GM Davorin “the Goran” Kuljasevic, Croatia (Team Captain)USCF rating: 2570 / FIDE rating: 2528 – Finance, graduate student– 5-time Croatian Youth Champion, 2-time PanAm Champion, 2-time US Chess League Champion, 2004 Mitropa Cup Team Champion, 2011 SPICE Spring Invitational...
Chess in commercial
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Best of the best – Texas Tech University
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Kuljasevic, Naroditsky tie for 1st at SPICE Spring 2011
235 Photos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpring2011 Final standings 1-2. GM Kuljasevic, IM Naroditsky 6.0 (+3)3. FM Yang 5.5 (+2) [IM norm and title]4-6. GM Bykhovsky, GM Diamant, IM Esserman 5.0 (+1)7-8. IM Altounian, IM Sipos 4.0 (-1)9. SM Aleskerov 2.5 (-4)10....
Wild last round at SPICE Spring
The final round is absolutely wild. Diamant surprised Yang right out of the opening. This caused him to spend a lot of time trying to hold a difficult position. At the end, Diamant successfully converted his advantage for a...
The final chapter begins
March 16 9:30amFinal round 9 Diamant – YangEsserman – NaroditskyAltounian – KuljasevicBykhovsky – AleskerovSipos – Kleiman Photos so far: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpring2011 FM Darwin Yang already earned his 3rd and final IM norm. He needs to win last round for a...
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Naroditsky and Yang playing for GM norm
Standings after 8 rounds 1-3. GM Kuljasevic, IM Naroditsky, FM Yang 5.5 (+3)4. IM Esserman 4.5 (+1)5-6. GM Bykhovsky, GM Diamant 4.0 (0)7. IM Altounian 3.5 (-1)8. IM Sipos 3.0 (-2)9. FM Aleskerov 2.5 (-3)10. IM Kleiman 2.0 (-4)...
SPICE Spring round 8
March 15 4:00pmRound 8Kleiman 1/2 BykhovskyAleskerov 0-1 DiamantYang 1-0 EssermanNaroditsky 1-0 AltounianKuljasevic 1/2 Sipos Photos so far: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpring2011 After 3 hours of intense fighting, Diamant defeated Aleskerov to get back to even score. Aleskerov is officially out of the...
SPICE Spring Round 7 Results
There were a number of wild games in this round. Sipos sacrificed a pawn for strong initiatives. However, Naroditsky defended very well to hold. The game between Altounian and Yang was full of complication. Altounian tried hard to win...