SPICE Cup co-winner GM Kritz and TX Women’s Open winner WGM Foisor 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...
Kritz regains a share of the lead
GM Mikhalevski (2592) – GM Kritz (2610) [D15]SPICE Cup 2008 (7), 26.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Nh5 9.Be5 f6 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 0–0 14.e4...
GM Kritz vs GM Onischuk
SPICE Cup Round 6 [Event “SPICE Cup 2008”][Site “Texas Tech University”][Date “2008.09.25”][Round “6”][White “GM Kritz”][Black “GM Onischuk”][Result “1/2-1/2”][ECO “C48”][WhiteElo “2610”][BlackElo “2670”][PlyCount “78”][EventDate “2008.9.25”][TimeControl “5400+30”] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4...
Kaidanov 0-1 Kritz
[Event “2008 Spice Cup”][Site “Lubbock”][Date “2008.09.19”][Round “1”][White “Kaidanov, Gregory”][Black “Kritz, Leonid”][Result “0-1”][WhiteELO “2605”][WhiteTitle “GM”][BlackELO “2610”][BlackTitle “GM”][Source “MonRoi”] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 O-O 7.Bb3 a6 8.h3 Ba7 9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 Be6 11.Bc2 Re8...
GM Fridman wins German Championship
Final round 9 top results: Chevelevitch (5½) 0–1 Fridman (6½)Bischoff (6) 1/2 Buhmann (5½)Henrichs (5) 1–0 Kunin (6)Kritz (5) 1–0 Hausrath (5)Baramidze (5) 1–0 Gschnitzer (5)Markgraf (5) 1/2 Gustafsson (5) Final top 3 standings: 1. Fridman 7½2.Bischoff 6½3-7. Kritz,...