He also got a grandmaster norm, his first.
It would give us a grandmaster norm, and that is what we are trying to get.
A grandmaster norm is the first of several steps before becoming a grandmaster.
She needed only a draw in the last round to make her third grandmaster norm and obtain the rank.
The only one to achieve a grandmaster norm was Ashley.
But she was disappointed in not getting the half-point more that would have meant a grandmaster norm.
So, Nakamura will have to wait longer for his third and final grandmaster norm.
He completed his final grandmaster norm in 2005, at 14 years, 4 months.
He completed his final grandmaster norm at age 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011.
He completed his final grandmaster norm at age 14 years, 7 months, 12 days in 2004.