Many of you have asked for the games from the 2011 SPICE Spring Invitational. Unfortunately, with the recent move of the SPICE office, we could not locate all the parts for the DGT boards or MonRoi for LIVE games....
Teens make history at Texas Tech
Teens Make History at 2011 SPICE Spring Chess InvitationalMarch 23, 2011Written by Karin Slyker Darwin Yang became the youngest International Master in Texas. While many students were away on Spring Break, an intense battle took place in the English...
Kuljasevic, Naroditsky tie for 1st at SPICE Spring 2011
235 Photos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpring2011 Final standings 1-2. GM Kuljasevic, IM Naroditsky 6.0 (+3)3. FM Yang 5.5 (+2) [IM norm and title]4-6. GM Bykhovsky, GM Diamant, IM Esserman 5.0 (+1)7-8. IM Altounian, IM Sipos 4.0 (-1)9. SM Aleskerov 2.5 (-4)10....
Wild last round at SPICE Spring
The final round is absolutely wild. Diamant surprised Yang right out of the opening. This caused him to spend a lot of time trying to hold a difficult position. At the end, Diamant successfully converted his advantage for a...
The final chapter begins
March 16 9:30amFinal round 9 Diamant – YangEsserman – NaroditskyAltounian – KuljasevicBykhovsky – AleskerovSipos – Kleiman Photos so far: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpring2011 FM Darwin Yang already earned his 3rd and final IM norm. He needs to win last round for a...
Naroditsky and Yang playing for GM norm
Standings after 8 rounds 1-3. GM Kuljasevic, IM Naroditsky, FM Yang 5.5 (+3)4. IM Esserman 4.5 (+1)5-6. GM Bykhovsky, GM Diamant 4.0 (0)7. IM Altounian 3.5 (-1)8. IM Sipos 3.0 (-2)9. FM Aleskerov 2.5 (-3)10. IM Kleiman 2.0 (-4)...
Breaking News! Darwin Yang, America’s newest IM
In an intense battle where his opponent, IM Marc Esserman, went all out to try to win to keep his GM norm hope alive, Yang kept his composure and converted his one pawn advantage for a full point. With...
SPICE Spring round 8
March 15 4:00pmRound 8Kleiman 1/2 BykhovskyAleskerov 0-1 DiamantYang 1-0 EssermanNaroditsky 1-0 AltounianKuljasevic 1/2 Sipos Photos so far: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpring2011 After 3 hours of intense fighting, Diamant defeated Aleskerov to get back to even score. Aleskerov is officially out of the...
SPICE Spring Round 7 Results
There were a number of wild games in this round. Sipos sacrificed a pawn for strong initiatives. However, Naroditsky defended very well to hold. The game between Altounian and Yang was full of complication. Altounian tried hard to win...
The young guns are going for it
Photos so far: https://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpring2011 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar