Round 1:
Akobian 1-0 Perelshteyn
Becerra 1/2 Onischuk
Stefansson 1/2 Pentala
Kaidanov 0-1 Kritz
Mikhalevski 1-0 Miton
http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1090
1-3. Akobian, Kritz, Mikhalevski 1.0
4-7. Becerra, Onischuk, Stefansson, Pentala 0.5
8-10. Kaidanov, Miton, Perelshteyn 0.0
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Please Susan post the gamescores here for all those who don’t want to register to MonRoi.
What happened to Kaidanov? Did he really lose due to
38. Bc2?
a tactical blunder?
[Event “2008 Spice Cup”]
[Site “Lubbock”]
[Date “2008.09.19”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Kaidanov, Gregory”]
[Black “Kritz, Leonid”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteELO “2605”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackELO “2610”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[Source “MonRoi”]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.h3 Ba7 9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bc2 Re8 12.Nf1 d5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Qe2 Bf5 15.Ng3 Bh7 16.Ne4 Qe6 17.Bb3 Qe7 18.Nxf6 Qxf6 19.d4 e4 20.Nh2 Qd6 21.Qg4 Qg6 22.Bf4 Re7 23.Qh4 Rae8 24.Re3 Kh8 25.Rg3 Qf5 26.Re1 f6 27.Bc1 Ne5 28.Bd2 Nd3 29.Rf1 c5 30.Ng4 cxd4 31.cxd4 Bxd4 32.Ne3 Qc5 33.Bc3 Rd8 34.Rd1 Be5 35.Bxe5 Qxe5 36.Nc4 Qd4 37.Re3 Red7 38.Bc2 Qxc4 39.Rexd3 Rxd3 0-1
What is the time control for the tournament? It appeared to me to be 90+30 for the entire game. I would have preferred a time control with some time added after move 40, but that’s just me.
-Seth