GM Nikolic Wins 68th Daniël Noteboom Memorial

The 68th Daniël Noteboom Memorial was held from February 1, 2008 to February 3, 2008 in Leiden, Netherlands. There were 131 participants including 7 GMs and 3 IMs. GM Predrag Nikolic and GM John Van Der Wiel both finished with scores of 5.5/6 but GM Nikolic won the event on tie-breaks.

Now lets take a look at an important game for GM Predrag Nikolic which led him to win the event. Here is GM Shilong Li - GM Predrag Nikolic with full annotations and commentary:

Top standings:

1) GM Nikolic (5.5/6)

2) GM Van Der Wiel (5.5/6)

3) GM Shilong Li (5/6)

4) FM Roobol (5/6)

5) GM Dgebuadze (5/6)

6) GM Lalic (5/6)