Spring 2024 GM/IM Norm

March 27-31, 2024

GM A
 Name: EMILIO CORDOVA
Current Rating: 2551
Title: GM		PER 
#2 rated player from Peru, 6-time Olympiad representative, peak World Ranking #94 (2660 FIDE).
 Name: CEMIL CAN ALI MARANDI
Current Rating: 2516
Title: GM		TUR 
5-time European Youth Champion (U10-U18), 2020 and 2021 Charlotte Open Champion. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: CRISTHIAN CRUZ
Current Rating: 2487
Title: GM		PER 
4-time Olympiad representative, #7 rated player from Peru. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JOSEPH LEVINE
Current Rating: 2372
Title: IM		USA 
#6 rated 16-year-old in the US, #7 rated player from Washington. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2345
Title: FM		IND 
Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2344
Title: IM		USA 
North Carolina's first home grown IM (earned 6 IM norms from CCC Norm Invitationals).
 Name: VINCENT TSAY
Current Rating: 2337
Title: FM		USA 
3 IM norms. Peak rating 2378
 Name: LIAM PUTNAM
Current Rating: 2323
Title: IM		USA 
IM-Elect, #5 rated 15-year-old in the US.
 Name: RYO CHEN
Current Rating: 2316
Title: IM		USA 
#2 rated 14-year-old in the US.
 Name: SETH HOMA
Current Rating: 2234
Title: FM		USA 
#5 rated player from Michigan, 2-time Michigan Open Champion, 4 IM norms. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
IM B
 Name: LEVAN BREGADZE
Current Rating: 2435
Title: IM		GEO 
Former member of the UMBC chess team, #4 rated player in North Carolina. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JULIO BECERRA
Current Rating: 2411
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: DARCY LIMA
Current Rating: 2364
Title: GM		BRA 
FIDE Trainer, International Organizer, 3-time Brazilian Champion, competed in 2000 and 2004 FIDE World Championships, 11-time Olympiad representative. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: SAMRUG NARAYANAN
Current Rating: 2343
Title: IM		USA 
#5 rated player from Minnesota, 1 IM norm. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: BENJAMIN TANG
Current Rating: 2324
Title: FM		USA 
#10 rated 13-year-old in the US, 2022 Rockefeller K-5 National Co-Champion.
 Name: VASEEGARAN NANDHAKUMAR
Current Rating: 2251
Title: 		USA 
#13 rated 15-year-old in the US. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ANDREW JIANG
Current Rating: 2181
Title: 		USA 
#5 rated 13-year-old in the US. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JAMES CHIRILOV
Current Rating: 2082
Title: FM		USA 
#14 rated 15-year-old in the US and 2022 NC State Co-Champion. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: MAIREBIS CASTILLO COCA
Current Rating: 2043
Title: WFM		CUB 
Chess teacher, Woman FIDE Master and US Chess National Master. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: KRISTEL DIAZ CHARPENTIER
Current Rating: 1990
Title: WIM		CRC 
2023 Central American and Caribbean Champion, top rated female player from Costa Rica, 2024 Costa Rican Woman's Champion. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
IM C
 Name: JOSHUA POSTHUMA
Current Rating: 2449
Title: IM		USA 
#2 rated player from Michigan, earned 1 IM from CCC Norm Invitational. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: DIMITRI KOMAROV
Current Rating: 2448
Title: GM		UKR 
Former Ukrainian champion, trainer or top GM Nihal Sarin, and legendary commentator. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: HARSHID KUNKA
Current Rating: 2294
Title: IM		USA 
#4 rated 15-year-old in the US, 2 IM norms (1 from CCC Norm Inv.)
 Name: MARTHA FIERRO
Current Rating: 2283
Title: IM		ECU 
Ecuadorian/American International Master, Woman Grandmaster, FIDE Trainer, and International Organizer, represented Ecuador in 11 Chess Olympiads. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: LUCIUS MELILLO
Current Rating: 2274
Title: FM		USA 
#6 rated 15-year-old in the US.
 Name: GRAHAM HOROBETZ
Current Rating: 2252
Title: 		USA 
#2 rated player from Tennessee. 1st CCC Norm invitational.
 Name: DOUG ECKERT
Current Rating: 2146
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: SIBO WU
Current Rating: 2142
Title: 		CHN 
National Master, FIDE Instructor, software engineer. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JAMES NGUYEN
Current Rating: 2114
Title: 		USA 
#15 rated 16-year-old in the country, #7 rated player from Tennessee. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: YESSICA MENDEZ TOVAR
Current Rating: 1993
Title: WIM		MEX 
#5 rated female player from Mexico. 1st CCC Norm Invitational.