CCSCSL Invitational

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is happy to announce our first-ever GM norm tournament. Participants from around the country will compete for the chance to earn norms toward their GM title.

Follow the games live!

The Lineup

No.	Title	Name	FIDE Rating	Federation
1.	GM	Giorgi Kacheishvili	2590	GEO
2.	GM	Mesgen Amanov	2524	TKM
3.	IM	Marc Arnold	2504	USA
4.	GM	Andre Diamant	2489	BRA
5.	IM	Irina Krush	2476	USA
6.	IM	Greg Shahade	2459	USA
7.	IM	Darwin Yang	2442	USA
8.	IM	Daniel Rensch	2416	USA
9.	IM	Angelo Young	2350	PHI
10.	WGM	Tatev Abrahamyan	2264	USA

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Schedule

Date		Time	Event
Tuesday, Nov 29		4:00pm	Opening Ceremony (Open to the Public)
Tuesday, Nov 29		5:00pm	Round 1
Wednesday, Nov 30		11:00am	Round 2
Wednesday, Nov 30		5:00pm	Round 3
Thursday, Dec 1		11:00am	Round 4
Thursday, Dec 1		5:00pm	Round 5
Friday, Dec 2		11:00am	Round 6
Friday, Dec 2		5:00pm	Round 7
Saturday, Dec 3		11:00am	Round 8
		5:00pm	Round 9
		10:00pm	Closing Ceremony (Open to the Public)

The Details

Time Control: 40/90, G/30 plus 30 sec. from move 1 increment
Average Rating: 2451
Points Needed for GM Norm: 6.5/9
Points Needed for IM Norm: 4.5/9
Prize Fund: Few norm tournaments feature prizes, but the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis went a step above and is offering place prizes for first through third ($1,000, $750, $500) in addition to other conditions for the players, including hotel and travel money.