Felecan wins 26th North American Masters

International Master Florin Felecan took first in the 26th North American Masters, held in Skokie on May 7-9 and June 11-13, with an impressive 7½-2½ score.

International Masters Angelo Young and Arjun Vishnuvardhan tied for second with 6½ points each.

NMs Gauri Shankar, Trevor Magness, and Jon Burgess were competing for International Master norms, but the IMs were not very accommodating in this event.    (Due to a family emergency, Burgess was unable to play the final four games.)

Sevan Muradian of the North American Chess Association organized and directed.

Crosstable here!

Spectators welcome

The second half of the 26th North American Masters begins tonight!  Details here.

I'll be playing in a concurrent invitational event at the same site (the Holiday Inn on Touhy in Skokie), the MCA FIDE Futurity XI

This weekend's feature event

...even more important than that silly little match in Sofia, is the 26th North American Masters, held in the same location as the MCA FIDE Futurity.  I stopped by the site early and said hello to organizer Sevan Muradian and the nattily-dressed Jon Burgess.

Kibitzers welcome.  Don't forget about Mom!