Fall 2017 CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational

November 22-26, 2017

GMGROUP
 Name: TANGUY RINGOIR
Current Rating: 2538
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: ANDREW TANG
Current Rating: 2496
Title: GM
USA 
 Name: DENES BOROS
Current Rating: 2471
Title: GM
HUN 
 Name: NICOLAS CHECA
Current Rating: 2467
Title: GM
USA 
 Name: MICHAEL LEE
Current Rating: 2435
Title: IM
USA 
Former Washington State Champion, peak USCF rating 2527. 2nd CCCSA Norm Invitational.
 Name: ALONSO ZAPATA
Current Rating: 2424
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: RAJA PANJWANI
Current Rating: 2421
Title: IM
CAN 
3 GM norms (1 earned at CCCSA GM Norm Invitational), #6 Canadian, Master's Degrees from University of Oxford and Yale University; PhD student at NYU Stern. 3rd CCCSA Norm Invitational.
 Name: FARAI MANDIZHA
Current Rating: 2400
Title: IM
ZIM 
 Name: BRYCE TIGLON
Current Rating: 2388
Title: IM
USA 
#4 rated player from Washington, 2019 Denker High School Tournament Champion, 2 GM norms. 4th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: KEVIN WANG
Current Rating: 2371
Title: IM
USA 
#100 rated player in the US, peak USCF rating 2536, earned IM title at January 2018 CCC Norm Invitational. 9th CCC Norm Invitational.
IMGROUP
 Name: JOHN LUDWIG
Current Rating: 2396
Title: IM
USA 
 Name: SAFAL BORA
Current Rating: 2363
Title: IM
USA 
 Name: ROBERTO MARTIN DEL CAMPO
Current Rating: 2360
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: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2348
Title: FM
IND 
Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: BENJAMIN MOON
Current Rating: 2324
Title: FM
USA 
 Name: JACOB FURFINE
Current Rating: 2324
Title: FM
USA 
 Name: ANGELO YOUNG
Current Rating: 2290
Title: IM
PHI 
 Name: SAHIL SINHA
Current Rating: 2227
Title: IM
USA 
 Name: CHRISTOPHER YOO
Current Rating: 2194
Title: GM
USA 
 Name: ELIOT SOO-BURROWES
Current Rating: 2145
Title: FM
AUS