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An 11-round Swiss is taking place in El Salvador. Canada is represented by GM Anton Kovalyov, who is the 4th highest rated in the event. The top 4 qualify for the FIDE World Cup phase of the World Championship cycle.
Anton won quickly tonite with White against an FM, after a quick draw as Black this morning and now sits at 2.5/3. Another interesting development at the tournament was Awonder Liang's win against top seed Lazaro Bruzon of Cuba in round 2.
Anton won again yesterday and shares the lead with GM Emilio Cordova at 6 points. Anton plays Emilio today with Black. Meanwhile boy wonder Awonder Liang is hanging tough in the second point group (5.5) and plays Black today against fellow American Alex Lenderman. Round 8, 4 games to go.
Anton played another interesting game today. In the position at move 26 with white to move, white has at least 5 good candidate moves and chooses Nc4. At move 28 again more than 5 good candidate moves and white chooses the strategically interesting Ne3. Very rich positions! Young Awonder is definitely on track for a GM norm, in fact, may have already sewn it up. Its been great to watch his progress towards GM.
Another nice win yesterday for Anton with the Black pieces, staying alone in second place at 8/10 . Today he has White against GM Alan Pichot. Feels like a qualification spot in the next World Cup! 4 spots are at stake.
Another nice win yesterday for Anton with the Black pieces, staying alone in second place at 8/10 . Today he has White against GM Alan Pichot. Feels like a qualification spot in the next World Cup! 4 spots are at stake.
Anton can clinch a spot either by not losing today, or by the leader Cordova not losing. If both of those things happen, tiebreaks come into play, which are Buchholz, and my cursory review indicates he will have decent chances in those against most of the potential ties, with the exception that he will easily have better tiebreak than Arenas, so if Arenas wins, Anton should be in as well.
So, today, we root for: Cordova, Kovalyov, Arenas, and everyone Kovaylov has played already.
Last edited by David Ottosen; Sunday, 5th June, 2016, 12:58 PM.
Thankyou gentlemen! First GM norm for Awonder Liang at 13! - it seems like its been a long road for him since I first noticed him (maybe 5 years?) but good determination and he now obviously is comfortable playing with GM's. Anton's score would have been enough to win most tournaments but a real fighting tournament and a great result!
Thankyou gentlemen! First GM norm for Awonder Liang at 13! - it seems like its been a long road for him since I first noticed him (maybe 5 years?) but good determination and he now obviously is comfortable playing with GM's. Anton's score would have been enough to win most tournaments but a real fighting tournament and a great result!
Over the weekend, Susan Polgar tweeted this:
"After securing a 9 Rd GM norm 2 days ago,
Awonder now achieves a full 11 Rd GM norm! Congrats!"
- not sure which events she was referring to, but there you go.
Over the weekend, Susan Polgar tweeted this:
"After securing a 9 Rd GM norm 2 days ago,
Awonder now achieves a full 11 Rd GM norm! Congrats!"
- not sure which events she was referring to, but there you go.
It's the same tournament. You can get a 9 games norm or a 11 games norm. You need 27 games norms and 2500+ to get the GM title.
For Olympiad, a title norm counts as 20 games; a title performance counts as 13 games.
From FIDE handbook:
1.5 Requirements for Award of the Title, having achieved Norms
1.51 Two or more norms in tournaments covering at least 27 games.
1.52 If a norm is sufficient for more than one title, then it may be used as part of the application for both.
1.53 To have achieved at some time or other a rating as follows:
GM≥2500
IM≥2400
WGM ≥2300
WIM≥2200
1.53a Such a rating need not be published. It can be obtained in the middle of a rating period, or even in the middle of a tournament. The player may then disregard subsequent results for the purpose of their title application. However, the burden of proof then rests with the federation of the title applicant. It is recommended that players receive a certificate from the Chief Arbiter where they achieve the rating level during a tournament. Such a certificate should include a note of the date each game was played. Title applications based on unpublished ratings shall only be accepted by FIDE after agreement with the Rating Administrator and the QC. Ratings in the middle of a period can be confirmed only after all tournaments for that period have been received and rated by FIDE.
1.54 A title result shall be valid if it was obtained in accordance with the FIDE Title Regulations prevailing at the time of the tournament when the norm was obtained.
1.55 Title norms gained before 1.7.2005 must be registered with FIDE before 1.7.2013 or they will be considered to have expired.
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