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ChessVista.com is the website of chess photographer Frits Agterdenbos. The site provides the international chess community with high quality chess photos and chess news of chess players from international chess events. There will be visual reports and an album with chess photo collections showing all the visual aspects of the chess world.12.09.2006 The NH Chess Tournament, also called the ‘Rising Star Chess Challenge’, took place 19 – 29 August in Hotel Krasnapolsky, in the centre of Amsterdam. It was a battle between an ‘Experience’ team (Ulf Andersson, Alexander Beliavsky, Artur Jussupow (Yusupov), Ljubomir Ljubojevic and John Nunn) and a 'Rising Stars' team (Magnus Carlsen, Sergey Karjakin, Jan Smeets, Daniel Stellwagen en Wang Hao). The Rising Stars won the double-rounded Scheveningen, virtually five mini-matches, 28-22. The Rising Stars players won EUR 2000 each and the Experience players won EUR 1000 each. A special prize was won by Magnus Carlsen for being the best Rising Star. He will get an invitation to play in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in Monaco in 2007. Photo report of round 10 (29 August) by Frits Agterdenbos. The tournament was organized by NH Hoteles and the Association Max Euwe (founded by Joop Van Oosterom). Official site: http://nhchess.quinsy.net/ Final Standings: Rising Stars 28.0/50 Carlsen, Magnus 6.5/10 Karjakin, Sergey 6.0/10 Wang Hao 5.5/10 Smeets, Jan 5.0/10 Stellwagen, Daniel 5.0/10 Experience 22.0/50 Beliavsky, Alexander 6.5/10 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir 4.5/10 Andersson, Ulf 4.0/10 Jussupow, Artur 3.5/10 Nunn, John 3.5/10 Dam Square with Hotel Krasnapolsky which is part of the NH Hoteles Group Playing Venue Hotel Krasnapolsky Playing Room with arbiters Geurt Gijssen and Aart Strik Ulf Andersson and Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ulf Andersson - Magnus Carlsen Coffee (Ulf) vs orange juice (Magnus) Alexander Beliavsky - Sergey Karjakin Ljubomir Ljubojevic - Wang Hao Artur Jussupow - Jan Smeets Magnus Carlsen interviewed by Press Officer Dirk Jan Ten Geuzendam Magnus Carlsen Sergey Karjakin Wang Hao Jan Smeets Daniel Stellwagen Alexander Beliavsky Ljubomir Ljubojevic Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson Artur Jussupow John Nunn John Nunn Playing room with screens Joop Van Oosterom watching the games Arbiter Aart Strik Li Wenliang, coach of Wang Hao IM Paul Boersma and John Nunn Daniel Stellwagen and IM Cor Van Wijgerden Hotel Krasnapolsky Winter Garden