The 3rd Metropolitan FIDE Invitational which was run by Metropolitan Chess concluded this weekend. It was organized by Ankit Gupta. FM Philip Xiao Wang and FM Joel Banana both achieved their first IM norms with 6.5 out of 9.0. It is coincidental to note that these two tied for first at the closed Southern California State Championship last year, before again tying for 2nd at this norm tournament and both achieving their IM norms. IM Jacek Stopa took clear first with 7.0 out of 9.0.
The tournament was sponsored by California Market Center, Fashion Business, Inc, Chess.com,LawyerFy, and Betty Bottom Showroom.
Standings from this tournament are fully updated on the schedule page of the Metropolitan Chess website at www.metrochessla.comThe participants included: IM Zhanibek Amanov (KAZ), IM Timothy Taylor (USA), IM Jacek Stopa (POL), FM Alexandre Kretchetov (RUS), FM Joel Banawa (USA), FM Michael Casella (USA), FM Philip Wang (USA), NM Konstantin Kavutskiy (USA), NM Kayden Troff (USA), and CM Giovanni Nieto Carreto (MEX).
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| 1 | Casella, Michael | 2249 | USA | W10 | W2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | L7 | L8 | L9 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Wang, Philip | 2317 | USA | W9 | L1 | W10 | W3 | W4 | W5 | D6 | D7 | D8 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Troff, Kayden | 2247 | USA | L8 | L9 | D1 | L2 | W10 | W4 | L5 | D6 | L7 | 3.0 |
| 4 | Amanov, Zhanibek | 2421 | KAZ | D7 | D8 | W9 | D1 | L2 | L3 | L10 | W5 | D6 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Kavutskiy, Konstantin | 2170 | USA | L6 | L7 | L8 | L9 | D1 | L2 | W3 | L4 | L10 | 1.5 |
| 6 | Kretchetov, Alexandre | 2323 | RUS | W5 | W10 | D7 | D8 | L9 | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | 5.0 |
| 7 | Stopa, Jacek | 2451 | POL | D4 | W5 | D6 | D10 | W8 | W9 | W1 | D2 | W3 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Banawa, Joel | 2347 | USA | W3 | D4 | W5 | D6 | L7 | W10 | W9 | W1 | D2 | 6.5 |
| 9 | Carreto, Giovanni Nieto | 2232 | MEX | L2 | W3 | L4 | W5 | W6 | L7 | L8 | W10 | W1 | 5.0 |
| 10 | Taylor, Timothy | 2314 | USA | L1 | L6 | L2 | D7 | L3 | L8 | W4 | L9 | W5 | 2.5 |
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