IM Oliver Barbosa unfortunately has an emergency and will not be able to participate in the SPICE Cup. We are very pleased to have IM Dean Ippolito, an awesome coach and wonderful player, joining the SPICE Cup B group.
September 19-29 at Texas Tech University
The full schedule is here.
This roster includes all updated September 2009 FIDE ratings!
A Group – Category 16 (6-player DRR) – Average rating: 2631 – Average age: 20
https://chessdailynews.com/spice-cup-round-by-round-pairings/
Grandmaster Dmitry Andreikin,
Grandmaster Wesley So,
Grandmaster
Grandmaster
Grandmaster
Grandmaster Jon Ludwig Hammer,
This event will break the
B Group – Category 11 (10-player RR) – Average rating: 2503
https://chessdailynews.com/spice-cup-b-round-by-round-pairings/
International Master Gabor Papp, Hungary, 2562, 22 years old (Texas Tech student and member of the TTU Knight Raiders)
International Master Davorin Kuljasevic, Croatia, 2547, 22 years old, (Texas Tech student and member of the TTU Knight Raiders)
Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn, United States, 2542, 29 years old (2007 SPICE Cup Champion and former winner of the prestigious Samford fellowship)
International Master Ray Robson,
Grandmaster Andre Diamant,
International Master Ben Finegold, United States, 2515, 40 years old (2-time U.S. Open Champion, 2-time National Open Champion and former winner of the prestigious Samford fellowship)
International Master Gergely Antal,
Grandmaster Vinay Bhat,
International Master Dean Ippolito,
FIDE Master Danny Rensch,
All ratings listed are from the September 2009 FIDE rating list.
SPICE Cup Open and SPICE Cup Scholastic Open are once again two of the events which are a part of the SPICE Cup Chess Festival.
Just as last year, the SPICE Cup will be held on campus at Texas Tech University and is co-organized by SPICE, Susan Polgar Foundation, and Texas Tech University.
Great job Dean! Good luck in getting your GM norm.
Sorry Oliver. Perhaps next time.
I think Finegold also won the Samford fellowship.
7 American players out of 16 players. Nice to see someone care about American players instead of the USCF.
Go Dean!
Hi Susan,
Thank you for your comment at chessph regarding IM Barbosa.
Best regards,
Dean is awesome!