Rising stars win thanks to Houdini job by Nakamura

Match 2 results:

van Wely – Nakamura ½ – ½
Nielsen – Caruana ½ – ½
Svidler – So ½ – ½
Gelfand – Giri ½ – ½
Ljubojevic – Howell 0 – 1

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[Event “4th NH Chess Tournament”]
[Site “Amsterdam”]
[Date “2010.08.13”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Van Wely, Loek”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2677”]
[BlackElo “2729”]
[EventDate “2010.08.12”]
[ECO “E32”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. b4 Ne4 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Rd1 f5 15. Qb3 Ndf6 16. Ng5 Qe8 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 Rf7 20. Ba3 e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf1 d5 23. Bb2 Qe6 24. Rac1 Rfc7 25. c5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. bxc5 Bc6 28. Ba6 Re8 29. Bb5 Rb8 30. Qd3 a6 31. Bxc6 Rxb2 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rb4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Ke5 38. Rxa6 Rc4 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Ra5 h5 41. Ra6+ Ke5 42. Rg6 Rxc5 43. Rxg7 Rc4 44. a5 Ra4 45. h4 Rxh4 46. a6 Ra4 47. a7 Kf4 48. Kh2 Ra2 49. Rb7 Ra6 50. Kh3 h4 51. Rh7 Kg5 52. g3 hxg3 53. Kxg3 Ra2 54. Rg7+ Kf6 55. Rb7 Kg5 56. f4+ Kh5 57. Rg7 Kh6 58. Rf7 Kg6 59. Re7 Kh5 60. Rh7+ Kg6 61. Rc7 Kh5 62. Kf3 Ra3+ 63. Ke2 Kg4 64. Kd2 Kxf4 65. Kc2 Ke5 66. Kb2 Ra6 67. Kc3 Kd6 68. Rf7 Kc5 69. Rxf5+ Kb6 70. Rf6+ Kxa7 71. Rxa6+ Kxa6 1/2-1/2

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Standings after round II

Teams:

Experience individual score

Rising Stars individual score