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Robson Shines at 23rd NACA Event Scoring 2nd GM Norm

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Created: 27 August 2009 27 August 2009

Ray Robson scored his second GM Norm at the recently completed 23rd NACA Event. He scored 7/9 5 wins and 4 draws going undefeated and taking home the first prize of $1500.

In 2nd place with 6.5/9 was GM Gior Kacheishvili followed by GM Mesgen Amanov and IM Michael Mulyar in a tie for third place on 6/9.

The event was a great success not only did Robson get his GM Norm but Molner also got his IM Norm with 4.5/9.

Robson is expected to get his final GM Norm at the Spice Cup next month. His USCF rating is expected to break the 2600 mark for the first time.

Another notable performance was by NM Erik Santarius of WI. He scored 5/9 with a win over local FM Albert Chow in the last round. Alexander Velikanov 2069 from WI didn't let the fact that he was the lowest rated player get him down he scored 4/9 only losing 2 games.

Final results are shown below. Congrats to all the players.

Special congrats to Sevan Muradian for bringing together such a strong group of players and running a flawless tournament as he always does.

Final Standings

23rd North American FIDE Invitational — FIDE                Final Standings

1. Robson, Ray (6)……………  FL 2491 W20   D2    W12   W5    D22   D3    W6    W8    D4      7.0

2. Kacheishvili, Gior (1)……..  NY 2606 W19   D1    W15   D22   D6    W7    D8    D4    W9      6.5

3. Amanov, Mesgen (5)…………  IL 2497 W21   D16   L22   W18   W15   D1    L4    W13   W11     6.0
4. Mulyar, Michael A (14)……..  CO 2390 W30   D6    L5    W23   D8    W22   W3    D2    D1      6.0

5. Izoria, Zviad (2)………….  NY 2604 W17   D8    W4    L1    D11   D12   D16   D6    W15     5.5
6. Finegold, Benjamin (4)……..  MI 2513 W25   D4    D8    W17   D2    W16   L1    D5    D7      5.5
7. Ippolito, Dean J (7)……….  NJ 2455 D13   W18   D16   D15   W19   L2    W12   D9    D6      5.5
8. Shankland, Samuel (8)………  CA 2448 W14   D5    D6    D9    D4    W11   D2    L1    W16     5.5

9. Mitkov, Nikola (3)…………  IL 2526 W24   L15   W21   D8    L16   W19   W22   D7    L2      5.0
10. Arnold, Marc Tyler (10)…….  NY 2407 D27   L22   W24   D16   D12   D17   W21   L11   W20     5.0
11. Felecan, Florin (12)……….  IL 2399 D22   D23   D27   W13   D5    L8    W18   W10   L3      5.0
12. Kleiman, Jake (16)…………  TN 2350 D23   W13   L1    W27   D10   D5    L7    D18   W22     5.0
13. Santarius, Erik F (24)……..  WI 2267 D7    L12   W28   L11   W23   D24   W25   L3    W27     5.0
14. Yang, Darwin (25)………….  TX 2262 L8    L17   W30   L21   L24   W29   W28   W19   W18     5.0

15. Vigorito, David (11)……….  MA 2400 W26   W9    L2    D7    L3    D21   W17   D16   L5      4.5
16. Molner, Mackenzie (13)……..  NJ 2393 W28   D3    D7    D10   W9    L6    D5    D15   L8      4.5
17. Young, Angelo (18)…………  IL 2318 L5    W14   W29   L6    D21   D10   L15   D24   W25     4.5

18. Sarkar, Justin (15)………..  NY 2388 D29   L7    W25   L3    W27   W20   L11   D12   L14     4.0
19. Lee, Michael (17)………….  WA 2347 L2    D25   W26   W20   L7    L9    D27   L14   W28     4.0
20. Arjun, Vishnuvardh (21)…….  IL 2295 L1    W30   D23   L19   W29   L18   W26   D22   L10     4.0
21. Betaneli, Alex (22)………..  WI 2287 L3    W28   L9    W14   D17   D15   L10   D27   D26     4.0
22. Thaler, Michael (28)……….  NY 2235 D11   W10   W3    D2    D1    L4    L9    D20   L12     4.0
23. Velikanov, Alexand (32)…….  WI 2069 D12   D11   D20   L4    L13   D28   D24   D26   W29     4.0

24. Adamson, Robby (20)………..  AZ 2302 L9    D26   L10   D25   W14   D13   D23   D17   -U-     3.5
25. Shankar, Gauri (23)………..  IL 2270 L6    D19   L18   D24   W28   D26   L13   W30   L17     3.5
26. Pitterson, Jomo (27)……….  FL 2254 L15   D24   L19   D29   W30   D25   L20   D23   D21     3.5
27. Chow, Albert C (26)………..  IL 2254 D10   D29   D11   L12   L18   W30   D19   D21   L13     3.5

28. Matthews, Shane (29)……….  WI 2228 L16   L21   L13   W30   L25   D23   L14   W29   L19     2.5
29. Vaja, Ashish (31)………….  WI 2195 D18   D27   L17   D26   L20   L14   W30   L28   L23     2.5

30. Fouts, Matthew (30)………..  IN 2206 L4    L20   L14   L28   L26   L27   L29   L25   -B-     1.0