IM Oliver Barbosa begged off from SPICE CUP group B

IM Oliver Barbosa who earlier accepted the invitation of Susan Polgar to participate in the B group of the upcoming 2009 SPICE CUP in Texas Tech University slated September 19-29 has officially called off his participation, as announced in Susan Polgar's blog. He will be replace by IM Dean Ippolito. Oliver Barbosa currently holds 20 title in the US. GM Wesley So nevertheless will still compete in Group A and set to leave for the US in a few days time.