Here are the final match pairings: Monday August 31 Round X 12:00 Nakamura – Svidler – Hou Yifan – Nielsen – Stellwagen – Beliavsky – Smeets – van Wely – Caruana – Ljubojevic – Team score: Experience 24 –...
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Sunday August 30 Round IX 13:30 Svidler – Caruana – Nielsen – Nakamura – Beliavsky – Hou Yifan – van Wely – Stellwagen – Ljubojevic – Smeets ½ – ½ Official website: http://nhchess.com/index.html Scores after 8 rounds Team Experience...
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