Friday, March 28

NorCal Top Adults - March 2014

GM Sam Shankland
GM Daniel Naroditsky



















A quintet of Grandmasters headlines the list of active chess masters in Northern California.  The top rated pair, Sam Shankland and Daniel Naroditsky, will proudly represent the Bay Area at the 2014 US Championship in St. Louis beginning on May 8.  Can Shanky or Danya join the local veterans Walter Browne (6-time winner) and Nick De Firmian (3-time winner) as national champions?  Good luck guys!

NorCal Top 20 Adults - March 2014
  1. GM Shankland, Sam 2698 USCF 2611 FIDE
  2. GM Naroditsky, Daniel A 2632 2543 
  3. GM De Firmian, Nick E 2582 2509 
  4. GM Kraai, Jesse 2574 2518 
  5. IM De Guzman, Ricardo 2487 2406 
  6. IM Li, Wen Liang 2481 2429 
  7. FM De La Cruz, Alfredo 2480 2336 
  8. SM Sharma, Arun 2478 2398 
  9. FM Liou, Yian 2475 2387 
  10. GM Browne, Walter 2474 2444 
  11. IM Mezentsev, Vladimir 2432 2356 
  12. IM Donaldson, William John 2413 2390 
  13. IM Pruess, David 2407 2347 
  14. IM Kaufman, Ray 2401 2332 
  15. FM Silber, Henning 2378 2267 
  16. NM Ishkhanov, Tigran 2369 2298 
  17. NM Manvelyan, Hayk 2354 2265 
  18. FM Wheeler, Cameron 2345 2229 
  19. IM Ganbold, Odondo 2338 2327 
  20. NM Viswanadha, Kesav 2334 2194 
List adapted from Fpawn Chess
Photo credit Bay Area International 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That picture is not Daniel Naroditsky?

Michael Aigner said...

Yes, you're right. I had saved a photo from WYCC and used it without really thinking about it. Mea culpa. Thanks for pointing it out.

I replaced the photo with one from Bay area International.