2008 SPICE Cup Invitational Pairings: Round 1 — 1v10, 2v9, 3v8, 4v7, 5v6Round 2 — 10v6, 7v5, 8v4, 9v3, 1v2Round 3 — 2v10, 3v1, 4v9, 5v8, 6v7Round 4 — 10v7, 8v6, 9v5, 1v4, 2v3Round 5 — 3v10, 4v2, 5v1,...
Chess, chess, and chess in Lubbock, Texas
The Susan Polgar Foundation / SPICE, the Lubbock Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the City of Lubbock just placed 2 permanent giant chess sets inside the passenger terminal at the Lubbock International Airport (one on each end of the...
2008 SPICE Cup Pairings
2008 SPICE Cup Invitational Pairings: Round 1 — 1v10, 2v9, 3v8, 4v7, 5v6Round 2 — 10v6, 7v5, 8v4, 9v3, 1v2Round 3 — 2v10, 3v1, 4v9, 5v8, 6v7Round 4 — 10v7, 8v6, 9v5, 1v4, 2v3Round 5 — 3v10, 4v2, 5v1,...
Interview with super manager Danailov
Chess Today published some very interesting excerpts of an interview with IM Danailov, manager of Topalov. Silvio Danailov’s Interview A few days ago in Bilbao Silvio Danailov gave an interesting interview to Russian newspaper Sport Express. Here are some...
2008 SPICE Cup Festival
2008 SPICE Cup International Invitational TournamentSeptember 19-28Category: XV FIDE Average: 2605.5 USCF Average: 2666.5 https://chessdailynews.com/spice-cup-festival-2/ 2008 SPICE Cup Scholastic Chess ChampionshipSaturday, September 20 Description of Tournament: A USCF rated Individual and Team Scholastic Championship. USCF membership required.A 4 round...
SPICE Cup Preparation
Official drawing of lots: 1. Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov 2605 – 2678 USA 2. Grandmaster Hannes Stefansson 2566 – 2598 Iceland 3. Grandmaster Julio Becerra 2598 – 2647 USA 4. Grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski 2592 – 2680 Israel 5. Grandmaster Varuzhan...
Humans are no match
Humans Are No Match For Computers In Chess WorldBy SHELBY LYMANSeptember 9, 2008 For the public at large, the issue of man vs. machine was settled in 1997 when Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov 3 1/2 to 2 1/2...
SPICE Tournament Schedule
• Sept. 19-28 daily (except Sept. 23, which is a rest day): SPICE Cup Internationalhttps://chessdailynews.com/2008-spice-cup/• Sept. 20: SPICE Cup Scholastic Open (Grade K-12)https://chessdailynews.com/spice-cup-scholastic-championship/ • Sept. 27-28: SPICE Cup Open Grand PrixTwo sections: Grand Prix and Amateurs (for players rated...