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IM Norm target: 7 for all players
WGM Norm target: 6½ for Kanyamarala, Trisha

After six rounds Tarun Kanyamarala needs 2/3 for an IM norm and Jonah, Thomas, Trisha & Yichen all need 3/3. Trisha also needs 2.5 for a WGM norm.

Giving the siblings PINs 6 and 4 so that they meet in the last round was certainly, uh, a decision.

You’d have thought that wouldn’t allowed.. in any case, both playing great. Loved the Basman-Trisha game. Wild stuff.

IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:45 pm

Giving the siblings PINs 6 and 4 so that they meet in the last round was certainly, uh, a decision.

It may just be a coincidence.

"You’d have thought that wouldn’t allowed.."

I agree - surely you get one to pick the random envelope (or whatever) and then the other one automatically gets the number which means they play in round 1.

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:05 pm

After six rounds Tarun Kanyamarala needs 2/3 for an IM norm and Jonah, Thomas, Trisha & Yichen all need 3/3. Trisha also needs 2.5 for a WGM norm.

Tarun needs 1/2 and Jonah 2/2 for IM norms.

Trisha needs 2/2 for a WGM norm.

John McMorrow wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:52 pm

You’d have thought that wouldn’t allowed.

I don't think it is actually banned but the FIDE Handbook recommends the use of Varma tables to avoid the situation. The Qualifications Commission may have a few questions to ask if a norm application is submitted.

It would certainly have been wise to have avoided this situation.

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 28, 2021 3:04 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:05 pm

After six rounds Tarun Kanyamarala needs 2/3 for an IM norm and Jonah, Thomas, Trisha & Yichen all need 3/3. Trisha also needs 2.5 for a WGM norm.

Tarun needs 1/2 and Jonah 2/2 for IM norms.

Trisha needs 2/2 for a WGM norm.

Tarun needs 0.5/1 and Jonah 1/1 for an IM norm.

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:34 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 28, 2021 3:04 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:05 pm

After six rounds Tarun Kanyamarala needs 2/3 for an IM norm and Jonah, Thomas, Trisha & Yichen all need 3/3. Trisha also needs 2.5 for a WGM norm.

Tarun needs 1/2 and Jonah 2/2 for IM norms.

Trisha needs 2/2 for a WGM norm.

Tarun needs 0.5/1 and Jonah 1/1 for an IM norm.

Congratulations to Jonah on securing his IM norm!

And now Tarun

I agree that the last round pairing of siblings could and should have been avoided.
However since Tarun exceeded the IM norm by half a point and won the tournament, I don't think there can be any dispute about his norm.
Also if you look at the game, a draw seemed likely until Trisha blundered on move 42.
Tarun has been pushing the IM level for a long time now, for example he beat a GM in the European Championship and might have beaten a couple more had he not got too short of time.
He only reached his 17th birthday 13 days ago.

John McMorrow wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:52 pm

You’d have thought that wouldn’t allowed.. in any case, both playing great. Loved the Basman-Trisha game. Wild stuff.

Just had a look at that game, absolute epic!

[Event "1st EJCOA Forest Hall Invitational | IM"] [Site "chess24.com"] [Date "2021.10.26"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Basman, Michael J"] [Black "Kanyamarala, Trisha"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2273"] [BlackElo "2082"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "England"] [BlackTeam "Ireland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"] [BlackTeamCountry "IRL"] 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 e5 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. O-O-O a5 11. f3 a4 12. Qc2 f5 13. c5 Bc7 14. Bg5 a3 15. b3 Qe8 16. Rf1 Na6 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Na4 Be6 19. Bd2 e3 20. Bc3 f4 21. h4 Bf7 22. Ka1 Nc8 23. h5 Bd8 24. Nh3 Be6 25. Qc1 Qe7 26. Qxa3 b5 27. Nb2 Qb7 28. Nd3 b4 29. Bxb4 Nxb4 30. Qxb4 Qa6 31. a4 Ba5 32. Qa3 Bc3+ 33. Ka2 Bxd4 34. Nhxf4 Bd7 35. Qc1 Kg8 36. Qc2 Ne7 37. Bh3 Rfb8 38. Nc1 Qa5 39. Rd1 Bxc5 40. Nfd3 Bd6 41. g5 Bxh3 42. Rxh3 Nf5 43. Nb2 Ne7 44. h6 g6 45. Nc4 dxc4 46. Qxc4+ Nd5 47. Nd3 Qc3 48. Rc1 Qxc4 49. Rxc4 Nb4+ 50. Nxb4 Bxb4 51. Rhh4 c5 52. Rhe4 Re8 53. Kb1 Rad8 54. Rxe8+ Rxe8 55. a5 Ra8 56. Re4 Bd2 57. Re7 Rxa5 58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. Rxh7 Bc3 60. Kc2 Bd4 61. Kd3 Ra2 62. Rb7 Rd2+ 63. Ke4 Rxe2 64. Kd5 Ra2 0-1

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