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| By Cory Chandler | |
| July 12, 2008 | |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: July 10, 2008
CONTACT: Cory Chandler, [email protected]
(806) 742-2136
2008 SPICE Cup is the Highest Rated 10-player International Round-Robin in U.S. History
Texas Tech University’s Susan
Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence announced Thursday it has
assembled the strongest field of chess grandmasters in U.S. round-robin
history for its 2008 SPICE Cup International Invitational Tournament.
The
ten players – all grandmasters – confirmed for the event boast an
average rating of 2605 according to World Chess Federation (FIDE)
ratings.
This makes SPICE Cup a Category 15 tournament – the highest-rated tournament of its kind held on U.S. soil.
The invitational round-robin tournament pits an international slate of
10 players against each other through nine rounds of play over ten
days.
“We have secured a very prestigious roster of players from around the globe to compete in this tournament,” said SPICE Director Susan Polgar.
It will take place from Sept. 19-28 at the Texas Tech Student Union Building
and is the main attraction of Texas Tech’s annual SPICE Cup Festival.
Other activities include the 2008 Texas Women's Open Championship,
SPICE Cup Grand Prix, SPICE Cup Scholastic and SPICE Cup Pro-Am.
Players with their U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) and World Chess Federation (FIDE) ratings are as follows:
Alexander Onischuk, United States, 2734 USCF / 2670 FIDE
Varuzhan Akobian, United States, 2660 USCF / 2610 FIDEHarikrishna Pentala, India, 2724 USCF / 2668 FIDE Leonid Kritz, Germany, 2667 USCF / 2610 FIDE Gregory Kaidanov, United States, 2664 USCF / 2605 FIDE Julio Becerra, United States, 2640 USCF / 2598 FIDE Victor Mikhalevski, Israel, 2679 USCF / 2592 FIDE Kamil Miton, Poland, 2703 USCF / 2580 FIDE Hannes Stefansson, Iceland, 2597 USCF / 2566 FIDE Eugene Perelshteyn, United States, 2619 USCF / 2555 FIDE (Defending Champion) USCF Average Rating: 2669 SPICE website: www.SPICE.ttu.edu |
