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NACA 23rd Invitational Under Way

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Created: 24 August 2009 24 August 2009

The 23rd edition of the NACA Invitational Chess Tournament is under way at the Holiday Inn in Skokie.

Young Superstar player IM Ray Robson is leading the tournament with an impressive 3.5/4 which includes a win over strong GM Izoria.

This month's event is rare since it is a swiss tournament that was open to any players. Cost of entry depended on how big your rating was.

Sevan Muradian Organiser of this event who is very commited to helping players achieve both IM and GM norms by staging these tournaments has drawn a very strong field for this event which includes 4 GM's and a slew of other Titled players.

Of note in the standings below are the following. Young Superstar player IM Ray Robson is leading the tournament with an impressive 3.5/4 which includes a win over strong GM Izoria. Tied for second is Michael Thaler who is certainly an up and coming player who I have no doubt will one day become an IM maybe even a GM. Below the standings are listed the pairings for Round 5 of the event. Thaler V Robson on board one should be great as well as Finegold V Kacheishvili on board 2. IM Ben Finegold is the strongest IM in North America and should become a GM soon.

Local GM's Mitkov and Amanov as well as IM Elect Felecan lead the Chicago charge with 2.5/4

Standings through Round 4

23rd North American FIDE Invitational — FIDE                Cross Table, Page 1

No.    Name                         St Rate 1     2     3     4     Score

1. Robson, Ray (6)……………  FL 2491 W20   D2    W14   W5      3.5

2. Kacheishvili, Gior (1)……..  NY 2606 W15   D1    W10   D4      3.0
3. Finegold, Benjamin (4)……..  MI 2513 W26   D13   D9    W17     3.0
4. Thaler, Michael (28)……….  NY 2235 D11   W16   W7    D2      3.0

5. Izoria, Zviad (2)………….  NY 2604 W17   D9    W13   L1      2.5
6. Mitkov, Nikola (3)…………  IL 2526 W25   L10   W18   D9      2.5
7. Amanov, Mesgen (5)…………  IL 2497 W18   D12   L4    W19     2.5
8. Ippolito, Dean J (7)……….  NJ 2455 D21   W19   D12   D10     2.5
9. Shankland, Samuel (8)………  CA 2448 W27   D5    D3    D6      2.5
10. Vigorito, David (11)……….  MA 2400 W28   W6    L2    D8      2.5
11. Felecan, Florin (12)……….  IL 2399 D4    D24   D22   W21     2.5
12. Molner, Mackenzie (13)……..  NJ 2393 W29   D7    D8    D16     2.5
13. Mulyar, Michael A (14)……..  CO 2390 W32   D3    L5    W24     2.5
14. Kleiman, Jake (16)…………  TN 2350 D24   W21   L1    W22     2.5
15. Lee, Michael (17)………….  WA 2347 L2    D26   W28   W20     2.5

16. Arnold, Marc Tyler (10)…….  NY 2407 D22   L4    W25   D12     2.0
17. Young, Angelo (18)…………  IL 2318 L5    W27   W23   L3      2.0
18. Betaneli, Alex (22)………..  WI 2287 L7    W29   L6    W27     2.0

19. Sarkar, Justin (15)………..  NY 2388 D23   L8    W26   L7      1.5
20. Arjun, Vishnuvardh (21)…….  IL 2295 L1    W32   D24   L15     1.5
21. Santarius, Erik F (24)……..  WI 2267 D8    L14   W29   L11     1.5
22. Chow, Albert C (26)………..  IL 2254 D16   D23   D11   L14     1.5
23. Vaja, Ashish (31)………….  WI 2195 D19   D22   L17   D28     1.5
24. Velikanov, Alexand (32)…….  WI 2069 D14   D11   D20   L13     1.5

25. Adamson, Robby (20)………..  AZ 2302 L6    D28   L16   D26     1.0
26. Shankar, Gauri (23)………..  IL 2270 L3    D15   L19   D25     1.0
27. Yang, Darwin (25)………….  TX 2262 L9    L17   W32   L18     1.0
28. Pitterson, Jomo (27)……….  FL 2254 L10   D25   L15   D23     1.0
29. Matthews, Shane (29)……….  WI 2228 L12   L18   L21   W32     1.0

30. Fouts, Matthew (30)………..  IN 2206 L13   L20   L27   L29     0.0

 

Round 5 Pairings

Thaler - IM Robson

IM Finegold - GM Kacheishvili

GM Izoria - FM Felecan

Molner - GM Mitkov

IM Vigorito - GM Amanov

FM Lee - IM Ippolito

IM Shankland - IM Mulyar

IM Arnold - FM Kleiman

FM Betaneli - IM Young

IM Sarkar - FM Chow

Vaja - IM Vishnuvardhan

Santarius - Velikanov

FM Adamson - FM Yang

Matthews - FM Shankar

Fouts - FM Pitterson