The 17th Annual SPICE Cup 2023 is an International Open Swiss tournament, held from the 17th to the 22nd of December in Chesterfield, Missouri, USA.

The event aims to give the opportunities for young and talented players to fight for international title norms as well as valuable prizes. The event is sponsored by Webster University and the Susan Polgar Foundation.

17th Annual SPICE Cup Open

Last update 22.12.2023 21:51:19, Creator/Last Upload: SPICEChess Search for player Search Final Ranking crosstable after 9 Rounds Rk. Name Rtg FED 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd 5.Rd 6.Rd 7.Rd 8.Rd 9.Rd Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3  1 IM Woodward Andy 2481 USA 22w1 30b1 9w½ 2b1 4w½ 3b½ 7w1 10b½ 11w1 7 50,5 46 41,5 2 GM Hakobyan Aram 2616 ARM 21b1 15w1 12b½ 1w0 20b½ 14w1 11b½ 13w1 8b1 6,5 49 44,5 40 3 GM Quesada Perez Yasser 2578 CUB 46w1 10b½ 20w1 9b½ 7b1 1w½ 12b1 8w½ 4b½ 6,5 48,5 45,5 41 4 IM Bora Safal 2460 USA 31b1 29w1 23b1 7w½ 1b½ 12w½ 8w½ 9b1 3w½ 6,5 48,5 44,5 40,5 5 GM Nyzhnyk Illya 2611 UKR 32w1 20b½ 7w0 21b½ 44w1 17b½ 30w1 16b½ 10w1 6 42,5 39 35 6 IM Wang Justin 2512 USA 44w½ 39b1 10w½ 29b½ 30w1 9b0 24w1 7b½ 17w1 6 41,5 38 34,5 7 IM Wang Tianqi 2347 USA 36b1 16w1 5b1 4b½ 3w0 23w1 1b0 6w½ 9b½ 5,5 51,5 48 43 8 GM Bharathakoti Harsha 2570 IND 26b1 14w½ 13b1 12w½ 23b½ 16w1 4b½ 3b½ 2w0 5,5 51 46,5 41,5 9 FM Pham Tran Gia Phuc 2393 VIE 38b1 49w1 1b½ 3w½ 11b½ 6w1 13b½ 4w0 7w½ 5,5 50 46,5 42,5 10 FM Rorrer Grayson 2361 USA 35b1 3w½ 6b½ 17w½ 15b1 11w½ 20b1 1w½ 5b0 5,5 50 46 41,5 11 GM Yoo Christopher Woojin 2606 USA 17b½ 37w1 14b1 -½ 9w½ 10b½ 2w½ 12w1 1b0 5,5 49,5 46 41 12 Zeltsan Joseph 2415 USA 41b1 24w1 2w½ 8b½ 18w1 4b½ 3w0 11b0 21w1 5,5 48,5 44,5 40 13 IM Posthuma Joshua 2449 USA 40w1 25b½ 8w0 24w1 17b½ 21b1 9w½ 2b0 20w1 5,5 44 40,5 36 14 IM Sargsyan Anna M. 2364 ARM 50w1 8b½ 11w0 44b½ 29w1 2b0 22w1 18b1 16w½ 5,5 42,5 40 36,5 15 IM Gedajlovic Max 2390 CAN 34w1 2b0 49w1 48b½ 10w0 22b½ 21w½ 25b1 24w1 5,5 42 38 34 16 IM Lou Yiping 2454 CHN 45w1 7b0 25w½ 37b1 48w1 8b0 29b1 5w½ 14b½ 5,5 41,5 38,5 35 17 Proleiko Julian 2220 USA 11w½ 18b½ 52w1 10b½ 13w½ 5w½ 23b1 20w½ 6b0 5 44,5 43 38,5 18 GM Balakrishnan Praveen 2505 USA 49b0 17w½ 33b1 26w1 12b0 19w½ 31b1 14w0 29b1 5 42 38 34 19 FM Gutla Aryan 2294 USA 52w0 33b½ 50w1 22b½ 27w½ 18b½ 32w1 23b0 31w1 5 35,5 34 31,5 20 FM Lee Alice 2380 USA 42b1 5w½ 3b0 31w1 2w½ 32b1 10w0 17b½ 13b0 4,5 46,5 43 39 21 WGM Marjanovic Annamaria 2284 HUN 2w0 34b1 27w½ 5w½ 38b1 13w0 15b½ 28w1 12b0 4,5 45,5 42 38 22 Puckett Matthew 2172 USA 1b0 35w1 28b½ 19w½ 24b½ 15w½ 14b0 36w1 26b½ 4,5 44 40,5 36,5 23 IM Li George 2398 USA 33w1 52b1 4w0 25b1 8w½ 7b0 17w0 19w1 -0 4,5 43,5 42 37,5 24 Sheehan Ethan 2339 USA 27w1 12b0 40w1 13b0 22w½ 37b1 6b0 41w1 15b0 4,5 42,5 39 35,5 25 FM Wang Isaac 2333 USA 43b1 13w½ 16b½ 23w0 45b½ 31w½ 26b½ 15w0 42b1 4,5 40 37 33,5 26 FM Amburgy Ryan 2192 USA 8w0 50b½ 39w1 18b0 33w½ 35b1 25w½ 30b½ 22w½ 4,5 38,5 36 32,5 27 NM Cavanah Troy 1950 USA 24b0 41w1 21b½ 28w½ 19b½ 29w0 39b0 45w1 38b1 4,5 36,5 33,5 30 28 IM Chen Ryo 2355 USA 39w½ 44b½ 22w½ 27b½ 32w0 33b½ 34w1 21b0 40w1 4,5 36,5 33 29,5 29 FM Putnam Liam 2348 USA 47w1 4b0 45w1 6w½ 14b0 27b1 16w0 33b½ 18w0 4 43,5 40,5 37,5 30 FM Tsay Vincent 2353 USA 51b1 1w0 38b½ 42w1 6b0 45w1 5b0 26w½ -0 4 41 38,5 35,5 31 Song Ethan 2171 CAN 4w0 47b½ 43w1 20b0 46w1 25b½ 18w0 44b1 19b0 4 38,5 35,5 32,5 32 Girsh Daniel 2261 USA 5b0 38w0 35b1 40w1 28b1 20w0 19b0 42w½ 34w½ 4 38,5 35 31,5 33 CM Guo Ethan 2091 USA 23b0 19w½ 18w0 52b1 26b½ 28w½ 45b1 29w½ -0 4 37,5 36 33 34 CM Zhurbinsky David 2080 USA 15b0 21w0 41b1 49b½ 37w0 47w1 28b0 50w1 32b½ 4 35,5 33 30 35 Panda Vedic 2039 USA 10w0 22b0 32w0 51b1 39b1 26w0 42b0 47b1 46w1 4 34 31,5 28,5 36 FM Resika Nathan 1970 USA 7w0 40b0 -1 45b0 52w1 49b½ 44w½ 22b0 39w1 4 32 30,5 27,5 37 CM Vemparala Nikash 2192 USA -½ 11b0 47w1 16w0 34b1 24w0 41b0 40b½ 43w½ 3,5 38 35 31,5 38 CM Liang Yu-Cheng 2089 USA 9w0 32b1 30w½ 46b½ 21w0 44b½ 40w½ 39b½ 27w0 3,5 36,5 33,5 30 39 AIM Takahashi Michael 2033 USA 28b½ 6w0 26b0 50b1 35w0 46b½ 27w1 38w½ 36b0 3,5 36 33,5 30,5 40 CM Yang Jingyun (Ryan) 2129 CAN 13b0 36w1 24b0 32b0 43w½ 42w1 38b½ 37w½ 28b0 3,5 36 32,5 29 41 FM Eckert Doug 2123 USA 12w0 27b0 34w0 47b1 50w½ 43b1 37w1 24b0 -0 3,5 35,5 33 30 42 Jing Andrew 2070 USA 20w0 46b1 44w½ 30b0 49w½ 40b0 35w1 32b½ 25w0 3,5 35,5 32,5 29 43 Zhang Alex 1882 USA 25w0 -½ 31b0 -½ 40b½ 41w0 51w1 46b½ 37b½ 3,5 32,5 30 27 44 Mcconnell Sullivan 2191 USA 6b½ 28w½ 42b½ 14w½ 5b0 38w½ 36b½ 31w0 -0 3 40,5 37 33,5 45 FM Yanayt Eugene 2156 USA 16b0 51w1 29b0 36w1 25w½ 30b0 33w0 27b0 52b½ 3 35 33,5 31 46 WIM Caglar Sila 2194 TUR 3b0 42w0 51b1 38w½ 31b0 39w½ 50b½ 43w½ 35b0 3 33,5 31 28,5 47 Liu Zachary Hankun 1993 CAN 29b0 31w½ 37b0 41w0 51w½ 34b0 52b1 35w0 50b1 3 30 28,5 26 48 Fernandez John C 2133 USA 53w+ -½ -½ 15w½ 16b0 -0 -0 -0 -0 2,5 42 38,5 34,5 49 FM Betaneli Alexander 2178 USA 18w1 9b0 15b0 34w½ 42b½ 36w½ -0 -0 -0 2,5 39 35,5 32 50 WFM Patel Dhyana 2064 IND 14b0 26w½ 19b0 39w0 41b½ 52w1 46w½ 34b0 47w0 2,5 34 32,5 29,5 51 Shetty Anshul 2030 USA 30w0 45b0 46w0 35w0 47b½ -1 43b0 52w1 -0 2,5 28 26,5 24,5 52 FM Van Meter Lester 1807 USA 19b1 23w0 17b0 33w0 36b0 50b0 47w0 51b0 45w½ 1,5 34 31,5 29 53 IM Heimann Mark 2453 USA 48b- -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0 0 27 26 24,5 Annotation: Tie Break1: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter) Tie Break2: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter) Tie Break3: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)