Summer 2022 GM/IM Norm Invitational

July 24-28, 2022

GM A
 Name: BARTLOMIEJ MACIEJA
Current Rating: 2518
Title: GM		POL 
6-time Olympiad representative, 2002 European Champion, Head Coach of the UTRGV chess team, peak World Ranking #40 (2653 FIDE). 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JACOB AAGAARD
Current Rating: 2474
Title: GM		SCO 
World’s leading chess trainers and authors, 4-time Olympiad representative, former British and Scottish national champion. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JULIO BECERRA
Current Rating: 2465
Title: GM		USA 
2-time Cuban Champion, 8-time Florida State Champion, peak ratings 2614 FIDE and 2672 USCF (#7 in the US). 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: KASSA KORLEY
Current Rating: 2421
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: LIRAN ZHOU
Current Rating: 2393
Title: IM		USA 
#3 rated 14-year-old in the US, held the national record for the youngest National Master. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: VYOM VIDYARTHI
Current Rating: 2391
Title: IM		USA 
2021 and 2022 North American U20 Champion, 2022 PanAm U18 Champion, 2021 Barber Middle School National Champion, #6 rated 15-year-old in the US, 2 GM norms. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2376
Title: FM		IND 
Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: DEAN IPPOLITO
Current Rating: 2361
Title: IM		USA 
Chess author, coach, and 2022 North Carolina State Co-Champion. 6th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: AYDIN TURGUT
Current Rating: 2360
Title: FM		USA 
Top rated player from Indiana, #6 rated 17-year old in the US, 3 IM norms (2 from CCC Norm Invitationals). 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: MICHAEL MULYAR
Current Rating: 2347
Title: IM		USA 
2-time US Open Champion, 3-time Colorado State Champion, top rated player from Colorado. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
IM B
 Name: TANGUY RINGOIR
Current Rating: 2490
Title: GM		BEL 
#4 rated player from Belgium, top rated player from Maryland, 3-time Belgian National Champion, holds the largest cumulative plus score in CCC Invitationals (43 wins, 129 draws, 8 losses). 21st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2402
Title: IM		USA 
North Carolina's first home grown IM (earned 6 IM norms from CCC Norm Invitationals). 20th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: SETH HOMA
Current Rating: 2237
Title: FM		USA 
#5 rated player from Michigan, 2-time Michigan Open Champion, 4 IM norms. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JOSHUA AVILA RODRIGUEZ
Current Rating: 2210
Title: 		MEX 
#35 rated player from Mexico. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: PRATEEK MISHRA
Current Rating: 2204
Title: 		USA 
#10 rated player from Georgia, #17 rated 17-year-old in the US. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ALEX KOLAY
Current Rating: 2188
Title: FM		USA 
#14 rated 17-year-old in the US. 6th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: DOUG ECKERT
Current Rating: 2177
Title: FM		USA 
Chess author, Correspondence Chess International Master, 2-time U.S. Junior Open Champion, 2023 U.S. Senior Open Co-champion. 7th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ANTHONY ATANASOV
Current Rating: 2172
Title: FM		CAN 
#47 rated player from Canada, top 50 in the World and #1 in Canada for players under 16. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: MIKE ZALOZNYY
Current Rating: 2171
Title: 		USA 
#4 rated player in Nevada, USCF Original Life Master. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: OLADAPO ADU
Current Rating: 2056
Title: IM		NGR 
Represented Nigeria at the Chess Olympiad and World Cup. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
IM C
 Name: YANS GIRONES BARRIOS
Current Rating: 2412
Title: FM		CUB 
#30 rated player in Cuba. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: SHAWN RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX
Current Rating: 2366
Title: IM		CAN 
2022 Canadian Zonal and Canadian Open Co-Champion, #12 player from Canada. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: TANITOLUWA ADEWUMI
Current Rating: 2309
Title: FM		USA 
2021 North American U12 Champion, top rated 11-year-old in the US. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: GUS HUSTON
Current Rating: 2282
Title: IM		USA 
#5 rated 16-year-old in the US, 1 IM norm. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: VISHNUVARDHAN ARJUN
Current Rating: 2273
Title: IM		IND 
Former British Junior Champion and U.S. G/60 Champion. 7th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: RAGHAV VENKAT
Current Rating: 2227
Title: 		USA 
#13 rated 17-year-old in the US, #16 rated player in Florida, 2022 Florida K-12 Champion and 2022 National 12th Grade Champion. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: TERRY LUO
Current Rating: 2204
Title: FM		USA 
Top rated player from Delaware, #5 rated 15-year-old in the US. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: PEDRO RODRIGUEZ RIVERA
Current Rating: 2192
Title: IM		CUB 
2017 Panamerican Senior Champion. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: BRYAN XIE
Current Rating: 2191
Title: 		USA 
#5 rated 12-year-old in the US, 2020 Rockefeller (K-5) National Champion, 2018 North American U10 Champion. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: TOMMY WEN
Current Rating: 2040
Title: 		USA 
#23 rated 15-year-old in the US. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
IM D
 Name: YUNIER LEYVA RIVERA
Current Rating: 2379
Title: IM		CUB 
#38 player from Cuba, #11 player from Florida. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: DAVID VIGORITO
Current Rating: 2295
Title: IM		USA 
9-time chess author, former champion of New England, Nevada, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JOSEPH LEVINE
Current Rating: 2294
Title: IM		USA 
#6 rated 16-year-old in the US, #7 rated player from Washington. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: NICO CHASIN
Current Rating: 2285
Title: IM		USA 
#5 rated 15-year-old in the US, #4 blitz-rated player under 16 in the US, top quick-rated player under 16 in the US, 2022 National 10th Grade Co-Champion. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: SHELEV OBEROI
Current Rating: 2259
Title: 		USA 
#6 rated 16-year-old in the US. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2245
Title: IM		MEX 
World Chess Olympiad Gold Medalist (4-time representative), 2 draws with former World Champion Vishy Anand. 298th CCC Norm Invitational (CCC record).
 Name: TEDDIE WEN
Current Rating: 2234
Title: 		USA 
#7 rated 16-year-old in the US. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: DHARIM BACUS
Current Rating: 2227
Title: FM		PHI 
2018 U.S. Armed Forces Co-Champion, #12 rated player in North Carolina. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JAMES CANTY
Current Rating: 2175
Title: FM		USA 
#9 rated player in Michigan, professional chess streamer. 7th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: OLUWASEUN BISIRIYU-SALAM
Current Rating: 1992
Title: 		NGR 
Chess coach and tournament director. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.