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2019 Saint Louis Norm Congress

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Event Details

May 16, 2019 - May 21, 2019

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Saint Louis Norm Congress.

GM Norm Section		IM Norm Section
Place	Name	Place	Name
1	GM Evgeny Shtembuliak	1	IM Keaton Kiewra
2	GM Denes Boros	2	IM Luis Torres
3	IM Justin Wang	T3-4	FM Gauri Shankar IM Eric Rosen

The Saint Louis Chess Club is proud to host the 2019 Saint Louis Norm Congress. The invitational brings together players from around the world to compete for cash prizes and the chance to earn Grandmaster and International Master titles. Held May 16-21 at our Central West End campus, follow the games live here!

Format & Regulations

Two 10 player round-robins
Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment
Players are required to be at the board at the start of each round
Players are required to keep notation throughout each game
No cell phones or other electronic devices are allowed in the tournament hall

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Tournament Crosstable

Wins / Draws / Losses

Standard Scoring

1 Win

½ Draw

0 Loss

Rank	Name	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
1	GM Shtembuliak, Evgeny	UKR	2516	x	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7.0
2	GM Boros, Denes	HUN	2439	½	x	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	7.0
3	IM Wang, Justin	USA	2434	½	0	x	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	5.5
4	GM Ali Marandi, Cemil Can	TUR	2531	½	½	½	x	½	0	½	0	1	1	4.5
5	IM Banawa, Joel	USA	2396	½	0	0	½	x	½	1	1	½	½	4.5
6	IM Escalante Ramirez, Brian S	PER	2452	0	½	½	1	½	x	0	½	0	1	4.0
7	IM Hong, Andrew	USA	2414	0	0	½	½	0	1	x	0	1	1	4.0
8	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	USA	2373	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	x	0	1	4.0
9	IM Jacobson, Brandon	USA	2503	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	1	x	½	3.5
10	IM Korley, Kassa	DEN	2468	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	x	1.0

Rank	Name	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
1	IM Kiewra, Keaton	USA	2375	x	1	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	6.5
2	IM Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos	MEX	2320	0	x	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	6.0
3	FM Gauri, Shankar	IND	2375	0	½	x	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	5.5
4	IM Rosen, Eric	USA	2338	½	½	½	x	1	½	1	½	1	0	5.5
5	FM Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta	CAN	2378	0	0	½	0	x	1	0	½	1	1	4.0
6	FM Jacobson, Aaron	USA	2311	1	0	½	½	0	x	1	½	0	½	4.0
7	FM Ezra Paul Chambers	BDI	2241	½	½	0	0	1	0	x	1	0	1	4.0
8	WIM Wu, Rochelle	USA	2174	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	x	½	1	4.0
9	FM Giannatos, Peter	USA	2290	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	x	1	3.5
10	Grabinsky, Aaron	USA	2338	½	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	x	2.0

The Players

Additional Info

Ezra Chambers

Invitational Rating: 2241

Rochelle Wu

Invitational Rating: 2174

Peter Giannatos

Invitational Rating: 2290

Luis Torres

Invitational Rating: 2320

Aaron Jacobson

Invitational Rating: 2311

Keaton Kiewra

Invitational Rating: 2375

Gauri Shankar

Invitational Rating: 2375

Olivier Chiku-Ratte

Invitational Rating: 2378

Aaron Grabinsky

Invitational Rating: 2338

Eric Rosen

Invitational Rating: 2338

Brian Sebastian Escalante Ramirez

Invitational Rating: 2352

Cemil Can Ali Marandi

Invitational Rating: 2531

Evgeny Shtembuliak

Invitational Rating: 2516

Brandon Jacobson

Invitational Rating: 2503

Kassa Korley

Invitational Rating: 2468

Denes Boros

Invitational Rating: 2439

Justin Wang

Invitational Rating: 2434

Andrew Hong

Invitational Rating: 2414

Joel Banawa

Invitational Rating: 2396

Tatev Abrahamyan

Invitational Rating: 2373

Schedule

Day	Date	Time	Event
Thursday	16-May	4:30 pm	Players Meeting
Thursday	16-May	5:00 pm	Round 1
Friday	17-May	11:00 am	Round 2
Friday	17-May	5:00 pm	Round 3
Saturday	18-May	11:00 am	Round 4
Saturday	18-May	5:00 pm	Round 5
Sunday	19-May	11:00 am	Round 6
Sunday	19-May	5:00 pm	Round 7
Monday	20-May	11:00 am	Round 8
Tuesday	21-May	11:00 am	Round 9
Tuesday	21-May	4:00 pm	Playoff

Prizes

GM Section		IM Section
Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1st	$2,000	1st	$1,200
2nd	$1,500	2nd	$1,000
3rd	$1,000	3rd	$700
4th	$800	4th	$600
5th	$700	5th	$500
6th	$600	6th	$400
7th	$600	7th	$400
8th	$600	8th	$400
9th	$600	9th	$400
10th	$600	10th	$400
Total	$9,000	Total	$6,000
Total Prize Fund		$15,000