The Young Guns edge the Experience with 5 Black

In the first match, the “Experience” team has 5 White while the “Rising Stars” team has 5 Black. In the second match, the “Rising Stars” team will have 5 White.

Here are the results of the first match:

Beliavsky – Negi ½-½
Nikolic – Smeets 0-1
Khalifman – Stellwagen ½-½
Jussupow – Cheparinov ½-½
Ljubojevic – Karjakin ½-½

“Experiece” 2 – “Rising Stars” 3

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