Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
4-way tie for 1st at 2008 SPICE Cup
GMs Onischuk, Pentala, Kritz, and Akobian tied for 1st at the 2008 SPICE Cup International Invitational! Final Standings: 1-4 Pentala, Harikrishna g IND 2668 5½ Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670 5½ Kritz, Leonid g GER 2610 5½ Akobian, Varuzhan...
Onischuk wins to tie for 1st
GM Onischuk (2670) – GM Stefansson (2566) [D45]SPICE Cup 2008 (9), 28.09.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 0–0 8.0–0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.Rd1 a6 11.a4 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Bg5...
Pentala wins to tie for 1st
GM Pentala (2668) – GM Kaidanov (2605) [D31]SPICE Cup 2008 (9), 28.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.a3 Na5 9.Qd1 0–0 10.Nf3 Ne4 11.Rc1 c6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Nd2 b6 14.b4...
SPICE Cup Open
Both players are 4-0 going into the last round. On the left is IM Antal (Texas Tech) and on the right is GM Ramirez (UTD). Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Akobian, Kritz share 1st with 3 games still in progress
GM Akobian (2610) – GM Kritz (2610) [D38]SPICE Cup 2008, 28.09.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 0–0 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Nb5 Ne4 10.Nxd6 cxd6 11.Qc2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 d5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.0–0 Qa5...
SPICE Final Results and Standings
All games can be seen LIVE on www.MonRoi.com and ICC Akobian (5) 1/2 Kritz (5)Perelshteyn (3) – Mikhalevski (4.5)Miton (3) 1/2 Becerra (4.5)Onischuk (4.5) – Stefansson (2.5)Pentala (4.5) – Kaidanov (3.5) The tie-break order is as followed: 1. Direct...