Spice Cup

[Vlad Dobrich]

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Razvan 1 - GM Durarbayli Vasif 2624 AZE 0

WELL DONE RAZVAN !!!

[Vlad Dobrich]

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Razvan now in 2nd place (on tie-breaks) nestled among six strong GM's >>>>>>>

>>>>>http://chess-results.com/tnr149389.a...det=YES&wi=984

PHENOMENAL 2702! Performance rating

[Wayne Komer]

Spice Cup

Spice Cup Open 2014

Round 1 Inumerable, Florentino – Preotu, Razvan 0-1

Spice Cup Open 2014
Round 2
Preotu, Razvan – Naroditsky, Daniel
C47 Four Knights, Scotch Variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 c6 11.Qf3 Bd6 12.Bf4 Rb8 13.b3 Rb4 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Qg3 Qxg3 16.fxg3 Be6 17.Na4 Nd7 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.c3 Rbb8 20.Ba6 Rd8 21.c4 dxc4 22.Bxc4 Bxc4 23.Rxc4 Ne5 24.Rc3 Rd2 25.Rf2 Rbd8 26.Rxd2 Rxd2 27.a3 f6 28.Nc5 Kf7 29.Ne4 Ra2 30.Nd6+ Ke6 31.Nc4 Nxc4 32.Rxc4 Rxa3 33.Rxc6+ Kd7 34.Rc3 a5 35.Rc5 Kd6 36.Rb5 Kc6 37.Rb8 h5 38.Kh2 Ra1 39.Rh8 Rb1 40.Rxh5 Kb6 41.Rh8 Kb7 42.Rh7 Rxb3 43.Rxg7+ Ka6 44.Rg8 Kb7 45.h4 Rb5 46.Rg7+ Ka6 47.Rg6 Rb6 48.h5 Kb5 49.h6 Rb8 50.Rxf6 a4 51.g4 a3 52.g5 a2 53.Rf1 Kc4 54.Ra1 Kb3 55.g6 Kb2 56.Rxa2+ Kxa2 57.g7 1-0

Spice Cup Open 2014
Round 3
Le, Liem – Preotu, Razvan
A81 Dutch Defence

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Ne4 7.Bb2 c5 8.c4 Nc6 9.e3 e6 10.Nc3 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Rac1 d6 14.Qe1 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 e5 16.d5 Nd8 17.Nd2 e4 18.f3 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Qf6 20.Rc2 exf3 21.Nxf3 Nf7 22.Qc3 Qxc3 23.Rxc3 Rae8 24.Re1 Bc8 25.Kf2 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Rb1 Re7 28.Bf3 Kg7 29.b4 cxb4 30.Rxb4 Rc7 31.Ke2 Kf6 32.Kd2 Ke5 33.Be2 Rc5 34.Ra3 Rf7 35.Bd3 g5 36.Rb1 Rcc7 37.Rf1 h5 38.Rb3 h4 39.Rbb1 Rf6 40.gxh4 g4 41.h3 gxh3 42.Rf3 Rg7 43.Rxh3 Rg2+ 44.Kc3 Rxa2 45.Rg1 Rf8 46.Kb3 Rd2 47.Kc3 Ra2 48.h5 Ra3+ 49.Kd2 f4 50.Rg5+ Kf6 51.Rg6+ Ke7 52.Rf3 Rxd3+ 53.Kxd3 Bf5+ 54.Kd4 Bxg6 55.hxg6 Rg8 56.exf4 Rxg6 57.Ra3 a5 58.Rb3 Rg4 59.Ke4 Rg1 60.Rxb6 Rc1 61.Rb7+ Kd8 62.Kd3 Rd1+ 63.Kc2 Rd4 64.Kb3 Rxf4 65.Ra7 Rf1 66.Rxa5 Kc7 67.Ra8 Rb1+ 68.Kc2 Rh1 69.Ra6 Rh3 70.Rc6+ Kd7 71.Rb6 Kc7 72.Rb3 Rh2+ 73.Kc3 Rh3+ 74.Kb4 Rh1 75.Rg3 Rb1+ 76.Kc3 Rc1+ 77.Kd4 Rd1+ 78.Ke4 Rc1 79.Rg7+ Kd8 80.Kd3 Kc8 81.Ra7 Kd8 82.Rh7 Kc8 83.Rf7 Kd8 84.Ke4 Rxc4+ 85.Kf5 Ke8 86.Rh7 Kd8 87.Ke6 Rg4 88.Rf7 Rg1 89.Rd7+ Ke8 90.Kxd6 Ra1 91.Rb7 Ra6+ 92.Ke5 Kd8 93.Rh7 Rb6 94.d6 Rb1 95.Ke4 1/2-1/2

Spice Cup Open 2014
Round 4
Preotu, Razvan – Troff, Kayden
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nbc1 Nb6 17. Ng3 exf4 18. Bxf4 d5 19. Nf5 dxe4 20. Qe2 Nd5 21. Qxe4 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Ra5 23. Qg4 Qb6 24. Bc4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Bxg5 26. Qd4 Qc7 27. Rhe1 Bf6 28. Qd7 Qxc4 29. Rxe8 g6 30. Rde1 Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Qd6 h5 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Qd5 35. Rc7 Bg7 36. Rxf7 Qd4 37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qxb4 Qa7 39. a3 Rg5 40. Nd3 Rg4 41. Qf8 Rg1+ 42. Ka2 Qg7 43. Qb4 Rg4 44. Qc5 Qf7+ 45. Kb1 Rg2 46. Ne5 Rg5 47. Nxf7 Rxc5 48. Nd6 g5 49. c4 g4 50. Kc2 Rc6 51. Ne4 Rxc4+ 52. Kd3 Rc1 53. Ke3 Rh1 54. Kf4 Rxh2 55. Kg5 Kg7 56. Nd6 Kf8 0-1

Round 5 Chandra, Akshat – Preotu, Razvan 0-1

Spice Cup Open 2014
Round 6
Preotu, Razvan – Durabalyi, Vasif
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f3 Rc8 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 h5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Kb1 Qa5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bd3 b5 16.Rhe1 Bb7 17.a3 Qd8 18.Ne2 Nd7 19.Ng3 Bxg5 20.hxg5 h4 21.Nf5 exf5 22.exf5+ Kf8 23.Bxb5 Ne5 24.Rxe5 axb5 25.Rxb5 Bc6 26.Rb4 h3 27.Rh1 Kg8 28.Rd4 Rh5 29.Rxh3 Qxg5 30.Qxg5 Rxg5 31.Rdh4 1-0

Round 7 Corrales, Jimenez Fidel-Preotu, Razvan No Result Yet

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Spice Cup

Spice Cup 2014

Round 7
Oct. 24, 2014

Corrales, Fidel (2532) – Preotu, Razvan (2405)
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, Open Variation

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 O-O Nxe4 5 d4 Nd6 6 Bxc6 dxc6 7 dxe5 Nf5 8 Qxd8+ Kxd8 9 Nc3 Ke8 10 b3 Be6 11 Ne4 Rd8 12 Bb2 h6 13 Rad1 b6 14 h3 c5 15 c4 Ne7 16 Ng3 Nc6 17 Nh5 Nb4 18 a4 Ke7 19 Rxd8 Kxd8 20 Bc3 Nc6 21 g4 g5 22 Rd1+ Kc8 23 Kg2 Be7 24 Kg3 Rg8 25 Rd3 a6 26 Nf6 Bxf6 27 exf6 b5 28 cxb5 axb5 29 axb5 Na7 30 Re3 Nxb5 31 Bb2 Rd8 32 h4 Nd4 33 hxg5 Nxf3 34 Rxf3 hxg5 35 Rc3 c4 36 bxc4 Rd4 37 f3 Rxc4 38 Re3 Kd7 39 Re5 Rc2 40 Bd4 Rd2 41 Be3 Rd5 42 Rxd5+ Bxd5 43 Bxg5 Ke8 44 Bf4 Kf8 45 Bxc7 Kg8 46 f4 Bc4 47 f5 Bb3 48 Kf4 Ba2 49 Be5 Bb3 50 Bc3 Bc4 51 Ke4 Ba2 52 Ke5 Bb3 53 Kd6 Bd1 54 g5 Bc2 55 Ke5 Bb1 1/2-1/2

Round 8 Pairings

Nyzhnyk, Illia – Preotu, Razvan
Naroditsky, Daniel – Troff, Kayden
Robson, Ray – Le Liem
Yermolinsky, Alex – Durabayli, Vasif
Sevian, Sam – Corrales, Fidel
Vera, Reinaldo – Hoyos, Manuel

Standings After Round 7

Nyzhnyk 5.5
Troff 5.5
Preotu 5
Naroditsky 5
Robson 5
Le Liem 5
Yermolinsky 4.5
Durabayli 4.5
Sevian 4.5
Corrales 4.5
Vera 4.5
Leon Hoyos 4.5
Chandra 4.5

[Vlad Drkulec]

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I tried to send a note to Susan Polgar to complain that a X-table of the tournament is not available nor an advance pairings list - except once the round begins.

My computer messaged me that I could not send email because of some block to outlook.
Next got a message supposedly from Microsoft Windows 7 offering to remove problems.
OK, looks like a free cleanup service so spent about 15 minutes watching the progress bar at work.
Pressed the 'continue' button.
Received a menu of options:
One time cleanup ..........$20
Unlimited cleanup ..........$80

OK, spent so much time already, so sent my credit card info to pay $20
Received a message on screen to activate program by calling 1-888 number.
Put on hold ...................
Gave up waiting.
Checked my email to see the charge had been taken from my Master Card.
Sent email back: DO NOT activate the service and REIMBURSE my card charge.
Also to please deleted my card info from data bank.

Here's hoping!

Please take Kerry's advice and cancel your credit card now. There is probably a number on the back of the card that you can call 24 hours a day. Your credit card is being sold to others. Never ever sign up for such services which purport to be from Microsoft. They are not. If you want a free online scan Trend Micro offers one that is not bad.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

After that scan with Superantispyware free edition

http://download.cnet.com/SuperAntiSp...-10523889.html

And then scan with the free version of Malwarebytes antispyware.

https://www.malwarebytes.org/lp/lp4/...FcRcMgodfREAqA

Finally scan with whatever commercial antivirus software you are using. Your computer will be largely free of viruses and spyware until you visit your next random chess or poker website. Opt to remove all questionable items that these software products identify.

[Wayne Komer]

Spice Cup

Spice Cup 2014
Round Eight
Oct. 25, 2014
Nyzhnyk, Illia – Preotu, Razvan
E61 King’s Indian, Smyslov System, Main Line

1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 O-O 5 Bg5 d6 6 e3 c6 7 Be2 Bg4 8 h3 Bxf3 9 Bxf3 Nbd7 10 O-O a5 11 Qc2 Ne8 12 Rad1 f6 13 Bh4 g5 14 Bg3 f5 15 Bh2 e5 16 Qb3 Qb6 17 Na4 Qxb3 18 axb3 Rf7 19 d5 c5 20 e4 fxe4 21 Bxe4 Nc7 22 Nc3 Nb6 23 Bc2 Bf8 24 Ne4 h6 25 Nc3 Nc8 26 g3 Ne7 27 f4 Nf5 28 fxe5 Ne3 29 Rxf7 Kxf7 30 e6+ Ke7 31 Rc1 Bg7 32 Kf2 Nxc2 33 Rxc2 b5 34 g4 a4 35 Ne4 Ne8 36 bxa4 bxc4 37 Rxc4 Bxb2 38 Ke2 Ra6 39 Ng3 Be5 40 Nf5+ Kf6 41 Bxe5+ Kxe5 42 Ne3 Nc7 43 Kd3 Ra8 44 Re4+ Kf6 45 Kc2 Ne8 46 Nf5 h5 47 e7 hxg4 48 hxg4 Kf7 49 Kb3 Rb8+ 50 Ka2 Ra8 51 Ka3 Ra5 52 Re1 c4 53 Rh1 Rxd5 54 Rh8 Rd3+ 55 Kb2 Nc7 56 Rf8+ Ke6 57 Rc8 Kd5 1-0

Other Round Eight Results

Naroditsky, Daniel – Troff, Kayden 1-0
Robson, Ray – Le, Liem 1-0
Yermolinsky, Alex – Durarbayli, Vasif 0-1
Sevian, Sam – Corrales, Fidel 0.5-0.5
Vera, Reinaldo – Hoyos, Manuel 0-1

Round Nine Pairings

Robson, Ray (6) – Nyzhnyk, Illia (6.5)
Durarbayli, Vasif (5.5) – Naroditsky, Daniel (6)
Troff, Kayden (5.5) – Chandra, Akshat (5.5)
Le Liem (5) – Leon, Manuel (5.5)
Bora, Safal (5) – Corrales, Fidel (5)
Preotu, Ravan (5) – Sevian, Samuel (5)
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From Wikipedia - Illia Igorevich Nyzhnyk born September 27, 1996) is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster.

He was born in Vinnytsia (Ukraine) and gained worldwide attention when he won Group B of the 2007 Moscow Open at the age of 10. He attained a nearly flawless score of 8½/9 and his performance rating was 2633, that of a Grandmaster. As of January 2009, his FIDE rating was 2504, the highest rating in the world in the under-12 age group. In 2007 he won the European Youth Chess Championship for under-12. In the 2007 World Youth Chess Championship he tied for first in the under-12 age group, placing second on tie-breaks.

In April 2008, Nyzhnyk won the Nabokov Memorial in Kiev, Ukraine, with 8½/11, and scored his first GM norm. In September 2008 he won, at the age of 12, the European Youth Chess Championship for under 16. Soon after, in December 2008, he placed 12th in the Ukrainian championship, with a performance rating of 2594, barely under the 2600 performance required for another GM norm. In December 2009 he won the Schaakfestival Groningen tournament in the Netherlands with a performance rating of 2741.

His progress since has slowed, perhaps in part due to a lack of funding for chess players in Ukraine, but other notable results include finishing second in the C Group of the Tata Steel tournament in 2011 and then going on to tie for first place at the Reykjavik Open.

[Bindi Cheng]

Re: Spice Cup

I met Illia at the World Open this year as he was rooming with a friend of mine and he seemed like a nice, well-adjusted player who doesn't seem as intense as his chess career will have you believe. I even asked him about a slav game he played against Richard in one of the earlier rounds (I tried out the same line they played in one of the later rounds) and he was kind enough to say a few words about the differences between mine and his game. It's too bad he was able to beat Razvan this past round but I think a GM norm is still possible with a draw in the last round.

[Victor Plotkin]

Re: Spice Cup

Number 2. Razvan successfully defended worse ending in the last round. Congratulations!

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Spice Cup

Number 2. Razvan successfully defended worse ending in the last round. Congratulations!

Congratulations Razvan!! Great result; I certainly hope this earns you a well deserved GM norm... Your GM title is inevitable in any case.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Spice Cup

Spice Cup Open 2014
Round Nine
October 26, 2014
Robson, Ray – Nzyhnyk, Illia
C10 French Defence, Rubinstein Variation

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nd7 5 Nf3 Ngf6 6 Nxf6+ Nxf6 7 g3 b6 8 Bb5+ Bd7 9 a4 a6 10 Be2 Bc6 11 O-O Bd6 12 Ne5 Bd5 13 Bf3 Bxe5 14 dxe5 Bxf3 15 Qxf3 Qd5 16 Qc3 Nd7 17 Bf4 Qc5 18 Qf3 Rd8 19 Rad1 O-O 20 Qe4 Nb8 21 Bg5 Rd5 22 Be3 1/2-1/2

Spice Cup 2014
Round 9
Oct. 26, 2014
Preotu, Razvan – Sevian, Sam
B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack, 7.Re1

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bb5+ Bd7 4 Bxd7+ Qxd7 5 O-O Nf6 6 Re1 Nc6 7 c3 e6 8 d4 cxd4 9 cxd4 d5 10 e5 Ne4 11 Nbd2 Nxd2 12 Bxd2 Be7 13 Bg5 O-O 14 Bxe7 Nxe7 15 Qb3 Rfc8 16 Rec1 Rc7 17 Qa3 Rac8 18 b3 b6 19 Qb2 Rc6 20 Kf1 Qc7 21 Rxc6 Qxc6 22 Qd2 h6 23 Rd1 a5 24 h4 Qc2 25 Qxc2 Rxc2 26 Rd2 Rc1+ 27 Ne1 h5 28 g3 f6 29 exf6 gxf6 30 Ke2 Nf5 31 Ng2 Nd6 32 Rd1 Rc6 33 Rd2 Ne4 34 Rb2 Kf7 35 Nf4 Rc1 36 Nd3 Rc6 37 Nf4 Rc1 1/2-1/2

Other Final Round Results

Durarbayli, Vasif – Naroditsky, Daniel 0.5-0.5
Troff, Kayden – Chandra, Akshat 0.5-0.5
Le, Liem – Hoyos, Manuel 1-0
Bora, Safal – Corrales, Fidel 0-1

Final Ranking after Round Nine

Nyzhnyk, Illia (2613) 7
Robson, Ray (2628) 6.5
Naroditsky Daniel (2601) 6.5
Le Liem (2706) 6
Durarbayli, Vasif (2624) 6
Corrales, Fidel (2532) 6
Troff, Kayden (2532) 6
Chandra, Akshat (2488) 6
Yermolinsky, Alex (2516) 5.5
Leon, Manuel (2512) 5.5
Sevian, Samuel (2484) 5.5
Kannappan, Priyadharshan (2460) 5.5
Preotu, Razvan (2405) 5.5
…

Jung, Hans (2149) 3.5

[Ferdinand Supsup]

Re: Spice Cup

I met Illia at the World Open this year as he was rooming with a friend of mine and he seemed like a nice, well-adjusted player who doesn't seem as intense as his chess career will have you believe. I even asked him about a slav game he played against Richard in one of the earlier rounds (I tried out the same line they played in one of the later rounds) and he was kind enough to say a few words about the differences between mine and his game. It's too bad he was able to beat Razvan this past round but I think a GM norm is still possible with a draw in the last round.

The news is out there! Razvan got the GM Norm! http://susanpolgar.blogspot.ca/2014/...spice-cup.html

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Spice Cup

Great! Keep momentum.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Spice Cup

Spice Cup 2014

There is a long illustrated report on the Spice Cup at

http://en.chessbase.com/post/illya-n...spice-cup-2014

It has colour pics of Kayden Troff, Illia Nyzhnyk (one carrying a teddy bear at age 10) and Razvan Preotu.