2012 Northern California International
The 2012 Northern California International is reaching an exciting climax in the NorCal House of Chess at Northwestern Polytechnic University.
The competition is a 9-round Swiss organised by Arun Sharma and Ted Castro, giving GM and IM title norm opportunities for the 60+ strong field, including many familiar names to Chess.com members!
After 6 rounds GM Sam Shankland (pictured) is leading by half a point with a score of 5/6.
Young FM Kayden Troff is also doing well with 4/6, in search of an IM norm.
The time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment.
The top standings after 6 of 9 rounds:
| Name | Elo | Pts | |
| 1 | GM Sam Shankland | 2565 | 5.0 |
| 2 | GM Georg Meier | 2671 | 4.5 |
| 3 | GM Yury Shulman | 2598 | 4.5 |
| 4 | GM Axel Bachmann | 2560 | 4.5 |
| 5 | IM Marc Arnold | 2482 | 4.5 |
| 6 | IM Greg Shahade | 2463 | 4.5 |
| 7 | SM Faik Aleskerov | 2362 | 4.5 |
| 8 | GM Alejandro Ramirez | 2594 | 4.0 |
| 9 | GM Giorgi Margvelashvili | 2531 | 4.0 |
| 10 | GM Josh Friedel | 2523 | 4.0 |
| 11 | IM Enrico Sevillano | 2490 | 4.0 |
| 12 | IM Bryan Smith | 2460 | 4.0 |
| 13 | IM Mackenzie Molner | 2449 | 4.0 |
| 14 | IM Sam Collins | 2426 | 4.0 |
| 15 | IM Daniel Rensch | 2401 | 4.0 |
| 16 | IM Ricardo de Guzman | 2393 | 4.0 |
| 17 | WGM Tatev Abrahamyan | 2287 | 4.0 |
| 18 | FM Kayden Troff | 2257 | 4.0 |
| 19 | FM Farai Mandizha | 2404 | 3.5 |
| 20 | NM Adarsh Jayakumar | 2197 | 3.5 |
| 21 | NM Samuel Sevian | 2185 | 3.5 |
| 22 | GM Bartlomiej Macieja | 2617 | 3.0 |
| 23 | IM Adam Hunt | 2462 | 3.0 |
| 24 | IM Larry Remlinger | 2402 | 3.0 |
| 25 | FM John Bryant | 2401 | 3.0 |
| 26 | IM David Pruess | 2395 | 3.0 |
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Georg Meier |
Yuri Shulman |
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| Axel Bachmann | Kayden Troff |
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Photos by Inga Gurevich from the official website. More photos here. The standings with round-by-round results can be found here.
