Swiss Events 
This swiss tournament is open to all and runs from January 11-13, 2013.
This swiss tournament is open to all and runs from April 26-28, 2013.
This swiss tournament is open to all and runs from July 5-7, 2013.
This qualifier event from December 21-23, 2012 is for a chance to qualify into a grandmaster or international master norm event.
This qualifier event from February 22-24, 2013 is for a chance to qualify into a grandmaster or international master norm event.
This round robin event from December 19-21, 2012 is for a chance to earn a grandmaster or international master norm.
This round robin event from February 20-24, 2013 is for a chance to earn a grandmaster or international master norm.About Metropolitan Chess Inc.
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Metropolitan Chess, Inc. is a chess corporation in the greater Los Angeles area.
He holds the title of International Organizer and FIDE Arbiter from the World Chess Federation.
He also holds the title of United States Chess Federation Life Master. He founded Metropolitan Chess, Inc. in November of 2010, and grew it into an organization that has received or been responsible for such accolades as Chess Club of the Year, Chess Organizer of the Year, and Chess City of the Year by the United States’ Chess governing body. Beyond his role as President for the overall corporation, he is also the commissioning editor for the publishing arm of the organization.
He holds the title of International Organizer and International Arbiter from the World Chess Federation.
He has been an essential pillar in the growth of the organization, and responsible for taking a lead role in the directing of all tournaments organized under the auspices of the corporation. Without his help, and commitment, only a fraction of the actual events, norm or otherwise, would have been possible.
He holds the title of FIDE Master from the World Chess Federation, and also the title of United States Chess Federation Life Master.
He has been responsible for the content direction of the publishing arm of the organization, and continues to be instrumental in that lead with the new release of the corporation’s mobile app line. Outside the organization, he has been a regular contributor for the largest Chess site in the world, Chess.com, and to the USCL, the United States’ official chess league.
He has been a longtime chess expert playing throughout the United States chess tournament circuit regularly.
He has also been the editor for the Rank & File, Southern California’s Chess Magazine, and under his guidance, has elevated the quality not seen in previous years. With that same determination and vision, he has helped brand Metropolitan Chess Publishing as a leading publisher within the chess industry.
He has been a longtime chess expert playing throughout the United States chess tournament circuit regularly.
He has a penchant for analytical design, with a background in mathematics. Combining such he has been monumental in defining the statistical integration and vision that the publishing arm of the organization has taken with its mobile app releases.
He holds the title of International Master from the World Chess Federation.
He was a previous member of the Kazakhstan Olympiad Team in year’s past. Having a creative and ambitious approach towards chess, with that same foundation he has helped shape the tournament design of the organization. He has grown into one of the most reputed coaches in the California area, and has helped several students achieve steadfast rating, and overall, chess growth.
What are GM/IM norms?
A norm in chess is one of the requirements to receive a title such as Grandmaster/International Master from FIDE (World Chess Federation).
How we came to be?
After viewing IM John Donaldson's Chess Life Online article which was posted shortly after the end of the 2010 Olympiad, I was moved to attempt to start a norm series on the west coast. I felt such tournaments would afford United States players greater opportunities at GM/IM norms and be able to ultimately produce more GM/IM's in the United States. In that vein, I approached a local tournament director, and after a long discussion together and a week of planning, the Metropolitan Chess FIDE Invitational series was born.
Ankit Gupta, President of Metropolitan Chess, Inc.
