2016 SPICE Cup – $15,000 guaranteed – FREE entry fees – 13 GMs confirmed so far – A Susan Polgar Foundation Event

Battle of the young stars: GMs Jeffery Xiong, Sam Sevian, Kayden Troff, Ruifeng Li, IMs Akshat Chandra, Awonder Liang, Daniel Gurevich, Michael Brown, etc!

The SPICE Cup this year will be VERY STRONG!

In addition to SPICE players like GMs Liem Le, Ray Robson, Aleksandr Shimanov, Illia Nyzhnyk, Vasif Durarbayli, Manuel Leon Hoyos, Ashwin Jayaram, Priyadharshan Kannappan, IMs Irene Sukandar, Eric Rosen, Vitaly Neimer + Josh Colas. Justus Williams, Aaron Grabinsky, etc., we will also have reigning World Junior Champion GM Jeffery Xiong, world class player GM Rauf Mamedov, and very strong young players like GMs Sam Sevian, Kayden Troff, Ruifeng Li, IMs Akshat Chandra, Awonder Liang, Daniel Gurevich, Michael Brown, and many more!

2016 SPICE Cup

$15,000 Guaranteed!

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

There are only very few spots left available in this year’s SPICE Cup! Over $15,000 in cash prizes!

If you registered and do not see your name on the list below, please send me an email at SusanPolgar@aol.com.

Adamson x	Robby	USA	FM	2247	2009730
Banawa x	Joel	USA	FM	2363	2024055
Betaneli x	Alexander	USA	FM	2259	2012359
Brown x	Michael	USA	IM	2431	2037602
Cervantes x	Thalia	USA		1881	3520498
Chandra x	Akshat	USA	IM	2492	25006711
Colas x	Joshua	USA		2335	2044447
Duran Vega x	Sergio	CRC		2383	6501311
Durarbayli x	Vasif	AZE	GM	2612	13402935
Eckert x	Doug	USA	FM	2190	2001993
Fernandez	Daniel	USA	IM	2436	2015390
Gareyev x	Timur	USA	GM	2615	14200937
Gosdin x	Kaleb	USA		1956	30920442
Grabinsky x	Aaron	USA		2336	2087090
Gurevich x	Daniel	USA	IM	2488	2044676
Jayaram x	Ashwin	IND	GM	2468	5018137
Kaliksteyn x	Alex	USA		2412	2007630
Kannappan x	Priyadharshan	India	GM	2521	5018293
Kavutskiy	Kostya	USA	FM	2344	2026384
Keaton x	Kiewra	USA	IM	2450	2019280
Le Quang x	Liem	VIE	GM	2723	12401137
Leon Hoyos x	Manuel	MEX	GM	2488	5105269
Li	Ruifeng	USA	GM	2543	2061074
Liang x	Awonder	USA	IM	2484	2056437
Mercado Mendoza x	Luisa	COL	WFM	1939	4400984
Neimer x	Vitaly	ISR	IM	2346	2807017
Niemann	Hans	USA	FM	2288	2093596
Nyzhnyk x	Illia	UKR	GM	2606	14118084
Rosenthal	Nicholas	USA		2136	2045150
Robson x	Ray	USA	GM	2680	2023970
Rosen x	Eric	USA	IM	2382	2032562
Rosenthal x	Nicolas	USA		2136	2045150
Santarius x	Erik	USA		2289	2025817
Sevian x	Samuel	USA	GM	2591	2040506
Sharevich x	Anna	USA	WGM	2255	13503189
Shimanov x	Aleksandr	RUS	GM	2638	4198603
Srivathsav x	Rahul	India		2277	25059653
Sukandar x	Irine	INA	IM	2432	7101937
Swindell x	Shawn	USA		2034	2064588
Thavandiran x	Shiyam	CAN		2346	2605058
Troff	Kayden	USA	GM	2534	2047896
Voelker x	James	USA		2159	2018853
Williams x	Justus	USA	FM	2313	2049929
Xiong x	Jeffrey	USA	GM	2647	2047640

 

plus SPICE house players