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...is doing very well against very strong opposition (6 GMs, 2 IMs so far)

anyone know how many points he needs for a GM norm?

http://www.britishchess2010.com/

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Jon Tait wrote:...is doing very well against very strong opposition (6 GMs, 2 IMs so far)

anyone know how many points he needs for a GM norm?

There were posts on this yesterday. The answer is zero.

http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... &start=945

Zero more, that is. If you could get GM norms for scoring zero...

Does Adam have any other GM norms?

Hopefully if he becomes a GM it will encourage his sister to start playing more again. Their mother once told me that it was having a younger chess-playing brother snapping at her heals that pushed Harriet into becoming such a strong player herself.

I've beaten Adam twice. Harriet, no.

Adam Raoof wrote:http://www.britishchess2010.com/

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I suppose playing someone with such high grading helps in the norm hunt! Is this is first norm?

According to the FIDE site, the only English player who currently has a GM norm is Thomas Rendle:
http://ratings.fide.com/title_norms.pht ... ountry=ENG

That can't be right, can it?

Jon,

I think that list is what FIDE know about, I think Andrew Ledger has at least 1 Norm and also Richard Pert has acheived a norm as well

Richard Palliser got 8/11 last year

http://www.britishchess09.com/events/br ... stable.htm

finishing 4th.

Did he get a norm for that?

Jonathan Bryant wrote:Richard Palliser got 8/11 last year

http://www.britishchess09.com/events/br ... stable.htm

finishing 4th.

Did he get a norm for that?

Sadly I think not; links are below.

http://www.britishchess09.com/latest_news.htm

I don't think so, I think that it is approximately a 2560 performance and he cannot remove his weakest wins either

So why is that not a GM norm? Also Hartston must have a GM norm, amongst many others.

A GM norm has to be a performance over 2600 (IM Norms are over 2450)