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The 28th North American Masters will be held at North Shore Chess Center located in Skokie, IL from Sunday March 11th through Thursday March 15, 2012. The event will showcase three different events all at the same time.

Grandmaster Georg Meier (GER) vs Grandmaster Wesley So (PHI)

You can watch GM Georg Meier, who led the Germany national team to the European Team Championships take on the top player from the Philippines, the young phenom GM Wesley So. They will collide in a 4 game classical match followed by a 4 game rapid match.

Classical match time control: 40/90 SD/30 + 30/sec increments

Rapid match time control: Game-20 + 10/sec increments

Classical Match time: 10am each day Sunday – Wednesday

Rapid Match time: 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm

Grandmaster Group A

Our Grandmaster Group A section will feature a 6-player Double Round Robin (10 rounds). 3 Grandmasters and 3 International Masters will lock horns twice each day. To earn a Grandmaster norm, the International Masters must score 6.5/10 points.

Our confirmed participants include:

  • Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi (IRI) – 2538
  • Grandmaster Mesgen Amanov (TKM) – 2526
  • Grandmaster Andre Diamant (BRA) – 2494
  • International Master Roberto Mogranzini (ITA) – 2461
  • International Master Leonid Gerzhoy (CAN) – 2495
  • International Master Mackenzie Molner (USA) – 2449

Time control: Game-90 + 30/sec increment

Round times: 10am and 3pm Chicago time Sunday through Thursday

# Title / Name Federation FIDE Rating Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5









1 GM Diamant BRA 2504 W 6 W 2 B 3 W 4 B 5
2 IM Gerzhoy CAN 2489 W 5 B 1 W 6 W 3 B 4
3 GM Amanov TKM 2526 W 4 B 5 W 1 B 2 W 6
4 IM Molner USA 2465 B 3 B 6 W 5 B 1 W 2
5 IM Mogranzini ITA 2461 B 2 W 3 B 4 B 6 W 1
6 GM Moradiabadi IRI 2542 B 1 W 4 B 2 W 5 B 3









# Title / Name Federation FIDE Rating Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10









1 GM Diamant BRA 2504 B 6 B 2 W 3 B 4 W 5
2 IM Gerzhoy CAN 2489 B 5 W 1 B 6 B 3 W 4
3 GM Amanov TKM 2526 B 4 W 5 B 1 W 2 B 6
4 IM Molner USA 2465 W 3 W 6 B 5 W 1 B 2
5 IM Mogranzini ITA 2461 W 2 B 3 W 4 W 6 B 1
6 GM Moradiabadi IRI 2542 W 1 B 4 W 2 B 5 W 3


Grandmaster Group B

Our Grandmaster Group B section will feature a 10-player Single Round Robin (9 rounds). 3 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters will lock horns twice each day. To earn a Grandmaster norm, the International Masters must score 6.5/9 points.

Our confirmed participants include:

  • GM Anatoly Bykhovsky (ISR) – 2536
  • GM Joshua Friedel (USA) – 2520
  • GM Denes Boros (HUN) – 2482
  • International Master Darwin Yang (USA) – 2448
  • International Master Lev Milman (USA) – 2436
  • International Master Daniel Rensch (USA) – 2401
  • International Master Vitaly Neimer (ISR) – 2381
  • International Master Florin Felecan (USA) – 2381
  • International Master Martha Fiero (ECU) – 2380
  • FIDE Master & International Master-elect Faik Aleskerov (AZE) – 2362

Time control: Game-90 + 30/sec increment

Round times: 10am and 3pm Chicago time Sunday through Wednesday, and 10am only on Thursday

Pairing # Name / Title Federation FIDE Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9













1 GM Bykhovsky ISR 2532 W 10 W 2 B 3 W 4 B 5 W 6 B 7 W 8 B 9
2 IM Rensch USA 2413 W 9 B 1 W 10 W 3 B 4 W 5 B 6 W 7 B 8
3 IM Fierro ECU 2380 W 8 B 9 W 1 B 2 W 10 W 4 B 5 W 6 B 7
4 IM Niemer ISR 2374 W 7 B 8 W 9 B 1 W 2 B 3 W 10 W 5 B 6
5 GM Boros HUN 2487 W 6 B 7 W 8 B 9 W 1 B 2 W 3 B 4 W 10
6 IM Milman USA 2436 B 5 B 10 W 7 B 8 W 9 B 1 W 2 B 3 W 4
7 Alesgarov AZE 2393 B 4 W 5 B 6 B 10 W 8 B 9 W 1 B 2 W 3
8 IM Felecan USA 2381 B 3 W 4 B 5 W 6 B 7 B 10 W 9 B 1 W 2
9 GM Friedel USA 2520 B 2 W 3 B 4 W 5 B 6 W 7 B 8 B 10 W 1
10 IM Yang USA 2520 B 1 W 6 B 2 W 7 B 3 W 8 B 4 W 9 B 5


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