Chow
WIM Ludmila Mokriak
Dale Haessel
6.5/9 for an IM norm and 6/9 for a WGM norm.
Event Information
Dates: Oct 28 – Nov 3, 2007
Location: Touch Move Chess Center – 5639 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago, IL 60660
Time Control: G/90 + 30/sec added per move (after move)
Number of Rounds: 9
Format: Round Robin – All Play All Once
Round Times (all CST): Sunday – 10:30 & 4pm; M-F 6:30pm; Saturday 10:30 & 4pm
Contact: Sevan A. Muradian, President
Email: info@nachess.org
Phone: 888.80.CHESS
Main Website: www.nachess.org
Event Website: www.nachess.org/fide
Coverage on ChessBase: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4217
That’s great. Good luck, Ray! Kudos to Sevan Muradian for organizing the tournament. Maybe the future of chess in this country lies in tournaments like his and the one that Susan is organizing at Texas Tech and less in the increasingly nasty and trivial world of the USCF.
Does the boy attend school?