20th Annual SPICE Cup Open A 9-round, dual USCF and FIDE-rated Swiss. One section; minimum rating 2000 FIDE or 2200 USCF required November 2026 FIDE ratings will be used to determine pairings and prizes. Time Control: G/90; +30. Late default: 60 minutes Prize Fund: $12,500 Guaranteed! GM, IM, WGM, and WIM norms are possible.2026 SPICE Cup Open Last update 10.10.2026 21:54:34, Creator/Last Upload: Washington Chess Federation
Starting rank
| No. | | | Name | FideID | FED | Rtg |
| 1 | | GM | Sonis, Francesco | 895733 | ITA | 2547 |
| 2 | | GM | Zhou, Jianchao | 8603537 | USA | 2545 |
| 3 | | GM | Harikrishnan.A.Ra, | 5081483 | IND | 2506 |
| 4 | | GM | Mikaelyan, Arman | 13304852 | ARM | 2499 |
| 5 | | GM | Cordova, Emilio | 3801497 | PER | 2490 |
| 6 | | GM | Putnam, Liam | 30938279 | USA | 2486 |
| 7 | | GM | Belous, Vladimir | 4174003 | RUS | 2473 |
| 8 | | GM | Escalante Ramirez, Brian | 3819566 | PER | 2454 |
| 9 | | | Singh, Siddharth | 39907023 | USA | 2425 |
| 10 | | IM | Lee, Michael | 2026562 | USA | 2326 |
| 11 | | IM | Atwell, Rose | 30951011 | USA | 2325 |
| 12 | | FM | Wang, Ted | 30990459 | USA | 2287 |
| 13 | | FM | Vemparala, Nikash | 30960967 | USA | 2272 |
| 14 | | CM | Jammalamadaka, Vihaan | 30977134 | USA | 2257 |
| 15 | | CM | Harish, Neeraj | 30958130 | USA | 2250 |
| 16 | | FM | Paragua, Megan Althea | 30973007 | USA | 2234 |
| 17 | | CM | Doknjas, Neil | 2617587 | CAN | 2211 |
| 18 | | FM | Lee, Megan | 2029618 | USA | 2209 |
| 19 | | FM | Willy, Stephen | 30981468 | USA | 2171 |
| 20 | | FM | Porter, Ryan W | 2011239 | USA | 2151 |
| 21 | | | Aadit, Bhatia | 25088955 | IND | 2149 |
| 22 | | | Wilber, Matthew K | 2050404 | USA | 2136 |
| 23 | | WIM | Qiu, Laurie | 30998190 | USA | 2131 |
| 24 | | CM | Kona, Vidip | 30990440 | USA | 2108 |
| 25 | | CM | Palathingal, Rafael | 39927580 | USA | 2095 |
| 26 | | CM | Lu, Karson | 2661756 | CAN | 2049 |
| 27 | | CM | Yin, Andrew | 2654652 | CAN | 2046 |
| 28 | | | Gavrish, Leonid | 14110040 | UKR | 2038 |
| 29 | | FM | Yao, Lucas Mason Pin Qian | 2643243 | CAN | 2037 |
| 30 | | | Karthikeyan, Harishkumar | 30990467 | USA | 2029 |
| 31 | | | Bhatta, Rohit | 30965934 | USA | 1992 |
| 32 | | | Taylor, Tristan | 2635054 | CAN | 1990 |
| 33 | | | Saddi, Neevan Reddy | 39917002 | USA | 1989 |
| 34 | | ACM | Venkat, Varun | 150096853 | USA | 1984 |
| 35 | | | Wei, Jeffrey | 39928004 | USA | 1976 |
| 36 | | WFM | Airapetian, Chouchanik | 2020564 | USA | 1959 |
| 37 | | | Taylor, Ashton | 2637120 | CAN | 1948 |
| 38 | | | Leong, Ryan | 2635046 | CAN | 1943 |
| 39 | | CM | Suresh, Barath Subramanian | 2670488 | CAN | 1897 |
| 40 | | | Meadors, Landon | 39948080 | USA | 1873 |
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