After 7 rounds, a number of players are still in the hunt for IM norsm. The best chance belongs to FM Marc Arnold. He needs just 1 point in the final 2 rounds.
Here are the standings:
1st – FM Marc Arnold – 5.5/7 (needs 1 / 2 for IM norm)
2nd – IM Mesgen Amanov – 5/7
3rd – IM Angelo Young – 4.5/7
4th – 5th – FM Teddy Coleman and FM Florin Felecan – 3.5/7 (Felecan is 3.5/6 and needs to play his game with IM Kuderinov. Felecan needs 3/3 for IM norm)
6th – 7th – Michael Lee and Parker Zhao – 3/7
8th – IM Kirill Kuderinov – 2.5/6 (needs to play his game against FM Felecan)
9th – Robert Loncarevic – 2/7
10th – FM Aleksander Stamnov – 1.5/7
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The style of this blog …
I gave this a few days but, having given it a chance, I can now say that:
– the blue colour is a bit heavy
– the grey background colour is just drab and even makes the text harder to read. It’s pretty obvious why the iconic websites use black print on a white background – that is what our eyes are used to
– the headlines in capitals are a bit shouty
– the top websites recommended are all Polgar ones, and some of them are essentially defunct.