The annual NH Tournament where the experience team face the rising stars team began yesterday. I don’t exactly call this as a fair matchup as the rising stars are the heavy favorite. The results in round 1 indicate the same.
Wednesday August 20 Round 1
Evgeny Bareev – Erwin l’Ami ½ – ½
Viktor Kortchnoi – Daniel Stellwagen 0 – 1
Artur Jussupow – Fabiano Caruana 0 – 1
Simen Agdestein – Ivan Cheparinov½ – ½
Ljubomir Ljubojevic – Wang Yue 0 – 1
Experience Individual score after Round 1
Simen Agdestein ½
Evgeny Bareev ½
Artur Jussupow 0
Viktor Kortchnoi 0
Ljubomir Ljubojevic 0
Total 1
Risings Stars Individual score after Round 1
Fabiano Caruana 1
Daniel Stellwagen 1
Wang Yue 1
Erwin l’Ami ½
Ivan Cheparinov ½
Total 4
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Caruana is better than Nakamura.
Alphabeticwise you mean?
Some of the experienced players, e.g. Ljubojevic or Jussupow, are hardly playing on a regular basis anymore. I absolutely agree that the youngsters are heavy favorites to win this match-up.