Rising Stars decide match

With two more rounds to go (and the penultimate being played at this very moment), the Rising Stars have already decided the match against Experience: a 3?Ǭ?-1?Ǭ? victory means a 28-12 lead now.

Cheparinov-Korchnoi was about equal for a long time, although White enjoyed a space advantage. The Bulgarian's position got better and better and in timetrouble he got Korchnoi to resign with a nice little combination.

The other winner of the day was Wang Yue - yes, after just one draw, he simply continues beating his Experienced opponents without giving them a chance. He even called this one "a perfect game" afterwards!

Ljubojevic played very well against Stellwagen but for some reason he exchanged the last pair of rooks - the opposite-coloured bishops were as drawish as ever. And again, Ljubo was extremely disappointed for the rest of the day. During dinner he found 39...Be1! as a big improvement, but whether Black can win after that...?

The draw Caruana-Bareev is recommended for replay. White could have gotten a very strong, probably winning attack with 23.Qe5! (threatening 24.Qb8+ as well as 24.Qa5+ and 25.Qxa7).

Rising Stars
1.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2704	7?Ǭ?
2.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2687	6?Ǭ?
3.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2630	5?Ǭ?
4.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2610	4?Ǭ?
5.	Stellwagen, Dani?ɬ´l	g	NED	2616	4
Total					28
Experience
1.	Agdestein, Simen	g	NOR	2583	3?Ǭ?
3.	Bareev, Evgeny	g	RUS	2655	3
2.	Korchnoi, Viktor	g	SUI	2602	2
4.	Ljubojevic, Ljubomir	g	SRB	2555	2
5.	Jussupow, Artur	g	GER	2587	1?Ǭ?
Total					12

Here are the games of the eighth round:






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