Korley gets 1st IM Norm!
Jun 26th, 2011 by Daaim Shabazz
FM Kassa Korley scored his first IM norm with a strong showing at the New York International. The Duke-bound FM ended on 5.5/9 earning his first International Master norm and pushing his USCF rating to 2365. Korley scored 50% against six IMs and drew with GM Kidambi Sundararajan of India. He will have shots at IM norms at the Philadelphia Open and the World Open.
Congrats!!!!
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BTW, that’s not IM Jake Kleiman that they show him playing as he describes the game. In fact, I don’t know who that is judging by his list of opponents!!
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No… that’s Justus Williams, a 12-year old Master from the Bronx, New York, very talented player. It appears as if they were playing blitz.
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Michael Patzerinski Reply:
June 25th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
ahh…that did occur to me. BTW, Williams beat IM Darwin Yang (2432) in the main tournament.
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