The
2011 SPICE Spring Invitational, one of the most prestigious International Invitational Chess Tournaments in the United States, will take place from March 12 - 16, 2011 on the beautiful campus of Texas Tech University.
In 2009, young International Master Robert Hess earned a Grandmaster norm at Texas Tech during the SPICE Spring Invitational. He completed his Grandmaster title shortly after that and his career has skyrocketed since. He is now one of the top players in this country.
In 2010, Darwin Yang, the top junior in Texas, earned his first International Master norm at the SPICE Spring Invitational. He followed it up with his 2nd International Master norm at the 2010 SPICE Cup. He is gunning for his final IM norm this Saturday.
The drawing of lot was done yesterday and here are the drawn numbers:
1. SM Aleskerov, Faik 2324 (Azerbaijan)
2. FM Yang, Darwin 2416 (USA)
3. IM Naroditsky, Daniel 2438 (USA)
4. GM Kuljasevic, Davorin 2528 (Croatia)
5. IM Sipos, Istvan 2407 (Hungary)
6. IM Altounian, Levon 2432 (USA)
7. IM Esserman, Marc 2425 (USA)
8. GM Diamant, Andre 2520 (Brazil)
9. GM Bykhovsky, Anatoly 2517 (Israel)
10. IM Kleiman, Jake 2413 (USA)