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By Jennifer Shahade   
March 19, 2010
GM Julio Becerra convincingly won the Spring SPICE Cup with 6.5/9. FM Darwin Yang also earned his first IM norm. See Becerra's final round win over FM Hansen:

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You can  play through previous games on Monroi. Also see Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis GM-in-residence Ben Finegold's CCSCSL blog.

Spring SPICE Cup
Final Standings
1. GM Julio Becerra- 6.5
2. IM Gergely Antal and GM Ben Finegold-5.5
4. IM Dean Ippolito-5
5-6 IM Gabor Papp and IM Davorin Kuljasevic-4.5
7- FM Darwin Yang-4
8. IM Irina Krush-3.5
9-10. FM Eric Hansen and GM Jesse Kraai-3 
 
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