Winter 2021 CCC GM/IM Norm Invitational

January 14-18, 2021

GM
 Name: ALEKSANDER MISTA
Current Rating: 2567
Title: GM		POL 
3-time Polish Junior Champion, 3-time member of World Chess Solving Competition for Team Poland. Manager of the chess team at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. 3rd CCCSA Norm Invitational.
 Name: VLADIMIR BELOUS
Current Rating: 2524
Title: GM		CCC 
Former student and chess player at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, who won the 2018 Texas Collegiate Super Finals, 2018 and 2019 Presidents' Cup. 6th 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: ZURAB JAVAKHADZE
Current Rating: 2444
Title: IM		GEO 
5-time Texas State Champion with 4 GM norms. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ATULYA SHETTY
Current Rating: 2437
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY
Current Rating: 2430
Title: IM		USA 
3-time New York State Champion, 1 GM norm. 14th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: BALAJI DAGGUPATI
Current Rating: 2399
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2360
Title: FM		IND 
Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ARTHUR GUO
Current Rating: 2358
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: ABHIMANYU MISHRA
Current Rating: 2357
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: ALEXANDER MATROS
Current Rating: 2405
Title: IM		KAZ 
#1 rated player in South Carolina, current SC Champion and Senior Champion, PhD and Professor. 11th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: NIKOLAY ANDRIANOV
Current Rating: 2384
Title: IM		CCC 
Former Ukranian and Soviet Junior Champion, defeated top GMs Garry Kasparov, Bronstein, Suetin, Averbakh. 12th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: KYRON GRIFFITH
Current Rating: 2346
Title: IM		USA 
Earned 2nd IM norm at CCC Norm Invitational. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: ANISH VIVEKANANTHAN
Current Rating: 2326
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2296
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: JOSHUA COLAS
Current Rating: 2288
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: THALIA CERVANTES LANDEIRO
Current Rating: 2258
Title: WGM		USA 
 Name: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2256
Title: IM		USA 
North Carolina's first home grown IM (earned 6 IM norms from CCC Norm Invitationals). 20th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: EZRA CHAMBERS
Current Rating: 2217
Title: FM		BDI 
 Name: SHELEV OBEROI
Current Rating: 2180
Title: 		USA 
#6 rated 16-year-old in the US. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.