2016 SPICE Cup
$15,000 Guaranteed!
Official website: www.ChessDailyNews.com
Free Entries to GMs, IMs, WGMs, WIMs, 2300+, Etc.
Sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation
St. Louis, Missouri
October 17–22, 2016
GM/IM norm opportunity – Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100
Limited to first 50 entries. October 2016 rating will be used.
Time Control: G/90 + 30 second increment from move 1
Prizes: $15,000 guaranteed
$5,000-$2,500-$2,000-$1,500-$1,000-$500
U/2400 FIDE $500-$250-$125
U/2300 FIDE $500-$250-$125
Top Woman $500-$250
Limited FREE hotel accommodation (double occupancy) at the Clayton Plaza Hotel available to foreign GMs.
Entry Fees: Free to GMs, IMs, WGMs, WIMs, FIDE rated players over 2300, and all foreign players with 2100+ FIDE (must complete all 9 rounds), if registered by September 30, 2016. $50 later or on site. The rating minimums are to be met at the time of registration (or at any time starting April 2016 until the start of the tournament).
$100 to FIDE 2200-2299, $200 to FIDE U-2200 if received by September 30, 2016. Additional $50 later or on site.
Venue: Clayton Plaza Hotel
7750 Carondelet Ave, St Louis, MO 63105 (FREE shuttle from the Lambert–St. Louis International Airport)
$109/night, FREE Breakfast/Internet/Parking
For reservations guests should call 314-726-5400 and ask for “In House Reservations”
Group Name is SPICE Cup; Group Code is CPP
Send entries to: Webster University – SPICE
470 E. Lockwood Ave
St. Louis, MO 63119
Questions or registration for titled players: Email: spice@webster.edu or call 314-246-8075
Maximum two 1/2 point byes allowed. Must declare before the start of round 2.
Schedule
Monday, October 17
5 pm – Round 1
Tuesday, October 18
10 am – Round 2
5 pm – Round 3
Wednesday, October 19
10 am – Round 4
5 pm – Round 5
Thursday, October 20
5 pm – Round 6
Friday, October 21
10 am – Round 7
5 pm – Round 8
Saturday, October 22
10 am – Round 9
All Rounds played at the Clayton Plaza Hotel
The final field
Le Quang | Liem | 2723 | VIE | GM |
Robson | Ray | 2670 | USA | GM |
Xiong | Jeffrey | 2647 | USA | GM |
Shimanov | Aleksandr | 2639 | RUS | GM |
Gareyev | Timur | 2615 | USA | GM |
Durarbayli | Vasif | 2608 | AZE | GM |
Nyzhnyk | Illia | 2607 | UKR | GM |
Sevian | Samuel | 2591 | USA | GM |
Li | Ruifeng | 2538 | USA | GM-e |
Kannappan | Priyadharshan | 2525 | India | GM |
Troff | Kayden | 2501 | USA | GM |
Chandra | Akshat | 2490 | USA | IM |
Gurevich | Daniel | 2488 | USA | IM |
Leon Hoyos | Manuel | 2488 | MEX | GM |
Liang | Awonder | 2478 | USA | IM |
Jayaram | Ashwin | 2468 | IND | GM |
Keaton | Kiewra | 2454 | USA | IM |
Sukandar | Irine | 2432 | INA | IM |
Brown | Michael | 2431 | USA | IM |
Kaliksteyn | Alex | 2412 | USA | FM |
Duran Vega | Sergio | 2383 | CRC | FM |
Rosen | Eric | 2382 | USA | IM |
Banawa | Joel | 2363 | USA | FM |
Neimer | Vitaly | 2346 | ISR | IM |
Thavandiran | Shiyam | 2346 | CAN | FM |
Colas | Joshua | 2335 | USA | FM |
Kavutskiy | Kostya | 2332 | USA | FM |
Grabinsky | Aaron | 2330 | USA | |
Williams | Justus | 2313 | USA | FM |
Santarius | Erik | 2289 | USA | |
Niemann | Hans | 2288 | USA | FM |
Srivathsav | Rahul | 2277 | India | |
Sharevich | Anna | 2268 | USA | WGM |
Betaneli | Alexander | 2259 | USA | FM |
Adamson | Robby | 2247 | USA | FM |
Eckert | Doug | 2191 | USA | FM |
Rosenthal | Nicolas | 2136 | USA | |
Voelker | James | 2112 | USA | |
Gosdin | Kaleb | 1953 | USA | |
Mercado Mendoza | Luisa | 1939 | COL | WFM |
Cervantes | Thalia | 1910 | USA | WCM |
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