The Wood Green International, 19-23 August

Title-norm all-play-alls are coming thick and fast. Following the Muswell Hill International earlier this month, we now have one organized by Lawrence Cooper in his home town of Stafford. (It was called the Wood Green International, despite taking place nowhere near Wood Green, because the players were mostly members of the Wood Green club.) This was a somewhat stronger event, with GM norms available; the field was such that the GM norm score was 7 for all players and the IM norm score was 5.

Going into the final day's play, there were three live norm chances, and two of them came in; Ravi Haria wrapped up a GM norm and Marcus Harvey an IM norm with a round to spare. Jonah Willow's norm chances ended in round 8, when he lost to Jonathan Blackburn needing 2/2.

This is Marcus's final norm, and he is well over the 2400 threshold, so that should be the IM title in the bag. Ravi needs one more norm and to get his rating over 2500; the 37 rating points he has gained here and at the World Cup should help a lot with that latter aim.

Also worthy of note here is that deputy arbiter Agnieszka Milewska gained her final FIDE Arbiter norm at this event. Congratulations to her.

 

Rk.
Name Rtg Federation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts.
1 IM Haria Ravi 2440 England * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½
2 GM Fodor Tamas Jr 2520 Hungary 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6½
3 GM Hebden Mark L 2453 England ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6
4
 FM Harvey Marcus R 2440 England ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6
5 GM Turner Matthew J 2509 Scotland ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 4
6 IM Fitzsimons David 2324 Ireland 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 3½
7 IM Greet Andrew N 2417 Scotland 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 3
8
 FM Willow Jonah B 2396 England 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 3
9
 FM Derakhshani Borna 2373 England 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 3
10 FM Blackburn Jonathan LB 2235 Wales 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ * 2½




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