Saturday, June 6, 2009

GAMBIT: BARCENILLA

THE NEW YORK TIMES CHESS BLOG
BY DYLAN MCLAIN

While some tournaments were starting on Wednesday, the Copper State International in Mesa, Arizona, was ending, according to a report on the Web site of the United States Chess Federation. Timur Gareev, a grandmaster who is from Uzbekistan but is currently attending the University of Maryland Baltimore Country, won with 8 out of 10 points. Rogelio Barcenilla, an international master from the Philippines finished with 7 points, good enough to earn the third of three norms needed to become a grandmaster, while Alex Lenderman of the United States scored 7.5 points to pick up his first norm.

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