
Mosquitoes face Snowballs in first round
This Wednesday the PRO Chess League will commence with the first round! Amsterdam Mosquitoes will face the Stockholm Snowballs. The match is scheduled to start at 20:35 CET. Let's take a look at the line-ups of the two teams.
Stockholm Snowballs | - | Amsterdam Mosquitoes | ||
GM Georg Meier | 2630 | GM Wouter Spoelman | 2584 | |
GM Evgenij Agrest | 2593 | GM David Klein | 2509 | |
GM Erik Blomqvist | 2574 | IM Christov Kleijn | 2437 | |
WIM Inna Agrest | 2273 | Lennart Dek | 2288 | |
Av rating | 2518 | Av rating | 2455 |
The Snowballs enter the arena with 3 GMs and an average rating surpassing the 2500 limit. This is allowed as their September 2016 rating was somewhat lower and there is a 10-point bonus for female players.
The Mosquitoes will start their tournament with Wouter, David, Christov and Lennart. Although they will the underdog on paper, this squad will certainly give the Snowballs a run for their money.
Then the time tables of the match. As the PRO Chess League follows the all-play-all principle, there will be four rounds.
Round 1 - 20:35 | Round 2 - 21:15 | |
Georg Meier - Wouter Spoelman | David Klein - Georg Meier | |
Evgenij Agrest - David Klein | Wouter Spoelman - Evgenij Agrest | |
Christov Kleijn - Erik Blomqvist | Erik Blomqvist - Lennart Dek | |
Lennart Dek - Inna Agrest | Inna Agrest - Christov Kleijn | |
Round 3 - 21:55 | Round 4 - 22:35 | |
Georg Meier - Christov Kleijn | Lennart Dek - Georg Meier | |
Evgenij Agrest - Lennart Dek | Christov Kleijn - Evgenij Agrest | |
Wouter Spoelman - Erik Blomqvist | Erik Blomqvist - David Klein | |
David Klein - Inna Agrest | Inna Agrest - Wouter Spoelman |
How to follow the match
Chess.com will cover all matches via live broadcast. However, if you want to focus on the match of the Mosquitoes you may want to tune in to the twitch-channel of the Mosquitoes.