Winter 2018 CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational

January 11-15, 2018

GMGROUPA
 Name: PRAGGNANANDHAA RAMESHBABU
Current Rating: 2515
Title: GM		IND 
 Name: MAGESH PANCHANATHAN
Current Rating: 2486
Title: GM		IND 
 Name: ANGEL ARRIBAS LOPEZ
Current Rating: 2483
Title: GM		ESP 
 Name: ALDER ESCOBAR FORERO
Current Rating: 2482
Title: GM		COL 
Top rated player from Colombia, President of the Colombia Chess Federation, former Colombian National Champion, represented Colombia at 4 Olympiads and the 2019 World Cup. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JOHN BARTHOLOMEW
Current Rating: 2459
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: ALEXANDER KALIKSHTEYN
Current Rating: 2425
Title: IM		USA 
Former competitor in the US Championship, 1993 Denker High School Tournament Champion, 1 GM norm. 9th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: DENYS SHMELOV
Current Rating: 2420
Title: IM		UKR 
#5 rated player from Massachusetts, 1 GM norm. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: DAVID BRODSKY
Current Rating: 2405
Title: GM		USA 
#11 rated player under age 21 in the US, winner of 2018 US Cadet Championship, 2019 National Chess Congress, 2019 Washington Chess Congress, member of University of Texas at Dallas chess team. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: KASSA KORLEY
Current Rating: 2387
Title: IM		DEN 
Held the record for youngest African-American National Master in history, #10 rated player from Denmark, 2 GM norms (1 earned at CCC Norm Inv.). 19th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: KEVIN WANG
Current Rating: 2380
Title: IM		USA 
#100 rated player in the US, peak USCF rating 2536, earned IM title at January 2018 CCC Norm Invitational. 9th CCC Norm Invitational.
GMGROUPB
 Name: ANDREY GOROVETS
Current Rating: 2517
Title: GM		BLR 
 Name: JOHN MICHAEL BURKE
Current Rating: 2514
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: DENIS KADRIC
Current Rating: 2502
Title: GM		MNE 
Top rated player from Montenegro, 5-time Olympiad representative, played in the 2021 World Cup.
 Name: DJURABEK KHAMRAKULOV
Current Rating: 2498
Title: IM		UZB 
 Name: STEVEN ZIERK
Current Rating: 2494
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: ALONSO ZAPATA
Current Rating: 2422
Title: GM		COL 
8-time Colombian Champion, first Colombian Grandmaster, 12-time Olympiad representative, defeated World Champions Vasily Smyslov and Vishy Anand. 9th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY
Current Rating: 2391
Title: IM		USA 
3-time New York State Champion, 1 GM norm. 14th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: BRYCE TIGLON
Current Rating: 2385
Title: GM		USA 
#4 rated player from Washington, 2019 Denker High School Tournament Champion, 2 GM norms. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: BRANDON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2376
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2345
Title: FM		IND 
Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.
IMGROUPC
 Name: TITAS STREMAVICIUS
Current Rating: 2432
Title: GM		LTU 
#4 rated player from Lithuania, 3-time Olympiad representative.
 Name: JENNIFER YU
Current Rating: 2355
Title: WGM		USA 
 Name: ANDREW HONG
Current Rating: 2327
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: BENJAMIN MOON
Current Rating: 2317
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: AARON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2282
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2276
Title: IM		USA 
North Carolina's first home grown IM (earned 6 IM norms from CCC Norm Invitationals).
 Name: ANGELO YOUNG
Current Rating: 2273
Title: IM		PHI 
 Name: GARY NG
Current Rating: 2272
Title: FM		CAN 
 Name: WESLEY WANG
Current Rating: 2226
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: ALEJANDRO MONTALVO
Current Rating: 2183
Title: IM		PUR