Texas Tech Spring Invitational
This 2009 Texas Tech SPICE Spring Invitational is organized and sponsored by Texas Tech University, SPICE, the Knight Raiders, and the Susan Polgar Foundation. This will be in addition to the Category 16/17 2009 SPICE Cup which will take place in the end of September.
This upcoming tournament will be a category 11 (2502 average FIDE rating) 6-player double round robin event. The dates are March 16 – 22 and it will be held on campus at the Texas Tech Student Union Building.
The invited players are:
GM Timur Gareev 2580 FIDE / 2630 USCF (UZB)
GM Alejandro Ramirez 2550 FIDE / 2609 USCF (Costa Rica)
IM Gergely Antal 2493 FIDE / 2502 USCF (Hungary)
IM Robert Hess 2483 FIDE / 2527 USCF (USA)
IM Ray Robson 2455 FIDE / 2546 USCF (USA)
GM Babakuli Annakov 2451 FIDE / 2485 USCF (USA)
Average rating: 2502 FIDE / 2550 USCF
Another great move by Susan and SPICE. What’s the USCF doing other than wasting members’ money?