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2006-08-13T23:18:00.000-04:00

Thanks for posting a link to my blog. I never thou...

2006-08-13T15:14:00.000-04:00

Thanks for posting a link to my blog. I never thought anyone other than friends and family would want to read it (that's why I created it). I was wondering, how did you find my blog?

Michael, I have another and "official" blog...you ...

2006-08-13T03:26:00.000-04:00

Michael, I have another and "official" blog...you can find it here:

ECordova-Fan

I am going to be viewing E.Cordova-J.Benjamin 8th ...

2006-08-12T20:03:00.000-04:00

I am going to be viewing E.Cordova-J.Benjamin 8th round match realtime on the Monroi website at:

http://www.monroi.com/wdc/flashviewer/watch1.php?round_id=670&game_id=6513&s_id=QWER8U6T

The public is invited to join me in viewing and kibitzing.

Thanks Michael!I surmise then, no one will be earn...

2006-08-12T19:29:00.000-04:00

Thanks Michael!

I surmise then, no one will be earning GM norms from the US Open. Or are the adoptive homes from many of the foreign born players not taken into account?

The rules for gaining a GM norm are complicated, b...

2006-08-12T17:41:00.000-04:00

The rules for gaining a GM norm are complicated, but suffice to say that "drawing a GM" alone does not a norm make... Wikipedia has a useful definition and more useful links...

Does a draw against a GM qualify as a norm?

2006-08-12T14:42:00.000-04:00

Does a draw against a GM qualify as a norm?

Standings after 7th Round for 5.5 + ptsI too have ...

2006-08-12T11:51:00.000-04:00

Standings after 7th Round for 5.5 + pts

I too have created a blog to cover the standings after each round. My blog site can be found at 2006 US Open Chess Championships.

I hope I didn't miss anyone...I'm sure i'll hear about it if I did.
GM Joel Benjamin 6.5
GM Yury Shulman 6.5
GM Alexander Shabalov 6.5
GM Zviad Izoria 6
GM John Fedorowicz 6
IM Emilio Cordova 6
IM Justin Sarkar 6
IM Timothy Taylor 6
Joel Banawa 6
Angelo Young 6
FM Michael Ainger 6
GM Gregory Kaidanov 5.5
GM Giorgi Kacheishvili 5.5
GM Dimitry Gurevich 5.5
IM Florin Felecan 5.5
IM Alfonso Almeida 5.5
IM Michael Mulyar 5.5
FM Andrew Karkins 5.5
Emory Tate 5.5
Jon Burgess 5.5
William Paschall 5.5
Bat-Ochir Gunsen 5.5

Thanks for the mention and link to my blog. It's ...

2006-08-10T17:52:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the mention and link to my blog. It's good to see others covering a very exciting event. Keep up the good postings!