This L.A. organizer brought in a big gun in GM Mickey Adams (he's so cute with the English nose of his!) Adams is fresh off his win at the British Chess Championships. GM Loek Van Wely has been appearing in a lot of U.S. tournaments. Is he now a GM for hire? If so, good for him, and Mickey Adams, too! It's a way to make a living but he still has to play damn good chess. All too often in these big U.S. events 6,7,8,9 or even 10 players tie for first place and the upshot is that hardly anyone takes home a decent paycheck!
Note: This event was also called the 1st Metropolitan FIDE Invitational
1st Metropolitan International (Los Angeles USA)
Wed 17th Aug 2011 - Sun 21st Aug 2011
1st Metropolitan Int (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1))
1st Metropolitan Int Los Angeles USA Wed 17th Aug 2011 - Sun 21st Aug 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts |
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| 1 | Michael Adams | ENG | 2715 | 7.5 |
| 2 | Loek Van Wely | NED | 2683 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Timur Gareev | UZB | 2613 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Robert Ruck | HUN | 2569 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Dejan Bojkov | BUL | 2544 | 6.5 |
| 8 | Mesgen Amanov | TKM | 2544 | 6.5 |
| 16 | Conrad Holt | USA | 2438 | 6.5 |
The ladies who played in the event finished below 50%:
| 45 | Alisa Melekhina | USA | 2263 | 3.5 |
| 61 | Lorena Zepeda | ESA | 2187 | 3.5 |
| 74 | Amanda Mateer | USA | 2096 | 3.5 |
| 32 | Tatev Abrahamyan | USA | 2343 | 3 |
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