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2013 SPICE Cup Open - $11,000 guaranteed

2013 SPICE Cup Open 
Sponsored by Webster University 
and the Susan Polgar Foundation

St. Louis, Missouri
October 15-19, 2013 

GM/IM norm opportunity - Minimum rating (FIDE) 2100 
Limited to first 50 entries  

4 IM/GM norms were earned last year: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com

PRIZES: $11,000 guaranteed 

$4,000-$2,000-$1,500-$1,000-$500
U/2400 FIDE $500-$250-$125
U/2300 FIDE $500-$250-$125
top female $250

October 2013 rating will be used 

Limited FREE hotel accommodation (double occupancy) at the Crown Plaza available to foreign GMs.

ENTRY FEES: 

Free to all GMs, IMs, WGMs and all FIDE rated players over 2300 (must complete all 9 rounds), if registered by September 30, 2013. $50 later or on site.

$100 to others if received by September 30, 2013. $150 later or on site.

VENUE: 

Crown Plaza Clayton Hotel 7750 Carondelet Ave, St Louis, MO 63105 (FREE shuttle from the Lambert–St. Louis International Airport) $109/night, FREE Breakfast/Internet

Send entries to

Webster University - SPICE

470 E. Lockwood Ave 

St. Louis, MO 63119

Questions or registration for titled players: Email: spice@webster.edu or call 314-246-8075

Women's Grand Prix round 6

Round 6

12 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2491 0-1 GM Anna Ushenina 2491 9
10 WGM Wenjun Ju 2544 1/2 GM Kateryna Lagno 2548 8
11 GM Yifan Hou 2617 1/2 WGM Olga Girya 2463 7
1 GM Nana Dzagnidze 2545 1/2 GM Anna Muzychuk 2585 6
2 GM Tatiana Kosintseva 2517 1-0 GM Viktorija Cmilyte 2522 5
3 IM Bela Khotenashvili 2505 1-0 WGM Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 2298 4

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To have as many 'Anand' as possible

Increase in prize money encourages chess enthusiasts to participate
Pallavi Nair, TNN May 8, 2013, 06.11AM IST

INDORE: State chess association of Madhya Pradesh has a dream, to have as many 'Anand Vishwanathans' as possible. To fulfill this dream, the association has been ensuring a rise in chess tourneys in the state and a constant rise in prize money, which is gradually grabbing attention of youngsters. Rs 4 lakh was up for grabs at a chess tourney held at Bhopal, in December.

In the last five months, there have been many national and international level chess tournaments, conducted in MP, keeping the prize many in oodles. The association believes that this will be a great encouragement for the chess players.

State Chess Association secretary Kapil Saxena said, "Our association has organised many national and international level tournaments in the state. Increase in prize money encouraged people to turn towards the game of strategies."

"All India Chess Federation (AICF) directed us to form a committee and an association to bring improvement in status of chess in the state. Along with me, two other national level players, Rajesh Bhader, who is from Jabalpur and Mithilesh Jain, from Katni, started the state level chess association in December," Kapil said. This committee has now added a lot many members from various districts and it is conducting many state level tournaments.

All Indore Chess Association secretary Piyush Zamindar said, "Last year there used to be less championship conduct in the state with very low amount of prize money, which resulted in less no. of participants. But this year, there has been an increment and mostly U-10 and U-7 players seemed enthusiastic."

We have good players here, who can play well but there is lack of senior players to participate in big level tournaments. The upcoming tournaments will help players rating, he added.

Even the players do feel that there has been improvement in the number of championship and they are happy with prize money increment. Meghna Upadhyay, 15, says "Good prize money push us more towards this game and more number of tournaments gives us experience."

Sudarshan Malga who currently became state champ, believes that it is a good way to popularize this sport through large number of tournaments and to make it even better, state chess associations should start more number of coaching camps with international coaches.
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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