According to FIDE rule, as the winner of this event, Ray automatically receives a 9-round GM norm, which is his final norm.
Final top 10 standings:
| 1 |  |
IM | ROBSON Ray | USA | 2527 | 8,0 | ||
| 2 | |
TRISTAN Leonardo | ARG | 2412 | 6,5 | 0,5 | 33,0 | |
| 3 | |
GM | DIAMANT Andre | BRA | 2526 | 6,5 | 0,5 | 31,0 |
| 4 | |
IM | IBARRA Chami Luis | MEX | 2393 | 6,0 | 1,0 | |
| 5 | |
PULVETT Daniel | VEN | 2237 | 6,0 | 0,0 | ||
| 6 | |
GALLEGO Andres | COL | 2404 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 31,5 | |
| 7 | |
FM | MACIAS Bryan | ECU | 2363 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,5 |
| 8 | |
DIAZ Ciro | ECU | 2323 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,5 | |
| 9 | |
KRYSA Leandro | ARG | 2284 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | |
| 10 | |
MAMANI Joan | PER | 2060 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 |
Full standings: http://www.fideamerica.com/htmltonuke.php?filnavn=2009/octubre/panam_u20/panamericano_u20_absoluto.htm
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Total dominance!
Dear Rob, you’ve now joined the chess elite mob, all gms, not a myth, now with another one to share the bread with.
So he would have got a GM norm whatever the quality of the opposition. Seems like an odd rule.
That FIDE rule should be amended with additional conditions on the strength of participants. This was such an easy GM norm for Ray, and this is unfair to others seeking GM norms. After all, what Ray got was not a boys’ GM norm, but the same men’s norm that other candidates will have to obtain thru much tougher requirements.
In this tournament, IM Ray was the highest-ranked player. He faced 5 kids with ratings of 2300+ or lower, 2 with 2400s, and only 1 GM whose rating was even lower than Ray’s.
The 3116 performance rating that Ray obtained amazes me, since Magnus only got 3002 after dominating the world’s best at Nanjing. The formula must be reviewed.
Under this formula, Magnus only needs to compete in patsy tournaments with 1 weak GM and a pair of IMs. If he dominates these events, which he obviously will everytime, he gets a 3100 rating. That will push him to Number 1 in the world in no time, without a sweat.
I’m not criticizing Ray. It’s the rating formula that boggles me.
‘Seems like an odd rule.’
There are many, many more simlar to this one, only you don’t know about them, as you’re not an active chess player. No need to know.
You guys are all too busy playing chess on the Internet, you have no idea what’s going on in the real life.
3116 Seriously? hehe. Congratulations to young Robson for achieving his goal of becoming a GM!!!
Curious that ‘Anon’ says of the other ‘Anon’ (presumsbly no relation) that “you have no need to know”.
Who are they to decide what people need to know: it’s not like we are talking about State Secrets here!
‘Who are they to decide what people need to know’
The governing body of chess, of course. Same as government of a country.