Archive for Titles and norms
Thursday, November 12, 2009 21:27
It was a strong round-robin with nine GMs but a dream came true for the only IM in the field, Daniel Alsina: he won the Torneig Cuitat de Barcelona outright, with 6.5/9, a full point ahead of GMs López Martinez and Magem Badals. In doing so, Alsina scored his third norm and will be Spain's next grandmaster.
The Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona -...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 19:13
Anish Giri could enjoy the title for about eight months, but now there's a new youngest grandmaster in the world: Ray Robson from the USA. By winning the Panamerican Junior Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay Robson clinched his 3rd GM norm, just 14 years 11 months and 16 days old.
GM-elect Ray Robson at the Panamerican Junior Championship in...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 18:55
In what was a small, friendly and cosy "cafe tournament", the young Dutch talent Robin van Kampen scored his first IM norm. He finished on 6/9 together with the only grandmaster in the field, Ilan Manor from Israel. Amsterdam has got itself a brand new round-robin IM tournament, named after the location: Cafe Batavia 1920, located just across...
Friday, January 02, 2009 19:32
This year's Chess Festival in Groningen was won by GMs Merab Gagunashvili and Arkadij Rotstein, and Dutch IM Robin Swinkels. The latter scored a GM norm and so did 14-year-old (FM!) Anish Giri - it was his second already. Jan Smeets won a minimatch against Jan Werle 2.5-1.5.
The annual Chess Festival in Groningen took place December 21-30, 2008...
