Final round results
| 1 | IM Young, Angelo | 2321 | 0-1 GM Margvelashvili, Giorgi | 2547 | |
| 2 | IM Gerzhoy, Leonid | 2489 | 1-0 GM Moradiabadi, Elshan | 2542 | |
| 3 | GM Finegold, Benjamin | 2505 | 1-0 IM Sevillano, Enrico | 2502 | |
| 4 | IM Arnold, Marc T | 2502 | 1/2 IM Molner, Mackenzie | 2465 | |
| 5 | IM Brooks, Michael A | 2456 | 0-1 IM Yang, Darwin | 2448 |  |
Marc Arnold needed to hold against Molner and he did. Yang had to beat Brooks with black and he did. And therefore, both Arnold and Yang earned their first GM norm. Congratulations to both of these very bright young men!
http://saintlouischessclub.org/2012-saint-louis-invitational
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Congrats guys! Well done!