Nakamura earns spot in Melody Amber

Tough break for Anish Giri (who lost his first game in the final round).  Congratulations to Nakamura!

NH Chess homepage is here: Chess Life Online is working on a report now...

And don't miss the great (and FREE) video analysis of selected games on chess.fm!  Edit: GM Miguel Illescas's commentary on Nielsen's win over Giri is outstanding.

Cute miniature, cute story

Reigning Chicago Open champion Loek Van Wely got crushed by Hikaru Nakamura today at the NH Youth versus Experience tournament.  Before you read Ian Rogers's hilarious report on Chess Life Online, see if you can solve this quiz:

 White to play and win

(there are at least two solutions; which line is most forcing?)

Nakamura and Anish Giri are now tied for the youth lead, but Hikaru still has to play both Svidler and Gelfand....