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BayAreaChess is co-organizing this tournament open to players with FIDE Ratings above 2000, and to ensure players have good chances to make GM norms, a maximum of one-third of the total field will be permitted to be under 2200 FIDE.
Both GM and IM norms possible! The Bay Area International begins only a couple of days after the Pan American Intercollegiate (in the same hotel) so it should attract the strongest college students as well as players ringing in the New Year in Las Vegas at the North American Open.
A prize fund of USD $13,000 is guaranteed with $5,000 for first place.
The tournament takes place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport
With the relaxed seven day schedule, there should be ample opportunity for players to tour one of the USA's most popular cities; five days of the tournament have only one game.
| Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Jan 1 | Jan 2 | Jan 3 | Jan 3 | Jan 4 | Jan 5 | Jan 5 | Jan 6 | Jan 7 |
| Time | 6 pm | 2 pm | 10 am | 6 pm | 2 pm | 10 am | 6 pm | 2 pm | 10 am |
This will be one of the very few US events which will allow players the opportunity to earn GM norms required by FIDE to obtain the Grandmaster title.
Eight players over 2600 are already registered
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| No. | Player | September FIDE Rating | Federation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | GM Le Quang Liem | 2715 |
VNM
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| 2. | GM Parimarjan Negi | 2656 |
IND
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| 3. | GM Lazaro Bruzon | 2653 |
CUB
 |
| 4. | GM Vasif Durarbayli | 2629 |
AZE
 |
| 5. | GM Peter Prohaszka | 2626 |
HUN
 |
| 6. | GM Yuniesky Quesada | 2622 |
CUB
|
| 7. | GM Daniel Naroditsky | 2615 |
USA
 |
| 8. | GM Emilio Cordova | 2609 |
PER
 |
| 9. | GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan | 2592 |
ARM
 |
| 10. | GM Andrey Stukopin | 2588 |
RUS
 |
| 11. | GM Kamil Dragun | 2568 |
POL
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| 12. | GM Bartlomiej Macieja | 2502 |
POL
|
| 13. | GM Carlos Hevia | 2463 |
CUB
|
| 14. | IM Raja Panjwani | 2450 |
CAN
 |
| 15. | GM Denes Boros | 2439 |
HUN
|
| 16. | IM Marc Esserman | 2438 |
USA
|
| 17. | IM Joshua Ruiz | 2438 |
COL
 |
| 18. | IM Kevin Wang | 2434 |
USA
|
| 19. | IM Konstantin Kavutskiy | 2424 |
USA
|
| 20. | IM Yian Liou | 2412 |
USA
|
The tournament was last held in 2014 when first place was shared six-ways between GMs Anton Kovalyov, Wei Yi, Sam Shankland, Bartlomiej Macieja, Daniel Naroditsky, and IM Darwin Yang (now a GM).
Board signed by all 2014 participants | Photo: Inga Gurevich / sfinternationalchess.com
