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Winners of the SP Puzzle Solving Championship with Misss Lubbock USA Amanda Gass

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GM Anand (2798) - GM Carlsen (2775) [B77]
01.08.2008 / Mainz Rapid

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.0–0–0 Ne5 12.Kb1 a6 13.h4 h5 14.Bh6 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rhe1 Re8 18.Nde2 Qa5 19.Nf4 Rec8 20.Ncd5 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Re8 23.Nb6 Rc7 24.e5 Be6 25.exd6 Rc6 26.Na4 exd6 27.b3 Rec8 28.Nb2 Rc5 29.Ree2 Re5 30.Nd3 Rxe2 31.Rxe2 Game drawn ½–½

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American World Championship Candidate GM Gata Kamsky pounded Vassily Ivanchuk today in the second round of the Sochi Grand Prix (July 31-August 15.)

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Standings after 2 rounds at the Sochi Grand Prix:

1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2737 1½
2. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 1½
3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 1½
4. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 1½
5. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 1½

6. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2717 1
7. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2709 1
8. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 1
9. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 1

10. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2556 ½
11. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 ½
12. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 ½
13. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 ½
14. Navara, David g CZE 2646 ½

Official website: http://sochi2008.fide.com/

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Recently at TradeMe, someone tried to sell a copy of The Philidor Counter-Gambit which I signed for the late NM Barry Spiro. Spiro wrote a column for Atlantic Chess News called “Take the A-Pawn,” no doubt a take off on Duke Ellington’s “Take the ‘A’ Train.”

When The Philidor Counter-Gambit was published in 1994, I mailed free copies to several chess acquaintances including Spiro. In signing the copies, I wrote a personalized message for each recipient above my signature. In Spiro’s case, I penned, “Barry, take the f-pawn!”

Apparently my handwriting is worse than I realized because the seller on TradeMe misrepresents my note as “Ben, take the f-pawn!” I wonder how the seller got hold of Spiro’s copy of my book without knowing that Spiro’s first name was Barry, not Ben.

Poor Barry! At chessgames.com, his name is given as Spiro Barry.

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Kamsky proves that he is still a force to be reckoned with. He just defeated super GM Ivanchuk in the second round of the Sochi Grand Prix.

GM Kamsky (2723) - GM Ivanchuk (2781) [B33]
01.08.2008 / Sochi Grand Prix

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.Be2 0–0 14.0–0 Bg5 15.Qd3 Rb8 16.Rad1 g6 17.b3 Be6 18.Bf3 Rb7 19.Qe2 Ne7 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Rd3 h5 22.Rfd1 Rd8 23.Ne3 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Rdd7 25.Qh6 Qf8 26.Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rxd6 Rbc7 28.h4 Ke7 29.Ra6 Rc5 30.Kf1 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Kd7 32.Ra7+ Kc6 33.Ke2 Kb6 34.Re7 Rc7 35.Rxc7 Kxc7 36.g3 Kd6 37.Ke3 f6 38.f4 Bf7 39.f5 g5 40.g4 hxg4 41.hxg5 fxg5 42.Bxg4 a4 43.f6 a3 44.Bf5 Kc5 45.Kf3 Bh5+ 46.Kg3 Kd6 47.Bc8 White wins 1–0

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Round 2 results:

Kamsky, Gata - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Aronian, Levon - Navara, David 1-0
Svidler, Peter - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1
Gashimov, Vugar - Gelfand, Boris ½-½
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Wang Yue ½-½

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Round 5 results:

Koneru, Humpy - Muzychuk, Anna ½-½
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Sebag, Marie 1-0
Ushenina, Anna - Cramling, Pia 0-1
Pogonina, Natalija - Xu Yuhua ½-½

Standings after 5 rounds:

1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2550 4

2. Xu Yuhua g CHN 2483 3

3-4. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2476 2½
3-4. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2530 2½

5-8. Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2504 2
5-8. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2469 2
5-8. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2544 2
5-8. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2622 2

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This is Mr. Dewain Barber, USCF Polgar and Denker Committee Chair, co-founder of the Denker Tournament of HS Champions AND the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls.

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Hikaru Nakamura took first place on tiebreak over Motylev and Movsesian in the Finet Open in Mainz, Germany. The event features chess 960, a variant in which the pieces are scrambled in the back row.

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Here is Courtney with her Mom right after clinching the title

She did it! Courtney Jamison of Texas has just captured the 2008 SP National Invitational for Girls title with the score of 5.5 /6. She won the first 5 games then drew Linda Diaz of New York in the final round to secure the title.

Congratulations to Courtney! This is a well deserved win!

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