A Group
Hammer, Jon Ludvig (2585) – Akobian,Varuzhan (2636)
Spice Cup 2009 (4), 21.09.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Nc3 0–0 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.b4 Nxb4 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qxd4 Qe7 16.Qe5 Qxe5 17.Nxe5 Be6 18.Bxb7 Rab8 19.Bf3 Rb5 20.Rfb1 Rfb8 21.a3 Nc2 22.Rxb5 Rxb5 23.Rd1 g5 24.Nc6 Nxa3 25.Rd8+ Kg7 26.Nd4 Rb6 27.Nxe6+ Rxe6 28.Rd5 Kg6 29.Bg4 Re7 30.Bf5+ Kf6 31.Bd3 Re5 32.Rd6+ Re6 33.Rxe6+ Kxe6 34.Bxh7 Nc4 35.Bd3 Kd5 36.e4+ Kd4 37.Bxc4 Kxc4 38.h4 Kd4 39.h5 Ke5 40.f4+ gxf4 41.gxf4+ Kf6 42.e5+ Kg7 43.f5 a5 44.e6 fxe6 45.fxe6 a4 46.e7 1–0
So, Wesley (2644) – Mamedov, Rauf (2626)
Spice Cup 2009 (4), 21.09.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 0–0 6.Be3 c5 7.Nge2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.b3 a6 13.Be2 Qa5 14.0–0 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Qb2 b4 17.Na4 Nh5 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.Qd4 Nh5 20.Qe3 Nf6 21.Qb6 Qe5 22.Qxb4 Qf4 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Bd1 Rc1 25.Qd4 Nd5 26.Re1 Nf6 27.g3 Qg5 28.Kf2 Qa5 29.Re3 Bd7 30.Nc3 Qa3 31.Qd2 Ra1 32.Re2 Rc1 33.Re3 Ra1 34.Re1 Rc1 35.Bc2 Qc5+ 36.Re3 Ra1 37.Bb1 Bh3 38.Qb2 d5 39.exd5 Qd4 40.Qxa1 Nxd5 41.Ke1 Nxe3 42.Qb2 Ng2+ 43.Ke2 Qe3+ 44.Kd1 Qg1+ 45.Kd2 Qe3+ 46.Kd1 Qg1+ 47.Kd2 Qe3+ ½–½
Kuzubov, Yuriy (2636) – Andreikin, Dmitry (2659)
Spice Cup 2009 (4), 21.09.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Bb5 0–0 9.Qd3 Qd7 10.0–0–0 Qf5 11.Qxf5 Bxf5 12.Rhe1 Bf6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 a6 15.Ba4 g5 16.Bg3 h5 17.f3 h4 18.Bf2 d5 ½–½
B group
Kuljasevic, Davorin (2547) – Rensch, Danny (2388)
Spice Cup 2009 (4), 21.09.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 0–0 7.Qc2 Na6 8.0–0 c5 9.d5 exd5 10.Nh4 Nb4 11.Qd1 Ne4 12.Nf5 d6 13.cxd5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bf6 15.Bf4 Bxc3 16.a3 Qf6 17.Nxd6 Nxd5 18.Nxb7 Nxf4 19.gxf4 Bxa1 20.Qxa1 Qxf4 21.a4 Rab8 22.Qa2 c4 23.Qa3 Qg4 24.Nd6 Qxe2 25.Rc1 Rbd8 26.Nxc4 Rd3 27.Qa1 Rfd8 28.Ne3 Rd2 29.Rf1 h6 30.Qc1 R2d4 31.Qc7 R4d7 32.Qg3 Qh5 ½–½
Bhat, Vinay (2459) – Papp, Gabor (2562)
Spice Cup 2009 (4), 21.09.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nxd5 9.0–0 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.a3 Nf6 12.Bg5 d5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Na6 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 0–0 19.Rad1 Nc7 20.Rd7 Nb5 21.R1d5 a6 22.Qd2 Ra7 23.Rd8 Qe6 24.Qh6 Re8 25.c4 Nc7 26.R5d6 Qxe2 27.R8d7 Qxc4 28.Nf3 Nb5 29.Ng5 Re1+ 30.Kg2 Qf1+ 31.Kf3 Qe2+ 32.Kg2 Qf1+ 33.Kf3 ½–½
Ippolito, Dean (2459) – Antal, Gergely (2486)
Spice Cup 2009 (4), 21.09.2009
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.d4 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 0–0 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.0–0 Rd8 9.h3 Be6 10.c5 Qxb3 11.axb3 Na6 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.g4 f6 14.g5 fxg5 15.Nxg5 Bf7 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Bxd5+ cxd5 18.c6 Nb4 19.cxd7 Bxd4 20.Rad1 e5 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.fxe3+ Ke6 23.e4 d4 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.exd5+ Kxd5 26.Rf7 Kd6 27.Rxh7 Rxd7 28.Rh6 Rg8 29.e3 Ke6 30.exd4 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Kf2 Rg7 33.Ke2 Kd5 34.Kd2 Kc5 35.Kc2 g5 36.Rh8 Rf7 37.Rc8+ Kb5 38.Rd8 Rf2+ 39.Kc1 Kc5 40.Rd7 b5 41.Rxa7 Kd5 42.Rb7 Ke4 43.Rxb5 Kd3 44.Kb1 Rg2 45.Re5 Rg1+ 46.Ka2 Kc2 47.b4 d3 48.Rc5+ Kd1 49.b5 d2 50.b6 Ke2 51.Rc2 Rf1 52.b7 Rf8 53.Kb3 Ke1 54.Rxd2 Kxd2 55.Kc4 Rb8 0–1
Perelshteyn, Eugene (2542) – Diamant, Andre (2526)
Spice Cup 2009 (4), 21.09.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 Nge7 6.exd5 exd5 7.Qe2 g6 8.Qe5 Rg8 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.0–0 Bg7 11.Qe2 Qd6 12.b3 Qxf4 13.Ba3 Be6 14.Rae1 Nf5 15.Bxc5 Bf8 16.Na4 Bd6 17.Qa6 Kf8 18.Qxc6 Rc8 19.Bxd6+ Nxd6 20.Qa6 Kg7 21.Qxa7 Bf5 22.Nb6 Rxc2 1–0
Finegold, Ben (2515) – Robson, Ray (2527)
Spice Cup 2009 (4), 21.09.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0–0 8.0–0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.a4 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.exd4 Qc7 13.Qe2 b6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Rac1 Bb7 17.d5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Bc5 20.Qe5 ½–½
Come on Ray! You can do it!
What a great photograph!
Jan Newton
What happened to the playchess.com feed for today’s round? I had to go to Monroi (much worse experience in my opinion) to see the games.
Playchess is being sold to ICC.
Rauf Mamedov is strong!! I was impressed by his game.
The pictures depict a very good atmosphere in the tournament.
Great job Texas Tech and Susan!
It’s such a great event, but I wonder why you are unable to publish a downloadble PGN file. As it is now, people will have to copy and paste the notation and save manually.