GM norm for Mogranzini in SPICE Cup

Sunday, 23 October 2011 05:41

The 5th annual SPICE Cup, the highest rated international RR invitational tournament in U.S. history, is currently ongoing in Lubbock, Texas. The 2011 SPICE Cup A group takes place on October 15-25. The B and C groups take place on October 15-19. The FIDE Amateur Rated Open will take place on October 21-23. All sections are being held on the beautiful campus of Texas Tech University. GM Anatoly Bykhovsky won the B Group with 6.5 points. IM Roberto Mogranzini from Italy succeeded in obtaining a GM norm despite the loss in the penultimate round. In the C Group the winner is GM Ben Finegold, the A Group continues. Official website Live games with computer analysis Group A round 7 standings: 1. GM L. Dominguez 2710 (CUB) - 5.0 2. GM Le Quang Liem 2717 (VIE) - 4.5 3. GM Georg Meier 2648 (GER) (Texas Tech Student) - 3.5 4. GM Ray Robson 2583 (USA) - 3.0 5-6. GM Sebastien Feller 2668 (FRA) and GM Yury Shulman 2608 (USA) - 2.5 Group B final standings: 1. GM Anatoly Bykhovsky ISR 2521 - 6.5 2. IM Roberto Mogranzini 2439 ITA - 6.0 3-5. IM Mackenzie Molner 2453, IM Darwin Yang 2439 and IM Enrico Sevillano 2490 - 5.0 6-7. IM Marc Arnold 2505 and GM Mesgen Amanov 2541 TKM - 4.0 8-9. GM Denes Boros 2508 HUN (Texas Tech Student) and IM Dean Ippolito 2477 - 3.5 10. IM Lev Milman 2452 - 2.5 Group C final standings: 1. GM Ben Finegold 2489 - 6.5 2-3. GM Joshua Friedel 2518 and IM Levon Altounian 2429 - 6.0 4-7. GM Andre Diamant 2505 BRA (Texas Tech Student), IM John Bartholomew 2440, IM Vitaly Neimer 2373 ISR (Texas Tech Student) and SM Faik Aleskerov 2316 AZE (Texas Tech Student) - 4.5 8. GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2534 - 4.0 9. SM Matthew Herman 2414 - 2.5 10. FM Kayden Troff 2306 - 2.0