Wednesday, September 19, 2012

$10,000 SPICE Cup Open in St. Louis, FREE entry


$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

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS EVENT!

Sunday, September 02, 2012

The magnificent 8 from Webster University


Webster University - SPICE Grandmasters for 2012

September 2012 rating list


GM Wesley So 2667 fide - 2699 uscf (#1 in the Philippines, #4 junior in the world)

GM Georg Meier 2656 - 2698 (#3 in Germany) C0-Captain

GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez 2612 fide - 2679 uscf (#3 in Cuba)

GM Ray Robson 2598 fide - 2671 uscf (#9 in the USA, #17 junior in the world)

GM Manuel Leon Hoyos 2582 fide - 2673 uscf (#1 in Mexico)

GM Anatoly Bykhovsky 2522 fide - 2646 uscf (#19 in Israel) Co-Captain

GM Denes Boros 2491 fide - 2531 uscf (#31 in Hungary)

GM Andre Diamant 2471 fide - 2529 uscf (#13 in Brazil)

http://www.websterchess.com

World top 20 juniors


Top 20 juniors in the world (September 2012 rating)

RkNameTitleCountryRatingGamesB-Year
1 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2773 0 1992
2 Giri, Anish g NED 2730 10 1994
3 Ding, Liren g CHN 2694 13 1992
4 So, Wesley (Webster University freshman)
g PHI 2667 9 1993
5 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2658 9 1993
6 Yu, Yangyi g CHN 2640 13 1994
7 Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2624 9 1993
8 Zherebukh, Yaroslav g UKR 2622 13 1993
9 Rapport, Richard g HUN 2621 13 1996
10 Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2620 0 1992
11 Nyzhnyk, Illya g UKR 2614 8 1996
12 Dubov, Daniil g RUS 2603 9 1996
13 Ipatov, Alexander g TUR 2601 13 1993
14 Shimanov, Aleksandr g RUS 2599 13 1992
15 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2599 0 1994
16 Kovalyov, Anton g ARG 2598 18 1992
17 Robson, Ray (Webster University freshman)
g USA 2598 0 1994
18 Swiercz, Dariusz g POL 2594 0 1994
19 Durarbayli, Vasif g AZE 2584 0 1992
20 Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel g ARM 2580 13 1993