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NACA’s 23rd NA FIDE Invitational draws strong lineup

NACA has announced an incredible lineup of titled players who are confirmed to play in this weekend’s tournament. The 9SS G/90 + 30 add on format is a change from NACA’s usual round robin.

Play starts on Saturday and continues with the final round on Wednesday. Stop by the
Holiday Inn North Shore Skokie Hotel on
5300 West Touhy Avenue in
Skokie, Illinois 60077 and watch the action.

Here’s the list of players as announced on the
NACA website:

GM Zviad Izori (GEO) – 2604
GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (GEO) – 2606
GM Nikola Mitkov (MKD) – 2526
GM Mesgen Amanov (TKM) – 2497
GM John Fedorowicz (USA) – 2469
IM Ben Finegold (USA) – 2513
IM Ray Robson (USA) – 2491
IM Marc T. Arnold (USA) – 2408
IM David Vigorito (USA) – 2400
IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan (IND) – 2295
IM Angelo Young (PHI) – 2318
IM Michael Mulyar (USA) – 2390
IM Sam Shankland (USA) – 2448
IM Oliver Barbosa (PHI) – 2433
IM Dean Ippolito (USA) – 2455
FM Florin Felecan (USA) – 2399
FM Gauri Sharnkar (IND) – 2270
FM Michael Lee (USA) – 2347
FM Jake Kleiman (USA) – 2350
FM Alex Betaneli (USA) – 2287
FM Robby Adamson (USA) – 2302
FM Darwin Yang (USA) – 2262
FM Jomo Pitterson (JAM) – 2254
Mackenzie Molner (USA) – 2393
R. Siddharth (IND) – 2306
Erik Santarius (USA) – 2267
Shane Matthews (JAM) – 2228
Michael Thaler (USA) – 2235
Ashish Vaja (USA) – 2195
Alex Velinakov (USA) – 2069