10 year old Jeffrey Xiong won the 2011 SPICE Cup FIDE Amateur Open with the score of 5.5 / 6. He is the top 10 year old in the nation. His only draw came in the hand of 9 year old Ruifeng Li, the top 9 year old in the country. This dynamic duo will represent the U.S. in the upcoming World Youth.

Final standings (6 rounds)

1 FM Jeffrey Xiong 13648601 2310 W17 W2 D4 W3 W8 W6 5.5

2-3 Lior Lapid 12563733 2275 W7 L1 W6 W4 W11 D3 4.5
2-3 Tom Polgar 13060416 2012 W18 W12 W8 L1 W10 D2 4.5

4 Ruifeng Li 13768313 2116 W9 W13 D1 L2 W7 D8 4.0

5 Zachary Haskin 12827624 1895 D8 D11 L7 D9 W15 W12 3.5

6 Josh Osbourn 13340505 1913 H— W10 L2 D13 W16 L1 3.0
7 Brian Cassidy 13314431 1908 L2 W18 W5 D11 L4 D9 3.0
8 FM Hans Jung 12053130 2133 D5 W15 L3 W12 L1 D4 3.0
9 Trey Modlin 12803731 1887 L4 L17 W18 D5 W13 D7 3.0
10 Ananya Roy 12921220 1716 H— L6 W15 W17 L3 D13 3.0

11 Carlos Santillan 11032095 2033 H— D5 W14 D7 L2 U— 2.5
12 Brett James 12750286 1746 B— L3 D16 L8 W14 L5 2.5
13 Ethan Morgan 13749218 1801 W16 L4 D17 D6 L9 D10 2.5

14 Konstantin Parkhomenko 12863245 1606 H— D16 L11 L15 L12 W18 2.0
15 Frank Arizpe 12682914 1838 H— L8 L10 W14 L5 D16 2.0
16 Rebecca Lelko 12851444 1947 L13 D14 D12 H— L6 D15 2.0

17 Curtis Cooper 12485868 1930 L1 W9 D13 L10 F18 U— 1.5
18 Maraani Kamphorst 14521372 1822 L3 L7 L9 H— X17 L14 1.5

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