SAINT LOUIS, April 9, 2012 –The Saint Louis Invitational, a GM norm tournament, is scheduled to begin tonight at 5 p.m. CDT at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. This marks the second norm tournament held at the CCSCSL (outside of U.S. Championship events) in as many years. The nine-round, round-robin event is scheduled to be held April 9 through April 13. The field is as follows:
1 GM Margvelashvili, Giorgi GEO 2547
2 GM Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI 2542
3 GM Finegold, Benjamin USA 2505
4 IM Sevillano, Enrico USA 2502
5 IM Arnold, Marc T USA 2502
6 IM Gerzhoy, Leonid CAN 2489
7 IM Molner, Mackenzie USA 2465
8 IM Brooks, Michael A USA 2456
9 IM Yang, Darwin USA 2448
10 IM Young, Angelo PHI 2321
St Louis GM Norm Tournament
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GM Norm Tourney Begins in Saint Louis
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Ben!
I am wondering, for the purposes of providing norm opportunities, is it easier on the IMs to have lower-rated GMs as opponents and require a higher score, than to have higher-rated GMs (even a super-GM or two) and require a lower score for the norm?