SPICE Cup Round 8 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SC standings after 7 rounds
1-2. Akobian, Varuzhan GM 2610 USA 4.5Kritz, Leonid GM 2610 GER 4.5 3-6. Mikhalevski, Victor GM 2592 ISR 4.0Onischuk, Alexander GM 2670 USA 4.0Becerra, Julio GM 2598 USA 4.0Pentala, Harikrishna GM 2668 IND 4.0 7-8. Kaidanov, Gregory GM 2605...
Miton scores 1st win
[Event “SPICE Cup 2008”][Site “Texas Tech University”][Date “2008.09.26”][Round “7”][White “GM Miton”][Black “GM Kaidanov”][Result “1-0”][ECO “D31”][WhiteElo “2580”][BlackElo “2605”][PlyCount “175”][EventDate “2008.9.26”][TimeControl “5400+30”] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nf3 O-O 7....
Perelshteyn scores 1st win
[Event “SPICE Cup”][Site “Texas Tech University”][Date “2008.09.26”][Round “7”][White “GM Perelshteyn”][Black “GM Stefansson”][Result “1-0”][ECO “A05”][WhiteElo “2555”][BlackElo “2566”][PlyCount “225”][EventDate “2008.9.26”][TimeControl “5400+30”] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1...
Kritz regains a share of the lead
GM Mikhalevski (2592) – GM Kritz (2610) [D15]SPICE Cup 2008 (7), 26.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Nh5 9.Be5 f6 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 0–0 14.e4...
A missed opportunity for Akobian
GM Akobian (2610) – GM Becerra (2598) [D17]SPICE Cup 2008 (7), 26.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd5 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 13.f3 Nfd7 14.Nxd7...
The top seeds draw
[Event “SPICE Cup 2008”][Site “Texas Tech University”][Date “2008.09.26”][Round “7”][White “GM Onischuk”][Black “GM Pentala”][Result “1/2-1/2”][ECO “D18”][WhiteElo “2670”][BlackElo “2668”][EventDate “2008.9.26”][TimeControl “5400+30”] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4...