Second GM Norm for Robson

Submitted by SonofPearl on Sat, 08/29/2009 at 11:31am.

US Chess prodigy IM Ray Robson earned his second GM norm at the recent 23rd North American FIDE Invitational.

The 14 year-old Robson from Florida won the event with a score of 7/9. His exciting round 7 game against Benjamin Finegold is shown below.

One more norm and a rating of at least 2500 and Robson will be a Grandmaster!

Robson will be 15 on October 25 this year, so he will have to be quick to get onto the all-time young GM list!

Player	Country	Age
Sergey Karjakin	Ukraine	12 years, 7 months, 0 days
Parimarjan Negi	India	13 years, 4 months, 22 days
Magnus Carlsen	Norway	13 years, 4 months, 27 days
Bu Xiangzhi	China	13 years, 10 months, 13 days
Teimour Radjabov	Azerbaijan	14 years, 0 months, 14 days
Ruslan Ponomariov	Ukraine	14 years, 0 months, 17 days
Wesley So	Philippines	14 years, 1 month, 28 days
Etienne Bacrot	France	14 years, 2 months, 0 days
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	France	14 years, 4 months
Péter Lékó	Hungary	14 years, 4 months, 22 days
Hou Yifan	China	14 years, 6 months, 16 days
Anish Giri	Russia	14 years, 7 months, 2 days
Yuriy Kuzubov	Ukraine	14 years, 7 months, 12 days
Dariusz Swiercz	Poland	14 years, 7 months, 29 days
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	Vietnam	14 years, 10 months
Fabiano Caruana	Italy	14 years, 11 months, 10 days

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by edmilz - 3 months ago
caloocan Philippines

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another bobby fischer?

by joeysouth21 - 3 months ago
Philadelphia United States

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This is really an amazing game. Robson's patience shows that his game is not only prodigious, but also strategically mature. White's advantage is not so immediate after the trade of queen for bishop, rook and pawn. Tactically, it is not there at all. The subseqeunt piece coordination and slow buildup of white's advantage was truly impressive. I would keep an eye on this young talent.

by Zubbus - 3 months ago
Out There International

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by Zubbus - 3 months ago
Out There International

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I'm lost by move 5 :D

by kerver73 - 3 months ago
Thessaloniki Greece

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When i see a 14 year old kid play like that,i can't say i am happy with it,... i feel like a retard...

by asimina - 3 months ago
Brantford Canada

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Too much above my head.

by EnamouredKnight - 3 months ago
Valhalla Croatia

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it is simply refreshing to see "a kid" come into the GM world and play great attacking chess. it is obvious that todays chess world needs a couple of fearsome newcomers that are not afraid to test the hearts of the mighty book worms(:

by SilentWalker - 3 months ago
Milpitas, CA United States

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Yes, that is right - I did not see K x R with Be3+.

White does not in fact have a mating net after Rf6+.

by SonofPearl - 3 months ago
Wales

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@Mimchi - a 'GM Norm' is a performance in a tournament that would be expected if the player was already a Grandmaster. The player needs a certain score depending on how strong his/her opposition was.

by Mimchi - 3 months ago
United States

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Wat is a GM Norm? please message me with the answer

by JRadis - 3 months ago
Sweden

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Nice game!

by DonConner - 3 months ago
Philadelphia United States

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No. After Kg5 then white plays Re5 and after black takes the rook on f6 (Kh4 and Rook h5 is mate) there is a discovered check by Re3 which picks up the white queen. White then is a bishop and two pawns ahead.

by tazeller - 3 months ago
Plymouth, IN United States

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Excuse me. 47...Kg5. 48. Be3+...Kxf6, right? And then black escapes, and probably wins with a distinct material advantage. Both white's rook and bishop would be under attack then as well.

by tazeller - 3 months ago
Plymouth, IN United States

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Silent Walker - show me how 47...Be3+ would work...seems to me all that happens there is white loses a rook.