Summer 2021 CCC GM/IM Norm Invitational

Jul 28-Aug 1, 2021

GM A
 Name: EMILIO CORDOVA
Current Rating: 2581
Title: GM		PER 
#2 rated player from Peru, 6-time Olympiad representative, peak World Ranking #94 (2660 FIDE).
 Name: JOSHUA RUIZ CASTILLO
Current Rating: 2503
Title: GM		COL 
 Name: MAGESH PANCHANATHAN
Current Rating: 2503
Title: GM		IND 
 Name: JUSTIN WANG
Current Rating: 2467
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: JOSHUA SHENG
Current Rating: 2453
Title: GM		USA 
2016 North American Junior Champion, earned 2nd GM norm at CCC Norm Invitational. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JOSIAH STEARMAN
Current Rating: 2435
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: JOEL BANAWA
Current Rating: 2404
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2369
Title: FM		IND 
Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: LUIS CARLOS TORRES
Current Rating: 2352
Title: IM		MEX 
 Name: LIRAN ZHOU
Current Rating: 2351
Title: IM		USA 
#3 rated 14-year-old in the US, held the national record for the youngest National Master. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
GM B
 Name: CEMIL CAN ALI MARANDI
Current Rating: 2543
Title: GM		TUR 
5-time European Youth Champion (U10-U18), 2020 and 2021 Charlotte Open Champion. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: FIDEL CORRALES JIMENEZ
Current Rating: 2532
Title: GM		USA 
2023 World Open winner, 2-time World Cup participant. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: TANGUY RINGOIR
Current Rating: 2474
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: ARTHUR GUO
Current Rating: 2470
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: KASSA KORLEY
Current Rating: 2435
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: MARK PLOTKIN
Current Rating: 2430
Title: IM		CAN 
#10 rated Canadian, represented team Canada at the World Youth U16 Olympiad. 4th CCCSA Norm Invitational.
 Name: ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY
Current Rating: 2401
Title: IM		USA 
3-time New York State Champion, 1 GM norm. 14th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ALEXANDER KALIKSHTEYN
Current Rating: 2401
Title: IM		USA 
Former competitor in the US Championship, 1993 Denker High School Tournament Champion, 1 GM norm. 9th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: JASON LIANG
Current Rating: 2352
Title: IM		USA 
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: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2336
Title: IM		USA 
North Carolina's first home grown IM (earned 6 IM norms from CCC Norm Invitationals).
IM C
 Name: ULVI BAJARANI
Current Rating: 2440
Title: GM		AZE 
 Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2297
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: ALEXEY DIULGER
Current Rating: 2294
Title: IM		MDA 
 Name: AYDIN TURGUT
Current Rating: 2275
Title: FM		USA 
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: NICHOLAS MATTA
Current Rating: 2231
Title: FM		USA 
Top rated player from Louisiana. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: EDDY TIAN
Current Rating: 2226
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: JOUAQUIN BANAWA
Current Rating: 2197
Title: FM		PHI 
 Name: ANDY WOODWARD
Current Rating: 2196
Title: GM		USA 
Top rated 13-year-old in the US, 2 GM norms. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: LIAM PUTNAM
Current Rating: 2182
Title: IM		USA 
IM-Elect, #5 rated 15-year-old in the US.
 Name: CRAIG JONES
Current Rating: 2106
Title: NM		USA 
IM D
 Name: ALONSO ZAPATA
Current Rating: 2422
Title: GM		COL 
8-time Colombian Champion, first Colombian Grandmaster, 12-time Olympiad representative, defeated World Champions Vasily Smyslov and Vishy Anand. 9th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: VISHNUVARDHAN ARJUN
Current Rating: 2296
Title: IM		IND 
Former British Junior Champion and U.S. G/60 Champion. 7th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ALFONSO ALMEIDA
Current Rating: 2292
Title: IM		MEX 
Former Mexican Champion and Mexican Open Champion, represented Mexico at World Chess Olympiad. 2nd CCCSA Norm Invitational.
 Name: ISAAC TELLO CHAVEZ
Current Rating: 2270
Title: FM		MEX 
 Name: LEV PACIORKOWSKI
Current Rating: 2262
Title: 		USA 
 Name: ALEX KOLAY
Current Rating: 2203
Title: FM		USA 
#14 rated 17-year-old in the US. 6th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: AKIRA NAKADA
Current Rating: 2199
Title: FM		USA 
#8 rated 18-year-old in the US. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational
 Name: MING LU
Current Rating: 2174
Title: IM		USA 
#9 rated 15-year-old in the US, 1 IM norm (from CCC Norm Invitational). 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: EUGENE YANAYT
Current Rating: 2146
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: GUS HUSTON
Current Rating: 2078
Title: IM		USA 
#5 rated 16-year-old in the US, 1 IM norm. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.