Northern California International 2012

Northern California International 2012

The 2012 Northern California International is set to take place from 2nd to 8th January, 2012, at the NorCal House of Chess at Northwestern Polytechnic University in Fremont, California.

Following the tradition of Berkeley International, the tournament offers the possibilities for obtaining GM and IM norms.

Presented by NorCal House of Chess
Time Control: 40/90, SD/30 with 30 second increment
Organizers: Arun Sharma and Ted Castro
Prizes: $3000 – $1500 – $1000, U2500: $1000, U2300: $1000

GM George Meier, reigning European Team Champion with Germany and fresh winner of the 3rd Magistral Internacional Marcel Duchamp, is the top seeded player in the filed of many titled players (full list bellow).

The Northern California International begins only a couple of days after the North American Open in Las Vegas ends, and the International also ends only a few days before the Golden State Open in the same area begins so is a very convenient event for those who are playing in either.

Participants (top seeds):

1. GM Georg Meier 2659 GER (SPICE – Knight Raiders)
2. GM Bartlomiej Macieja 2616 POL
3. GM Yury Shulman 2598 USA
4. GM Alejandro Ramirez 2595 USA
5. GM Sam Shankland 2560 USA
6. GM Axel Bachmann 2551 PAR
7. GM Giorgi Margvelashvili 2531 GEO
8. GM Josh Friedel 2523 USA
9. IM Marc Arnold 2504 USA
10. GM Denes Boros 2482 HUN (SPICE – Knight Raiders)
11. IM Enrico Sevillano 2461 USA
12. IM Bryan Smith 2460 USA
13. IM Greg Shahade 2459 USA
14. IM Adam Hunt 2458 ENG
15. IM Mackenzie Molner 2455 USA
16. IM Darwin Yang 2442 USA
17. IM John Bartholomew 2437 USA
18. IM Sam Collins 2426 IRL
19. IM Daniel Rensch 2416 USA
20. IM Larry Remlinger 2409 USA
21. FM Farai Mandizha 2404 ZIM
22. FM John Bryant 2402 USA
23. IM Max Cornejo 2399 PER
24. IM David Pruess 2395 USA
25. IM Ricardo de Guzman 2390 PHI
26. IM Angelo Young 2350 PHI
27. NM Tigran Ishkhanov 2350 USA
28. FM Eric Rodriguez 2344 USA
29. SM Faik Aleskerov 2339 AZE (SPICE – Knight Raiders)
30. FM Teddy Coleman 2310 USA