Monday, December 13, 2010

Zero to Hero

Here is something you do not see very often. In a Swiss tournament in Italy, with several grandmasters taking part, a 2149 rated untitled player ties for first place ,takes the trophy on tie-breaks and makes a IM norm in the process.

 Pos  Title  Name Rtg  PRtg  Fed  Pts
 1  --  Herman Matthew J 21492571 USA 6.5
 2  GM  Solodovnichenko Yuri 2563 2570 UKR 6.5
 3  GM  Tratar Marko 24922464 SLO 6.5
 4  GM  David Alberto 2587 2438 LUX 6.5
 5  GM  Salvador Roland 25272515 PHI 6.5
 6  IM  Bellia Fabrizio 2399 2496 ITA 6
 7  IM  Colovic Aleksandar 24572513 MKD 6
 8  GM  Marin Mihail 2562 2426 ROU 6
 9  IM  Saric Sinisa 24522395 SRB 6
 10  --  Mertens Heiko 2320 2472 GER 6
 11  IM  Tesic Dragan 24032395 SRB 6
 12  GM  Drazic Sinisa 2524 2459 SRB 5.5
 13  IM  Borgo Giulio 24142363 ITA 5.5
 14  FM  Damia Angelo 2302 2382 ITA 5.5
 15  IM  Vezzosi Paolo 23792266 ITA 5.5
 16  --  Garano Nicola 2171 2270 ITA 5.5
 17  --  Lapiccirella Daniele 22252344 ITA 5.5
 18  --  Iudicello Giovanni 2158 2283 ITA 5.5
 19  FM  Sbarra Marco 23122221 ITA 5.5
 20  --  Gagliardi Christian 2188 2291 ITA 5.5

His list of opponents -

 Rd Colour  Title Opponent  Rating Result
 1  W  GM  David Alberto  2587  1 
 2  B  IM  Manca Federico  2405   0 
 3  W  --  Agrifoglio Fabio  1999   1 
 4  W  --  Garano Nicola  2171   1 
 5  B  IM  Saric Sinisa  2452  1 
 6  W  IM  Borgo Giulio  2414   1 
 7  B  GM  Solodovnichenko Yuri  2563   0.5 
 8  B  GM  Marin Mihail  2562   0.5 
 9  W  GM  Tratar Marko  2492  0.5 

Unfortunately for him, this was only an IM norm result as he played two low rated players in the third and fourth round. Nevertheless, this kind of performance is every 2200 rated player dream. I really hope our Malaysian players can read this and be inspired to achieve something similar.

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