$10,000 Webster University SPICE Cup Open
October 16-20, 2012
St. Louis, Missouri
Prizes: $10,000 guaranteed ($4,000 - $2,000 - $1,500 - $1,000 - $500 - $250; Under 2400 FIDE $500 - $250)
This event will be held alongside with the SPICE Cup Invitational (expected to be FIDE category 18 which is the highest rated International RR tournament in US history!)
- GM Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) - defending champion & #1 in Vietnam
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) - Former World Junior Champion & French Champion
- GM Ding Liren (China) - 3-time & reigning champion of China, #3 junior in the world
- GM Csaba Balogh (Hungary) - Member of the Hungarian National Team
- GM Wesley So (Philippines) - #1 in the Philippines & Webster University freshman
- GM Georg Meier (Germany) - European Team Champion & Webster University sophomore
Entry fee: $100 to non GM / IM, which will be fully refunded at the conclusion of the tournament if the player completes all 9 rounds (to discourage withdrawal and byes).
Limited free double occupancy accommodations available for GMs if registered by September 20, 2012 (must complete all 9 rounds)
Playing Venue: Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel 7730 Bonhomme Avenue St. Louis, MO 63105 (FREE shuttle from the Lambert – St. Louis International Airport) - $89/night chess rate
https://www.starwoodmeeting.com
(Be sure to use the code SPICECup to receive this special rate, FREE parking, FREE Internet, and discount breakfast vouchers.)
Format: 9 round Swiss (FIDE and USCF rated), IM, GM, WIM, WGM norm opportunities
Schedule: October 16-19 @ 10 am & 4 pm, October 20 @ 10 am
Time Control: Game in 90 minutes with a 30 second increment starting at move 1.
Registration: Open to the first forty (40) 2300+ FIDE rated players / maximum 40 players. Registration will be closed by September 20, 2012.
Organizer reserves the right to make a few exceptions.
Check or money order payable to: Webster University
(Attention: SPICE - Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence)
470 E. Lockwood Avenue
Webster Groves, MO 63119-3141
Please include your name, contact info, FIDE ID and rating, etc.
For questions, email SusanPolgar@aol.com
Registered titled players so far (13 GMs, 14 IMs, 1 IM-elect, 21 foreigners, etc.):
| Corrales Jimenez | Fidel | Cuba | GM | 2612 |
| Leon Hoyos | Manuel | Mexico | GM | 2605 |
| Robson | Ray | USA | GM | 2598 |
| Shulman | Yury | USA | GM | 2595 |
| Ramirez | Alejandro | USA | GM | 2570 |
| Mikhalevksi | Victor | Israel | GM | 2538 |
| Perelshteyn | Eugene | USA | GM | 2529 |
| Bykhosvky | Anatoly | Israel | GM | 2527 |
| Charbonneau | Pascal | Canada | GM | 2517 |
| Amanov | Mesgen | Turkmenistan | GM | 2498 |
| Finegold | Ben | USA | GM | 2493 |
| Mogranzini | Roberto | Italy | IM | 2492 |
| Molner | Mackenzie | USA | IM | 2489 |
| Yang | Darwin | USA | IM | 2486 |
| Boros | Denes | Hungary | GM | 2485 |
| Diamant | Andre | Brazil | GM | 2473 |
| Smith | Bryan | USA | IM | 2452 |
| Bartholomew | John | USA | IM | 2446 |
| Kiewra | Keaton | USA | IM | 2421 |
| Bartell | Tom | USA | FM | 2417 |
| Kannappan | Priyadharshan | India | IM | 2407 |
| Sakar | Justin | USA | IM | 2392 |
| Fierro (W) | Martha | Ecuador | IM | 2384 |
| Kleiman | Jake | USA | IM | 2377 |
| Ostrovskiy | Aleksandr | USA | FM | 2377 |
| Neimer | Vitaly | Israel | IM | 2373 |
| Amanov | Zhanibek | Kazakhstan | IM | 2373 |
| Bregadze | Levan | Georgia | IM | 2366 |
| Young | Angelo | Philippines | IM | 2338 |
| Schneider (W) | Veronika | Hungary | WGM | 2313 |
| Boor | Carl | USA | FM | 2312 |
| Banawa | Jake | USA | FM | 2300 |
| Troff | Kayden | USA | IM-e | 2300 |
| Jayakumar | Adarsh | USA | FM | 2297 |
| Hambleton | Aman | Canada | FM | 2293 |
| Kavutskiy | Konstantin | USA | FM | 2284 |
| Sharevich (W) | Anna | Belarus | WGM | 2261 |
| Heredia (W) | Carla | Ecuador | WIM | 2220 |
| Agrest (W) | Inna | Sweden | WIM | 2214 |
| Jung | Hans | Canada | FM | 2200 |
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