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Date: 19 Sep 2008 14:43:33
From: Chess One
Subject: Cat XV SPICE CUP
Category: XV FIDE Average: 2605.5 USCF Average: 2666.5

Round 1 (1st round at 2 PM Texas time)

Board 1 - Akobian - Perelshteyn
Board 2 - Becerra - Onischuk
Board 3 - Stefansson - Pentala
Board 4 - Kaidanov - Kritz
Board 5 - Mikhalevski - Miton

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Date: 21 Sep 2008 14:36:57
From: SBD
Subject: Re: Cat XV SPICE CUP

The Mikhalevski-Miton game was a chessgames.com game of the day:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1507500



  
Date: 23 Sep 2008 18:19:14
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Cat XV SPICE CUP
Thanks for those updates



   
Date: 24 Sep 2008 09:20:11
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: Cat XV SPICE CUP

"SAT W-7" <[email protected] > wrote in message
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> Thanks for those updates

sure - here is the half-time report:

Round 5 matchups (2pm Texas time tomorrow):

Becerra - Kritz
Mikhalevski - Stefansson
Miton - Onischuk
Akobian - Kaidanov
Perelshteyn - Pentala

Standings after 4 rounds:

1-2 Kritz, Leonid GM 2610 GER 3.0
Mikhalevski, Victor GM 2592 ISR 3.0

3-4 Akobian, Varuzhan GM 2610 USA 2.5
Onischuk, Alexander GM 2670 USA 2.5

5-6 Pentala, Harikrishna GM 2668 IND 2.0
Becerra, Julio GM 2598 USA 2.0

7-8 Kaidanov, Gregory GM 2605 USA 1.5
Miton, Kamil GM 2580 POL 1.5

9-10 Perelshteyn, Eugene GM 2555 USA 1.0
Stefansson, Hannes GM 2566 ISL 1.0




    
Date: 24 Sep 2008 22:27:32
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Cat XV SPICE CUP
USA GM's , but their names do not sound like a english name..BUT i am
pulling for them anyway.....

I also want to see the guy who will be taking on Topolove to win too
..Gata Kamasky ...

Gata is about one hundred elo points lower than Top so he has to play at
his very best to win....



     
Date: 30 Sep 2008 11:18:06
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: Cat XV SPICE CUP
Final Standings of SPICE Cup Invitational:

1-4 Pentala, Harikrishna g IND 2668, Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2670, Kritz,
Leonid g GER 2610, Akobian, Varuzhan g USA 2610 5�; 5. Becerra, Julio g USA
2598 5; 6. Mikhalevski, Victor g ISR 2592 4�; 7. Perelshteyn, Eugene g USA
2555 4; 8-9. Kaidanov, Gregory S g USA 2605, Miton, Kamil g POL 2580 3�;10.
Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2566 2�

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"SAT W-7" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> USA GM's , but their names do not sound like a english name..BUT i am
> pulling for them anyway.....
>
> I also want to see the guy who will be taking on Topolove to win too
> ..Gata Kamasky ...
>
> Gata is about one hundred elo points lower than Top so he has to play at
> his very best to win....
>




 
Date: 20 Sep 2008 19:24:17
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: Cat XV SPICE CUP
Round 2 results :

Kritz 1/2 Perelshteyn

GM_Kritz (2610) - GM Perelshteyn (2555) [B19]
SPICE Cup 2008, 20.09.2008
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.0-0-0 Ngf6 13.Ne4 0-0-0 14.g3 Nxe4
15.Qxe4 Bd6 16.c4 c5 17.d5 Nf6 18.Qc2 exd5 19.cxd5 Rhe8 20.Bc3 Ng4 21.Nh4
Be5 22.Nf5 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Qe5 24.Qc2 Kb8 25.f4 Qe4 26.Qxe4 Rxe4 27.Rhe1 Rxe1
28.Rxe1 Rxd5 29.Nxg7 Kc7 30.Re7+ Rd7 31.Rxd7+ Kxd7 32.Kd2 Game drawn �-�


Onischuk 1/2 Mikhalevski

GM Onischuk (2670) - GM Mikhalevski (2592) [D90]
SPICE Cup 2008, 20.09.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1
0-0 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.0-0 exd5 15.exd5
Ba5 16.d6 b6 17.Bb2 Bf5 18.Rbd1 Qd7 19.Bf3 Rae8 20.Rfe1 b5 21.h3 Rxe1+
22.Rxe1 Re8 23.g4 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Qe6 25.Qxe6 Bxe6 26.Bc6 f5 27.gxf5 Bxf5
28.Bxb5 Kf7 29.Kg2 Ke6 30.d7 Ke7 31.c4 Bc7 32.Kg3 Bxd7 Game drawn �-�


Kaidanov 1-0 Stefansson

GM Kaidanov 2605 - GM Stefansson 2566 [E00]
SPICE Cup 2008, 20.09.2008

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Nxd7 Qf3 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qb3 cxd4 19. Rfd1 e5 20.
Qxf3
Bxf3 21. Rd3 Be2 22. Rd2 Bxc4 23. Re1 f6 24. f4 Bxa2 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rxe5
Rd8
27. Re4 d3 28. Ra4 Bb3 29. Rxa7 Bc2 30. Rc7 Rd5 31. Kf2 Re5 32. Kf3 h6 33.
Rc4
Rb5 34. b4 Re5 35. Re4 Rd5 36. Ke3 Kh7 37. Rd4 Re5+ 38. Re4 Rd5 39. Rc4 Rf5
40.
Kd4 Rf6 41. Kc3 Kg6 42. Rc7 Rf5 43. Rc6+ Rf6 44. Rxf6+ Kxf6 45. Rf2+ 1-0


GM Pentala - GM Be cerra
[ECO "D17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6
8.
Ne5 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. e3 Nfd7 13. Bd3 Bxe5 14. Bxf5
Bxg3
15. fxg3 e6 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. O-O h5 18. b4 axb4 19. a5 bxc3 20. axb6 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 O-O 22. Qxc3 Nxb6 23. Qb2 Nc8 24. Qe2 g4 25. Rf4 Qg5 26. h4 Qh6 27. Re4
Rd8 28. Qb2 b5 29. Qc3 Ne7 30. Qc5 Kf8 31. Kh2 Rd5 32. Qb6 Nf5 33. Qxc6 Nxe3
34. Rf4 Kg7 35. Qb7 Nf5 36. Bxf5 Rxf5 37. Rxf5 exf5 38. Qxb5 Qe6 39. Qc5 Qf6
40. Qc1 Qxd4 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. Qxf5 Qh8 43. Qc5+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kf8 45. Qd8+
Kg7
46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qd8+ {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2




  
Date: 22 Sep 2008 08:59:17
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: Cat XV SPICE CUP
Round 3 results:

Stefansson 0-1 Kritz [game score below]
Akobian 1/2 Onischuk
Mikhalevski 1/2 Pentala
Becerra 1/2 Kaidanov
Perelshteyn 1/2 Miton

Round 4 matchups:

Kritz - Miton
Pentala - Akobian
Onischuk - Perelshteyn
Kaidanov - Mikhalevski
Stefansson - Becerra

Standings after 3 rounds:

1 Kritz, Leonid GM 2610 GER 2.5

2-3 Akobian, Varuzhan GM 2610 USA 2.0
2-3 Mikhalevski, Victor GM 2592 ISR 2.0

4-7 Pentala, Harikrishna GM 2668 IND 1.5
4-7 Onischuk, Alexander GM 2670 USA 1.5
4-7 Becerra, Julio GM 2598 USA 1.5
4-7 Kaidanov, Gregory GM 2605 USA 1.5

8-9 Miton, Kamil GM 2580 POL 1.0
8-9 Perelshteyn, Eugene GM 2555 USA 1.0

10 Stefansson, Hannes GM 2566 ISL 0.5

LIVE games on www.MonRoi.com

GM Stefansson (2566) - GM Kritz (2610) [C14]
SPICE Cup (3), 21.09.2008

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 Nb6 8.Nf3 Bd7
9.a3 c5 10.Qd2 a6 11.Qf2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Qd8 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.Qf2 Nc8 15.0-0-0
N8e7 16.Qg3 g6 17.h4 h5 18.Ng5 b5 19.Qf2 Qa5 20.Be2 b4 21.Nb1 bxa3 22.Nxa3
Rb8 23.Rh3 0-0 24.g4 f6 25.exf6 Rxf6 26.Ne4 dxe4 27.Rxd7 Nd5 28.f5 hxg4
29.Rh1 gxf5 30.Qg3 Qb4 31.Nc4 Nd4 32.Bxg4 Rg6 33.Qe5 Nc6 34.Rg7+ Rxg7
35.Qxe6+ Kh8 36.Qxc6 Qb5 37.Qh6+ Rh7 38.Qd6 fxg4 39.Qe5+ Kg8 40.Nd6 Re7
41.Qg5+ Rg7 42.Qe5 Qc6 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kh8 45. Qe5 Rf8 0-1




 
Date: 20 Sep 2008 07:01:01
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: Cat XV SPICE CUP

"Chess One" <[email protected] > wrote in message
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> Category: XV FIDE Average: 2605.5 USCF Average: 2666.5
>
Round 1:

Akobian 1-0 Perelshteyn
Becerra 1/2 Onischuk
Stefansson 1/2 Pentala
Kaidanov 0-1 Kritz
Mikhalevski 1-0 Miton

http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1090

1-3. Akobian, Kritz, Mikhalevski 1.0
4-7. Becerra, Onischuk, Stefansson, Pentala 0.5
8-10. Kaidanov, Miton, Perelshteyn 0.0

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