20th Annual SPICE Cup 2026 ·
Round 1: 17 players share the lead with 1 point
Round 1 of 20th Annual SPICE Cup 2026 was played on Wednesday 4 November 2026: 17 decisive games, 3 draws. 17 players lead with 1 point.
Round 1: results
- 1–0Sonis, Francesco beat Wilber, Matthew K with White in the Catalan Opening: Open Defense, in 60 moves (1–0). Replay the game
- 0–1Harikrishnan.A.Ra beat Maddipati, Srihas with Black in the French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Morozevich Variation, in 62 moves (0–1). Replay the game
- 1–0Mikaelyan, Arman beat Yao, Lucas Mason Pin Qian with White in the Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred, in 39 moves (1–0). Replay the game
- 0–1Putnam, Liam beat Lu, Karson with Black in the Nimzo-Indian Defense, in 42 moves (0–1). Replay the game
- 1–0Cordova, Emilio beat Meadors, Landon with White in the Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, in 69 moves (1–0). Replay the game
- 0–1Belous, Vladimir beat Palathingal, Rafael with Black in the Nimzo-Indian Defense, in 56 moves (0–1). Replay the game
- ½–½Escalante Ramirez, Brian and Mohan, Vishnu drew in the French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine-Maróczy Gambit, in 66 moves (½–½). Replay the game
- 0–1Singh, Siddharth beat Gavrish, Leonid with Black in the Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation, in 46 moves (0–1). Replay the game
- 1–0Lee, Michael beat Taylor, Tristan with White in the Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind, in 27 moves (1–0). Replay the game
- 0–1Atwell, Rose beat Venkat, Varun with Black (0–1). Replay the game
- ½–½Wang, Ted and Suresh, Barath Subramanian drew in the Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, in 82 moves (½–½). Replay the game
- 0–1Vemparala, Nikash beat Bhatta, Rohit with Black in the King's Indian Attack, with e6, in 40 moves (0–1). Replay the game
- 0–1Taylor, Ashton beat Jammalamadaka, Vihaan with Black in the King's Indian Attack, with e6, in 42 moves (0–1). Replay the game
- ½–½Koo, Minjun and Lee, Megan drew in the Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line, in 21 moves (½–½). Replay the game
- 1–0Doknjas, Neil beat Leong, Ryan with White in the Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack, in 28 moves (1–0). Replay the game
- 0–1Harish, Neeraj beat Airapetian, Chouchanik with Black in the Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation, in 41 moves (0–1). Replay the game
- 0–1Saddi, Neevan Reddy beat Willy, Stephen with Black in the French Defense: Chigorin Variation, in 41 moves (0–1). Replay the game
- 0–1Kona, Vidip beat Verma, Darsh with Black in the Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, in 47 moves (0–1). Replay the game
- 1–0Qiu, Laurie beat Ramkumar, Nikhil with White in the Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, in 50 moves (1–0). Replay the game
- 0–1Porter, Ryan W beat Cheng, Selina with Black in the Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, in 74 moves (0–1). Replay the game
Standings after the day
What comes next
Round 5 · Starts
- Mikaelyan, Arman – Singh, Siddharth
- Lee, Michael – Zhou, Jianchao
- Escalante Ramirez, Brian – Harikrishnan.A.Ra
- Qiu, Laurie – Putnam, Liam
- Sonis, Francesco – Belous, Vladimir
- Cordova, Emilio – Yao, Lucas Mason Pin Qian
- Kona, Vidip – Atwell, Rose
- Doknjas, Neil – Porter, Ryan W
- Ramkumar, Nikhil – Harish, Neeraj
- Wang, Ted – Willy, Stephen
- Gavrish, Leonid – Vemparala, Nikash
- Maddipati, Srihas – Wilber, Matthew K
- Jammalamadaka, Vihaan – Leong, Ryan
- Bhatta, Rohit – Lee, Megan
- Lu, Karson – Taylor, Ashton
- Palathingal, Rafael – Koo, Minjun
- Venkat, Varun – Saddi, Neevan Reddy
- Suresh, Barath Subramanian – Meadors, Landon
- Taylor, Tristan – Airapetian, Chouchanik
- Mohan, Vishnu – Verma, Darsh