Akobian, Mikhalevski lead SPICE Cup

Standings after 6 rounds:

1-2. Mikhalevski, Victor GM 2592 ISR 4.0
Akobian, Varuzhan GM 2610 USA 4.0

3-6. Kritz, Leonid GM 2610 GER 3.5
Onischuk, Alexander GM 2670 USA 3.5
Becerra, Julio GM 2598 USA 3.5
Pentala, Harikrishna GM 2668 IND 3.5

7. Kaidanov, Gregory GM 2605 USA 3.0

8. Miton, Kamil GM 2580 POL 2.0

9-10. Perelshteyn, Eugene GM 2555 USA 1.5
Stefansson, Hannes GM 2566 ISL 1.5

GM Pentala (2668) – GM Miton (2580) [D31]
SPICE Cup 2008 (6), 25.09.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.h3 Nb6 10.Qc2 Bd6 11.Nge2 Ne7 12.0–0–0 g6 13.Kb1 Bxf4 14.exf4 Qd6 15.f5 gxf5 16.gxf5 Bd7 17.Ng3 Qf6 18.Nh5 Qh6 19.f6 Qxh5 20.Rhe1 Nbc8 21.fxe7 Nd6 22.Qd2 Bf5 23.Bxf5 Qxf5+ 24.Ka1 Kd7 25.Re5 Qxh3 26.Qf4 Rhg8 27.Rde1 Rae8 28.a3 Rg4 29.Qd2 Qh4 30.Nxd5 cxd5 31.Rxd5 Rg6?? (31…Re4 -+ from a winning position to a losing position in one move) 32.Qb4 Rxe7 33.Qxb7+ Kd8 34.Qb8+ Kd7 35.Qxa7+ Ke8 36.Qb8+ Kd7 37.Rc1 Re8 38.Qc7+ White wins 1–0

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The game below is the most brilliant game of the tournament so far!

GM Stefansson (2566) – GM Akobian (2610) [D34]
SPICE Cup 2008 (6), 25.09.2008

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Na4 Rab8 15. Qc2 Rb4 16. b3 Rfb8 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Qc1 Qd6 19. Rd2 Bf5 20. Nc3 cxb3 21. axb3 Rxb3 22. Rda2 Qb4 23. Ra3 Rb2 24. Ra4 Qb3 25. R4a3 Rc2 26. Qe1 Qb4 27. Bf3 Rb7 28. g4 Be6 29. Na4 Qe7 30. Be2 h5 31. Bd3 Qh4 32. Bxc2 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Qf3 34. Qa5 Nb6 35. Ke1 Nc4 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qg5 Bg4 {Black wins} 0-1

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White GM Kaidanov (2605) – GM Perelshteyn (2555) [B27]
SPICE Cup 2008 (6), 25.09.2008

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. Nbd2 e6 9. O-O Ne7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 a6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Qd2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bb1 Bg7 18. Rfd1 Rae8 19. Nh2 Ne7 20. Ng4 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Ne5 Qd6 23. Nd3 Rc8 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Be5 Rfe8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nc5 Nf6 28. f3 Rc7 29. Re1 Rce7 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Rxe7+ Qxe7 33. Kf2 b6 34. Nxa6 Nh5 35. Qe3 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Nf4 37. Nc7 Nxh3+ 38. Kf1 Ng5 39. Qe5+ Kh6 40. Ne8 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Ke2 Kh5 43. Nf6+ Kh6 44. Ng8+ Kh5 45. Qg7 {White wins} 1-0

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