2019 Bay Area International /r5
Quick 1-Minute Summary
After 5 rounds of this strong 9 round Open not less than 10 players (!) are tied for first with 4 points. The competition is fierce, with numerous upsets and surprises.
Top-50 Standings
Canadian IM Shiyam Thavandiran is struggling a bit in 47th position, 1.5 points back from the lead. However, to be fair his competition has been very tough and he has been a bit unlucky, and there are still 4 rounds left to recover!
The other Canadian participant, IM Leon Piasetski has 2 points so far.
Images taken by David Llada
12 year old Yoo, who has already defeated a 2700 gm! 
Alpha Blue? 
fm Shankar 
gm Bruzon 
gm Naroditsky 
gm Ramirez 
gm Anthony Saidy 
gm Sevan 
gm Stupokin 
gm James Tarjan 
gm Xiong 
Jack Zhu deeply concentrated 
relaxing 
Mishra concentrating 
Youngster Polavaran
Some Games
Chris Yoo – gm Liam
3.1.2019 (1-0)
gm Bruzon – im Ostrovskiy
2.1.2019 (1-0)
Bai,J- gm Negi, Param
3.1.2019 (1-0)
