The forgotten star in Amsterdam

Even though super GM Cheparinov has had a very good performance (around 2850) at the NH tournament in Amsterdam, the buzz so far has surrounded Chinese GM Wang Yue who scored 7.5 in 8 games.

Cheparinov, best known for being Topalov faithful second, will once again cross the 2700 barrier in the next rating list.

Round 8 results:

Wang Yue – Jussupow, Artur 1-0
Cheparinov, Ivan – Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0
Caruana, Fabiano – Bareev, Evgeny ½-½
Stellwagen, Daniël – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir ½-½
L’Ami, Erwin – Agdestein, Simen ½-½

Standings after 8 matches:

Already Stars Team:

1. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 7½
2. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 6½
3. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2630 5½
4. L’Ami, Erwin g NED 2610 4½
5. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2616 4

Experience Team:

1. Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2583 3½
2. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2655 3
3. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2602 2
4. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SRB 2465 2
5. Jussupow, Artur g GER 2587 1½