'Rising Stars' Too Hot In Amsterdam
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat, 08/23/2008 at 8:30am.
There is a saying that "Experience is what causes a person to make new mistakes, not old ones". Unfortunately for the 'Experience' team at the NH Tournament in the Netherlands, chess seems to have a virtually infinite number of new mistakes to make, no matter how experienced you are.
After 3 rounds the young talents in the 'Rising Stars' team are thrashing the 'Experience' team by a staggering score of 12-3. None of the 'Experience' team have been able to win a game so far.
In round 2 the score was 4.5-0.5 with only Ljubomir Ljubojevic managing a draw, whilst the third round loss of 3.5-1.5 was amazingly the best result to date for an overwhelmed 'Experience' team.
Artur Jussupow with his daughter, Ekaterina:
It's a shame that the contest is proving so one-sided so far. Perhaps the 45-year old Garry Kasparov could be persuaded take time out from his political ambitions to step in and strengthen the 'Experience' side! Probably not...
The results in round 2:
| Wang Yue |
- Agdestein, Simen |
1-0 |
35 |
A84 |
Dutch |
| Stellwagen, Daniël |
- Bareev, Evgeny |
1-0 |
43 |
B19 |
Caro Kann |
| Caruana, Fabiano |
- Korchnoi, Viktor |
1-0 |
63 |
C80 |
Ruy Lopez Open |
| Cheparinov, Ivan |
- Jussupow, Artur |
1-0 |
28 |
C80 |
Ruy Lopez Open |
| L'Ami, Erwin |
- Ljubojevic, Ljubomir |
½-½ |
39 |
E32 |
Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 |
The results in round 3:
| Agdestein, Simen |
- L'Ami, Erwin |
½-½ |
42 |
A19 |
English Opening |
| Bareev, Evgeny |
- Caruana, Fabiano |
½-½ |
24 |
D47 |
Queens Gambit Meran |
| Ljubojevic, Ljubomir |
- Stellwagen, Daniël |
½-½ |
56 |
D10 |
Slav Defence |
| Jussupow, Artur |
- Wang Yue |
0-1 |
49 |
D86 |
Gruenfeld Simagin |
| Korchnoi, Viktor |
- Cheparinov, Ivan |
0-1 |
27 |
E98 |
King's Indian Classical |
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