Rank Name Fed. Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score 1 GM Moradiabadi, Elshan IRI 2542 x ½ 1 1 2.5 2 IM Sevillano, Enrico USA 2502 x ½ ½ 1 2.0 3 IM...
Norms at stake in St Louis
Irina Krush is at +2 and Marc Arnold is at +1 after 5 rounds. That means that Irina has to score 3 / 4 while Marc has to score 3.5 / 4 for GM norms. The good news is...
Marc Arnold scores IM norm at NA Invitational
FM Marc Arnold has won the 14th NA FIDE Invitational with the score of 6.5 out of 9. He also scored an IM norm in the process. Congratulations! Official website: http://nachess.org/fide/ 1st – FM Marc Arnold – 6.5/9 (IM...
Marc Arnold leads NA FIDE Invitational
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 –...
Marc Arnold earns IM norm
NM Marc Arnold, NY Junior and USCL New York Knights team member, completed a tri-fecta of IM scalping on Friday night taking out junior IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan in a R+P endgame. As a result of taking his final scalp,...
An unusual endgame
Position after 57.Bc6 White: Shankar, GauriBlack: Arnold, Marc9th North American FIDE Invitational How would you assess this position? 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.cxb5 axb5 6.Nxb5 d6 7.Nc3 Ba6 8.g3 Nbd7 9.Bg2 Qa5 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.Qc2...