Yang needs a draw to earn his IM norm. Ippolito needs to win to keep his GM norm hope alive.

Update: Yang drew to earn his 2nd IM norm. Ippolito is still fighting hard against Kuljasevic.

Update 2: Both Kuljasevic and Ippolito made mistakes during the intense and wild game. At the end, it was a draw.

Group B

Smith 1-0 Finegold
Krush 1/2 Bykhovsky
Diamant 1/2 Antal
Kuljasevic 1/2 Ippolito
Yang 1/2 Rensch

Group A

Onischuk 1-0 Meier
So 1/2 Perelshteyn
Almasi 1/2 Robson

Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar November 4, 2010 Chess Research, General News, SPICE / Webster, Susan's Personal Blog 2 Comments
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