Maiden IM norm for young Rohan PANJIM: State champion and Geno brand ambassador, Rohan Ahuja capitalized on a fantastic run of successes to earn his maiden International Master norm at the Mayor’s Cup International, in Mumbai, recently. 14 Jun,...
Kostya on Norm #1 – The road to IM title
Kostya on Norm #1: Staying Present By Kostya Kavutskiy November 18, 2014 “The first norm is always the hardest.” – If I had to count the number of titled players who’ve said this to me over the past few...
4 GM norms, 10 IM norms earned after 10 rounds at EICC
http://eicc2014.am/article/t1394734550 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Final GM norm for Darwin Yang!
Congratulations to Darwin Yang for earning his final GM norm! IM norms to Tatev Abrahamyan and Jeffrey Xiong!Full standings here: http://sfinternationalchess.org/2014-standings.php Here is a pic that was sent to me by Darwin’s father. These 3 young stars all...
IM norm for Rosen, IM title for Bartell
Tom Bartell and Eric Rosen tied for 1st at the NA Masters in Skokie with 6.5 / 9. Both earned IM norms. This is Eric’s 2nd norm and Tom’s final norm. Congratulations to both! Chess Daily News from Susan...
Jeffrey Xiong, America’s newest IM!
12 year old Jeffrey Xiong has just earned his final IM norm a few days ago in Philadelphia. His USCF rating has also crossed 2,500! Congratulations to Jeffrey and his super coach, GM Babakuli Annakov! Chess Daily News from...
Many norms earned at Cappelle la Grande
Sanan Sjugirov won the Cappelle La Grande International Open after edging the seven players that obtained the same 7/9 score in the tie-breaks criteria. The important games of the last round at finished rather quickly. All the leaders from...
IM norm for NM Nolan Hendrickson
NM Nolan Hendrickson had the most difficult task of all the norm contenders going into the final round. He had to beat IM Bregadze with black to do it. And he did! Congratulations! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
IM norm with 1 round to spare for Troff
FM Kayden Troff beating former US Champion GM Shulman in round 7Congratulations to Kayden Troff. He earned his IM norm after only 8 rounds! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar