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6th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational Final Results |
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011 11:00 |
Metropolitan Chess, Inc. hosted an International Master norm round robin tournament on June 1 to 5 of 2011. The tournament was sponsored by California Market Center, Fashion Business, Inc, Chess.com, MonRoi, LawyerFy, and Betty Bottom Showroom.
This tournament named the 6th Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational was held in Suite C998 of the California Market Center on 110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles 90079. The tournament was organized by Ankit Gupta, the chief arbiter was Randy Hough, and the deputy arbiter was Michael Belcher. The participants included: IM Zhanibek Amanov (KAZ), IM Timothy Taylor (USA), IM Andranik Matikozyan (ARM), FM Joel Banawa (USA), FM Pedram Atoufi (IRI), FM Phillip Xiao Wang (USA), CM Giovanni Carreto (MEX), FM Harutyan Akopyan (USA) and NM Alessandro Steinfl (ITA).
The tournament was a 10 player round-robin (all play all), with rounds scheduled as follows – 1st: 7:00 PM, 2nd: 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM, 3rd: 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM, 4th: 11:00 AM & 5:00 PM, 5th: 10:00 AM & 4:00 PM.
FM Joel Banawa and FM Philip Xiao Wang achieved IM norms scoring 6.5 out of 9.0. This was Philip's 2nd norm, and Joel's 3rd norm, making FM Joel Banawa now International Master-elect. IM Zhanibek Amanov won the tournament with a convincing 7.0 out of 9.0.
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