The NH Chess Tournament , Amsterdam August 19th-29th
The NH Chess Tournament took place in Amsterdam August 19th-29th. It was a Scheveningen team tournament between a team of 'Experience' and a team of 'Rising Stars'. The 'experienced grandmasters' were: Andersson, Beliavsky, Jussupov, Ljubojevic and Nunn, while the 'youngsters' were Carlsen, Karjakin, Stellwagen, Smeets and Wang Hao. The 'Rising Stars' won the match 28:22. Magnus Carlsen will be invited to next year's Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament in Monaco.
Final results:
Rising Stars
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2675 6.5 2700
2 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2679 6.0 2662
3 Wang Hao g CHN 2610 5.5 2626
4 Stellwagen, Daniel g NED 2575 5.0 2590
5 Smeets, Jan g NED 2532 5.0 2590
Experience
1 Beliavsky, Alexander G g SLO 2625 6.5 2724
2 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SCG 2551 4.5 2578
3 Andersson, Ulf g SWE 2542 4.0 2542
4 Jussupow, Artur g GER 2617 3.5 2504
5 Nunn, John D.M g ENG 2617 3.5 2504
Round1:
Carlsen - Ljubojevic 1/2
Karjakin - Andersson 1/2
Wang Hao - Nunn 1/2
Smeets - Beliavsky 0-1
Stellwagen - Jussupow 0-1
        Round2:
Jussupow - Wang Hao 1/2
Ljubojevic - Karjakin 1/2
Andersson - Smeets 1/2
Beliavsky - Stellwagen 0-1
Nunn - Carlsen 0-1
        Round3:
Carlsen - Jussupow 1/2
Stellwagen - Andersson 1/2
Karjakin - Nunn 1/2
Smeets - Ljubojevic 1-0
Wang Hao - Beliavsky 0-1
Round4:
Beliavsky - Carlsen 1/2
Jussupow - Karjakin 0-1
Andersson - Wang Hao 1/2
Nunn - Smeets 1-0
Ljubojevic - Stellwagen 1/2
        Round5:
Carlsen - Andersson 1-0
Karjakin - Beliavsky 1/2
Stellwagen - Nunn 1/2
Wang Hao - Ljubojevic 1-0
Smeets - Jussupow 1/2
        Round6:
Beliavsky - Smeets 1-0
Jussupow - Stellwagen 1/2
Andersson - Karjakin 1/2
Nunn - Wang Hao 0-1
Ljubojevic - Carlsen 1/2
Round7:
Carlsen - Nunn 1-0
Karjakin - Ljubojevic 1/2
Wang Hao - Jussupow 1/2
Stellwagen - Beliavsky 1/2
Smeets - Andersson 1-0
        Round8:
Beliavsky - Wang Hao 1/2
Ljubojevic - Smeets 1-0
Jussupow - Carlsen 0-1
Andersson - Stellwagen 1/2
Nunn - Karjakin 1/2
        Round9:
Carlsen - Beliavsky 0-1
Karjakin - Jussupow 1-0
Wang Hao - Andersson 1/2
Stellwagen - Ljubojevic 1/2
Smeets - Nunn 1-0
Round10:
Beliavsky - Karjakin 1/2
Ljubojevic - Wang Hao 1/2
Andersson - Carlsen 1/2
Nunn - Stellwagen 1/2
Jussupow - Smeets 0-1
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