Final round games

Onischuk, Alexander (2670) – Stefansson, Hannes (2566)
2008 Spice Cup, Lubbock, Texas (9), 20.09.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.Rd1 a6 11.a4 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Bg5 Bf4 15.d5 Bxg5 16.dxe6 Ne5 17.exf7+ Nxf7 18.Nd5 Qc6 19.Ne7+ Kf8 20.Nxc6 Rxe2 21.Nd8 Nxd8 22.Rxd8+ Ke7 23.Bxe2 Kxd8 24.Nxg5 Bd7 25.Nf7+ Ke7 26.Ne5 Be8 27.Bf3 Rb8 28.b4 Nd7 29.Nc4 Nf6 30.Re1+ Kf8 31.a5 Bc6 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.Nb6 Rd8 34.f3 Rd4 35.Rb1 Ke7 36.Rb2 Nd5 37.Nxd5+ Rxd5 38.Kf2 Rb5 39.Rc2 Kd6 40.Rc4 c5 41.bxc5+ Rxc5 42.Rg4 g5 43.Rb4 Rxa5 44.Rb6+ Ke5 45.Rh6 Ra2+ 46.Kg3 a5 47.Rxh7 a4 48.Ra7 a3 49.Ra5+ Kf6 50.Kh3 Kg6 51.g3 Kf6 52.Kg4 Rxh2 53.Rxa3 1–0

Pentala, Harikrishna (2668) – Kaidanov, Gregory (2605)
2008 Spice Cup, Lubbock, Texas (9), 20.09.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Na5 9.Qd1 0–0 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.Rc1 c6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Nd2 b6 14.b4 Nb7 15.Ba6 Qd7 16.0–0 Nd8 17.Nc4 f6 18.Nd2 Ne6 19.Bg3 c5 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.b5 c4 22.Nxc4 Nc5 23.Nd6 Nxa6 24.Nxf5 Qxf5 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.bxa6 Qa5 27.Qb7 Bxa3 28.Rc7 Rab8 29.Qxa7 Ra8 30.Qb7 Qxa6 31.Rxg7 Qxb7 32.Rxb7 Kg8 33.h3 Rf7 34.Rb6 Rc8 35.Bf4 f5 36.Rd1 Bf8 37.Rd5 Kg7 38.Rbb5 Rc1+ 39.Kh2 Kg6 40.g4 fxg4 41.Rg5+ Kf6 42.Rb6+ Ke7 43.Rb7+ Ke8 44.Re5+ Be7 45.Bg5 Rxf2+ 46.Kg3 Rf3+ 47.Kxg4 Rg1+ 48.Kh4 1–0

Perelshteyn, Eugene (2555) – Mikhalevski, Victor (2592)
2008 Spice Cup Lubbock, Texas (9), 20.09.2008

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.d3 e5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Nc4 f6 11.f4 b5 12.Ne3 Rc8 13.a4 b4 14.Nb5 exf4 15.Nxc7+ Rxc7 16.gxf4 Be6 17.b3 Nd4 18.Nc4 Bg4 19.Ra2 Qd7 20.Rb2 0–0 21.Qe1 Re8 22.e3 Bf8 23.Qf2 Nc6 24.Rd2 g6 25.Bb2 Bg7 26.d4 cxd4 27.exd4 Nd8 28.d5 Nf7 29.d6 Rcc8 30.Ne3 Be6 31.f5 Bxb3 32.fxg6 hxg6 33.Bxf6 Bxf6 34.Qxf6 Re6 35.Ng4 Bc4 36.Qxf7+ Qxf7 37.Nh6+ Kg7 38.Nxf7 Bxf1 39.d7 Ba6 40.dxc8Q Bxc8 41.Nd6 Ba6 42.Ne4 Rc6 43.Rd7+ Kh6 44.h4 Bc8 45.Rxa7 g5 46.hxg5+ Kg6 47.Ra5 Rc1+ 48.Kf2 Bf5 49.Rb5 Rc4 50.Rb6+ Kg7 51.Nd6 Rc2+ 52.Kg3 Bd3 1–0

Akobian, Varuzhan (2610) – Kritz, Leonid (2610)
2008 Spice Cup Lubbock, Texas (9), 20.09.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 0–0 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Nb5 Ne4 10.Nxd6 cxd6 11.Qc2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 d5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.0–0 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5 16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.Rfc1 Nc6 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Bb5 Rc7 20.Rc5 Rac8 21.Rac1 Kf8 22.Bxc6 Rxc6 23.Rxc6 bxc6 24.Rc5 Rb8 25.b3 Rb6 26.Ra5 a6 27.f3 Ke7 28.Kf2 Kd6 29.e4 f6 30.Ke3 e5 31.dxe5+ fxe5 32.Kd3 g5 33.h3 ½–½

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