The final two rounds of the 24th North American Masters, Sponsored by Vince W. Berry Real Estate Services, has completed with the following results:

Round 9

FM Shankar - Jon L. Burgess: 1 - 0
IM Felecan - IM Pasalic: 1/2 - 1/2
FM Adamson - IM Vishnuvardhan: 1/2 - 1/2

Round 10

Jon L. Burgess - FM Adamson: 1/2 - 1/2
IM Pasalic - FM Shankar: 1/2 - 1/2
IM Vishnuvardhan - IM Felecan: 1/2 - 1/2

Standings after 10 rounds

1st place - FM Robby Adamson - 6.5/10 (6/9 was enough for his IM norm)
2nd - 3rd place - Jon L. Burgess, IM Arjun Vishnuvardhan - 5/10
4th - 6th - FM Gauri Shankar, IM Mehmed Pasalic,  IM Florin Felecan - 4.5/10

After 9 rounds FM Robby Adamson secured his second IM norm. He was able to do it with 4 draws in rounds 6 thru 9 because he was on fire in rounds 1-5. We’ll have a full article on the event on the USCF website (www.uschess.org) and a players perspective on both the USCF website by FM Robby Adamson, and on Chessdom (www.chessdom.com) by Jon L. Burgess.

Good Chess to All,

Sevan A. Muradian, Founder
North American Chess Association
International Arbiter and International Organizer