Sam Collins has done it!

Sam Collins has achieved his second grandmaster norm. In the last post I mistakenly claimed he needed one point from his last two games. Thankfully I was wrong - Kevin O'Connell on the Leinster Chess Blog cleared it all up and showed that only half a point was required against the right opponents.

Well he did it, now to complete the grandmaster requirements Sam requires a third norm and a rating of 2500. No pressure, but he has a chance in the Dun Laoire Tournament at the end of the month and also at the Olympiad.

Here is the game which helped Sam achieve the second grandmaster norm.

Hopefully it won't be too long before we can say he has achieved his third and final norm.