Results after 5 matches:
Experience 6
Rising stars 19
Experience individual score
Agdestein 2
Ljubojevic 1½
Bareev 1
Kortchnoi 1
Jussupow ½
Rising Stars individual score
Wang Yue 5
Cheparinov 4½
Caruana 3½
Stellwagen 3½
l’Ami 2½
Prize-fund: each player of the winning team receives € 2000, the players of the losing team receive € 1000 each. In case of a 25 – 25 tie, each player receives € 1500.
In addition each player receives € 500 for each point he scores.
Special prizes for the ‘Rising Stars’ team: the player with the highest score will be invited to the 2009 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in Nice, provided he scores over 50% in the NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam. In case his score is 50% or less, he and a partner of his choice will be invited to attend the 2009 Amber tournament as a guest. In case two players reach the same (best) score, a rapid match will decide who will be invited to the 2009 Amber tournament as a player or a guest.
The runner-up of the ‘Rising Stars’ team will be invited to attend the 2009 Amber tournament with a partner of his choice during the final week of the event.
The number 3 ‘Rising Star’ will receive a Sony Vaio Notebook.
Dear Susan,
The tourney isn’t over yet.
Its only the first half.
5 more games with reverse colors.
Regards,
Blaz
This really seems to be a poorly conceived event. In any case, kudos to Korchnoi for his victory. He must be over 80. Is he in his 90s yet?
He was born 1931, so he’s 77
He is not THAT old.
He was born in 1931.
Susan,
Did you know about this event:
MOntreal
The participants are:
Hikaru Nakamura GM 2697 (États-Unis)
Yuri Shulman GM 2623 (États-Unis)
Varuzhan Akobian GM 2610 (États-Unis)
Sébastien Mazé GM 2553 (France)
Mark Bluvshtein GM 2548 (Canada)
Anton Kovalyov GM 2548 (Canada)
Igor Nataf GM 2534 (France)
Pascal Charbonneau GM 2499 (Canada)
Thomas Roussel-Roozmon MI 2486 (Canada)
Igor Zugic MI 2457 (Canada)
Live games are going on right now!
Getting to 2000