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The 4th Metropolitan FIDE Invitational concluded this weekend on April 10th |
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Tuesday, 12 April 2011 07:16 |
The 4th Metropolitan FIDE Invitational concluded this weekend on April 10th. It was organized by Ankit Gupta and directed by Randy Hough and Michael Belcher. FM Joel Banawa and FM Pedram Atoufi both achieved IM norms. This is Banawa's second norm, and Atoufi's first. On the way to the norm, FM Joel Banawa also picked up clear first with a very respectable final score of 7.5 out of 9.0. The full MSA crosstable for the tournament is here.
The tournament was sponsored by California Market Center, Fashion Business, Inc, Chess.com, MonRoi, LawyerFy, and Betty Bottom Showroom.
Standings from this tournament are fully updated on the website on the schedule page of the Metropolitan Chess website at www.metrochessla.com
The participants included: IM Zhanibek Amanov (KAZ), IM Timothy Taylor (USA), IM Andranik Matikozyan (ARM), FM Pedram Atoufi (IRI), FM Joel Banawa (USA), FM Michael Casella (USA), NM Alessandro Steinfl (ITA), Vadim Kudryavtsev (RUS), NM Yian Liou (USA), and SM Roman Yankovsky (RUS).
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