Rank Name Title Rating FED Pts 1-2 Kuzubov, Yuriy GM 2636 UKR 5.0 1-2 Andreikin, Dmitry GM 2659 RUS 5.0 3-4 Hammer, Jon Ludvig GM 2585 NOR 4.5 3-4 Mamedov, Rauf GM 2626 AZE 4.5 5-6 Akobian, Varuzhan GM 2636 USA 4.0 5-6 So, Wesley GM 2644 PHI 4.0 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Akobian scores 1st win
[Event “Spice Cup 2009”] [Site “Lubbock”] [Date “2009.09.28”] [Round “9A”] [White “Akobian, Varuzhan”] [Black “Hammer, Jon Ludvig”] [Result “1-0”] [WhiteELO “2636”] [WhiteTitle “GM”] [BlackELO “2585”] [BlackTitle “GM”] [Source “MonRoi”] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Qa4 Qd7 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bg3 c5 10.Be5 Ba6 11.Qb3 f6 12.Bxb8 Rxb8 13.Nf3 e6 […]
Photos from SPICE Cup A round 9
20 pictures from SPICE Cup A group round 9: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupARound9 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Cappelle La Grande 2010
The 26th International Open of Cappelle-la-Grande will take place 13th-20th February 2010. For all players who wish to be invited, please contact Mr GOUVART at the following address: stephanegouvart@gmail.comPhone: +33671624629 Tournament website : http://www.cappelle-chess.fr/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
LIVE Coverage
LIVE coverage: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/spice/SPICE_CUP_2009_LIVE_COVERAGE.php LIVE commentary of the Akobian – Hammer game will be done by GM Dimitrov at http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/akobian-hammer-spice-cup http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/15-chess-news/4125-2009-spice-cup-a-and-b-group http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5786 http://monroi.com/2009-spice-cup-chess-festival-home.html http://www.latimes.com/features/puzzles/chess/la-ca-chess11-2009oct11,0,7705757.story http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/6251982/Young-guns-go-for-it.html http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic776.html#11 http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9557 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=69709 http://www.chessdom.com/spice-cup-2009 http://www.nettavisen.no/sjakk/article2712526.ece http://www.nrksport.no/sjakk/1.6781374 http://www.nrksport.no/sjakk/1.6784062 http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9573 http://www.kcbd.com/global/Story.asp?s=11158428 http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/dpp/news/local/091909spicecup http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/spice-cup-2009 http://goddesschess.blogspot.com/2009/09/2009-spice-cup.html http://www.chess.com/news/2009-spice-cup-polgar-2106 http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9712/554 http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2009/09/15/spice-cup-begins-on-19th/ http://lubbockonline.com/stories/092009/col_495161925.shtml http://lubbockonline.com/stories/091309/col_492669795.shtml http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/09/20/09/wesley-so-splits-point-ukrainian-gm http://malibaychessclub.blogspot.com/ http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=95915 http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/sports/view/20090924-226685/4th-PGMA-Cup-opens-Torre-to-defend-crown http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/sports/view/20090923-226534/GM-So-draws-Akobian-in-Spice-Cup-tilt http://today.ttu.edu/2009/09/2009-spice-cup-chess-tournament-attracts-young-slate-of-grandmasters/ http://chessheroes.blogspot.com/2009/09/spice-cup-round-3-so-akobian-is-draw.html http://fpawn.blogspot.com/2009/09/robson-0-1-bhat-at-spice-cup.html http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5d15d5d50100esnt.html http://chessvine.com/archives/559-2009-SPICE-Cup-…-COOL!.html http://chessconnoisseur.blogspot.com/2009/09/2009-spice-cupusas-highest-rated.html http://goddesschess.blogspot.com/2009/09/chess-femme-news.html http://unpublishedjournal.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/so-draws-first-round-game-in-spice-cup-2009/ http://fcpldoha.blogspot.com/2009/09/spice-cup-2009-round-3.html […]
Almási leads Marx György Memorial
Standings after 3 rounds: 1. Almási, Z 2½ 2. Meier, G 2 Berkes, F 2 4. Safarli, E 1½ 5. Ganguly, S 1 6. Ács, P 0 Women’s section: 1. Vajda, S 2½ 2. Doluhanova, E 2 3. Kochetkova, J 1½ Tóth, L 1½ 5. Gara, T 1 6. Majdan, J ½ Official website: http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2009/standings_eng.htm […]
Monday brain teaser
White to move. How should White proceed? 1K5B/2n1p2P/3PP3/8/7p/8/k1P2P1p/5b2 w – – 0 1 Dall Ava, 1946 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kasparov Interview by Europe Echecs
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
SPICE Cup A round 9
Monday, September 28 2pm – Round 9 Mamedov – So Andreikin – Kuzubov Akobian – Hammer LIVE coverage: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/spice/SPICE_CUP_2009_LIVE_COVERAGE.php Round 9 photos (42 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECup9 Round 8 photos (31 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound8 Round 8 photos set 2 (43 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound8Set2 Round 7 photos (33 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound7 Round 7 photos set 2 (34 pictures): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPICECupRound7Set2 Round 6 […]
Carlsen 1-0 Leko
Carlsen, Magnus 2772 – Leko, Peter 2762Pearl Spring, Nanjing CHN (1), 2009.09.28 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6 9.O-O d6 10.f4 Qxe4 11.Bf2 Bxd4 12.cxd4 N5g6 13.g3 O-O 14.Nc3 Qf5 15.d5 a6 16.Re1 Kh8 17.Rc1 Bd7 18.Bf3 Rac8 19.Qb3 b5 20.Ne2 Qh3 21.Nd4 Bg4 22.Bg2 […]