[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Tournament Update: Caruana, Moiseenko win, and more

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Tournament Update: Caruana, Moiseenko win, and more
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1187081075.shtml


   A [1]few days ago, Italian youngster (from America - bring him back!)
   Fabiano Caruana entered the last round of the [2]HZ Open in Vlissingen
   in clear first, but with eight players a mere half a point behind. His
   last round opponent was a tough one: Rustam Kasimdzhanov, but he held
   the draw and won the tournament on tiebreaks ahead of GM Sergei
   Tiviakov, IM(!) Ralf Appel and FM(!!) Migchiel De Jong.
   Another completed event is the [3]Arctic Chess Challenge. With two
   rounds to go, GM Kjetil Lie enjoyed a half point lead over Alexander
   Moiseenko and a full point lead over his round 8 opponent, the surging
   Magnus Carlsen. Lie held off the youngster and maintained his
   half-point lead over Moiseenko. All that remained was to draw with the
   White pieces against Vugar Gashimov, but he lost what looked like a
   very nervy game. Meanwhile, Moiseenko beat Mikhail Gurevich and took
   clear first, with Lie, Gashimov and Carlsen half a point back.
   An event that's still ongoing is the [4]Howard Staunton Memorial (I'll
   forbear the standard joke that the winner will avoid the winner of a
   Paul Morphy Memorial event). The field comprises 6 players apiece from
   the U.K. and the Netherlands, and after 7 of 11 rounds both countries
   have a representative at the top - both Loek van Wely and Michael
   Adams have 5.5 of 7.
   Finally, here's an upcoming event I'm afraid to mention: the [5]NH
   Chess Tournament takes place from August 22 to September 1, 2007, at
   the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam. The reason I'm afraid to
   mention it is that it's an "Experience" vs. "Rising Stars" event, and
   the oldsters have usually lost their competitive edge to an extent
   that makes them fodder after the first few rounds. Here are the
   lineups for this Scheveningen-style event:
   [DEL: Victims :DEL] Experience:
   Alexander Beliavsky
   Artur Jussupow (aka Yusupov)
   Alexander Khalifman
   Ljubomir Ljubojevic (the old guys' weakest link)
   Predrag Nikolic
   Rising Stars:
   Ivan Cheparinov
   Sergei Karjakin (you must be kidding)
   Parimarjan Negi (the youngsters' weakest link)
   Jan Smeets
   Daniel Stellwagen
   Hopefully the fossils will make a fight out of it, but my imaginary
   bet is on patricide.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1186808031.shtml
   2. http://www.hztoernooi.nl/index_en.html
   3. http://www.arcticchess.org/engindex.htm
   4. http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtml
   5. http://www.nhchess2007.nl/