Thursday, November 22, 2012
SPICE Cup 2012 officially the highest rated event in US history!
The October 2012 World Chess rating list has just been published (http://ratings.fide.com/toplist.phtml).
The 2012 SPICE Cup Invitational at Webster University is now officially the highest rated International Invitational Round Robin tournament in U.S. history, breaking the record of the past 2 SPICE Cup (2010 and 2011 which were category 17). The 2012 Invitational is a category 18 tournament.
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2705
GM Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) 2703
GM Ding Liren (China) 2702
GM Wesley So (Philippines) 2677
GM Csaba Balogh (Hungary) 2664
GM Georg Meier (Germany) 2646
Average: 2683
The Webster University - SPICE Grandmasters with 5 players over 2600!
This is also a historic occurrence in college chess. No university has ever had 8 grandmasters enrolling in full time study at once.... [via Susan Polgar]
The 2012 SPICE Cup Invitational at Webster University is now officially the highest rated International Invitational Round Robin tournament in U.S. history, breaking the record of the past 2 SPICE Cup (2010 and 2011 which were category 17). The 2012 Invitational is a category 18 tournament.
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2705
GM Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) 2703
GM Ding Liren (China) 2702
GM Wesley So (Philippines) 2677
GM Csaba Balogh (Hungary) 2664
GM Georg Meier (Germany) 2646
Average: 2683
The Webster University - SPICE Grandmasters with 5 players over 2600!
This is also a historic occurrence in college chess. No university has ever had 8 grandmasters enrolling in full time study at once.... [via Susan Polgar]
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India National Premier Chess Championship 2012 (Chessdom )
