Oh pleasee.

hahahahahaha u naughty man!

Here are the 3 players I previously announced for the next Category 14 (may even be category 15) SPICE Cup:

1. GM Kaidanov, Gregory 2697 USCF / 2596 FIDE (Former #1 player in the U.S.)

2. GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2666 USCF / 2601 FIDE (Rank #8 overall and #2 player 25 and under in the U.S. behind Nakamura)

3. GM Perelshteyn, Eugene 2623 USCF / 2552 FIDE (Defending Champion)

Here are the next 3 players who have accepted their invitations:

4. GM Miton, Kamil 2703 USCF / 2620 FIDE (Rank #4 in Poland)

5. GM Kritz, Leonid 2667 USCF / 2609 FIDE (Rank #4 in Germany)

6. GM Hera, Imre 2599 USCF / 2524 FIDE (From Hungary and is preparing to attend Texas Tech in the Fall of 2008)

The average rating so far is 2584 FIDE and 2659 USCF!

The average FIDE rating for the next group of players is well over 2600. I will announce it as soon as everyone is confirmed. I am aiming to make the 2nd SPICE Cup the highest rated and most prestigious 10 player RR International tournament in U.S. history. I am also hoping to be able to add a B group (perhaps even C group) in the near future.

Europe has many of these strong round robin tournaments. I am fortunate enough to take part in some of them. Unfortunately, there are too far and few prestigious International RR events in the U.S. I am hoping to start a new tradition right here in Lubbock, Texas.

My husband and business partner Paul and I have given 150% of our effort promoting scholastic, college and women's chess in the past 6+ years. The next part of our vision (http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/200...) is to raise the awareness, respect and opportunities for our professional players. Being a professional player myself, I want to do everything possible to help my colleagues. This is a part of our 10 year plan which started in 2001-2002.

I would like to thank everyone who believes and supports what we do to improve chess in all levels in the U.S. I understand that there are some who will fight hard to keep the failing status quo. But I believe with all my heart that if I go out and positively promote chess every single day, great things will come. Thank you again for your support!

The city of Seattle, USA will join The Grand Slam next year in 2009

One of the founders of the Grand Slam Chess Association and Director of the super chess tournament M-Tel Masters Silvio Danailov would like to see China hosting a Grand Slam tournament in the near future, most likely in 2010.

“The Grand Slam has already 3 tournaments in Europe and one in Latin America - Mexico City. From next year - 2009, USA will join the Grand Slam with a super tournament in Seattle with prize fund of USD 750 000. I think it would be perfect if the 6th tournament takes place in Asia, especially in China”, Danailov said.

China is not only becoming an economic power but also a chess power and the number of the fans of this sport is increasing quickly in that country. This is very noticeable as Chinese media are presently paying a lot of attention to M-Tel Masters 2008 that is currently taking place in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The tournament’s official web site www.mtelmasters.com has a complete version in Chinese, which happens for the first time in the history of super chess tournaments. This way chess fans in China can read news and interviews about the competition in their own language, follow the games live and also the performance of the Chinese player Bu Xiangzhi that is participating in this year’s edition of the traditional tournament.

Sponsors might be attracted not only by the Chinese market, but also by the publicity they can get from the international coverage that a high-class tournament receives from the foreign media.

Conversations with local partners have already started and are expected to continue in the near future, looking for China to become host of a Grand Slam Chess Association tournament.

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I live near Seattle and would like to see this event. Have any dates been set? Where will it be held?

So here's the thing: perhaps you could let him know that the terms "game" and "match" are NOT interchangable, before he spreads this misuse all over the web and the English-speaking world. He keeps referring to a single GAME as a "match", as in "I hope I can use this opening in my next match", or "Bobby Fischer used the King's Gambit in a few of his matches." Many of his videos have titles like "Chess Match: onlyone (1910) vs jrobi (1445)", even though they are dedicated to a single game. I've tried to correct him, even referring him to wikipedia, but he just dismisses me, and even removes my comments.