SPICE CUP 2009 Final Scores

GM Yuriy Kusubov is SPICE Cup 2009 Champion after winning the blitz games tiebreak against Andreikin and Mamedov. Although Filipinos from around the world are in high spirits for their bet Wesley So to take over the tournament.However, it was still worth considering that it was good exposure playing a category 16 tourney and with only one point difference from the champions.

In group B, USA dominated the pack with Eugene Perelshteyn taking the crown. It was also a sweet victory for the americans as IM Ben Finegold obtained his final grandmaster norm and become a full pledge chess grandmaster. Click here for more of SPICE Cup 2009.

B Group (GM norm: Ben Finegold - IM norm: Danny Rensch)

1-3. Perelshteyn, Eugene g USA 2534 6
1-3. Bhat, Vinay g USA 2473 6
1-3. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2513 6
4. Robson, Ray m USA 2491 5½
5. Papp, Gabor m HUN 2558 5
6-8. Rensch, Daniel f USA 2392 4
6-8. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2547 4
6-8. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2479 4
9. Diamant, Andre m BRA 2520 2½
10. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2455 2

A Group

1-3. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2635 5½
1-3. Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2648 5½
1-3. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2645 5½
4-6. Hammer, Jon Ludvig g NOR 2583 4½
4-6. So, Wesley g PHI 2646 4½
4-6. Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2626 4 1/2