| Friday August 21 Round II | |||
| 13:30 | Stellwagen – Svidler | 1/2 |
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| Smeets – Nielsen | 1/2 |
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| Caruana – Beliavsky | 1/2 |
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| Nakamura – van Wely | – | ||
| Hou Yifan – Ljubojevic | |||
Score after Round 1
| Team |
Experience 3 |
| Experience individual score |
Nielsen 1 |
| Rising Stars individual score |
Smeets 1 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Why is Nakamura playing in this one? He’s already a star.
Check out Nakamaru’s game, it was beautiful the ending he played and how he almost converted the smallest of edges to a full point. Black’s defensive play was also spectacular, sacing a queen for rook to set up a fortress at the end.
-Justin Daniel