With a score of 6.5 out of 9, Eugene Perelshteyn has won the first SPICE Cup, a tournament held at the Texas Tech University in Lubbock (Texas), United States. The tournament, which was a memorial to Samuel Reshevsky, was organized by Susan Polgar, chairwoman of the United States Chess Federation, and Paul Truong, Polgar's husband. SPICE stands for "Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence" at the Texas Tech University.The SPICE program was launched at the University in May 2007, and is headed by Susan Polgar & Paul Truong. Polgar serves as director of SPICE and coach of the Knight Raiders chess team while Truong is the institute's business manager and assistant coach. The institute includes academic and outreach components and provides a forum for academic research on the game. Researchers across disciplines are allowed to study chess from angles as diverse as artificial intelligence, cognition and women's studies. More info on SPICE can be found
here.From 9 till 16 November, the first SPICE Cup was held in the Matador Room of the Student Union Building. The round-robin event had 10 participants from countries including Poland, Hungary, Mexico, Russia and the U.S., with an average rating of 2527.The final standings were:
1. Perelshteyn, Eugene USA 2536 6,5
2. Hernandez, Gilberto MEX 2568 6
3. Beccera, Julio USA 2568 5,5
4. Miton, Kamil POL 2628 5,5
5. Hera, Imre HUN 2544 5
6. Krush, Irina USA 2475 4
7. Hoyos, Manuel Leon MEX 2495 3,5
8. Lugo, Blas USA 2411 3
9. Schneider, Dmitry USA 2502 3
10. Gulko, Boris USA 2571 3
Here some game fragments. First some tactical examples, and to finish with, to fine wins by the winner.
Reflection of the Texas Tech University
Another nice picture of the Uni
The Cup
Irinia Krush being interviewed, probably about the ever-interesting subject "women & chess"
Kamil Miton - Irina Krush
Imre Hera - Blas Lugo
Eugene Perelshteyn (with the concentration of a winner) - Imre Hera
Kamil Miton - Eugene Perelshteyn (is this really the same player as in the picture above?)
Susan Polgar gives the prize to the winner
Standing from left to right: Beccera, Hoyos, Hernandez, Hera, Gulko, Perelshteyn, Hera & Miton. Sitting: Krush & Schneider
With a score of 6.5 out of 9, Eugene Perelshteyn has won the first SPICE Cup, a tournament held at the Texas Tech University in Lubbock (Texas), United States. The tournament, which was a memorial to Samuel Reshevsky, was organized by Susan Polgar, chairwoman of the United States Chess Federation, and Paul Truong, Polgar's husband. SPICE stands for "Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence" at the Texas Tech University.The SPICE program was launched at the University in May 2007, and is headed by Susan Polgar & Paul Truong. Polgar serves as director of SPICE and coach of the Knight Raiders chess team while Truong is the institute's business manager and assistant coach. The institute includes academic and outreach components and provides a forum for academic research on the game. Researchers across disciplines are allowed to study chess from angles as diverse as artificial intelligence, cognition and women's studies. More info on SPICE can be found here.From 9 till 16 November, the first SPICE Cup was held in the Matador Room of the Student Union Building. The round-robin event had 10 participants from countries including Poland, Hungary, Mexico, Russia and the U.S., with an average rating of 2527.The final standings were:
Reflection of the Texas Tech University
Another nice picture of the Uni
The Cup
Irinia Krush being interviewed, probably about the ever-interesting subject "women & chess"
Kamil Miton - Irina Krush
Imre Hera - Blas Lugo
Eugene Perelshteyn (with the concentration of a winner) - Imre Hera
Kamil Miton - Eugene Perelshteyn (is this really the same player as in the picture above?)
Susan Polgar gives the prize to the winner
Standing from left to right: Beccera, Hoyos, Hernandez, Hera, Gulko, Perelshteyn, Hera & Miton. Sitting: Krush & Schneider
