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SPICE Spring round 8
2:00 pm – 6:30 pm Round 8 Finegold 1-0 YangKrush 1/2 KraaiAntal 1-0 IppolitoKuljasevic 1-0 BecerraHansen 1/2 Papp SPICE Spring Invitational photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpringSelect Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Four still have chances for norms at SPICE Spring Invitational
Standings after 7 rounds: 1. GM Julio Becerra 5.5 (+4)2. IM Dean Ippolito 4.5 (+2)3-5. IM Gergely Antal, FM Darwin Yang, GM Ben Finegold 4.0 (+1)6. IM Gabor Papp 3.5 (0)7. Kuljasevic 3.0 (-1)8. Hansen 2.5 (-2)9-10. Kraai, Krush...
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“Paparazzi” Finegold
America’s newest GM Ben Finegold (resident GM at http://saintlouischessclub.org) “secretly” video taping and taking pictures of the last game of round 7 between IM Dean Ippolito and IM Irina Krush. Dean is at +2 and needs to score +3...
IM norm for Yang with 2 rounds to spare
13 year old FM Darwin Yang has scored his first IM norm with 2 rounds to spare. After leading the tournament after 4 rounds with 3 points, Yang suffered back to back losses to GM Becerra and IM Ippolito....
SPICE Spring round 7
Standings after 6 rounds: 1. Becerra 5.0 (+4)2. Ippolito 4.0 (+2)3-4. Antal, Papp 3.5 (+1)5-6. Yang, Finegold 3.0 (0)7. Hansen 2.5 (-1)8-9. Kuljasevic, Kraai 2.0 (-2)10. Krush 1.5 (-3) 3:30 pm – 8:00 pm Round 7 Becerra 1/2 AntalIppolito...
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Krush vs Finegold
Irina Krush – Ben Finegold [D51]SPICE Spring Invitational (round 1 makeup game), 16.03.2010 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Rc1 0-0 11.Qb3 Ne4 12.Bf4 a6 13.Bxe4 dxe4...
Intense action in round 6
The norm fever pitch is running high. 6 players are still mathematically in the norm chase. Because of this, every game is intense and wild. Yang 0-1 Ippolito (Yang lost for the first time yesterday. But he is still...
The norm chase continues
Wednesday, March 17 9:00 am – 1:30 pm Round 6 Krush – BecerraYang – IppolitoAntal – PappFinegold – KraaiKuljasevic – Hansen SPICE Spring Invitational photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpringSelect https://chessdailynews.com/2010-spice-spring-invitational-schedule/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The norm chase
Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Becerra 4.0 (+3)2-5. Yang, Ippolito, Antal, Papp 3.0 (+1)6. Finegold 2.5 (0)7. Kuljasevic 2.0 (-1)8-10. Hansen, Krush, Kraai 1.5 (-2) Norm requirement: Yang needs 1/4 for IM norm and 3/4 for GM normIppolito, Antal,...