Monday, September 21, 2009

SPICE Cup 2009-rnd 2 Standings, GM Hammer leads leads rnd 2


GM Hammer together with GM Andreikin lead the way with 1.5 points after earning the full point after round 2 . GM Hammer's employing the white pieces reap benefit from rare 8. Ne3 move which was considered a a rare line in the Slav Opening. Below is the game winning play of GM Jon:


[Event "Spice Cup 2009"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2585"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2644"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]


1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne3 e6 9.a5 Nbd5 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.a6 b6 12.g3 Bb4 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Bg2 Qe7 15.O-O Rac8 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.e3 Rfd8 18.Bxb4 Nxb4 19.Qb3 c5 20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Rfd1 g6 22.Bb7 Rxd1 23.Qxd1 Rc7 24.Qd8 Kg7 25.Rd1 h5 26.Rd6 Qc1 27.Rd1 Qc4 28.Rd6 Qc1 29.Kg2 Nc2 30.Qf6 Kh7 31.Rd8 Nxe3 32.fxe3 Rc2 33.Kh3 Qf1 34.Kh4 Qc4 35.Rd4 Rxh2 36.Kg5 Qc7 37.Qd6 f6 38.Kxf6 Qg7 39.Ke6 Qg8 40.Kd7 Rc2 41.Qe7 Kh6 42.Rd6 Rc5 43.Bc6 1-0

Standings After rnd 2- SPICE Cup 2009:

Group A
1-2. GM Andreikin, GM Hammer 1.5
3-4. GM Kuzubov, GM Mamedov 1.0
5-6. GM So, GM Akobian 0.5

Group B
1. IM Antal 2.0
2-3 IM Robson, IM Finegold 1.5
4-7. IM Papp, GM Bhat, IM Kuljasevic, GM Perelshteyn 1.0
8-9. GM Diamant, FM Rensch 0.5
10. IM Ippolito 0.0

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