SPICE Cup FIDE Rated Open
November 5-7
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
806-742-7742
6SS, G/90 with 30 second increment.
FIDE/USCF rated
One Section $2,000 based on 40 paid entries: $1000-$500-250-150-100
Open to all FIDE rated players and USCF 1600 and higher
Limit to the first 50 registrants!
Reg: 9-10:30am 11/5.
Rounds: 11/5 11am and 4pm
11/6 10 am and 3 pm
11/7 9 am and 2 pm
No byes in the final 2 rounds.
Entry Fees: US players with FIDE rating $50 / without FIDE rating $75 if rec’d by November 2. $25 more on site.
Titled players and foreign FIDE rated players free, $50 deducted from prize.
Check payable to:
Texas Tech SPICE
6923 Indiana Avenue (Suite 154)
Lubbock, TX 79413
Players in the SPICE Cup FIDE Rated Open will have a chance to play alongside with the players in the SPICE Cup Invitational A and B Group in the final 3 days!
There is also an open tournament for everyone, including players under 1600, schedule for the weekend before.
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SPICE Cup Invitational A & B Group
The 2010 SPICE Cup will take place on Thursday, October 28 – Sunday, November 7 at the beautiful campus of Texas Tech University. This prestigious event is growing bigger every year. It is expected to be the highest rated international invitational tournament in U.S. history to date.
To make the tournament a lot more exciting, the SPICE Cup committee has unanimously voted to adapt the following new rules for the A group:
– No draw offer allowed prior to move 30
– A win = 3 points, a draw = 1 point, and loss = 0 point
Confirmed players:
GM Zoltan Almasi (HUN) 2707 (#2 in Hungary)
GM Alexander Onischuk (USA) 2688 (#3 in the U.S., former U.S. Champion)
GM Wesley So (Philippines) 2672 (#1 in the Philippines)
GM Georg Meier (Germany) 2659 (#2 in Germany)
GM Ray Robson (USA) 2539 (Youngest American GM)
GM Eugene Perelshteyn (USA) 2528 (winner of 2007 SPICE Cup)
The format of the A group will once again be a 6-player DRR (category 16) event. The current average FIDE rating of the A group is 2632.17.
The B group will be a 10-player (category 10) RR event. The players confirmed for B group so far are:
GM Kuljasevic (2555 – Croatia)
GM Finegold (2530 – USA)
GM Andre Diamant (2498 – Brazil)
GM Anatoly Bykhovsky (2497 – Israel)
IM Krush (2490 – USA)
IM Ippolito (2468 – USA)
IM Rensch (2404 – USA)
FM Yang (2402 – USA)
IM Istvan Sipos (2398 – HUN), and 1 more has been tentatively confirmed.
Impressive field.