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More important, the two SuperChess Romania players are both GM or IM, so this will complete the three needed to validate the norm requirements following the GM in round 1 and the IM in round 3.

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I think Bryan Threadgall is the bearded person.

Many thanks, Loz!

Thanks ro all. However, I do have a nagging half memory that in spring 2026 when she was still K=40, that she might have got to the 2390s before losing her final two rounds at Cannes and then going on a form slump. If so, that would significantly improve her chances at Budva this weekend. Could some...

Is her best live rating to date 2382 or a higher figure?

At Varna 1962 we beat India 4-0. Just saying....

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Mon Aug 24, 2026 12:27 pm

Who is it Karpov is playing at 20.46?

Fridrik Olafsson

Nunn's first GM norm was at the 1977 Lord John Cup, which I organised. There was only one single realistic way that the then very small Fide list could produce a 5.5/9 GM norm, so I used that. The three Ehglish GM candidates were all underrated, but I found three overrated Brits and an ailing Kotov,...

Supratit has now played all three GMs, has just beaten his second GM and has 3/4. What is the GM norm for this tournament?

Who is the youngest ever champion, Adams or Royal?

Supratit was white against Mickey in my all-play-all last month. He was the one pressing for a win but it ended up as a draw. 12-year-old Supratit Banerjee will play White against nine-time champion Adams tomorrow 49 years, almost to the day, that 12-year-old Nigel Short, also White, defeated ten-t...

Freddy lost with White, Bodhana still going.

The world age record for a female IM norm is by Polgar in the final rounds of Duncan Lawrie 1988 at 12 years 3 months 3 or 4 days. Lagno and Alice Lee got the !M title at 13, but probably didn't get any IM norms at 12. So if Bodhana gets her draw she would break Polgar's record by nearly a year. Las...

Bodhana has finally won, and Freddy has an imminent draw, so both norms are still alive.