NH Chess: Rising Stars beat Experienced grandmasters in third round

Caruana against Svidler at NH Tournament.

Hi Everybody,

The young stars at the NH Tournament in Amsterdam were on a roll in the third round against Experience team of grandmasters. The juniors blanked the seniors 4-1.

Hikaru Nakamura beat Peter Heine Nielsen, Fabiano Caruana beat Peter Svidler and David Howell got the better of Loek van Wely. The shortest game of the day was between Wesley So and Boris Gelfand that ended as a draw. The Anish Giri-Ljubomir Ljubojevic also ended as a draw.

Here is the nice Caruana-Svidler game that you can run through our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3 Ng4 15. Ng3 Qf4 16. Qe1 Nf6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. c4 Rd8 20. d5 b5 21. Qa5 Bd7 22. Rfe1 Be8 23. cxb5 Rxd5 24. b6 Rd2 25. Ne4 Rb2 26. Qxc5 Rxb6 27. Qxe7 Bc6 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Rf1 h6 30. Rc3 Rab8 31. Qc5 Ra6 32. Qd6 Rbb6 33. Re3 Rxa2 34. Nh5+ gxh5 35. Rg3+ Qxg3 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. hxg3 Be4 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Rc1 Bf5 40. Rc7 Be6 41. Rxa7 Rxa7 42. Qxb6 Ra4 43. Qb1+ Kg7 44. f4 Ra5 45. Qd1 1-0

You can check the official website for more photos and details here.

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Experience versus Rising Stars Chess begins in Amsterdam

GM Hikaru Nakamura

Hello Everyone,

The NH Chess Tournament that sees a team of five young 'Rising Stars' against a team of five 'Experienced' Grandmasters is taking place from August 12-22 in hotel Krasnapolsky, in the heart of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

In the first round both teams won one game each and drew the remaining three. Hikaru Nakamura defeated Ljubomir Ljubojevic who got muddled in time-trouble. Boris Gelfand beat David Howell, who got lost in a complex queen ending.

The two teams play a ‘Scheveningen’ tournament, which means that each player of one team plays against each of the players of the other team. They do so twice, once with the white pieces and once with the black pieces. The team that collects most points wins the tournament. The best player of the ‘Rising Stars’ team will be invited to the 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in March 2011 in Nice, provided he or she scores over 50% in the NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam.

You can find excellent reports and photos at the official website of the tournament.

The ‘Experience’ team consists of

1. Boris Gelfand (Israel)

2. Peter Svidler (Russia)

3. Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark)

4. Loek van Wely (The Netherlands)

5. Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia)

And the ‘Rising Stars’ are:

1. Hikaru Nakamura (United States)

2. Fabiano Caruana (Italy)

3. Wesley So (The Philippines)

4. Anish Giri (The Netherlands)

5. David Howell (England)

The players of the ‘Rising Stars’ team can invite a trainer to help them during the tournament. The seconds of the ‘Rising Stars’ are (in the same order):

1. Kris Littlejohn (United States)

2. Boris Avrukh (Israel)

3. Richard Bitoon (The Philippines)

4. Vladimir Chuchelov (Belgium)

5. Stephen Gordon (England)

Here is the Nakamura-Ljubojevic game that you can run through our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

From Alexandra Kosteniuk's

www.chessblog.com

Also see her personal blog at

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