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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2007

Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2007. Round 1 12th January 2007. Comments by Mark Crowther. Additional brief notes by Michiel Abeln. Malcolm Pein Annotates Mamedyarov-Carlsen


Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 A-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 1 12th January 2008
Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 62 D71 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Radjabov, Teimour - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 85 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Kramnik, Vladimir - Van Wely, Loek ½-½ 25 D11 Slav Defence
Adams, Michael - Gelfand, Boris ½-½ 21 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Polgar, Judit ½-½ 24 E15 Queens Indian
Eljanov, Pavel - Lékó, Peter ½-½ 27 E15 Queens Indian
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 40 B50 Sicilian Defence


Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XX (2742)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733 * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 . * . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1
3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
4. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 . . . * . . ½ . . . . . . . ½ 2681
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2737 . . . . * ½ . . . . . . . . ½ 2726
6. Adams, Michael g ENG 2726 . . . . ½ * . . . . . . . . ½ 2737
7. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2681 . . . ½ . . * . . . . . . . ½ 2799
8. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 . . . . . . . * ½ . . . . . ½ 2707
9. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 . . . . . . . ½ * . . . . . ½ 2751
10. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2753 . . . . . . . . . * ½ . . . ½ 2692
11. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2692 . . . . . . . . . ½ * . . . ½ 2753
12. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 0
13. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . 0
14. Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . * 0



Round 1 Radjabov against Anand. Photo © Michiel Abeln.

World Champion Viswanathan Anand was in trouble from out of the opening and although it seemed that he probably should hold he was gradually ground down unable to hold the position the exchange down.

Radjabov,T - Anand,V [D43]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.Re1 Bf8N [14...c5 15.dxc5 Rc8 16.a4 b4 17.c6 Bxc6 18.Nd5 Ne5 19.Be7 Qd7 20.Nf6+ Kxe7 21.Nxd7 Bxd7 22.Qd2 a5 23.Rad1 Rhd8 24.Qd6+ Ke8 25.Qb6 Ra8 26.Rd6 Rdb8 27.Qc5 Rc8 28.Qb6 Rcb8 29.Qe3 Rc8 30.h4 Ke7 31.Rb6 g4 32.f4 gxf3 33.gxf3 Bxa4 34.f4 Nd7 35.e5 Nxb6 36.Qxb6 Kf8 37.Bh5 c3 38.f5 cxb2 39.Qd6+ Kg8 40.Bxf7+ Kh8 41.f6 Rc1 42.fxg7+ Kxg7 43.Qe7 Rxe1+ 44.Kh2 Rh1+ 45.Kg3 Rg1+ 46.Kh2 b1Q 47.Be8+ Kh8 48.Qf6+ Rg7 0-1 Inarkiev,E (2674)-Aronian,L (2741)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 682] 15.Bg3 Bg7 16.Bd6 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.b3 b4 19.Na4 c3 20.a3 a5 21.d5 Qe7 22.d6 Qf6 23.e5 Qf4 24.Bd3 bxa3! This isn't a very nice position for black but this keeps black's chances going. [24...Nxe5 25.Re4 Qf6 26.Nc5 0-0-0 27.Bc2] 25.Qe2 Qd2 26.Rxa3 Qxe2 27.Rxe2 g4 28.Nxc3 Rg8 29.Ne4 Kd8 30.Nd2 c5 31.Bb5 Bd5 32.Nc4 Rg5 33.Rea2 Nxe5 34.Nb6 Rb8 35.Rxa5 Be4 36.Ra7 f6 37.R2a6 Rg8 38.Rc7 Rf8 39.Rxc5 Rf7 40.d7 Nxd7

Anand has never been shy about giving up the exchange. Here he looks to have reasonable drawing chances but he is gradually ground down. 41.Nxd7 Rxd7 42.Bxd7 Kxd7 43.Rc3 f5 44.Ra7+ Kd6 45.Rh7 Bd5 46.Rxh6 Bxb3 47.h3 gxh3 48.Rhxh3 Bd5 49.Rc2 Ke5 50.f3 Kf6 51.Kf2 Rb4 52.Re2 Kg6 53.Kg3 Ra4 54.Rh4 Ra7 55.Rb2 Kf6 56.Rhb4 Ke5 57.Re2+ Kf6 58.Rd2 Ke5 59.Re2+ Kf6 60.Kf4 Ra3 61.Rd2 Ra5 62.Re2 Ra3 63.Kg3 Ra8 64.Rc2 Ke5 65.Rh4 Rg8+ 66.Kh2 Ra8 67.Re2+ Kf6 68.f4 Ke7 69.Rh7+ Kd6 70.Kg3 Rg8+ 71.Kh3 Rg4 72.g3 Rg8 73.Rd2 Rc8 74.Kh4 Rc3 75.Rg7 Ra3 76.Rc2 Bc6 77.Rc1 Rb3 78.Rg1 Bd5 79.Kg5 Kc5 80.Kf6 Kd4 81.Re1 Rb6 82.Rd7 Rc6 83.Ke7 Ra6 84.Rd6 Ra7+ 85.Kf6 1-0


Round 1 Aronian against Topalov. Photo © Michiel Abeln.


Levon Aronian defeated Veselin Topalov in a dynamic struggle where both sides seemed to have chances at one point or another. A very difficult game to understand.

Aronian,L - Topalov,V [D71]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bf4 0-0 9.e3 h6 [9...Be6 10.0-0 Nb4 (10...h6 11.h4 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Qc2 f5 14.Qc5 e6 15.Rfd1 Rf7 16.a3 a5 17.Rac1 Rd7 18.Qc3 a4 19.Be5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Bxg2 22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.Kxg2 Qd5+ 24.Kg1 c6 25.Qb4 Qd7 26.Rc4 Qd1+ 27.Kg2 Qd5+ 28.Kh2 Qf3 29.Rf4 c5 30.Qxc5 Qc6 31.Qe7 Rf8 32.Rd4 Rf7 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Qe8 Qxe8 35.Rxe8 Rc7 36.Rxe6 Rc2 37.Re7+ Kf8 38.Rxb7 Rxf2+ 39.Kh3 Re2 40.Rb4 h5 41.Rxa4 Rxb2 42.Ra7 Re2 43.e6 Rxe3 44.e7+ Ke8 45.Kg2 Re4 46.Kf3 g5 47.hxg5 h4 48.g6 Rg4 49.gxh4 Rxg6 50.a4 Rg4 51.h5 Rg5 52.h6 Rh5 53.h7 1-0 Moisieev,O-Cherepkov,A/Moscow 1949/MCD) 11.a3 N4d5 12.Ng5 Nxf4 13.gxf4 Bc4 14.Re1 f6 15.Nf3 c6 16.Qc2 Bf7 17.Rad1 a5 18.Ne4 Qc8 19.Nc5 Nd5 20.h3 Kh8 21.Qd2 Qc7 22.Qc2 Rac8 23.Rc1 Bh6 24.Nh2 Bg7 25.Nf3 b6 26.Ne4 Qd7 27.Ng3 c5 28.dxc5 Rxc5 29.Qd2 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Rc8 31.Rd1 Qc7 32.Nd4 e6 33.Nge2 Bh6 34.Qd3 Bf8 35.Qb5 Qc5 36.Qa6 Rc7 37.Qd3 Kg7 38.h4 Rd7 39.Rc1 Qe7 40.Qb5 e5 41.Nc6 Qe6 42.fxe5 Qg4 43.exf6+ Kxf6 44.Ng3 Bd6 45.Ne4+ Kg7 46.Nxd6 Rxd6 47.Ne5 Qe6 48.Nxf7 Kxf7 49.Qc4 Ne7 50.Bf3 h5 51.b4 axb4 52.Qxb4 Qe5 53.Qe4 Qf6 54.Qc4+ 1/2-1/2 Mamedov,R (2586)-Areshchenko,A (2638)/Crete GRE 2007/The Week in Chess 678] 10.h4 Bg4 11.Rc1 e5 12.dxe5 Qe7 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Nb4 15.Qc4 Be6 16.Qxc7 Nd3+ 17.Kd2 Qb4+ 18.Qc3 Qxc3+ 19.Rxc3 Nxf2 20.Nd4 Nxh1 21.Bxh1 Rfd8 22.Rc7 Rac8 23.Rxb7 Bxa2 24.Rxa7 Be6 25.Rb7 Bf5 26.Bf3 Rc2+ 27.Ke1 Rc1+ 28.Kf2 Be6 29.g4 Bc8 30.Rb8 Rf8 31.h5 g5 32.Bg3 Ra1 33.Rb6 Re8 34.Be2 Bxe5 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Rxh6 Re4 37.Bf3 Re5 38.Rc6 Be6 39.Nxe6 fxe6 40.Be2 Rb1 41.Rb6 Rd5 42.Bc4 Rd2+ 43.Kf3 Rbxb2 44.Rxe6 Rbc2 45.Rg6+ Kh8 46.Be6 Rc6 47.Ke4 Rd8 48.Kf5 Rc5+ 49.Kf6 Rf8+ 50.Ke7

50...Rf3 51.Bf5 Re5+ 52.Kf7 Rfxf5+ 53.gxf5 Rxf5+ 54.Ke6 Ra5 55.e4 Kh7 56.e5 Ra1 57.Rxg5 Kh6 58.Rg2 Kxh5 59.Kf6 Rf1+ 60.Ke7 Ra1 61.e6 Kh6 62.Kf7 1-0


Round 1 Mamedyarov against Carlsen. Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov seemed to be doing fine against Magnus Carlsen until around move 30. He ended up with a knight offside and at first time control concluded he was losing a piece and resigned.

Mamedyarov,S - Carlsen,M [B50]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008
Notes IM Malcolm Pein

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.d3 0-0 10.Qd1 Nd7 [10...Rb8 11.Bg5 b5 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.f4 Nd7 14.Nd5 f6 15.Bh4 e6 16.c3 Nc6 17.e5 exd5 18.Bxd5+ Kh8 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Bxc6 Bxh4 21.gxh4 Rb6 22.Qg2 Nf6 23.Bf3 Nh5 24.Bxh5 gxh5 25.Kh2 Qxh4 26.Qg5 Qxg5 27.fxg5 Rxf1 28.Rxf1 Kg7 29.Kg3 Ra6 30.a3 Kg6 31.h4 d5 32.Re1 Rd6 33.Re5 a5 34.d4 cxd4 35.cxd4 b4 36.a4 b3 37.Kf4 Rb6 38.Re3 Rb7 39.Re6+ Kg7 40.Ke5 Rb4 41.Kxd5 Rxa4 42.Re3 Rb4 43.Re7+ Kg6 44.Kc5 Rb8 45.Ra7 Rc8+ 46.Kd5 Rc2 47.Rxa5 Rxb2 48.Ra6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 Weinberger,T-Jacobs,J/Ventura 1971/EXT 1998] 11.f4 c4! 12.dxc4 Na5 13.Nd5 (13.Qd3 Rc8 14.b3 b5!) 13...Nxc4 14.c3 Ndb6 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Kh2 e6 17.Nb4 Na4! 18.f5 (18.b3? Nxc3) 18...Re8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Nd3 Qb6 21.h4 Qa6 22.Rf2 Ne5 23.Nf4 Nc5!? 24.Qxa6 bxa6 25.Re2 h6 26.Kh1 a5 27.Be3 a4 28.Rd1 Rc6 29.Bd4 g5 30.Nh3?!

(30.hxg5) 30...g4 31.Nf4 Rb6 32.Nh5 Bh8 33.Red2 Reb8 34.Bxc5 dxc5 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Rxb8 Rxb8 37.Rd2 Nc4! 38.Rd7+ Ke8 39.Rxa7 Be5! 40.Rxa4 Ne3 0-1 White resigned after a long thought having concluded he would lose a piece. 0-1

The following line illustrates White’s difficulties: 40...Ne3 41.b3 Rd8 42.Kg1 Rd2 43.Bh1 Bxc3 44.Nf4 Be5 45.Ra8+ Kf7 46.Ra7+ Kf6 47.Nh5+ Kg6 48.Nf4+ Bxf4 49.gxf4 Kh5 50.Ra5 Kxh4 51.Rxc5 Kg3 wins 45.Nxe6 Bxg3 mates.


Round 1 Gelfand against Adams. Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Michael Adams came up against Boris Gelfand's Petroff Defence (which he prepared specially for and used successfully in the World Championship tournament in Mexico City.) and black never looked in any trouble whatsoever before the draw was agreed on move 21.

Adams,Mi - Gelfand,B [C42]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Re1 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 0-0 12.Rb1 Na5 13.Qf5 c6 [13...g6 14.Qh3 Re8 15.Bg5 (15.Bf4 c6 16.Qg3 Rc8 17.h4 h5 18.Be5 Qd7 19.Qf4 Qg4 20.Qh6 1-0 Van den Bosch,J-Barendregt,J/Amsterdam 1954/EXT 1999) 15...Bxg5 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Nxg5 h5 18.Qf3 c6 19.Qf6 b6 20.f4 Rc8 21.f5 Rc7 22.fxg6 fxg6 23.Nf3 Re7 24.Ne5 Re6 25.Qf1 b5 26.Qf4 Nc4 27.Re1 a5 28.Re2 Kg7 29.h3 c5 30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 b4 32.Rh2 Nxe5 33.Qh6+ Kf7 34.Qh7+ Kf6 35.Qh4+ g5 36.dxe5+ Kxe5 37.Qxg5+ Kd6 38.Rh6 Rxh6 39.Qxh6+ Qe6 40.Qxe6+ Kxe6 41.cxb4 axb4 42.Kg2 c4 43.Kf1 d4 44.Ke2 Kf6 0-1 Comet-Fritz/Jakarta INA 1996] 14.h4 Nc4 15.h5 b5 16.Bg5 [16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Qc8=; 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qc8 19.e6 fxe6 20.Rxe6 Rf8 21.Qe5 Bf6=] 16...Nd6 17.Bxe7 Nxf5 18.Bxd8 Rfxd8 19.Ne5 Rac8 20.Nd3 Kf8 21.Nc5 [21.a4 Nd6 22.a5 and black should hold this too.] 21...Nd6 1/2-1/2



Round 1 Eljanov against Leko. Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Peter Leko innovated against Pavel Eljanov and a position of dynamic equality was reached on move 27.

Eljanov,P - Leko,P [E15]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Qc2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg5 Bb7 [10...Nbd7 11.e3 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Kg2 Qc8 15.Rhd1 Rd8 16.Rac1 Qa6 17.Ne5 Ba3 18.Rb1 c5 19.Nc6 Re8 20.b4 cxb4 21.Nxb4 Qc8 22.Qd3 Bxb4 23.Rxb4 h5 24.Ne2 h4 25.f3 Qe6 26.Rb3 g5 27.h3 Nh5 28.gxh4 Nf4+ 29.Nxf4 gxf4 30.exf4 Kh8 31.f5 Qd6 32.Qd2 Kh7 33.Kh1 Qg3 34.Rg1 Qxh3+ 35.Qh2 Qxf5 36.Qd2 Rac8 37.Qd3 Qxd3 38.Rxd3 Rc2 39.a3 Ree2 40.Rgd1 Kg6 41.Rb3 Kf5 42.Rb5 Kf4 43.Rxd5 f6 44.Rd8 Rh2+ 45.Kg1 Rcg2+ 46.Kf1 Rg3 47.Rd6 f5 48.Rd3 Rh1+ 49.Kf2 Rhg1 0-1 Avrukh,B (2606)-Macieja,B (2582)/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369] 11.Bg2 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.0-0 Na6 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.Rd2 Rad8 17.Rc1 c5 18.e3 Nc7 19.Qd1 Ne6 20.Ne2 g6 21.h3 a6 22.Rdc2 Rc8 23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.gxf4 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Rc5 26.Qd3 Rec8 27.Ne2 Rxc2 Neither side can really start anything here because both are ready for strong counterplay. 1/2-1/2


Round 1 Ivanchuk against Polgar. Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Vassily Ivanchuk achieved nothing against Judit Polgar's Queen's Indian and the position was halved on move 24.

Ivanchuk,V - Polgar,Ju [E15]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ne5 0-0 9.0-0 Bb7 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 Na6 12.Re1 [12.e3 c5 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Rfd1 Bf8 15.Rac1 Qe7 16.Qd3 Qe6 17.Qb1 Rab8 18.Nd3 Bd6 19.Nf3 Ne4 20.Nfe5 f6 21.Nf4 Qe7 22.Ned3 Rbd8 23.Ne2 Nc7 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.Nc3 Ne6 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Ne1 Ng5 28.Qc2 Qe6 29.Ba3 Bf8 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rd1 Rxd1 32.Qxd1 Nf7 33.Bf1 Ba6 34.Bxa6 Qxa6 35.h4 g5 36.hxg5 Nxg5 37.Qd5+ Qe6 38.Qxe6+ Nxe6 39.Bb2 Kf7 40.Nc2 Nd8 41.Na3 Bd6 42.Nc4 Bc7 43.g4 Kg6 44.Kg2 Nc6 45.a3 f5 46.gxf5+ Kxf5 47.Kh3 h5 48.Bc3 Kg6 49.Nd2 Kf5 50.Kh4 Be5 51.Bxe5 Nxe5 52.Kxh5 Nd3 53.Nc4 Nxf2 54.Nxa5 Nd3 55.Nc4 Nc1 56.Nd2 Nd3 57.Kh4 Ne5 58.Kh3 Nd3 59.Kg3 Ne5 60.Kf2 Nc6 61.Nc4 Ke6 62.Ke2 Na7 63.Kd2 Kd5 64.Kc2 Kc6 65.Nd2 Kd5 66.Nb1 Nc6 67.Nc3+ Ke5 68.Na4 Kd6 69.Kc3 Ne5 70.Nb6 Nc6 71.Kd2 Na7 72.Ke2 Ke5 73.Kf2 Nb5 74.Kg3 Kf5 75.Nc4 Nc7 76.Kh3 Nd5 77.Kh4 Nc3 78.Kh5 Nd5 79.Kh6 Kg4 80.a4 Kf3 81.a5 Nb4 82.Kg5 Ke2 83.Kf4 Kd3 84.Ke5 Kc3 85.Kd6 Na6 86.Kc6 Kxb3 87.Kb5 Nc7+ 88.Kxc5 Ka4 89.Kc6 Na6 90.Kb6 Nb4 91.a6 Nxa6 92.Kxa6 Kb4 93.Nd6 1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Markus,R (2585)/Turin ITA 2006/The Week in Chess 603] 12...Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Rc1 f6 15.Nc6 Bxc6 16.Rxc6 Nb4

17.Rc1 [17.Bxe4 Looked interesting 17...Nxc6 18.Bxc6 with e4 to follow; However 17.Bxe4 f5! 18.Bg2 Nxc6 19.Bxc6 Bb4 is strong for black.] 17...f5 18.a3 Nd5 19.e3 Qd7 20.Qc2 Rad8 21.Qc6 Qc8 22.Re2 Rd6 23.Qc4 Qd7 24.Rec2 If anything black is a little bit better but probably not enough to try and play for a win. 1/2-1/2



Round 1 Kramnik against Van Wely. Photo © Michiel Abeln.

Kramnik-Van Wely was a quiet game, Van Wely knows that Kamnik doesn't like to start a tournament in a too aggressive way and equalized comfortably from the opening. Already on move 15 the player could have made a draw with a knight repetition, they decided to play a few more moves, but the queen swap did not change the overall evaluation. In the final position black can just play Bd7 with no problems.

Kramnik,V - Van Wely,L [D11]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (1), 12.01.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Nc3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 Bg7 10.e3 Nd7 11.Bd3 [11.Qa3 Bf8 12.Qb3 g4 13.Nd2 Bg7 14.Qa3 Bf8 15.Qb3 Bg7 16.Be2 Qg5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Rh4 Nf8 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Qxb7 Rc8 21.Nce4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Qa5+ 23.b4 Qd8 24.Rxg4 Rc7 25.Qa6 Ne6 26.Qa5 Qe7 27.Kf1 Rb7 28.a3 Rb5 29.Qa6 0-0 30.Rh4 Rb6 31.Qc4 Rfb8 32.Rc1 a5 33.bxa5 Rb1 34.Qc2 Rxc1+ 35.Qxc1 Qa7 36.a4 Qxa5 37.Kg1 Rb6 38.Qd1 Rb4 39.Qf3 Rxa4 40.Kh2 Ra1 41.Nf6+ Bxf6 42.Qxf6 Qe1 43.g4 Ng5 44.Qf5 Kg7 45.Rh5 Ra5 46.Qf4 Rb5 47.Qd6 Ne6 48.Rxb5 cxb5 49.Kg3 b4 50.d5 Ng5 51.Qe5+ f6 52.Qe7+ Nf7 53.Qb7 Qc3 54.Kh2 b3 55.d6 Qd3 56.d7 Nd8 57.Qb4 Qxd7 58.Qxb3 Qxg4 59.Qb6 Nf7 60.Qc7 Qh4+ 61.Kg1 f5 62.Qc3+ Qf6 63.Qc7 Qa1+ 64.Kh2 Qe5+ 65.Qxe5+ Nxe5 66.Kg1 Nc4 67.Kf1 Kf6 68.Ke2 Kg5 69.Kf3 Nd2+ 70.Ke2 Ne4 71.Kf3 Nc3 72.g3 Kf6 73.g4 Kg5 74.gxf5 Kxf5 75.Kg3 Ne4+ 76.Kh4 Nf6 77.f3 h5 78.f4 Kg6 79.Kg3 Ne4+ 80.Kh4 Kh6 81.Kh3 Kg7 82.Kh2 Kg6 0-1 XXXX2-Now/Paderborn GER 1999] 11...Rb8 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.g4 a6 14.Ne2 Nf6 15.Ne5 Nd7 16.Nf3 Nf6 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.f4 gxf4 19.exf4 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qa5+ 21.Qc3 Qxc3+ 22.bxc3 f6 23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Rb1 b5 25.a4 1/2-1/2

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 B-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 1 12th January 2008
Stellwagen, Daniël - Krasenkow, Michal 1-0 43 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Smeets, Jan - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 54 C45 Scotch Game
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - L'Ami, Erwin ½-½ 37 C43 Petroff's Defence
Movsesian, Sergei - Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ 51 C54 Giuoco Piano
Harikrishna, P - Short, Nigel D ½-½ 51 C02 French Advance
Hou Yifan - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 76 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Spoelman, Wouter - Cheparinov, Ivan 0-1 40 B62 Sicilian Rauzer

Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XV (2618)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2625 * . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
2. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2713 . * . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1
3. Smeets, Jan g NED 2573 . . * . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1
4. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2700 . . . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2600 . . . . * ½ . . . . . . . . ½ 2581
6. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2581 . . . . ½ * . . . . . . . . ½ 2600
7. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2677 . . . . . . * ½ . . . . . . ½ 2676
8. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2676 . . . . . . ½ * . . . . . . ½ 2677
9. Harikrishna, P g IND 2664 . . . . . . . . * ½ . . . . ½ 2645
10. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2645 . . . . . . . . ½ * . . . . ½ 2664
11. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2527 . . . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0
12. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2612 . . 0 . . . . . . . . * . . 0
13. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2424 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . * . 0
14. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2636 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . * 0

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 C-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 1 12th January 2008
Li Shilong - Krush, Irina 1-0 42 E97 King's Indian Classical
Van der Werf, Mark - Grivas, Efstratios 1-0 50 E90 King's Indian Classical
Peng Zhaoqin - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 65 D23 QGA
Nijboer, Friso - Braun, Arik 0-1 39 C18 French Winawer
Negi, Parimarjan - Carlsson, Pontus 0-1 36 B78 Sicilian Modern Dragon
Ushenina, Anna - Van der Wiel, John 0-1 38 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian
Ruijgrok, Dennis - Reinderman, Dimitri 0-1 43 B40 Sicilian Classical

Corus C Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. X (2494)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Braun, Arik m GER 2536 * . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
2. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2533 . * . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
3. Li Shilong g CHN 2502 . . * . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1
4. Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2501 . . . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
5. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2490 . . . . * . . . . . . 1 . . 1
6. Van der Werf, Mark m NED 2389 . . . . . * . . 1 . . . . . 1
7. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2598 . . . . . . * 1 . . . . . . 1
8. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2461 . . . . . . 0 * . . . . . . 0
9. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2509 . . . . . 0 . . * . . . . . 0
10. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2578 0 . . . . . . . . * . . . . 0
11. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2526 . . . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0
12. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2484 . . . . 0 . . . . . . * . . 0
13. Krush, Irina m USA 2473 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . * . 0
14. Ruijgrok, Dennis NED 2329 . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . * 0


Round 1 B-Group Short against Harikrishna. Photo © Michiel Abeln.

In the B-Group Pentala Harikrishna played one of his trainers Nigel Short in the first round. An extremely wild struggle followed where it seemed Nigel ought to win but in the end he had to settle for a repetition.


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