1st Metropolitan Chess International

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:
Rk	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts
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

77

Sonia Zepeda

ESA

2068

3