IM Norm Tournament at the 2020 Oakville Winter Chess Championship

[Hans Jung]

Mark Plotkin, Liran Zhou, and Eugene Hua are in excellent position for an IM norm.

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations Mark (rd 7

[Ken Green]

Results for Round 7. Feb 2020 IM Norm Invitational Tournament: Norm Invitational

Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
1	0	Joshua Posthuma (unr. 3.0)	1	Mark Plotkin (2522 5.0)
2	1	Tomas Krnan (2484 4.0)	0	Jordan Clyde (2212 0.0)
3	1	Jason Liang (2376 1.5)	0	Silas Lund (unr. 2.5)
4	½	Liran Zhou (unr. 5.0)	½	Eugene Hua (2400 4.5)
5	1	Tangi Migot (2462 2.0)	0	Nicholas Vettese (2367 2.5)

Standings after round 7 - Feb 2020 IM Norm Invitational Tournament: Norm Invitational

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9
1	Mark Plotkin	W 10	W 2	B 3	W 4	B 5	W 6	B 7	W 8	B 9
	2522 141086 (2394) (2611651)	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	4.0	5.0	6.0
2	Silas Lund	W 9	B 1	W 10	W 3	B 4	W 5	B 6	W 7	B 8
	unr. (2340) (1405454)	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	2.5
3	Jordan Clyde	W 8	B 9	W 1	B 2	W 10	W 4	B 5	W 6	B 7
	2212 130068 (2165) (2616653)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	Liran Zhou	W 7	B 8	W 9	B 1	W 2	B 3	W 10	W 5	B 6
	unr. (2307) (30931967)	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.5
5	Tomas Krnan	W 6	B 7	W 8	B 9	W 1	B 2	W 3	B 4	W 10
	2484 132215 (2420) (14905361)	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	4.0	5.0
6	Jason Liang	B 5	B 10	W 7	B 8	W 9	B 1	W 2	B 3	W 4
	2376 170934 (2346) (30940303)	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5
7	Joshua Posthuma	B 4	W 5	B 6	B 10	W 8	B 9	W 1	B 2	W 3
	unr. (2353) (2096889)	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	3.0
8	Tangi Migot	B 3	W 4	B 5	W 6	B 7	B 10	W 9	B 1	W 2
	2462 168224 (2367) (662445)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	3.0
9	Nicholas Vettese	B 2	W 3	B 4	W 5	B 6	W 7	B 8	B 10	W 1
	2367 154199 (2225) (2620090)	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
10	Eugene Hua	B 1	W 6	B 2	W 7	B 3	W 8	B 4	W 9	B 5
	2400 154197 (2298) (2618150)	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	3.5	4.5	5.0

[John Upper]

King and pawn endgames, young Nicholas, good to study

He sat there for almost 5 minutes after the game, Ivanchuk-like, staring at the board.
I'm sure he knows.

[Hans Jung]

Thanks John for that. It was a bit tongue in cheek on my part. Its hard to know what is going on when you are remote like I was. Its much better to be present on site and see all that is happening. Nicholas is an amazing player and fine young talent and so close to an IM norm performance (not in this tournament but with some adjustments) I will be as happy as any fan when he makes his breakthough.

[John Upper]

With a draw in round 8, FM Mark Plotkin has secured the 6.5 points needed for his final IM Norm. In addition, his FIDE rating has gone over 2400 during this tournament, meaning Mark has met all the requirements for the FIDE International Master title.

... and with 1 round to go he leads the tournament, so $$.

Live Games:
https://view.livechesscloud.com/?fbc...d-180c6f91d820

Homepage:
https://elevatemychess.com/norm/

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to Mark on the IM title! Well deserved. However I personally think Mark is playing like a GM and I hope he is going to make strides towards that soon.

[Erik Malmsten]

Congrats to IM Plotkin. It's great to see one of these norm tournaments actually produce a norm to a deserving master.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Congrats to Mark !!!

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations Mark - you even know how to apply the sleeper!

[Hans Jung]

Did Liran Zhou get the IM norm? If so congratulations.

[Hugh Brodie]

Final crosstable? Nothing on chess-results.

[Grey Guo]

Did Liran Zhou get the IM norm? If so congratulations.

Yes，he got 6.5 = IM norm

[Grey Guo]

Final crosstable? Nothing on chess-results.

We may need Ken's update on their own web site, the current information is till the end of Saturday
https://elevatemychess.com/tournament/

[Ken Green]

The IM Norm Tournament was successfully completed over the weekend. BIG CONGRATULATIONS to MARK PLOTKIN and LIRAN ZHOU for securing their IM Norms. We also want to acknowledge a strong performance by EUGENE HUA who finished with 6 points, just 0.5 points shy of obtaining his first IM Norm.

Our next IM Norm Tournament is on Jun 10 - 14, 2020 in Mississauga. If you're interested in participating either as an IM/GM or Norm Candidate, please send an email to ken@elevatemychess.com

Below is the final cross-table for the just concluded IM Norm event:
Final Standings - Feb 2020 IM Norm Invitational Tournament

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9
1	Mark Plotkin	W 10	W 2	B 3	W 4	B 5	W 6	B 7	W 8	B 9
	2522 141086 (2394) (2611651)	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	4.0	5.0	6.0	6.5	7.5
2	Silas Lund	W 9	B 1	W 10	W 3	B 4	W 5	B 6	W 7	B 8
	unr. (2340) (1405454)	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	3.5
3	Jordan Clyde	W 8	B 9	W 1	B 2	W 10	W 4	B 5	W 6	B 7
	2212 130068 (2165) (2616653)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	Liran Zhou	W 7	B 8	W 9	B 1	W 2	B 3	W 10	W 5	B 6
	unr. (2307) (30931967)	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5
5	Tomas Krnan	W 6	B 7	W 8	B 9	W 1	B 2	W 3	B 4	W 10
	2484 132215 (2420) (14905361)	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	4.0	5.0	5.5	5.5
6	Jason Liang	B 5	B 10	W 7	B 8	W 9	B 1	W 2	B 3	W 4
	2376 170934 (2346) (30940303)	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	3.5	4.0
7	Joshua Posthuma	B 4	W 5	B 6	B 10	W 8	B 9	W 1	B 2	W 3
	unr. (2353) (2096889)	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	5.0
8	Tangi Migot	B 3	W 4	B 5	W 6	B 7	B 10	W 9	B 1	W 2
	2462 168224 (2367) (662445)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	3.5
9	Nicholas Vettese	B 2	W 3	B 4	W 5	B 6	W 7	B 8	B 10	W 1
	2367 154199 (2225) (2620090)	0.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	3.5	3.5
10	Eugene Hua	B 1	W 6	B 2	W 7	B 3	W 8	B 4	W 9	B 5
	2400 154197 (2298) (2618150)	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	3.5	4.5	5.0	5.0	6.0