Pairings here: https://chessdailynews.com/pairings-for-2010-spice-spring-invitational/

The 2010 SPICE Spring Invitational will take place in March (13-19) at the beautiful campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.

Here are the confirmed players by the order of draw lots (March 2010 FIDE ratings and latest USCF ratings):

1. IM Irina Krush (USA) 2488 USCF – 2461 FIDE (GM norm – previous participant of the SPICE Cup)

2. IM Gergely Antal (HUN) 2557 USCF – 2511 FIDE (2 GM norms) – Texas Tech Student

3. IM Davorin Kuljasevic (CRO) 2585 USCF – 2552 FIDE (2 GM norms) – Texas Tech Student

4. FM Eric Hansen (CAN) 2426 USCF – 2415 FIDE (One of the top juniors in Canada)

5. IM Gabor Papp (HUN) 2578 USCF – 2542 FIDE (GM norm) – Texas Tech Student

6. GM Julio Becerra (USA) 2610 USCF – 2538 FIDE (2-time participant of the SPICE Cup)

7. IM Dean Ippolito (USA) 2548 USCF – 2466 FIDE (Previous participant of the SPICE Cup)

8. GM Jesse Kraai (USA) 2550 USCF – 2508 FIDE (1st time participant)

9. FM Darwin Yang (USA) 2413 USCF – 2378 FIDE (Youngest ever participant of a SPICE Invitational)

10. GM Ben Finegold (USA) 2631 USCF – 2534 FIDE (earned GM title at the 2009 SPICE Cup B group)

Average FIDE rating: 2490.5

GM norm is expected to be 6 points (out of 9 games) and IM norm is expected to be 4 points (out of 9 games).

March 13

1:00pm Opening ceremony

2:00pm-6:30pm Round 1



March 14

2:00pm-6:30pm Round 2



March 15

9:00am-1:30pm Round 3

3:30pm-8:00pm Round 4



March 16

2:00pm-6:30pm Round 5



March 17

9:00am-1:30pm Round 6

3:30pm -8:00pm Round 7



March 18

2:00pm-6:30pm Round 8



March 19

10:00am-2:30pm Round 9

3:00pm Closing ceremony



https://chessdailynews.com/best-of-the-best-texas-tech-university/

www.SPICE.ttu.edu

2010 SPICE Cup

The 2010 SPICE Cup will take place around the middle of November 2010.

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



Confirmed players:



GM Wesley So (Philippines) 2665

GM Georg Meier (Germany) 2663

GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway) 2617

GM Ray Robson (USA) 2559

GM Eugene Perelshteyn (USA) 2553 (winner of SPICE Cup B group)

We are working on finalizing an agreement to have a big star for the last spot. It will be announced soon.



The format of the A group will once again be a 6-player DRR (category 16) event. The B group will be a 10-player (category 11-12) RR event. We are planning to add a 3rd group for 2010.

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