MATAPOS ang matagumpay na kampanya sa international scene, nakatuon ang atensyon ni International Master Angelo Young sa pangarap ma GM title.
Target ng 1982 Philippine Junior champion na mapataas ang FIDE rating 2260 sa 2500 sa pagsabak sa Gm Norm Invitational sa US.
Nakamit ng 54-years old Young ang first grandmaster norm sa 1996 World Open chess sa Philadelphia kung saan nakasalo niya ang kababayang at 13-times Philippine Open champion GM Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. sa pagdomina ng top under 2450 section sa nasabing tournament. Kasalukuyan tangan din ni Young ang United States Chess Federation (USCF) rating 2302.
Si Young, eight-time Illinois champion, ay nagwagi sa Under 2300 section sa nakalipas na World Open Chess.
Goodbye PBA? John Amores, tinanggalan na ng professional license!
“This Spring’s GM/IM Norm Invitational will be our fifth Invitational tournament - our first four events have produced 12 FIDE title norms. There will be twenty players, among them 3 GMs, 9 IMs, 5 FMs, and 3 NMs, each rated over 2300 USCF. Fourteen of these players will be competing to earn their title norms and titles. The average rating is 2375 FIDE and 2460 USCF!” ayon sa organizing committee.
Si Young ay ininbitahan na maglaro sa fifth Spring’s GM/IM Norm Invitational tournament sa Marso 28, 2018 hanggang Abril 4, 2018 na gaganapin sa Charlotte Chess Center and Scholastic Academy sa Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Lalahok siya sa IM section na kinabibilangan nina IM Felix Ynojosa Aponte (Venezuela, FIDE 2390, USCF 2471), John Ludwig (Florida, FIDE 2388, USCF 2459), IM Roberto Martin del Campo (Mexico, FIDE 2357, USCF 2429), FM/WIM Annie Wang (California, FIDE 2321, USCF 2382), FM Gauri Shankar (India, FIDE 2315, USCF 2417), FM Christopher Yoo (California, FIDE 2293, USCF 2334), Tianqi Wang (North Carolina, FIDE 2291, USCF 2368), FM Sahil Sinha (Maryland, FIDE 2246, USCF 2355) at Justin Paul (Virginia, FIDE 2218, USCF 2295).
