IM Darwin Yang (who earned all his norms for IM title at the SPICE events) has just earned his 2nd GM norm at the NY International. 3 other players also earned IM norms.
GMs Gelashvili and Kacheishvili won the tournament with 7 / 9 points.
Congratulations to Darwin, the winners, and all norm earners!
Final standings (top finishers)
| 1 | GM TAMAZ GELASHVILI | 2600 | W25 | W50 | D23 | D4 | W17 | W22 | D2 | W9 | D7 | 7.0 | 3750.00 |
| 2 | GM GIORGI KACHEISHVILI | 2598 | W26 | D5 | W30 | W8 | W3 | D9 | D1 | D6 | W11 | 7.0 | 3750.00 |
| 3 | GM MIKHEIL KEKELIDZE | 2494 | D33 | W70 | W16 | W15 | L2 | W8 | D12 | D4 | W19 | 6.5 | 1166.67 |
| 4 | IM DARWIN YANG | 2476 | W44 | W10 | W17 | D1 | D7 | D6 | D11 | D3 | W13 | 6.5 | 1166.67 2nd GM Norm |
| 5 | FM VICTOR C SHEN | 2333 | W59 | D2 | W13 | L6 | D29 | W47 | W22 | D7 | W12 | 6.5 | 1166.67 Final IM Norm, 1st GM Norm |
| 6 | GM IVAN IVANISEVIC | 2655 | W52 | L17 | W27 | W5 | W10 | D4 | H— | D2 | D9 | 6.0 | |
| 7 | IM MARC TYLER ARNOLD | 2528 | W43 | W21 | D14 | W24 | D4 | D12 | D9 | D5 | D1 | 6.0 | |
| 8 | IM ZHE QUAN | 2424 | W34 | W54 | D11 | L2 | W14 | L3 | D20 | W26 | W27 | 6.0 | |
| 9 | FM THOMAS BARTELL | 2369 | W55 | W62 | D12 | W23 | W11 | D2 | D7 | L1 | D6 | 6.0 | 750.00 1st IM Norm |
| 10 | ADARSH JAYAKUMAR | 2267 | W36 | L4 | W35 | W50 | L6 | W24 | D17 | W30 | D14 | 6.0 | 750.00 2nd IM Norm |
| 11 | IM CONRAD HOLT | 2515 | W27 | W18 | D8 | W29 | L9 | W30 | D4 | D12 | L2 | 5.5 | |
| 12 | IM MACKENZIE MOLNER | 2489 | W28 | W51 | D9 | D14 | W54 | D7 | D3 | D11 | L5 | 5.5 | |
| 13 | GM VLADIMIR ROMANENKO | 2466 | H— | W33 | L5 | H— | W57 | W21 | D19 | W31 | L4 | 5.5 | |
| 14 | IM DEAN IPPOLITO | 2432 | W37 | W60 | D7 | D12 | L8 | D25 | W41 | D17 | D10 | 5.5 | |
| 15 | IM MICHAEL A MULYAR | 2408 | W38 | D48 | W67 | L3 | D43 | W28 | D26 | L19 | W31 | 5.5 | |
| 16 | IM COLOMBAN VITOUX | 2395 | W40 | H— | L3 | H— | L37 | D39 | W57 | W43 | X | 5.5 | |
| 17 | FM ERIC S ROSEN | 2353 | W46 | W6 | L4 | W41 | L1 | W37 | D10 | D14 | D18 | 5.5 | |
| 18 | FM LOUIE JIANG | 2327 | W71 | L11 | L41 | D42 | D67 | W23 | W53 | W33 | D17 | 5.5 | |
| 19 | MICHAEL H BODEK | 2324 | D47 | L42 | W56 | D40 | W59 | W54 | D13 | W15 | L3 | 5.5 | |
| 20 | FM ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKIY | 2322 | L48 | W38 | L54 | W46 | D42 | W35 | D8 | W41 | D21 | 5.5 | |
| 21 | ROBERT PEREZ | 2314 | W66 | L7 | L47 | W61 | W48 | L13 | W54 | W22 | D20 | 5.5 |
Final standings here: http://www.marshallchessclub.org/tournaments/international2012/fide-norm-tournament-standings
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Go Darwin!