Experience Team Fight Back
After a slow start in the first few rounds at the NH Tournament in Amsterdam, the Experience team has clawed back ground against the Rising Stars to trail by just a single point after six rounds.
The fourth round saw wins for Svidler, Ljubojevic and Nielsen; round five was then evenly matched, but the experience team edged round six thanks to wins from Gelfand and Van Wely.
That leaves the score as Rising Stars 15.5 - Experience 14.5.
In the race for the top spot among the Rising Stars, and the much sought-after invite to Melody Amber next year, Anish Giri (pictured) leads Hikaru Nakamura by half a point.
The results in rounds four to six:
| Round Four | |
| Svidler – Nakamura | 1- 0 |
| Gelfand – Caruana | ½ - ½ |
| Ljubojevic – So | 1 - 0 |
| van Wely – Giri | 0 - 1 |
| Nielsen – Howell | 1 - 0 |
| Round Five | |
| Nakamura – Gelfand | 0 - 1 |
| Caruana – Ljubojevic | ½ - ½ |
| So – van Wely | ½ - ½ |
| Giri – Nielsen | 1 - 0 |
| Howell – Svidler | ½ - ½ |
| Round Six | |
| Ljubojevic – Nakamura | 0 - 1 |
| van Wely – Caruana | 1 - 0 |
| Nielsen – So | ½ - ½ |
| Svidler – Giri | ½ - ½ |
| Gelfand – Howell | 1 - 0 |
The individual standings after round six:
| Experience | |||
| Gelfand, Boris | ISR |
2739 | 4.5 |
| Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2734 | 3.0 |
| Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2677 | 2.5 |
| Nielsen, Peter Heine | DEN | 2700 | 2.5 |
| Ljubojevic, Ljubomir | SRB | 2572 | 2.0 |
| Rising Stars | |||
| Giri, Anish | NED | 2672 | 4.0 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2729 | 3.5 |
| Caruana, Fabiano | NED | 2672 | 3.0 |
| Howell, David W L | ENG | 2616 | 2.5 |
| So, Wesley | PHI | 2674 | 2.5 |
