Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

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Roger de Coverly
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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:39 pm

Mick Norris wrote:
Sun Aug 22, 2021 3:18 pm
(Ravi drops his first half point!)
Does he need more Norms for the GM title, or will getting his rating past 2500 be enough?

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Michael Bennett » Sun Aug 22, 2021 7:05 pm

This would be his 2nd GM norm according to the FIDE site. Needs 0.5/2 for the norm, against Hebden & Harvey.
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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Sun Aug 22, 2021 7:29 pm

Norm targets:

GM
Haria needs ½/2 (black v Hebden, white v Harvey)

IM
Harvey needs ½/2 (white v Fitzsimons, black v Haria)
Willow needs 2/2 (black v Blackburn, white v Fodor)

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Aug 22, 2021 8:50 pm

Round 7:

Jonathan Blackburn v Tamas Fodor 0-1
Jonah Willow v Marcus Harvey draw
David Fitzsimons v Mark Hebden 0-1
Ravi Haria v Andrew Greet 1-0
Borna Derakhshani v Matthew Turner draw

Ravi on 6.5/7 with Fodor & Hebden on 5
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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:05 pm

Mick Norris wrote:
Sun Aug 22, 2021 8:50 pm
Round 7:

Jonathan Blackburn v Tamas Fodor 0-1
Jonah Willow v Marcus Harvey draw
David Fitzsimons v Mark Hebden 0-1
Ravi Haria v Andrew Greet 1-0
Borna Derakhshani v Matthew Turner draw

Ravi on 6.5/7 with Fodor & Hebden on 5
Thanks for posting the results in my absence. Norm wise, Ravi needs 0.5/2 for his 2nd GM norm, Marcus needs 0.5/2 for his final IM norm and Jonah needs 2/2 for his first IM norm.

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:42 am

Michael Bennett wrote:
Sun Aug 22, 2021 7:05 pm
This would be his 2nd GM norm according to the FIDE site. Needs 0.5/2 for the norm, against Hebden & Harvey.
Now 0/1 v Harvey :)

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:49 am

Well done Ravi!

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:59 am

LawrenceCooper wrote:
Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:42 am
Michael Bennett wrote:
Sun Aug 22, 2021 7:05 pm
This would be his 2nd GM norm according to the FIDE site. Needs 0.5/2 for the norm, against Hebden & Harvey.
Now 0/1 v Harvey :)
Brilliant :D
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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:48 am

IM Jack Rudd wrote:
Sun Aug 22, 2021 7:29 pm
Norm targets:

IM
Harvey needs ½/2 (white v Fitzsimons, black v Haria)
Marcus now needs -0.5/1 v Ravi.

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Nick Burrows » Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:52 am

This is almost the Wood Green Club Championship. Congrats to GM elect Haria and a long overdue IM title for Marcus

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:00 pm

Nick Burrows wrote:
Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:52 am
This is almost the Wood Green Club Championship.
That was the plan. Justin Tan & Daniel Fernandez were stranded in Australia and Jovanka Houska & Joseph McPhillips living in Europe contributed towards them being unavailable but I was very happy with the final line up.

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:09 pm

Well done Marcus, and to Ravi on winning the tournament with a round to spare
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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:05 pm

Well done Marcus as well!

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by Chris Rice » Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:25 pm

Well done to Ravi and Marcus plus Lawrence, The Friends of Chess, John Robinson Trust & the English Chess Federation for making it happen. Could I just ask whether Agnieszka did indeed make her final norm too?

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Re: Wood Green Invitational 19th - 23rd August 2021

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:31 pm

Chris Rice wrote:
Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:25 pm
Well done to Ravi and Marcus plus Lawrence, The Friends of Chess, John Robinson Trust & the English Chess Federation for making it happen. Could I just ask whether Agnieszka did indeed make her final norm too?
She has been present throughout and played her part so it's looking very promising :)