IM Norm Tournament at the 2020 Oakville Winter Chess Championship

[Ken Green]

SEE BELOW FOR NORM EVENT SCHEDULE AND PAIRINGS. ALL LIVE GAMES WILL BE POSTED ON THE LINK BELOW:

https://elevatemychess.com/norm/

ROUND 1 - WEDNESDAY, FEB 19, 2020 @ 7 PM
Bd #	WHITE	BLACK
1	Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395	Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
2	Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340	Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
3	Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165	Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
4	Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307	Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
5	Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420	Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
ROUND 2 - THURSDAY, FEB 20, 2020 @ 11 AM
Bd #	WHITE	BLACK
1	Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298	Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
2	Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353	Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420
3	Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384	Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307
4	Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225	Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165
5	Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395	Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340
ROUND 3 - THURSDAY, FEB 20, 2020 @ 7 PM
Bd #	WHITE	BLACK
1	Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340	Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
2	Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165	Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395
3	Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307	Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
4	Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420	Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
5	Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353	Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
ROUND 4 - FRIDAY, FEB 21, 2020 @ 11 AM
Bd #	WHITE	BLACK
1	Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298	Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
2	Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384	Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
3	Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225	Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420
4	Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395	Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307
5	Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340	Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165
ROUND 5 - FRIDAY, FEB 21, 2020 @ 7 PM
Bd #	WHITE	BLACK
1	Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165	Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
2	Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307	Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340
3	Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420	Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395
4	Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353	Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
5	Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353	Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
ROUND 6 - SATURDAY, FEB 22, 2020 @ 11 AM
Bd #	WHITE	BLACK
1	Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298	Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
2	Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225	Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
3	Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395	Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
4	Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340	Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420
5	Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165	Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307
ROUND 7 - SATURDAY, FEB 22, 2020 @ 4 PM
Bd #	WHITE	BLACK
1	Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307	Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
2	Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420	Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165
3	Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353	Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340
4	Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353	Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395
5	Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384	Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
ROUND 8 - SUNDAY, FEB 23, 2020 @ 10 AM
Bd #	WHITE	BLACK
1	Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298	Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
2	Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395	Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
3	Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340	Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
4	Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165	Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
5	Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307	Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420
ROUND 9 - SUNDAY, FEB 23, 2020 @ 4 PM
Bd #	WHITE	BLACK
1	Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420	Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
2	Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353	Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307
3	Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353	Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165
4	Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384	Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340
5	Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225	Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395

[Ken Green]

The IM Norm Tournament is set and ready to go! Join us at the Oakville Winter Open Chess Championship from Feb 19 to 23 to cheer on these IM Norm Seekers including 4 of our Canadian talented players!

Another IM Norm event is planned for June 2020 at the Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship. If you're interested in participating, do let me know. Details to follow in late Jan or early Feb.

Below is the list of the 10 players competing in the Special Norm Section at the Oakville Winter Open - Feb 19 to 23, 2020:

#	Name	Title	Federation	FIDE Rating
1	Tomas Krnan	IM	CAN	2420
2	Tangi Migot	IM	FRA	2384
3	Silas Lund	IM	DEN	2340
4	Mark Plotkin	FM	CAN	2395
5	Joshua Posthuma	FM	USA	2346
6	Liran Zhou	FM	USA	2317
7	Eugene Hua	FM	CAN	2305
8	Jason Liang	FM	USA	2296
9	Nicholas Vettese	FM	CAN	2237
10	Jordan Clyde		CAN	2165
	Average Rating			2321