Memorial Day 2021 CCC GM/IM Norm Invitational

May 27-31, 2021

Name: PETER PROHASZKA
Current Rating: 2567
Title: GM

Name: MARK PARAGUA
Current Rating: 2529
Title: GM

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: TANGUY RINGOIR
Current Rating: 2474
Title: GM

#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: DANIEL FERNANDEZ
Current Rating: 2458
Title: GM

Name: CHRISTOPHER YOO
Current Rating: 2455
Title: GM

Name: KASSA KORLEY
Current Rating: 2441
Title: IM

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: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2385
Title: FM

Name: SAHIL SINHA
Current Rating: 2375
Title: IM

Name: ARTHUR GUO
Current Rating: 2359
Title: GM

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: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2317
Title: IM

Name: ALEXANDER MATROS
Current Rating: 2373
Title: IM

Name: NIKOLAY ANDRIANOV
Current Rating: 2365
Title: IM

Former Ukranian and Soviet Junior Champion, defeated top GMs Garry Kasparov, Bronstein, Suetin, Averbakh. 12th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2290
Title: IM

World Chess Olympiad Gold Medalist (4-time representative), 2 draws with former World Champion Vishy Anand. 298th CCC Norm Invitational (CCC record).

Name: VINCENT TSAY
Current Rating: 2285
Title: FM

3 IM norms. Peak rating 2378

Name: CARLOS SANDOVAL MERCADO
Current Rating: 2252
Title: FM

#7 rated player from Mexico. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: ROBBY ADAMSON
Current Rating: 2250
Title: FM

#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: EDDY TIAN
Current Rating: 2204
Title: IM

Name: DOUG ECKERT
Current Rating: 2165
Title: FM

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: MATAN PRILLELTENSKY
Current Rating: 2136
Title:

Chess master and coach from New York. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: DOMINIQUE MYERS
Current Rating: 1985
Title: NM