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SPICE Cup LIVE coverage
Here is the link to the SPICE Cup LIVE games. Results, updates, photos, and other official information will be posted right here on this blog www.ChessDailyNews.com. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPICE Cup round 1 games
[Event “Spice Cup 2009”][Site “Lubbock”][Date “2009.09.19”][Round “1”][White “Finegold, Ben”][Black “Ippolito, Dean”][Result “1-0”][WhiteELO “2515”][WhiteTitle “IM”][BlackELO “2459”][BlackTitle “IM”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6...
SPICE Cup Scholastic Photos
Click here to view 32 pictures from the 2009 SPICE Cup Scholastic. http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupScholastic Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPICE Cup Day 1 Pictures
In addition to the SPICE Cup A and B group, there were also about 40 players participating in the SPICE Cup Scholastic, and another 8 players in 2 quads. Set 1 (more than 30 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound1Set 2 (more than...
SPICE Cup Opening Ceremony
A full house was in attendance of the 2009 SPICE Cup Opening Ceremony. Texas Tech Provost Bob Smith (speaking) and Ambassador Tibor Nagy were on hand to welcome all the participants. Here is the link to more than 30...
SPICE Cup round 1
Round 1 (2 pm Central time) LIVE games can be viewed at MonRoi.com or on the bottom of this page. Chessdom.com also has LIVE commentary of the So – Kuzubov game here: http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/wesley-so-kuzubov-spice-cup A group GM Akobian (2008 SPICE...
Norms and titles seekers
The following players are trying to earn their titles at the 2009 SPICE Cup B group: – IM Davorin Kuljasevic, 2547 (2 GM norms)– IM Ray Robson, 2527 (2 GM norms)– IM Ben Finegold, 2515 (2 GM norms)– IM...
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square chess photo of the designer and Emma Bentley, winner of the 2007 SP World Open for Girls (under 11 section). Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Fading domination?
Russians have faded to back of stage Saturday, September 19, 2009 3:21 AM By SHELBY LYMAN The World Chess Federation rating list for September reveals that the highestranked Russian grandmaster is Vladimir Kramnik at No. 5. Today’s dominant players...