Chessdom.com will have LIVE commentary on 2 games: http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/wesley-so-mamedov-spice-cup http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/hammer-akobian-spice-cup And no, Ben Finegold is NOT doing LIVE commentary of his own game 🙂 Round 4 – Tuesday, September 22 @ 2pm (Local Lubbock, Texas time) Group A So...
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SPICE Cup Update
Here is the link to the SPICE Cup LIVE games. Sample media coverage: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/15-chess-news/4125-2009-spice-cup-a-and-b-grouphttp://monroi.com/2009-spice-cup-chess-festival-home.htmlhttp://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic776.html#11http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9557http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=69709http://www.gmwesleyso.com/http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk/article2712526.ecehttp://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=11158428http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/dpp/news/local/091909spicecuphttp://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/spice-cup-2009http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9712/554http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2009/09/15/spice-cup-begins-on-19th/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/092009/col_495161925.shtmlhttp://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/09/20/09/wesley-so-splits-point-ukrainian-gmhttp://malibaychessclub.blogspot.com/http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=95915http://today.ttu.edu/2009/09/2009-spice-cup-chess-tournament-attracts-young-slate-of-grandmasters/http://chessheroes.blogspot.com/2009/09/spice-cup-round-3-so-akobian-is-draw.htmlhttp://fpawn.blogspot.com/2009/09/robson-0-1-bhat-at-spice-cup.htmlhttp://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5d15d5d50100esnt.htmlhttp://chessvine.com/archives/559-2009-SPICE-Cup-…-COOL!.htmlhttp://chessconnoisseur.blogspot.com/2009/09/2009-spice-cupusas-highest-rated.htmlhttp://goddesschess.blogspot.com/2009/09/chess-femme-news.htmlhttp://unpublishedjournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/so-draws-first-round-game-in-spice-cup-2009/http://fcpldoha.blogspot.com/2009/09/spice-cup-2009-round-3.html Complete round by round photos: Round 3 photos (61 pics): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound3Round 3 photos (41 pics): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound3Set2 Round 2 photos (30 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound2Round 2 photos (43...
SPICE Cup round 3 games
[Event “Spice Cup 2009”][Site “Lubbock”][Date “2009.09.21”][Round “3”][White “Andreikin, Dmitry”][Black “Mamedov, Rauf”][Result “1/2-1/2”][WhiteELO “2659”][WhiteTitle “GM”][BlackELO “2626”][BlackTitle “GM”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5...
Finegold leads B, Andreikin/Kuzubov lead A
Standings after 3 rounds: A Group 1-2. GMs Andreikin, Kuzubov 2.03-4. GMs Hammer, Mamedov 1.55-6. GMs So, Akobian 1.0 B Group 1. IM Finegold 2.52-5. GM Bhat, IM Antal, GM Perelshteyn, IM Papp 2.06. IM Robson 1.57-9. GM Diamant,...
SPICE Cup round 3 results
Monday, September 21 / 2pm – Round 3 A Group Andreikin 1/2 Mamedov So 1/2 Akobian Kuzubov 1-0 Hammer B Group Finegold 1-0 Kuljasevic Robson 0-1 Bhat Papp 1-0 Ippolito Antal 0-1 Perelshteyn Diamant 1/2 Rensch Chess Daily News...
LIVE games, commentary, and photos
Here is the link to the SPICE Cup LIVE games. Round 3 photos (61 pics): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound3Round 3 photos (41 pics): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound3Set2 LIVE commentary of the Kuzubov – Hammer game by Chessdom.com: http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/kuzubov-hammer-spice-cup SPICE Cup photos so far:Round 1 (more...
SPICE Cup standings after 2 rounds
Standings after 2 rounds: Group A 1-2. GM Andreikin, GM Hammer 1.53-4. GM Kuzubov, GM Mamedov 1.05-6. GM So, GM Akobian 0.5 Group B 1. IM Antal 2.02-3 IM Robson, IM Finegold 1.54-7. IM Papp, GM Bhat, IM Kuljasevic,...
Round by round SPICE Cup pairings
A Group Category 16 Average rating: 2631 Saturday, September 19 2pm- Round 1 Akobian – Mamedov 1/2 Andreikin – Hammer 1/2 So – Kuzubov 1/2 Sunday, September 20 2pm – Round 2 Mamedov – Kuzubov 1/2 Hammer – So...
SPICE Cup photos
Here is the link to the SPICE Cup LIVE games. SPICE Cup photos so far: Round 1 (more than 31 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound1Round 1 (more than 36 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICECupRound1Set2 Round 2 (30 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound2Round 2 (more than 43 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound2Set2...