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Saint Louis Classic Offers GM, IM Norm Chances

By on November 20, 2013 in

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SAINT LOUIS (November 20, 2013) -- The Saint Louis Classic, featuring both an IM and a GM norm tournament, will kick off at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on Thursday, November 21.

The event offers opportunities for some of the country's top players to get one step closer toward attaining the coveted titles of Grandmaster and International Master.

The GM Norm event is headlined by reigning U.S. Women's Champion, GM-elect Irina Krush, who recently achieved her final GM norm at the Baku Open in Azerbaijan. IM Darwin Yang and IM Justin Sarkar each will be looking to achieve his third and final GM norm at the Saint Louis Classic.

The nine-round, round-robin tournaments are scheduled to be held November 21-27 at the Chess Club in Saint Louis, and the games will be broadcast live at www.uschesschamps.com.

GM Norm Event

GM-Elect Krush, Irina (USA): 2502
GM Bykhovsky, Anatoly (Israel): 2502
GM Boros, Denes (Hungary): 2484
IM Yang, Darwin (USA): 2482
GM Diamant, Andre (Brazil): 2465
IM Panjwani, Raja (Canada): 2450
IM Sarkar, Justin (USA): 2432
IM Bartholomew, John (USA): 2425
IM Kannappan, Priyadharshan (India): 2402
IM Kleiman, Jake (USA): 2362

IM Norm Event

IM Gorovets, Andrey (Belarus): 2480
IM Bregadze, Levan (Georgia): 2396
FM Homa, Seth (USA): 2348
FM Xiong, Jeffrey (USA): 2344
FM Vibbert, Sean (USA): 2318
IM Young, Angelo (Philippines): 2311
WGM Nemcova, Katerina (USA): 2296
FM Kavutskiy, Konstantin (USA): 2275
FM Liang, Awonder (USA): 2247
WIM Agrest, Inna (Sweden): 2160

Schedule

Round	Date	Time
1	November 21	5 p.m.
2	November 22	5 p.m.
3	November 23	11 a.m.
4	November 23	5 p.m.
5	November 24	11 a.m.
6	November 24	5 p.m.
7	November 25	5 p.m.
8	November 26	5 p.m.
9	November 27	11 a.m.

Visit www.uschesschamps.com/2013-saint-louis-classic to stay up to date on standings and pairings.

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