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International GMs So & Shulman Join Field at Northern California
International Print E-mail By Arun Sharma    December 8, 2011 GM
Yury Shulman, Photo Betsy Dynako The Northern California
International is shaping up to be one of the strongest
tournaments recently held in the US. The field will include ten
GMs, three of whom are rated at least 2650, along with eighteen
IMs, so the competition should be extremely fierce.    The event
should also be somewhat unique for having a much larger overall
percentage of high rated players than the vast majority of US
events. With about half the field rated at least 2350 FIDE,
heavyweight clashes should start early on.  This will also
ensure the event has a much higher average rating than most
tournaments which should make norm opportunities plentiful for
those pursuing them, and with the event now also having twenty
one players of non-US Federation, it has