Labor Day 2021 GM/IM Norm Invitational

September 2-7, 2021

GM A
 Name: KAMIL DRAGUN
Current Rating: 2555
Title: GM		POL 
2019 Polish National Champion, 2018 Chess Olympiad representative (4th place). Student and chess player at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. 5th CCCSA Norm Invitational.
 Name: CEMIL CAN ALI MARANDI
Current Rating: 2530
Title: GM		TUR 
5-time European Youth Champion (U10-U18), 2020 and 2021 Charlotte Open Champion. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: TANGUY RINGOIR
Current Rating: 2479
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: IRAKLI BERADZE
Current Rating: 2479
Title: IM		GEO 
#13 rated player from the Republic of Georgia, 2018 Olympiad representative, 2 GM norms. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: CHRISTOPHER YOO
Current Rating: 2466
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: ARTHUR GUO
Current Rating: 2446
Title: GM		USA 
2022 Denker High School Tournament Champion, 2021 National Open Champion, Panam Youth Champion, Panam Junior Co-champion, 1 GM norm. 6th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: SAFAL BORA
Current Rating: 2423
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY
Current Rating: 2416
Title: IM		USA 
3-time New York State Champion, 1 GM norm. 14th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: KYRON GRIFFITH
Current Rating: 2401
Title: IM		USA 
Earned 2nd IM norm at CCC Norm Invitational. Peak rating 2401.
 Name: DIMITAR MARDOV
Current Rating: 2356
Title: IM		USA 
#1 rated 15-year-old in the US by USCF rating, #2 rated player from Illinois. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
GM B
 Name: NIKOLAS THEODOROU
Current Rating: 2569
Title: GM		GRE 
 Name: MAGESH PANCHANATHAN
Current Rating: 2500
Title: GM		IND 
 Name: ANDREW HONG
Current Rating: 2494
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: MARK PARAGUA
Current Rating: 2475
Title: GM		PHI 
Peak World Ranking #99 (2621 FIDE), played in 2004 FIDE World Championship, 6 Olympiads, 3 World Cups, defeated World #18 Jan-Krzysztof Duda at the 2022 Olympiad. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JOSHUA SHENG
Current Rating: 2465
Title: GM		USA 
2016 North American Junior Champion, earned 2nd GM norm at CCC Norm Invitational. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JUSTIN WANG
Current Rating: 2463
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: THOMAS ROUSSEL-ROOZMON
Current Rating: 2462
Title: GM		CAN 
 Name: KASSA KORLEY
Current Rating: 2411
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: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2368
Title: IM		USA 
North Carolina's first home grown IM (earned 6 IM norms from CCC Norm Invitationals).
 Name: LEVY ROZMAN
Current Rating: 2353
Title: IM		USA 
"GothamChess" is a popular chess streamer (567K followers) and Youtuber (1.46M subscribers). 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
IM C
 Name: MING LU
Current Rating: 2387
Title: IM		USA 
#9 rated 15-year-old in the US, 1 IM norm (from CCC Norm Invitational). 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: LIAM PUTNAM
Current Rating: 2331
Title: IM		USA 
IM-Elect, #5 rated 15-year-old in the US.
 Name: GABRIELA ANTOVA
Current Rating: 2313
Title: FM		BUL 
 Name: SANDEEP SETHURAMAN
Current Rating: 2286
Title: IM		USA 
2022 Denker High School Tournament Co-Champion, 2022 and 2022-23 National Online Scholastic Quick K-12 Champion, 2022 National 11th Grade Champion, 3 IM norms (1 from CCC Invitational). 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: PABLO DELLA MORTE
Current Rating: 2286
Title: IM		ARG 
 Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2285
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: ROBBY ADAMSON
Current Rating: 2266
Title: FM		USA 
#6 rated player from Arizona, 1988 Denker High School Tournament Co-Champion, 3 IM norms, peak ratings 2378 FIDE and 2447 USCF. 12th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: OLADAPO ADU
Current Rating: 2204
Title: IM		NGR 
Represented Nigeria at the Chess Olympiad and World Cup. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JAMES CANTY
Current Rating: 2190
Title: FM		USA 
#7 rated player in Michigan, professional chess streamer.
 Name: JULIAN PROLEIKO
Current Rating: 2122
Title: 		USA 
3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
IM D
 Name: ULVI BAJARANI
Current Rating: 2435
Title: GM		AZE 
 Name: ALEXANDER MATROS
Current Rating: 2364
Title: IM		KAZ 
#1 rated player in South Carolina, current SC Champion and Senior Champion, PhD and Professor. 11th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ROBERT SHLYAKHTENKO
Current Rating: 2313
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: JOSHUA COLAS
Current Rating: 2283
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: ALEXANDER KING
Current Rating: 2276
Title: FM		USA 
#2 rated player in Tennessee. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ALEXEY DIULGER
Current Rating: 2272
Title: IM		MDA 
 Name: ALEX KOLAY
Current Rating: 2239
Title: FM		USA 
#14 rated 17-year-old in the US. 6th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: SHELEV OBEROI
Current Rating: 2175
Title: 		USA 
#6 rated 16-year-old in the US. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: MATAN PRILLELTENSKY
Current Rating: 2162
Title: 		USA 
Chess master and coach from New York. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ANA SHAMATAVA
Current Rating: 2143
Title: WFM		GEO