MLK 2019 GM/IM Norm Invitational

January 17-21, 2019

GMGROUP
 Name: ANDREY STUKOPIN
Current Rating: 2565
Title: GM		CCC 
 Name: VLADIMIR BELOUS
Current Rating: 2539
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: MICHAEL W BROWN
Current Rating: 2524
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: MAGESH PANCHANATHAN
Current Rating: 2499
Title: GM		IND 
 Name: DENYS SHMELOV
Current Rating: 2461
Title: IM		UKR 
#5 rated player from Massachusetts, 1 GM norm. 5th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: KASSA KORLEY
Current Rating: 2450
Title: IM		DEN 
Held the record for youngest African-American National Master in history, #10 rated player from Denmark, 2 GM norms (1 earned at CCC Norm Inv.). 19th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: KEVIN WANG
Current Rating: 2450
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.
 Name: ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY
Current Rating: 2439
Title: IM		USA 
3-time New York State Champion, 1 GM norm. 14th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: BRANDON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2404
Title: GM		USA 
 Name: GAURI SHANKAR
Current Rating: 2359
Title: FM		IND 
Chess streamer with 8 IM norms (last 4 from CCC Invitationals). 29th CCC Norm Invitational.
IMGROUP
 Name: ANGEL ARRIBAS LOPEZ
Current Rating: 2472
Title: GM		ESP 
 Name: TIANQI WANG
Current Rating: 2329
Title: IM		USA 
North Carolina's first home grown IM (earned 6 IM norms from CCC Norm Invitationals). 20th CCC Norm Invitational.
 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: ALEXEY DIULGER
Current Rating: 2309
Title: IM		MDA 
 Name: AARON JACOBSON
Current Rating: 2286
Title: IM		USA 
 Name: ALEX KOLAY
Current Rating: 2270
Title: FM		USA 
#14 rated 17-year-old in the US. 6th CCC Norm Invitational.
 Name: WESLEY WANG
Current Rating: 2269
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: KARTHIK RANGARAJAN
Current Rating: 2235
Title: 		IND 
 Name: ASHRITHA ESWARAN
Current Rating: 2227
Title: FM		USA 
 Name: C.J. ARVIND JAYARAMAN
Current Rating: 2192
Title: FM		IND 
#9 rated player from Ohio. 3rd CCC Norm Invitational.