$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

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