The 2009 SPICE Cup International Invitational Tournament will bring a high powered lineup of world class young chess talent to Texas Tech. The contest is set to start beginning Saturday.
The tournament, in its third year, will once again set the record for the highest rated international invitational round robin tournament in the United States. This is equivalent to bringing Wimbledon or the PGA championship to Texas Tech and Lubbock.
The tournament, in its third year, will once again set the record for the highest rated international invitational round robin tournament in the United States. This is equivalent to bringing Wimbledon or the PGA championship to Texas Tech and Lubbock.
SPICE Cup will take place from Saturday through Sept. 29 at the Matador Room in the Student Union on the Tech campus.
The 16 top serrated players will be broken into two groups. The six player A Group will meet in a category 16 event up from category 15 in 2008. The players are all grandmasters with an average age of just 20 and an average rating is 2,631, based on the September 2009 World Chess Federation rating list.
The 10 players forming the B Group tournament, a Category 11 event, will be mostly grandmasters and international masters, with an average rating of 2,502. Three of the 10 players in this pair are members of the Texas Tech Knight Raiders chess team.
The 16 top serrated players will be broken into two groups. The six player A Group will meet in a category 16 event up from category 15 in 2008. The players are all grandmasters with an average age of just 20 and an average rating is 2,631, based on the September 2009 World Chess Federation rating list.
The 10 players forming the B Group tournament, a Category 11 event, will be mostly grandmasters and international masters, with an average rating of 2,502. Three of the 10 players in this pair are members of the Texas Tech Knight Raiders chess team.
