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Final standings: 1. Becerra, Julio g USA 2538 6½ 2-3. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2511 5½ 2-3. Finegold, Benjamin m USA 2534 5½ 4. Ippolito, Dean m USA 2466 5 5-6. Kuljasevic, Davorin m CRO 2552 4½ 5-6. Papp,...

Friday, March 19 10:00 am – 2:30 pm Round 9 Kraai 1/2 Antal (Antal needs to win for his GM title. He is going all out but Kraai has the upper hand. An intense hard fought 77 move draw....

Here is the link to over 300 pictures of the SPICE Spring Invitational: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpringSelect Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

Fun bughouse videos from the SPICE Spring Invitational Party Many more videos can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/user/chessmarketing?feature=mhw4#p/u Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

Chess quiz action Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar

1. Becerra, Julio g USA 2538 * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 . 1 1 5½ 2-3. Antal, Gergely m HUN 2511 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 . 0 5 2-3. Finegold, Benjamin m USA...

The norm chase is still on for IM Gergely Antal and FM Eric Hansen. Unfortunately, they will have to cross a monumental hurdle to make it happen. Hansen has to beat GM Becerra with Black to earn his final...

As part of the SPICE events tradition, there is a party at my home prior to the final round. As usual, there are plenty of food, chess, bughouse, chess trivia, and fun. SPICE Spring Invitational photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpringSelect Chess Daily...

Standings after 8 rounds: 1. GM Julio Becerra 5.5 (+3)2-3. IM Gergely Antal, GM Ben Finegold 5.0 (+2)4. IM Dean Ippolito 4.5 (+1)5-7. FM Darwin Yang, IM Gabor Papp, IM Davorin Kuljasevic 4.0 (0)8. FM Hansen 3.0 (-2)9-10. GM...