Harikrishna Wins SPICE CUP

By Arvind Aaron

Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna of Hyderabad won the SPICE Cup Open at Lubbock in Texas, USA on Sep 28 with a score of 5.5. Harikrishna, a former World U-10 and World Junior champion scored 5.5 points to take the title in the event which featured many grand masters.

Harikrishna came from Guntur, the original heartland of SPICE supplying district of the world. He had to miss a part of the AICF Training camp at Chennai due to this event. Winning here confirms that the Lev Psakhis camp had injected freshness into his chess as he won the title in the event held through Sep 17-28.

Final Standings: 1GM Pentala Harikrishna, IND 5.5, GM Alexander Onischuk, USA 5.5, GM Leonid Kritz, GER 5.5, GM Varuzhan Akobian, USA 5.5, GM Julio Becerra, USA 5.0, GM Victor Mikhalevski, ISR 4.5, GM Eugene Perelshteyn, USA 4.0, GM Kamil Miton, POL 3.5, GM Gregory Kaidanov, USA 3.5, GM Hannes Stefansson, ISL 2.5.
 

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