10:00 am – 2:30 pm Round 9
Kraai 1/2 Antal (Antal needs to win for his GM title. He is going all out but Kraai has the upper hand. An intense hard fought 77 move draw. Antal misses the GM norm by 1/2 point.)
Becerra 1-0 Hansen (Hansen needs to win for his IM title. He tried but got caught in Becerra’s tactic.)
Papp 1/2 Finegold (Houdini Finegold escaped another tough one. Papp missed a clear win.)
Ippolito 1/2 Kuljasevic (Relatively peaceful draw.)
Yang 0-1 Krush (Yang already clinched 1st IM norm)
3:00 pm Closing ceremony
Here is the link to over 400 pictures of the SPICE Spring Invitational: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPICESpringSelect
That’s really too bad. Next time.