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Norm Seekers Converge Upon Saint Louis

By on May 27, 2014 in

IM Sam Sevian, 13, seeks his second grandmaster norm.

SAINT LOUIS (May 27, 2014) -- On the heels of the recently concluded 2014 U.S. Championships, some of the top players in the country once again are converging upon Saint Louis for the 2014 Saint Louis Invitational. This event is actually two separate 10-player round robins, one a GM Norm event and the other an IM Norm event.

Play begins on Wednesday, May 28, and goes through Sunday, June 1. Click here to see live games from the tournament!

The participants for the GM Norm event are as follows:

Title	Last Name	First Name	Country
GM	Finegold	Ben	USA
GM	Boros	Denes	HUN
GM	Friedel	Josh	USA
IM	Kannappan	Priy	IND
IM	Gorovets	Andrey	BLR
IM	Troff	Kayden	USA
IM	Chandra	Akshat	USA
IM	Panjwani	Raja	CAN
IM	Sevian	Sam	USA
IM	Bartholomew	John	USA

GM Norm Tourney Prizes:

1st	$1,000
2nd	$800
3rd	$600
4th	$400
5th	$200

The participants for the IM Norm event are as follows:

Title	Last Name	First Name	Country
IM	Burnett	Ron	USA
IM	Young	Angelo	PHI
IM	Bregadze	Levan	GEO
WIM	Ni	Viktoria	USA
NM	Aripov	Iskandar	UZB
FM	Vibbert	Sean	USA
FM	Eckert	Doug	USA
IM	Ross	David	CAN
FM	Homa	Seth	USA
FM	Sharma	Arun	USA

IM Norm Tourney Prizes:

1st $750
2nd $500
3rd $250
Schedule of Events

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, May 28th	11:00 A.M.	Round 1
	6:00 P.M.	Round 2
Thursday, May 29th	11:00 A.M.	Round 3
	6:00 P.M.	Round 4
Friday, May 30th	11:00 A.M.	Round 5
	6:00 P.M.	Round 6
Saturday, May 31st	11:00 A.M.	Round 7
	6:00 P.M.	Round 8
Sunday, June 1st	12:00 P.M.	Round 9

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