6th North American FIDE Invitational Tournament

Running Chess Tournaments
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Greetings all:

The 6th North American FIDE Invitational (the last one for this calendar year) is all set! Below are the details:

Venue: Touch Move Chess Center - 5639 N. Ashland Ave - Chicago, IL 60660
Dates: Oct 28 - Nov 3, 2007
Format: 9R - RR
Time Control: G/90 + 30/sec increment
Schedule:

Rd 1 - Sun Oct 28 @ 10:30am
Rd 2 - Sun Oct 28 @ 4pm
Rd 3 thru 7 - Mon thru Fri, Oct 29-Nov 2 @ 6:30pm
Rd 8 - Sat Nov 3 @ 10:30am
Rd 9 - Sat Nov 3 @ 4pm

Norms: 6.5/9 for IM norm, 6/9 for WGM norm.

Participants Confirmed:

IM Angelo Young - PHI
IM David Vigorito - USA
IM Mark Ginsburg - USA
FM Mehmed Pasalic - GER
FM Albert Chow - USA
FM Ray Robson - USA
FM Igor Tsyganov - USA
FM Todd Andrews - USA
WIM Ludmila Mokriak - UKR
Dale Haessel - CAN

All games will be transmitted live on the World Databank of Chess with MonRoi.

We website will be available shortly (porting the current one over to another system).

–Sevan

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Validated with October Ratings List.

IM norm confirmed at 6.5/9 for all participants and WGM norm confirmed at 6/9 for WIM Mokriak.

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nachess.org/fide/

Will be the site for coverage of the event. We have the MonRoi units with us but the question of stable Internet connectivity has cropped up.

Crosstables, pairings, etc are listed there currently. Photo’s will also be listed there along with any commentary from the event.

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Games are being relayed now on MonRoi!

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Rounds 1 and 2 are complete.

Games are available on Monroi World Databank of Chess.

IM Vigorito, FM Pasalic, FM Robson lead the pack with 1.5/2

All information can be found at nachess.org/fide.

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Pictures from Round 1 and 2:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AYuGjJw5cNWLiY

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Coverage on the USCF website:

http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7976/141/

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Round 3 is complete.

Games are available on Monroi World Databank of Chess.

IM Vigorito, FM Pasalic, FM Robson lead the pack with 2.5/3

All information can be found at nachess.org/fide.

Pictures can be found at:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AYuGjJw5cNWLkA

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Results posted online - http://www.nachess.org/fide

Games replayable at MonRoi website -

http://www.monroi.com/wdc/tournament.php?tnm_id=407

Pictures are here:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AYuGjJw5cNWLow

Chessbase coverage here -

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4217

And of course our local coverage:

http://www.raychess.blogspot.com/

http://chessdad64.journalspace.com/

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Results after 5 rounds posted online - nachess.org/fide

Games replayable at MonRoi website -

monroi.com/wdc/tournament.php?tnm_id=407

Pictures are here:

share.shutterfly.com/action/welc … jJw5cNWLq4

Chessbase coverage here -

chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4217

USCF coverage here -

uschess.org

And of course our local coverage:

raychess.blogspot.com/

chessdad64.journalspace.com/

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Thanks for the updates Steve.

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Results posted online - http://www.nachess.org/fide

Games replayable at MonRoi website -

http://www.monroi.com/wdc/tournament.php?tnm_id=407

Pictures are here:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AYuGjJw5cNWLsg

Chessbase coverage here -

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4217

USCF coverage here -

http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7981/420/

And of course our local coverage:

http://www.raychess.blogspot.com/

http://chessdad64.journalspace.com/

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Results posted online - nachess.org/fide

Games replayable at MonRoi website -

monroi.com/wdc/tournament.php?tnm_id=407

Pictures are here:

share.shutterfly.com/action/welc … jJw5cNWLsg

Chessbase coverage here -

chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4217

USCF coverage here -

main.uschess.org/content/view/7981/420/

And of course our local coverage:

raychess.blogspot.com/

chessdad64.journalspace.com/

Piece of Information: For those asking what happened in the Robson-Young game - Young was forfeited due to his cell phone alarm ringing. All players were notified during the announcements of Round 1 to ensure that their cell phones were completely turned off or completely set to vibrate.

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FM Ray Robson has scored his first IM norm with a stunning victory over tournament leader IM David Vigorito.

Results posted online - http://www.nachess.org/fide

Games replayable at MonRoi website -

http://www.monroi.com/wdc/tournament.php?tnm_id=407

Pictures are here:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AYuGjJw5cNWLxQ

Chessbase coverage here -

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4217

USCF coverage here -

http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7981/420/

And of course our local coverage:

http://www.raychess.blogspot.com/

http://chessdad64.journalspace.com/

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Congratulations to Ray Robson. And thank you Sevan for providing norm opportunities to players in N America.

Regards … Jim