The 16th Annual SPICE Cup Open is set to take place from December 18–23, 2022, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis – Chesterfield, Missouri, USA.
The tournament format is 9-round Swiss in one single section with players rated over 2000 FIDE or over 2199 USCF. The tournament is eligible for FIDE title norms.
The total prize fund is $16,500 guaranteed.
Prizes:
$5000-3000-2000-1500-1000
Top U2450: $500-250
Top U2300: $500-250
Special prizes (which can be won in addition to place or class prize):
Top Woman: $1,000-500-200
Top Junior (born after 1/1/2007): $500-200
Brilliancy prize: $100
Website: https://webster.edu/spice
Participants:
GM Nyzhnyk Illia USA 2687
GM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2637
GM Hakobyan Aram ARM 2613
GM Quesada Perez Yuniesky USA 2583
GM Burke John USA 2580
GM Kantor Gergely HUN 2561
GM Mishra Abhimanyu USA 2549
GM Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2504
GM Srivatshav Rahul IND 2498
GM Razvan Preotu CAN 2493
IM Grinberg Eyal ISR 2491
IM Tiglon Bryce USA 2475
IM Wang Justin USA 2471
IM Li Zhaozhi USA 2414
FM Juksta Karolis LTU 2398
IM Rautela Saksham IND 2393
GM Fishbein Alexander USA 2389
IM Sargsyan Anna ARM 2384
IM Konstantin Kavutskiy USA 2383
IM Stearman Josiah USA 2377
FM Sethuraman Sandeep USA 2371
IM Park Evan USA 2364
IM Song Edward USA 2362
IM Plotkin Mark CAN 2361
WGM Yu Jennifer USA 2345
Oberoi Shelev USA 2328
IM Santarius Erik USA 2326
WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2312
WGM Marjanovic Annamaria HUN 2312
FM Plotkin Victor CAN 2290
FM Lee Alice USA 2284
FM Chambers Ezra BDI 2283
FM Lin Andy USA 2265
FM Homa Seth USA 2242
Harshid Kunka USA 2236
Andersen Gunnar USA 2224
IM Kaufman Raymond CAN 2209
CM Liu Eric USA 2182
FM Amburgy Ryan USA 2175
Matta Nick USA 2167
FM Bentaneli Alex USA 2154
Puckett Matthew USA 2151
FM Eckert Dough USA 2127
Ladan Nicholas USA 2091
CM Zhurbinsky David USA 2059
Gutla Aryan USA 2033
Fishbein Mitch USA 2023
Zhang Alex USA 1990
CM Vemparala Nikash USA 1976
Anand Vignesh USA 1949
FM Vanmeter Lester USA 1852
Organizer: GM Liem Le
Federation: United States of America (USA)
Chief Arbiter: IA Judit Sztaray
Deputy Chief Arbiter: FA Glenn Panner
