[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Ongoing events: An update

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Ongoing events: An update
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1222112975.shtml


   The biggest event at the moment is the Russia-China match, which stars
   six players over 2700. After four rounds, China leads 22-18, and
   surprisingly it's because the men have been winning so far by a 12-8
   margin; the women's teams have split 10-10. A few days ago I didn't
   have a website to report, but now there are at least two places to
   report: [1]the official site (in Russian), and [2]this section of
   TWIC's front page.
   Next up, a very strong tournament in the United States (at least by
   U.S. standards): the [3]SPICE Cup at Texas Tech University. German GM
   Leonid Kritz leads after three round with 2.5 points; the top US
   competitor thus far is Varuzhan Akobian, with 2.
   Finally, FM Florin Felecan was the weekend's success story at the
   [4]15th North American FIDE Invitational, jumping out to a 3-1 start
   (though losing in round 4 to Stamnov), putting him in contention for
   his second IM norm. As noted in [5]this post, it's an awfully tough
   field, so he'll really have to earn it.

References

   1. http://www.russiachess.org/
   2. http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html#news795
   3. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/spice/
   4. http://nachess.org/fide/
   5. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1221880666.shtml