I have sent to FIDE-Americas the list of 2 players for knock-out stage and 7 players for the qualifier.
Thanks to FIDE-Americas, I was able to add 2 more names to our list after the official deadline.
The final list:
Knock-out stage:
1. GM B.Sambuev (2514)
2. IM N.Noritsyn (2512)
3. IM R.Panjwani (2448)
Preliminary stage:
1. IM M.Plotkin (2430)
2. IM S.Thavandiran (2420)
3. FM V.Plotkin (2367)
4. FM R.Talukdar (2341)
5. FM M.Gedajlovic (2270)
6. FM T.Song (2145)
7. H.Zhang (2133)
8. IM M.Barron (2108)
Not too many players so far
https://chess-results.com/tnr558425....et=YES&flag=30
Standing after 1st day of the qualifier.
1-3 J.Bellissimo - 4
4-9 FM R.Talukdar, IM M.Plotkin - 3.5
10-25 FM V.Plotkin - 3
26-40 FM T.Song, FM M.Gedajlovic - 2.5
71-78 IM M.Barron - 1.5
Tomorrow last 5 rounds (10min + 3sec).
Final standing after 9 rounds
2. IM M.Plotkin 7.5
4. FM R.Talukdar 6.5
27. FM V.Plotkin 5.5
30. J.Bellissimo 5
39. FM M.Gedajlovic 5
50. FM T.Song 4.5
65. IM M.Barron 4
In round 7 I lost to a very talented strong player from Trinidad and Tobago. His rating was just 1223, but he finished with 6 points crushing some 2300+ players. Extremely dangerous opponent for the knock-out stage.