1st GM norm for Daniel Naroditsky

I mentioned yesterday that Daniel Naroditsky earned his first GM norm at 31st Villa de Benasque Open. He just barely missed the GM norm at the 2011 SPICE Spring Invitational. Here is how he did it this time, round by round:

d.	SNo		Name	RtgI	FED	Pts.	Res.
1	261		CUCARELLA MONTELL Angels	1938	ESP	5.0	s 1
2	160		MAZA BROTO Pablo	2096	ESP	5.0	w 1
3	94		ZAMARBIDE INARREA Daniel	2239	ESP	6.0	s 1
4	1	GM	SARIC Ivan	2639	CRO	8.0	w ½
5	104		SABRIA BATLLE Pol	2209	ESP	6.0	s 1
6	20	GM	FRANCO OCAMPOS Zenon	2502	PAR	7.0	w ½
7	16	GM	CABRERA Alexis	2530	ESP	6.0	s 1
8	5	GM	GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E	2616	PER	8.0	w ½
9	3	GM	TUROV Maxim	2630	RUS	8.0	s ½
10	7	GM	STOCEK Jiri	2596	CZE	7.5	w ½

Once again, congratulations to Daniel! He will be back at Texas Tech for the 2011 SPICE Cup B group in October.

Petrosian leads Villa de Benasque Open

Tigran Petrosian retains leadership at Villa de Benasque Chess Open

July 14, 2011 - 12:04 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Villa de Benasque International Chess Open ongoing in Spain, is hosting 471 chess players, including 35 grandmasters.

In the 7th tour of the Chess Open, Tigran Petrosian playing with black pieces, shared points with Julio Granda Zuniga of Peru.

Armenian grandmaster is leading the tournament with 6,5 points to his score.

In the 8th tour, Petrosian will rival the tournament runner-up Jiri Stocek of Czech Republic.

According to tournament results, Karen Movsisian is 10th with 5,5 points, Zaven Andriasyan is 23rd with 5,5 points.

Source: http://www.panarmenian.net