Thanksgiving 2020 CCC GM/IM Norm Invitational

November 25-30, 2020

GM
 Name: KAMIL DRAGUN
Current Rating: 2565
Title: GM		POL 
2019 Polish National Champion, 2018 Chess Olympiad representative (4th place). Student and chess player at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. 5th CCCSA Norm Invitational.
 Name: BRANDON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2487
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: PRAVEEN BALAKRISHNAN
Current Rating: 2485
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: TANGUY RINGOIR
Current Rating: 2484
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: JOSHUA SHENG
Current Rating: 2474
Title: GM		USA 
2016 North American Junior Champion, earned 2nd GM norm at CCC Norm Invitational. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ANDREW HONG
Current Rating: 2449
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY
Current Rating: 2434
Title: IM		USA 
3-time New York State Champion, 1 GM norm. 14th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: GULRUKHBEGIM TOKHIRJONOVA
Current Rating: 2378
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2356
Title: FM		IND 
Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ABHIMANYU MISHRA
Current Rating: 2338
Title: GM		USA 
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.
IM
 Name: NIKOLAY ANDRIANOV
Current Rating: 2392
Title: IM		CCC 
Former Ukranian and Soviet Junior Champion, defeated top GMs Garry Kasparov, Bronstein, Suetin, Averbakh. 12th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ROBERT SHLYAKHTENKO
Current Rating: 2370
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: JOSHUA POSTHUMA
Current Rating: 2339
Title: IM		USA 
#2 rated player from Michigan, earned 1 IM from CCC Norm Invitational. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: NIKHIL KUMAR
Current Rating: 2328
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2313
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: ERIC YUHAN LI
Current Rating: 2311
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: VISHNUVARDHAN ARJUN
Current Rating: 2283
Title: IM		IND 
Former British Junior Champion and U.S. G/60 Champion. 7th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: AARON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2262
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: LEV PACIORKOWSKI
Current Rating: 2194
Title: 		USA 
 Name: ANTHONY ATANASOV
Current Rating: 2144
Title: IM		CAN 
#47 rated player from Canada, top 50 in the World and #1 in Canada for players under 16. 2nd CCC Norm Invitational.