Summer 2020 CCC GM/IM Norm Invitational

August 19-24, 2020

GM A

Name: TITAS STREMAVICIUS
Current Rating: 2529
Title: GM

#4 rated player from Lithuania, 3-time Olympiad representative.

Name: MAGESH PANCHANATHAN
Current Rating: 2508
Title: GM

Name: PRAVEEN BALAKRISHNAN
Current Rating: 2498
Title: GM

Name: TANGUY RINGOIR
Current Rating: 2491
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: ANDREW HONG
Current Rating: 2444
Title: GM

Name: CRAIG HILBY
Current Rating: 2433
Title: IM

2 GM norms (1 from CCC norm invitational). 6th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY
Current Rating: 2425
Title: IM

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

Name: KEVIN WANG
Current Rating: 2402
Title: IM

#100 rated player in the US, peak USCF rating 2536, earned IM title at January 2018 CCC Norm Invitational. 9th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: JOSIAH STEARMAN
Current Rating: 2349
Title: IM

Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2347
Title: FM

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

IM B

Name: ZURAB JAVAKHADZE
Current Rating: 2454
Title: IM

5-time Texas State Champion with 4 GM norms. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: ALEXANDER MATROS
Current Rating: 2442
Title: IM

#1 rated player in South Carolina, current SC Champion and Senior Champion, PhD and Professor. 11th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: IAN ZHAO
Current Rating: 2380
Title: FM

Name: ROBERT SHLYAKHTENKO
Current Rating: 2343
Title: IM

Name: JASON LIANG
Current Rating: 2340
Title: IM

North American U12 Champion, Barber Middle School Co-Champion, New York State Champion, #2 rated 15-year-old in the US, earned 3 IM norms at CCC norm events. 1 GM norm. 8th CCC Norm Invitational.

Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2314
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: 2310
Title: FM

3 IM norms. Peak rating 2378

Name: RICHARD FRANCISCO
Current Rating: 2293
Title: FM

Name: JUSTIN PAUL
Current Rating: 2231
Title: FM

Name: ROBBY ADAMSON
Current Rating: 2201
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.