Ukrainian Grandmaster Illya Nyzhnyk took the 18th SPICE Cup trophy after defeating GM Viktor Gazik in an exciting armageddon game.
The two players were previously tied on the first place with 7/9 points each. Nyzhnyk played black pieces in armageddon and held a draw.
The 18th Annual SPICE Cup Open took place from 13-18th October at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Chesterfield, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
The tournament was a 9-round single section Swiss open only to players rated over 2000 FIDE or 2200 USCF.
FIDE title norms were possible with 19-years old FM Grayson Rorrer taking this opportunity to claim his final IM norm and his 2nd GM norm.
Final standings:
1 GM Nyzhnyk Illya UKR 2571 – 7
2 GM Gazik Viktor SVK 2560 – 7
3 FM Rorrer Grayson USA 2374 – 6.5
4 GM Jacobson Brandon USA 2575 – 6.5
5 GM Corrales Jimenez Fidel USA 2574 – 6
6 GM Batsuren Dambasuren MGL 2532 – 6
7 GM Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2542 – 6
8 IM Park Evan USA 2361 – 6
9 IM Williams Justus USA 2344 – 6
10 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2590 – 5.5
11 GM Xiong Jeffery USA 2646 – 5.5
12 GM Quesada Perez Yasser CUB 2592 – 5.5
13 IM Pham Tran Gia Phuc VIE 2444 – 5.5
14 IM Atanasov Anthony CAN 2406 – 5.5
15 IM Chen Ryo USA 2432 – 5.5
16 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro USA 2597 – 5.5
17 GM Woodward Andy USA 2545 – 5
18 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2528 – 5
19 IM Torres Rosas Luis Carlos MEX 2247 – 5
20 IM Putnam Liam USA 2388 – 5
21 FM Gutla Aryan USA 2263 – 5
22 IM Sargsyan Anna M. ARM 2378 – 5
23 Proleiko Julian USA 2276 – 5
24 FM Homa Seth USA 2220 – 5
25 WGM Antova Gabriela BUL 2224 – 5
26 WIM Bommini Mounika Akshaya IND 2165 – 4.5
27 FM Johnson Donald USA 2286 – 4.5
28 IM Wang Tianqi USA 2331 – 4.5
29 IM Lee Michael USA 2329 – 4.5
30 Fang Elbert USA 2130 – 4.5
31 AIM Takahashi Michael USA 2101 – 4.5
32 WGM Marjanovic Annamaria HUN 2302 – 4.5
33 Liu Zachary Hankun CAN 2028 – 4
34 Kung Thomas USA 2182 – 4
35 FM Andrews Todd USA 2122 – 4
36 FM Chirilov James A USA 2320 – 4
37 IM Beukes Dante M NAM 2246 – 4
38 Wilber Matthew K USA 2081 – 4
39 CM Guo Ethan USA 2190 – 4
40 Quirke Jeffrey USA 1971 – 4
41 Jing Andrew USA 2060 – 3.5
42 Hoffman Luc USA 2088 – 3.5
43 Shepherd Duncan USA 2038 – 3.5
44 Shangin Lev USA 2048 – 3.5
45 CM Wan Joseph USA 2184 – 3.5
46 Rahul Mynala IND 1913 – 3.5
47 WFM Toshali V IND 2073 – 3.5
48 Xia Joshua USA 2012 – 3
49 Jiang Andrew USA 2068 – 3
50 Abraham John Z USA 2001 – 3
51 Oberoi Shelev USA 2247 – 3
52 FM Yanayt Eugene USA 2117 – 2.5
53 Anand Vignesh USA 2027 – 2.5
54 Zhang Alex USA 2101 – 2.5
55 WFM Dhyana Patel IND 2010 – 2
56 Rambha Hemachandra USA 1973 – 2
57 Olloyorkhonov Saidazimkhon UZB 0 – 2
58 FM Van Meter Lester USA 1868 – 1.5
59 Feller Gabriela Luisa Vicente BRA 1861 – 1.5
60 FM Eckert Doug USA 2176 – 1.5
