Rising Stars vs Experience (2009)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Peter Svidler, Loek Van Wely, Alexander Beliavsky, Peter Heine Nielsen, Jan Smeets, Daniel Stellwagen, Yifan Hou, Ljubomir Ljubojevic

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 50  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Svidler vs Yifan Hou 1-0 64 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience C11 French 2. P H Nielsen vs Stellwagen 1-0 26 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience E60 King's Indian Defense 3. Ljubojevic vs Nakamura ½-½ 60 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience A81 Dutch 4. Beliavsky vs J Smeets 0-1 68 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 5. Van Wely vs Caruana ½-½ 22 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 6. Yifan Hou vs Ljubojevic 0-1 87 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 7. Nakamura vs Van Wely ½-½ 79 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Caruana vs Beliavsky   ½-½ 42 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. Stellwagen vs Svidler   ½-½ 27 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. J Smeets vs P H Nielsen ½-½ 21 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 11. Van Wely vs Yifan Hou   ½-½ 31 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience E15 Queen's Indian 12. Beliavsky vs Nakamura 0-1 34 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience E97 King's Indian 13. Ljubojevic vs Stellwagen 1-0 46 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 14. P H Nielsen vs Caruana   ½-½ 25 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 15. Svidler vs J Smeets   ½-½ 22 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. J Smeets vs Ljubojevic 1-0 30 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 17. Yifan Hou vs Beliavsky 1-0 39 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience C41 Philidor Defense 18. Nakamura vs P H Nielsen   ½-½ 41 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Stellwagen vs Van Wely   ½-½ 36 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 20. Caruana vs Svidler   ½-½ 31 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. Beliavsky vs Stellwagen 1-0 62 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 22. Ljubojevic vs Caruana ½-½ 73 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 23. Svidler vs Nakamura 1-0 61 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience B12 Caro-Kann Defense 24. Van Wely vs J Smeets ½-½ 38 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 25. P H Nielsen vs Yifan Hou   ½-½ 37 2009 Rising Stars vs Experience E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 50    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 21 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-21-09    Atking: I don't understand 71.QxRe6+ fxQe6 72.Kxh6 e5 73.g5 one move leads and + for Qg1 Aug-21-09    Atking: The other line was 70...Kf8 71.QxRg6 fxQg6 72.Kxg6 h5 73.Kxh5 Kg7 74.Kg5 wins Aug-21-09    hand banana: <71.QxRe6+ fxQe6 72.Kxh6 e5?? 73.g5 > e5 loses. Kf7 instead is a draw Aug-21-09    DCP23: Van Wely holds, good for him. Aug-21-09    bharatiy: its a draw, did <slomarko> and <hand banana> actually exchange cash or it was just chessbucks. Aug-21-09    DCP23: Yifan misplayed a rook ending and is now lost (@move 75). Aug-21-09    hand banana: i expect a cash payment of 5$ from slomarko Aug-21-09    juandie1: Great Job Ljubo!!!!!!!!!! Aug-21-09    DCP23: And the Experience team lead continues to grow ;) Aug-21-09    achieve: Yes - a very good showing by the "oldies," with van Wely pulling off a great save and Ljubo showing he still has it. I'd say the rising stars are in for a struggle to win this, though they are mostly motivated to get the Amber ticket, as Caruana said last year already. Ljubo's calculation and energy are a joy to see again. He seems to play like in his best years; turned back the clock. I do hope Yifan will manage to get "on the board" real soon. Aug-21-09    HeMateMe: What happened with the beers and the girls? Just wondering... Aug-21-09    kdog83: Where is the missing game? Aug-21-09    sneaky pete: <hand banana> That will be Martian dollars though. They have no practical value here, but you may sell them to a collector for good money. Aug-21-09    achieve: <kdog83: Where is the missing game?> Try use the "missing link"... Aug-21-09    dumbgai: <slomarko: if VW manages to draw this one then i'll emigrate to Mars.> Is that a promise? Aug-21-09    WannaBe: Hou is getting schooled... Aug-21-09    Red October: < hand banana: i expect a cash payment of 5$ from slomarko > whats the Zloty trading at ? Aug-21-09    redwhitechess: nice win by Ljubo. bad, this year I bet on wrong team. Aug-21-09    Anzer: What does Amber have to do with this tournament? Aug-21-09    chessmoron: <Anzer> Top 2 players will be included in the Amber tournament next year. Aug-21-09    Ladolcevita: <hou> I think she is just too exhausted...she recently participated in too many tournaments,right?...at least she could draw against yesterday's old man Aug-21-09    HeMateMe: Hou's next? Aug-22-09    SetNoEscapeOn: This is a much better tournament than what we had before, which was "extremely strong youth" vs "way over the hill legends". Aug-22-09    HeMateMe: I'd like to see a stronger +50 team take on the kiddies. I would have Karpov, Lev Alburt, Y. Seriwan, A. yermalinsky (the Yerminator!) and Joel Benjamin. my boys might be losing their hair, but they wouldn't lose too many games. Aug-22-09    Ladolcevita: Hope Yifan would not lose again...VanWelly...ya Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 21) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 21 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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