Fall 2018 GM/IM Norm Invitational

November 21-25, 2018

GM
 Name: TANGUY RINGOIR
Current Rating: 2527
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: NICOLAS CHECA
Current Rating: 2495
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: ANGEL ARRIBAS LOPEZ
Current Rating: 2480
Title: GM		ESP 
 Name: DAVID BERCZES
Current Rating: 2480
Title: GM		HUN 
 Name: KASSA KORLEY
Current Rating: 2453
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: 2442
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.
 Name: ALEXANDER KATZ
Current Rating: 2419
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: BRANDON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2414
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: JOEL BANAWA
Current Rating: 2388
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2354
Title: IM		USA 
North Carolina's first home grown IM (earned 6 IM norms from CCC Norm Invitationals).
IM
 Name: TITAS STREMAVICIUS
Current Rating: 2465
Title: GM		LTU 
#4 rated player from Lithuania, 3-time Olympiad representative.
 Name: ROHAN AHUJA
Current Rating: 2388
Title: IM		IND 
 Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2364
Title: FM		IND 
Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ANDY HUANG
Current Rating: 2320
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2309
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: NIKHIL KUMAR
Current Rating: 2277
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: BENJAMIN MOON
Current Rating: 2277
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: AARON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2256
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: SAHIL SINHA
Current Rating: 2233
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: ARAVIND KUMAR
Current Rating: 2217
Title: FM		USA