GM Ognjen Jovanic wins Pula Open The Croatian Chess Federation and Chess Club “Pula” held the 26th International Open Tournament Pula 2012 from 9th to 16th June at the Hotel Histria in Pula, Croatia. 294 players from 24 federations...
Interview with Hungarian IM Istvan Sipos
Interview with Texas Tech Knight Raiders Hungarian IM Istvan Sipos at the SPICE Chess Park on campus. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Knight Raider success in St. Louis
Texas Tech Knight Raider IM Istvan Sipos (Hungary) just completed the Thanksgiving Open in St. Louis. He gained a whopping 63 points going from 2413 to 2476! In the final 4 rounds, he had to face 3 GMs and...
SPICE Cup FIDE Rated Open Standings
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 | GIORGI KACHEISHVILI |5.5 |W 22|W 8|W 4|W 5|W 3|D 2|NY | 12746489...
GM Georgi Kacheishvili wins SPICE Cup FIDE Open
GM Georgi Kacheishvili (Georgia) won the 2010 SPICE Cup FIDE Open with the score of 5.5 / 6. He earned $1,000 for his 1st place finish. Tied for 2nd are IM Sipos, Senior Master Faik Aleskerov (Azerbaijan) and Joachim...
Knight Raiders A team meet Provost Bob Smith
Members of the Knight Raiders A team met with Texas Tech Provost Bob Smith this afternoon. He wanted to welcome everyone and to recognize their magnificent achievements. Left to Right: International Master Istvan Sipos (Hungary), Grandmaster Davorin Kuljasevic (Croatia...
Arriving to Texas Tech from Brazil
On behalf of Texas Tech University, SPICE, and the Knight Raiders, I would like to welcome the 2009 Brazilian Champion GM Andre Diamant and his wife Maraani Kamphorst. They just arrived to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, this...
Arriving to Texas Tech from Budapest
On behalf of Texas Tech University, SPICE, and the Knight Raiders, I would like to welcome IM Istvan (Steve) Sipos. He just arrived to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, this morning from Budapest, Hungary. He will begin his...