Pairings here: https://chessdailynews.com/pairings-for-2010-spice-spring-invitational/
The 2010 SPICE Spring Invitational will take place in March (13-19) at the beautiful campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.
Here are the confirmed players by the order of draw lots (March 2010 FIDE ratings and latest USCF ratings):
1. IM Irina Krush (USA) 2488 USCF – 2461 FIDE (GM norm – previous participant of the SPICE Cup)
2. IM Gergely Antal (HUN) 2557 USCF – 2511 FIDE (2 GM norms) – Texas Tech Student
3. IM Davorin Kuljasevic (CRO) 2585 USCF – 2552 FIDE (2 GM norms) – Texas Tech Student
4. FM Eric Hansen (CAN) 2426 USCF – 2415 FIDE (One of the top juniors in Canada)
5. IM Gabor Papp (HUN) 2578 USCF – 2542 FIDE (GM norm) – Texas Tech Student
6. GM Julio Becerra (USA) 2610 USCF – 2538 FIDE (2-time participant of the SPICE Cup)
7. IM Dean Ippolito (USA) 2548 USCF – 2466 FIDE (Previous participant of the SPICE Cup)
8. GM Jesse Kraai (USA) 2550 USCF – 2508 FIDE (1st time participant)
9. FM Darwin Yang (USA) 2413 USCF – 2378 FIDE (Youngest ever participant of a SPICE Invitational)
10. GM Ben Finegold (USA) 2631 USCF – 2534 FIDE (earned GM title at the 2009 SPICE Cup B group)
Average FIDE rating: 2490.5
GM norm is expected to be 6 points (out of 9 games) and IM norm is expected to be 4 points (out of 9 games).
March 13
1:00pm Opening ceremony
2:00pm-6:30pm Round 1
March 14
2:00pm-6:30pm Round 2
March 15
9:00am-1:30pm Round 3
3:30pm-8:00pm Round 4
March 16
2:00pm-6:30pm Round 5
March 17
9:00am-1:30pm Round 6
3:30pm -8:00pm Round 7
March 18
2:00pm-6:30pm Round 8
March 19
10:00am-2:30pm Round 9
3:00pm Closing ceremony
https://chessdailynews.com/best-of-the-best-texas-tech-university/
2010 SPICE Cup
The 2010 SPICE Cup will take place around the middle of November 2010.
To make the event 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 Wesley So (
GM Georg Meier (
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (
GM Ray Robson (
GM Eugene Perelshteyn (
We are working on finalizing an agreement to have a big star for the last spot. It will be announced soon.
The format of the A group will once again be a 6-player DRR (category 16) event. The B group will be a 10-player (category 11-12) RR event. We are planning to add a 3rd group for 2010.
I hope there will be many norms.