Schedule: https://chessdailynews.com/2010-spice-cup-schedule/
Pairings: https://chessdailynews.com/spice-cup-pairings-2/
Welcome from Texas Governor: https://chessdailynews.com/tx-governor-rick-perry-welcomes-spice-players/
Round by round update will be available on www.ChessDailyNews.com, http://twitter.com/SusanPolgar, and http://www.facebook.com/polgarchess
All games will be played on the beautiful Texas Tech campus at the Student Union Building. Texas Tech SPICE website: www.SPICE.ttu.edu.
Group A
– No draw offer allowed prior to move 30
– A win = 3 points, a draw = 1 point, and loss = 0 point
The format of the A group will once again be a 6-player DRR (category 16) event. The average FIDE rating of the A group is 2631, which is tied with the 2009 SPICE Cup A group as the highest rated international invitational tournament in U.S. history.
GM Zoltan Almasi (HUN) 2707 (#1 in Hungary)
GM Alexander Onischuk (USA) 2688 (#3 in the U.S., former U.S. #1 and Champion)
GM Wesley So (Philippines) 2668 (#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 B group will be a 10-player (category 10 – 2485) RR event. The scoring system in group is normal. The players in the B group are:
GM Davorin Kuljasevic (2555 – Croatia) Texas Tech student
GM Ben Finegold (2534 – USA) 2009 SPICE Cup B group co-champion
GM Gegerly Antal (2526 – HUN) Texas Tech student
GM Andre Diamant (2498 – Brazil) Texas Tech student
GM Anatoly Bykhovsky (2497 – Israel) Texas Tech student
IM Irina Krush (2490 – USA) 2010 U.S. Women’s Champion
IM Bryan Smith (2478 – USA)
IM Dean Ippolito (2469 – USA)
IM Danny Rensch (2404 – USA)
FM Darwin Yang (2402 – USA)
GM norm will be 6/9 and IM norm will be 4/9.
Time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes with 30 second increment starting on move 1, then another 30 minutes after move 40 also with 30 seconds increment. We are in U.S. Central time.
Games will be covered on MonRoi.com, Chessdom.com, ChessClub.com (ICC), PlayChess.com (ChessBase), Chess.com, etc.
Go Ray!
Best of Luck WESLEY!!!!!