Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Homegrown Memphian wins second IM norm.

Congratulations to Jake Kleiman!

Jake is one of only seven in the United States listed on the FIDE website with an Title norms for International Master.




The Philadelphia Open saw Memphis’ FM Jake Kleiman earn his second IM norm. Listen to Jake:




Jake will be one of five instructors at the Mid-South Chess Camp (GM Alex Stripunsky, GM Josh Friedel, WIM Alisa Melekhina, FM Jake Kleiman, and Eve Litvak as they prepare to welcome U.S. Champion GM Hikaru Nakamura on June 13-18 to the premier chess camp in the country!


From the Tennessee Chess Association website:
http://tnchess.org/uncategorized/tennessees-jake-kleiman-earns-2nd-international-master-norm