The Rising Stars and the Experience team
of grandmasters in the traditional group photo.
Hello Everyone,
All those who thought the Young Stars were going to have it easy after a nice third round 4-1 score against the Experience team of senior grandmasters had to change their mind after the fourth round.
The team of Experience scored wins by Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Peter Heine Nielsen and Peter Svidler to beat the youngsters 3½-1½ in the fourth round at the NH Tournament.
The NH Chess Tournament is taking place from August 12-22 in Hotel Krasnapolsky, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. As always, the tournament is a confrontation between a team of five young ‘Rising Stars’ and a team of five ‘Experienced’ grandmasters.
The best player of the ‘Rising Stars’ team will be invited to the 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in March 2011 in Nice, provided he or she scores over 50% in the NH Chess Tournament in Amsterdam. You can check the official website for some great photos and reports. You can also read more details in our previous blog entry.
Here is a nice game from the fourth round between Ljubojevic and So. Run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.
PGN: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 a4 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Nd4 Qc8 15. Bd2 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. g4 h5 20. Rac1 Red8 21. Qe4 Nac4 22. Bg5 Nxb2 23. Rd2 a3 24. Rg2 hxg4 25. Rxg4 Re8 26. Rc2 c6 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Rcg2 Nd5 29. Bh4 Qxg4 30. Rxg4 Nxc3 31. Qxc6 Nxa2 32. Bxe7 1-0
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