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My friend Gordon Ritchie just informed me that Thomas Roussel-Roozmon of Canada has just earned his final GM norm at the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. Congratulations to Thomas, a nice young man and an excellent chess player!
Here is his record in Khanty-Mansiysk:
| Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas IM 2484 (Canada) Rp:2600+ | |||||||||
| Rd. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Rp | Pts. | Res. | Bo. | |
| 1 | 541 | Cossa Pedro Ventura | 2010 | MOZ | 1784 | 3,5 | s 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 101 | GM | Filippov Anton | 2609 | UZB | 2531 | 5,5 | w 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 361 | FM | Larrea Manuel | 2323 | URU | 2140 | 3,0 | w ½ | 2 |
| 4 | 423 | Kongsee Uaychai | 2235 | THA | 2277 | 5,5 | s 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 174 | GM | Rasmussen Allan Stig | 2530 | DEN | 2521 | 5,0 | s ½ | 2 |
| 6 | 144 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2567 | CRO | 2538 | 4,5 | w 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 55 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2661 | BUL | 2641 | 5,5 | s ½ | 2 |
| 8 | 286 | FM | Battulga Namkhai | 2421 | MGL | 2342 | 4,0 | w ½ | 2 |
| 10 | 161 | GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2547 | KAZ | 2638 | 7,5 | s ½ | 2 |
