Hou Yifan (2584) – Ljubojevic (2553) [B45]Rising Stars vs Experience (2), 21.08.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.f4 e5 9.Nb3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.Qd2 d5 12.0–0–0 dxe4 13.Qe3 Qc8 14.g4...
Rising stars vs Experience round 2
Friday August 21 Round II 13:30 Stellwagen – Svidler 1/2 Smeets – Nielsen 1/2 Caruana – Beliavsky 1/2 Nakamura – van Wely – Hou Yifan – Ljubojevic Score after Round 1 Team Experience 3Rising stars 2 Experience individual score...
Experience outfoxed Rising Stars
Round 1 results: Thursday August 20 Round I 13:30 Svidler – Hou Yifan 1 – 0 Nielsen – Stellwagen 1 – 0 Beliavsky – Smeets 0 – 1 van Wely – Caruana ½ – ½ Ljubojevic – Nakamura ½...
Rising Stars vs. Experience
Rising Stars vs. ExperienceAugust 20-31, 2009 NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Dam 9, Amsterdam The NH Chess Tournament, organized by NH Hoteles in close cooperation with Association Max Euwe, Monaco, is a ‘Scheveningen’ team tournament between an ‘Experience’ team and...
Hou Yifan 0-1 Nielsen in Amsterdam
Hou Yifan (2584) – Nielsen (2680) [C54]Rising Stars vs Experience (10), 31.08.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.h3 Ba7 8.0–0 h6 9.Re1 g5 10.Nh2 Rg8 11.Be3 g4 12.Bxa7 gxh3 13.g3 Nxa7 14.Nd2...
The experience sinks further
The “Experience” team loses again. In spite of a win by Bareev over Stellwagen and a draw by Agdestein against Wang Yue, the “Experience” team lost their 6th match out of 7. Agdestein, Simen – Wang Yue ½-½Jussupow, Artur...
The “Experience” earned another draw
GM Jussupow (2587) – GM Cheparinov (2687) [A61]NH Chess Tournament, 27.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 b5 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Qc2 0–0 11.a4 b4 12.Nd1 b3 13.Qxb3 Nxe4 14.Bd3 f5...
Another day, same results
New day, same results. The “Experience” team once again outplayed by the “Already Stars” team. After 4 rounds and 20 games, the “Experience” team could not score a single win. Here are the results in round 4: Wang Yue...
Rising Stars demolish the Experience
Round 2 – Experience vs. Rising Star Wang Yue – Agdestein, Simen 1-0Stellwagen, Daniël – Bareev, Evgeny 1-0Cheparinov, Ivan – Jussupow, Artur 1-0Caruana, Fabiano – Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0L’Ami, Erwin – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½-½ As I stated in an earlier...
Rising stars crush Legends
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...