SPICE Cup LIVE games by www.MonRoi.com Round 1November 09, 2007 [Section – Board 1] Hernandez, Gilberto vs Gulko, Boris (real-time)[Section – Board 3] Hera, Imre vs Schneider, Dmitry (real-time)[Section – Board 4] Lugo, Blas vs Krush, Irina (real-time)[Section –...
SPICE Cup begins
Round 1 begins! All games can be viewed LIVE on http://www.monroi.com/ or ICC (http://www.chessclub.com/). GM Hera – IM SchneiderGM Hernandez – GM GulkoIM Lugo – IM KrushGM Perelshteyn – GM-elect Hoyos GM Becerra – GM Miton (postponed due to...
A giant leap for TTU
Tech’s chess institute takes giant leap with illustrious tournament MARLENA HARTZAVALANCHE-JOURNAL Konstantin Parkhomenko, a Russian law student at Texas Tech and a member of its Knight Raiders Chess Club, paced around a chess set big enough to walk across...
Big college chess article in the American
Rah! Rah! Block That Rook! By Luke Mullins From the Magazine: Friday, November 9, 2007Filed under: Public Square, Lifestyle Small, no-name colleges have become powerhouses in intercollegiate chess, trying to attract top-quality applicants and alumni money, writes LUKE MULLINS....
The playing venue
This is the state of the art Texas Tech Student Union building, where the SPICE Cup Invitational International Chess Tournament will begin tomorrow. The opening ceremony will commence at 2 PM. Texas Tech and Lubbock officials including Mayor David...
Complete pairing schedule
SPICE CUP 2007 Pairings Round 1 Friday Nov. 9 at 4pm Hernandez – GulkoBecerra – MitonHera – SchneiderLugo – KrushPerelshteyn – Hoyos Round 2 Saturday Nov. 10 at 4pm Gulko – HoyosKrush – PerelshteynSchneider – LugoMiton – HeraHernandez –...
Unique chess sets on display at TTU
These are the sets on loan to SPICE by Mr. and Mrs. Giles McCrary and Father Malcolm Neyland. They truly add special flavors to our program. Thank you! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar