
Siegbert Tarrasch wasn't exactly known for his attacking games - in those days Rudolf Spielmann was the Last of the Mohicans trying to hold up romantic chess. It's also not an every day story that Black wins with a beautiful attack using Tarrasch's Defence, but that's what happened in round 6 of the SPICE Cup.The second SPICE Cup is taking place 19-28 September at the
Texas Tech University located in Lubbock, Texas. In the sixth round yesterday this great game was played:

The first moves of what would become a great game: Stefansson-Akobian...

...and here much further in the game, with Stefansson?Ǭ† under pressure by now
SPICE Cup results thus far:
Round 1
Akobian 1-0 Perelshteyn
Becerra 1/2 Onischuk
Stefansson 1/2 Harikrishna
Kaidanov 0-1 Kritz
Mikhalevski 1-0 Miton |
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Round 2
Onischuk 1/2 Mikhalevski
Harikrishna 1/2 Becerra
Kritz 1/2 Perelshteyn
Kaidanov 1-0 Stefansson
Miton 1/2 Akobian |
Round 3
Stefansson 0-1 Kritz
Akobian 1/2 Onischuk
Mikhalevski 1/2 Harikrishna
Becerra 1/2 Kaidanov
Perelshteyn 1/2 Miton |
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Round 4
Onischuk 1-0 Perelshteyn
Kritz 1/2 Miton
Harikrishna 1/2 Akobian
Kaidanov 0-1 Mikhalevski
Stefansson 1/2 Becerra |
Round 5
Perelshteyn 1/2 Harikrishna
Akobian 1/2 Kaidanov
Miton 1/2 Onischuk
Mihalevski 1/2 Stefansson
Becerra 1-0 Kritz |
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Round 6
Becerra 1/2 Mikhalevski
Kritz 1/2 Onischuk
Harikrishna 1-0 Miton
Stefansson 0-1 Akobian
Kaidanov 1-0 Perelshteyn |
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