Summer 2019 CCC GM/IM Norm Invitational

June 5-9, 2019

GM A

Name: KAREN GRIGORYAN
Current Rating: 2547
Title: GM

Name: STEVEN ZIERK
Current Rating: 2501
Title: GM

Name: TANGUY RINGOIR
Current Rating: 2500
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: BRANDON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2486
Title: GM

Name: ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY
Current Rating: 2437
Title: IM

3-time New York State Champion, 1 GM norm. 14th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: KASSA KORLEY
Current Rating: 2430
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: CHRISTOPHER YOO
Current Rating: 2430
Title: GM

Name: ANDREW HONG
Current Rating: 2414
Title: GM

Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2378
Title: FM

Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2333
Title: IM

North Carolina's first home grown IM (earned 6 IM norms from CCC Norm Invitationals).

IM B

Name: MARTIN LOKANDER
Current Rating: 2429
Title: IM

Name: ALONSO ZAPATA
Current Rating: 2427
Title: GM

8-time Colombian Champion, first Colombian Grandmaster, 12-time Olympiad representative, defeated World Champions Vasily Smyslov and Vishy Anand. 9th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: FELIX YNOJOSA APONTE
Current Rating: 2386
Title: IM

Name: SETH HOMA
Current Rating: 2300
Title: FM

#5 rated player from Michigan, 2-time Michigan Open Champion, 4 IM norms. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: SAHIL SINHA
Current Rating: 2283
Title: IM

Name: ALEX KOLAY
Current Rating: 2274
Title: FM

#14 rated 17-year-old in the US. 6th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: NIKHIL KUMAR
Current Rating: 2257
Title: IM

Name: ABHIMANYU MISHRA
Current Rating: 2227
Title: GM

Youngest GM in the World (World Record Holder for Youngest GM and Youngest IM), #1 rated U14 player in the World. 13th CCCSA Norm Invitational.

Name: RICHARD FRANCISCO
Current Rating: 2226
Title: FM

Name: ZACHARY DUKIC
Current Rating: 2224
Title: FM

#26 rated Canadian, 1 IM norm. 2nd CCCSA Norm Invitational.

IM C

Name: CARLOS HEVIA ALEJANO
Current Rating: 2481
Title: GM

Name: LEVAN BREGADZE
Current Rating: 2462
Title: IM

Former member of the UMBC chess team, #4 rated player in North Carolina. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: JOHN LUDWIG
Current Rating: 2374
Title: IM

Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2311
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: AARON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2302
Title: IM

Name: AYDIN TURGUT
Current Rating: 2286
Title: FM

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: JASON WANG
Current Rating: 2285
Title: IM

Name: ROBBY ADAMSON
Current Rating: 2238
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: AARON BALLEISEN
Current Rating: 2203
Title:

Name: RAS MALAKU LORNE
Current Rating: 2159
Title: FM