SPICE Spring Invitational Print
Saturday, 20 March 2010 06:32
GM Julio Becerra won convincingly the 2010 edition of SPICE Spring Invitational. He finished with 6,9/9 a full point ahead of competition with 5 victories, 3 draws, and only one loss. The rest of the medals went to Gergely Antal and Benjamin Finegold who shared the second position with 5,5/9.

FM Darwin Yang finished 5-6 with 4,0/9, which was enough for a IM norm. IM Gergely Antal and FM Eric Hansen had chances for norms until the last round, but they could not win their games against GM Becerra and GM Jesse Kraai.

 

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Spice cup 2010

 

Final standings

 

1. Becerra, Julio g USA 2538 6½
2-3. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2511 5½
2-3. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2534 5½
4. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2466 5
5-6. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2552 4½
5-6. Papp, Gabor m HUN 2542 4½
7. Yang, Darwin f USA 2378 4
8. Krush, Irina m USA 2461 3½
9-10. Kraai, Jesse g USA 2508 3
9-10. Hansen, Eric f CAN 2415 3