GM Wesley So has just confirmed his participation in the 2010 SPICE Cup A group.
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
GM Georg Meier (Germany), GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway), GM Ray Robson (USA) and GM Eugene Perelshteyn (USA) have already confirmed their participation.
The format of the A group will once again be a 6-player DRR (category 16 or 17) event. The B group will be a 10-player (category 11-12) RR event. We are planning to add a 3rd group for 2010.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
This is great news. The field is young and combative.
Sweeter the second time for So.
I have a dumb suggestion, Susan. Why not a must-win format every round: 1 classical game then, if drawn, 1 rapid, if still drawn, 1 blitz, if still drawn, Armageddon. That way, every match will be 1-0 or 0-1. A mini World Cup format, but applied to a round robin.
Wow brilliant idea Anon ,in terms of getting a competitive result! hehe.
LCC rules … but the LCC event featured players with ‘fight’ …
… over 5 rounds, a mini-event, 3 points for a win is hardly likely to make a difference over normal scoring.