4 SPICE players, GMs Illia Nyzhnyk, Alex Shimanov, Vasif Durarbayli (all current members of Webster University Chess Team) and Gabor Papp (SPICE grown GM back in 2009-2010) tied for 1st at 2016 World Open. Papp won the playoff.
Webster U – SPICE top female player IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar won the 2016 World Open Women’s Championship! She scored 5-0 and her USCF rating will break 2500! Well done Irene!
In addition to tying for 1st at the World Open 3 straight years, GM Illia Nyzhnyk also tied for 1st at the World Open Blitz Championship! Double congrats to Illia!
Final Standings (top 25)
# | Name | Rtng | Team | Fed | Tot | TB1 |
Prize
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Amount
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1 | GM Gabor Papp (SPICE) | 2596 | JOSGAB | HUN | 7.0 | 45 |
1st-7th/Bonus
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$6300.00
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2 | GM Victor Bologan | 2654 | MDA | 7.0 | 44.5 |
1st-7th
|
$5800.00
|
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3 | GM Tamaz Gelashvili | 2557 | GEO | 7.0 | 44 |
1st-7th
|
$5800.00
|
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4 | GM Gil Popilski | 2542 | ISR | 7.0 | 43.5 |
1st-7th
|
$5800.00
|
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5 | GM Alex Shimanov (SPICE) | 2631 | RUS | 7.0 | 41 |
1st-7th
|
$5800.00
|
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6 | GM Vasif Durarbayli (SPICE) | 2596 | AZE | 7.0 | 41 |
1st-7th
|
$5800.00
|
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7 | GM Illia I Nyzhnyk (SPICE) | 2622 | MATNYZ | UKR | 7.0 | 39 |
1st-7th
|
$5800.00
|
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8 | GM Gata Kamsky | 2675 | USA | 6.5 |
8th-10th
|
$200.00
|
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9 | GM Aleksandr Lenderman | 2614 | KHMLEN | USA | 6.5 |
8th-10th
|
$200.00
|
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10 | GM Varuzhan Akobian | 2612 | USA | 6.5 |
8th-10th
|
$200.00
|
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11 | GM Samuel Sevian | 2603 | USA | 6.5 |
8th-10th
|
$200.00
|
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12 | GM Yaroslav Zherebukh | 2595 | USA | 6.5 |
8th-10th
|
$200.00
|
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13 | GM Alejandro Ramirez | 2563 | USA | 6.5 |
8th-10th
|
$200.00
|
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14 | IM Andrey Gorovets | 2551 | BLR | 6.5 |
8th-10th
|
$200.00
|
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15 | GM Alexander Shabalov | 2533 | USA | 6.5 |
8th-10th
|
$200.00
|
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16 | IM Razvan Preotu | 2462 | CAN | 6.5 |
8th-10th
|
$200.00
|
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17 | FM Nicolas T Checa | 2398 | USA | 6.5 |
1st 2300-2449
|
$5000.00
|
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18 | FM William Morrison | 2295 | USA | 6.5 |
1st 2200-2299
|
$5000.00
|
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19 | GM Axel Bachmann | 2642 | PAR | 6.0 | |||||||||||||
20 | GM Giorgi Kacheishvili | 2589 | GEO | 6.0 | |||||||||||||
21 | GM Isan Ortiz Suarez | 2578 | CUB | 6.0 | |||||||||||||
22 | IM Ruifeng Li | 2529 | LILI | USA | 6.0 | ||||||||||||
23 | GM Arun Prasad Subramanian | 2502 | DASSUB | IND | 6.0 | ||||||||||||
24 | IM Justin J Sarkar | 2439 | USA | 6.0 |
2nd-3rd 2300-2449
|
$400.00
|
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25 | IM Awonder Liang | 2408 | USA | 6.0 |
2nd-3rd 2300-2449
|
$400.00
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Video of GM Gabor Papp representing SPICE in 2010
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