Meier wins SPICE Cup Blitz, So 2nd

Here is the link to 178 pictures from the 2010 SPICE Cup Blitz Championship.

Here is the link to over 430 pictures from the SPICE Cup 2010.

Meier started with 5/5, including wins over top seed Onischuk and and second seed So. He the coasted with 2 draws in round 6 and 7 to clinch the title. So made a valiant come back but fell short by 1/2 point.

Magnus Carlsen’s former coach, Grandmaster Simen Agdestein, who just arrived in Lubbock with a group of students from Norway, tied for 3rd with Texas Tech Knight Raider GM Bykhovsky, super coach IM Rensch from Arizona, and former U.S. #1 and champion GM Onischuk.

SPICE Cup Blitz Championship 2010 final standings:

1st = $500
2nd = $300
3rd = $200

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Tot

1 GM Georg Meier 2656 W10 W7 W4 W3 W2 D6 D5 6.0

2 GM Wesley So 2669 W12 W13 D3 W6 L1 W11 W4 5.5

3 GM Alex Onischuk 2683 W5 W6 D2 L1 W7 L4 W8 4.5
4 IM Danny Rensch 2404 D9 W12 L1 W11 W5 W3 L2 4.5
5 GM Anatoly Bykhovsky 2497 L3 W8 W7 W13 L4 W14 D1 4.5
6 GM Simen Agdestein 2580 W11 L3 W9 L2 W13 D1 W16 4.5

7 GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2536 W8 L1 L5 W9 L3 W12 W15 4.0

8 IM Istvan Sipos 2400 L7 L5 W15 W14 W9 D10 L3 3.5
9 GM Ray Robson 2539 D4 W14 L6 L7 L8 W16 W11 3.5
10 IM Dean Ippolito 2471 L1 W15 L13 W12 L11 D8 W14 3.5

11 FM Darwin Yang 2417 L6 W16 W14 L4 W10 L2 L9 3.0
12 IM Bryan Smith 2472 L2 L4 W16 L10 W15 L7 W13 3.0

13 GM Gergely Antal 2529 W16 L2 W10 L5 L6 L15 L12 2.0
14 GM Andre Diamant 2498 W15 L9 L11 L8 W16 L5 L10 2.0

15 Chase Watters 2192 L14 L10 L8 L16 L12 W13 L7 1.0
16 Joachim Nilsen 2200 L13 L11 L12 W15 L14 L9 L6 1.0