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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2007

Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2007. Round 3 14th January 2007. Comments by Mark Crowther.

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 A-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 3 14th January 2008
Aronian, Levon	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	28	E15	Queens Indian
Radjabov, Teimour	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	85	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Adams, Michael	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	38	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Polgar, Judit	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	45	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Gelfand, Boris	½-½	22	A20	English Opening
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	23	C43	Petroff's Defence
Eljanov, Pavel	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	17	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

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	*	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	2½	2999
2.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	.	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	2½	3029
3.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	.	.	*	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	2	2884
4.	Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2753	.	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	1½	2719
5.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2726	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	1½	2741
6.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	.	.	½	.	.	*	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2747
7.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	.	.	½	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	1½	2725
8.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2707	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	½	.	½	.	.	.	1½	2737
9.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	*	½	½	.	.	.	1½	2741
10.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	.	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	½	*	.	.	.	.	1	2613
11.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	.	*	.	.	.	1	2607
12.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	1	2652
13.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2692	0	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	½	1	2636
14.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	½	½	*	1	2604

The third round was a comparitive disappointment where most of the games fizzled out to draws in only a few moves. It wasn't necessarily down to the choice of openings (there were some enterprising tries) but it was just the way it worked out.

Loek van Wely perhaps came the closest to a win in round 3. Perhaps even he should have won. Almost out of the opening white had quite a big problem with a terrible bishop on f7 and going up to the first time control it looked like Van Wely would win. But then he allowed Radjabov to get into an ending the exchange down (when perhaps 36...Bh7 would have avoided this and probably would have won) and after that it seems that this was drawn nomatter how hard Van Wely tried to win it.

Radjabov,T - Van Wely,L [D43]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (3), 14.01.2008

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.Bh5 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.d5 cxd5 [16...Qe7 17.b3 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Ne5 19.Rac1 c5 20.dxe6 0-0-0 21.exf7 Rd3 22.Be2 Qxf7 23.Bxd3 Nxd3 24.Rcd1 c4 25.Qc2 Qe6 26.f3 Kb8 27.Rxd3 cxd3 28.Qxd3 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 Rd8 30.Nd5 Qc5 31.Rd1 Ka7 32.Qd2 Bxd5 33.exd5 Rd6 34.Qd3 Kb6 35.h3 b4 36.a3 bxa3 37.Rb1+ Ka5 38.Rb3 Ka4 39.Rc3 Qb4 40.Rc4 a5 41.Rxb4+ axb4 42.Qc4 Rf6 43.Kh2 Rf4 44.Qa6+ Kb3 45.d6 Rd4 46.d7 Rxd7 47.Qe6+ Kb2 48.Qxd7 b3 49.Qg7+ Kb1 50.Qg6+ Kb2 51.Qf6+ Kb1 52.Qf5+ Kb2 53.Qe5+ Kb1 54.Qe1+ Kb2 55.Qd2+ Kb1 56.Qb4 Kb2 57.Qd4+ Kb1 58.Qc3 Ka2 59.Qc4 Kb2 60.Qd4+ Kb1 61.Qc4 Kb2 62.h4 a2 63.Qd4+ Kb1 64.hxg5 hxg5 65.Qe4+ Kb2 66.Qe5+ Kb1 67.Qc3 b2 68.Qd3+ Kc1 69.Qc4+ Kb1 70.Qd3+ Kc1 71.Qc3+ 1/2-1/2 Gajewski,G (2540)-Dreev,A (2633)/Dresden GER 2007/The Week in Chess 649] 17.exd5 Nf6 18.dxe6 Qxd1 19.Bxf7+ Ke7 20.Raxd1 Rfd8 The trouble with white's position is that his bishop on f7 is completely out of the game. 21.Ne2 Be4 22.f4 b4 23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Ng3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bh7 26.Nh5 c3 27.Nxf6 Kxf6 28.bxc3 bxc3 29.Rc1 c2 30.Kf2 Rd8 31.Ke2 Rd4 32.h3 Be4 33.Bh5 White decides to ditch the pawn to revitalise his bishop but black still stands extremely strongly. 33...Kxe6 34.g3 Ke5 35.h4 gxh4 36.gxh4

36...Rd5? [36...Bh7 Seems to be the key to the problem.] 37.Bf3 A brave but necessary decision to bail out into a miserable looking ending but as it turns out white's drawing chances are pretty good. 37...Rd1 The only move to even try for an advantage. 38.Bxe4 Rxc1 39.Kd2 Rg1 40.Bxc2 Kd4 41.Bd3 a5 42.a4 Rh1 43.Bb5 Rh2+ 44.Kd1 Ke3 45.Kc1 Rxh4 46.Kc2 Rh7 47.Ba6 Rc7+ 48.Kd1 Rc6 49.Bb5 Rc3 50.Ba6 Ra3 51.Bb5 Ra2 Capablanca explained the winning of these endings very clearly. You return the exchange for bishop and pawn. However the fact that white has a rook's pawn proves insurmountable even though Van Wely manages to drive the white king quite far away. 52.Kc1 Kd4 53.Kd1 Kc3 54.Ke1 Rd2 55.Ba6 Rd4 56.Bb5 Kc2 57.Ke2 Re4+ 58.Kf3 Re7 59.Kf2 Kc3 60.Kf3 Kd4 61.Ba6 Re3+ 62.Kf2 Ke4 63.Bb5 Kf4 64.Ba6 Re4 65.Bb5 Re6 66.Bc4 Re4 67.Bb5 Rd4 68.Ke2 Rd6 69.Bd3 Rh6 70.Bb5 Ke4 71.Bd3+ Kd4 72.Bb5 Rh2+ 73.Kf3 Ra2 74.Bd7 Ra3+ 75.Kf2 Kd3 76.Kf3 Kd2+ 77.Kf4 Re3 78.Bb5 Re7 79.Kf3 Kc3 80.Ba6 Kd4 81.Bb5 Re6 82.Kf2 Re5 83.Kf3 Kc5 84.Kf2 Kb6 85.Bd3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

Round 3 Polgar against Topalov. Photo © http://www.chessvibes.com/ who have videos of the event including the press conferences.

It looked like Polgar should have had some kind of advantage against Topalov but it amounted to nothing. She quickly steered to a draw and the game would have ended earlier but for Topalov's decision to play on and see what might happen for a while.

Polgar,Ju - Topalov,V [B90]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (3), 14.01.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.a4 h6 9.a5 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bg4 [11...Bf5 12.c4 Nd7 13.Be2 Be7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Nd2 Bh7 16.Kh1 f5 17.f3 Bg5 18.Bg1 Rae8 19.b4 Bxd2 20.Qxd2 f4 21.Rac1 e4 22.fxe4 Bxe4 23.Bd4 Qd8 24.Bh5 g6 25.Bg4 Ne5 26.Rxf4 Nxg4 27.Rxg4 Kh7 28.Bc3 Bf5 29.Qd4 Rf7 30.Rf1 Rg8 31.h3 h5 32.Rgf4 Qg5 33.c5 dxc5 34.bxc5 Rd7 35.d6 Rc8 36.Bd2 Qd8 37.Rxf5 gxf5 38.Rxf5 Qe8 39.Qh4 1-0 Satyapragyan,S (2401)-Chatterjee,D (2246)/Dhaka BAN 2005/The Week in Chess 544] 12.Ra4 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nd7 14.Bd3 [14.Bc4] 14...g6 15.Qg3 [15.Bd2] 15...Nc5 16.Bxc5 Playing for equality. 16...dxc5 17.f4 exf4 18.Qxf4 Qxf4 19.Rxf4 Bd6 20.Re4+ Kf8 21.0-0 Kg7 White's weak a-pawn pretty much guarantees that white has nothing. 22.Rfe1 Rhd8 23.Bc4 Rd7 24.Bb3 Kf8 25.Ba4 Re7 26.Rxe7 Bxe7 27.Re3 c4 28.Rc3 Rc8 29.b3 Rc5 30.Rxc4

A draw could really have been agreed here. Topalov avoids it for a while but there really is nothing here. 30...Rxa5 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Rc7 Bd6 33.Rxb7 Rxd5 34.b4 h5 35.Bb3 Rf5 36.g3 Be5 37.Kg2 Bd4 38.Rd7 Rf2+ 39.Kg1 Offering the draw by repetition. 39...Bb6 40.Rb7 Rf6+ 41.Kg2 Bd4 42.Rd7 Bc3 43.b5 axb5 44.Rd3 b4 45.Rf3 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

Round 3 Aronian against Leko. Photo © http://www.chessvibes.com/ who have videos of the event including the press conferences.

Levon Aronian played a very sharp variation sacrificing a pawn against Peter Leko. Leko kept things very tight and Aronian decided to get his pawn back in a drawish position.

Aronian,L - Leko,P [E15]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (3), 14.01.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 A sharp variation where white gets an initiative at the cost of a pawn. 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2N [12.Bc1 Nb4 13.Qb3 d5 14.a3 c4 15.Qc3 N4a6 16.Qe3 Nc7 17.Nc3 Nba6 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Qf3 g6 20.Bf4 0-0 21.Nc2 Bc5 22.g4 Qf7 23.Qg3 Rad8 24.h4 Rd7 25.Rd2 Rfd8 26.Rad1 Ba8 27.e3 b5 28.g5 f5 29.Be5 Bd6 30.Bxd6 Rxd6 31.Nd4 Qe8 32.b4 cxb3 33.Nxb3 b4 34.axb4 Nxb4 35.e4 f4 36.Qxf4 Ne6 37.Qg4 d4 38.e5 Rb6 39.Bxa8 Rxa8 40.Ne4 Nd5 41.Nxd4 h5 42.Qf3 Nef4 43.Nf6+ Rxf6 44.exf6 1-0 Alekseev,E (2716)-Tkachiev,V (2661)/Calvia ESP 2007/The Week in Chess 676] 12...Nc6 13.Qa4 [13.Qb3] 13...Nc7 14.Nc3 0-0 15.Bf4 Ne6 16.Bd6 Re8 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Qxd7

White doesn't have anything special so he grabs his pawn back. 18...Qxd7 19.Rxd7 Bc6 20.Rd6 Nd8 21.Nh4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nf7 23.Rd7 Ne5 24.Rc7 N5c6 25.Rd1 Red8 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Nb5 Kf8 28.Nxa7 Black's rook will penatrate but there doesn't seem a great deal in this position. 1/2-1/2

Round 3 Ivanchuk against Gelfand. Photo © http://www.chessvibes.com/ who have videos of the event including the press conferences.

Boris Gelfand played a new or very rare idea against Vassily Ivanchuk's English and was clearly at least level straight out of the opening. Pieces were traded and a draw was agreed.

Ivanchuk,V - Gelfand,B [A20]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (3), 14.01.2008

1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.d4 e4 4.d5 Bb4+ [4...Qa5+ 1-0 Lalic,B (2527)-Csom,E (2145)/Bergamo ITA 2004/The Week in Chess 508 (26); 4...Bc5 1-0 Scherer,M (2306)-Vatter,H (2337)/Waldshut 2002 (42); 4...cxd5 0-1 Miklas,M (2172)-Vychodil,M (2078)/Slovakia 2002 (28)] 5.Bd2 Qe7N Seems to be new. Black seems to have already equalised. [5...Qb6 6.Nc3 f5 7.Nh3 Nf6 8.Bg2 Na6 9.a3 Be7 10.Be3 c5 11.0-0 Ng4 12.Bd2 Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qxa3 14.Nb5 Qa2 15.Qc1 Ne5 16.Qc3 d6 17.Bf4 0-0 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Rb2 Qa4 20.Rb3 Bd7 21.Ra1 Qb4 22.Rxb4 cxb4 23.Qb3 Bc5 24.e3 h6 25.Kh1 Rac8 26.Ng1 Nc7 27.Nxc7 Rxc7 28.f3 exf3 29.Nxf3 Re8 30.Ne1 b6 31.d6 Rc6 32.Bd5+ Kh7 33.Rxa7 Rxd6 34.Nd3 f4 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 36.Bc6 Rde7 37.Bxe8 Rxe8 38.exf4 exf4 39.Nxf4 Re3 40.Qb1+ Kg8 41.Nd3 h5 42.Nxc5 bxc5 43.Qf5 b3 44.Qd5+ Kh8 45.Qxh5+ Kg8 46.Qd5+ Kh8 47.Qd8+ Kh7 48.Qd2 1-0 Christensen,T (2345)-Kupreichik,V (2545)/Norresundby 1992] 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg2 0-0 8.Nh3 cxd5 9.cxd5 d6 10.Nxe4 Bxh3 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Bxh3 Qxb2 13.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Na6 16.e4 Nc5 17.Rhe1 Rae8 18.f3 Re5 19.Re2 g6 20.Bg2 f5 21.f4 Nxe4+ 22.Bxe4 Rxe4

The ending is just equal. 1/2-1/2

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov like many before him couldn't get anything worthwhile against Vladimir Kramnik's Petroff, a drawn bishops of opposite colour ending was reached.

Mamedyarov,S - Kramnik,V [C43]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (3), 14.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.0-0 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Ne2 Be7 10.f4 f6 11.Be3 [11.Nd4 0-0 12.Bf5 g6 13.Bxc8 Qxc8 14.Be3 fxe5 15.fxe5 Rxf1+ 16.Qxf1 Qg4 17.Qf3 Qe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Re1 a6 20.Nf3 Kf7 21.Kf1 Re8 22.Bb6 Nc5 23.b4 Ne6 24.a3 Bd8 25.Be3 b5 26.Rd1 a5 27.c3 Bc7 28.Nd4 axb4 29.axb4 Nd8 30.e6+ Kg7 31.Kg1 Be5 32.Ra1 Nxe6 33.Ra7+ Kf6 34.Rxh7 Nxd4 35.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 36.cxd4 Kf5 37.Rf7+ Ke4 38.Rf6 g5 39.Rxc6 Kxd4 40.Rc5 Rb8 41.Kf2 Ke4 42.h3 Rf8+ 43.Ke2 Rb8 44.Rc3 Ra8 45.Rg3 Ra2+ 46.Kd1 Kf4 47.Rg4+ Kf5 48.Ke1 Rc2 49.Rd4 Ke5 50.Rg4 Kf5 51.Rd4 Ke5 52.Rg4 Kf5 53.Rd4 1/2-1/2 Khader,S (2372)-Sarsam,S (2423)/Beirut LEB 2000] 11...Nxd3 12.Qxd3 0-0 13.c4 fxe5 14.fxe5 Be6 15.Nf4 Bf5 16.Qd4 Bg5 17.cxd5 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 Qxd5 19.Qxd5+ cxd5 20.Raf1 g6 21.g4 Be6 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rxf8+

The bishops of opposite colour guarantee a draw here. 1/2-1/2

Michael Adams probably had a tiny disadvantage out of the opening against Magnus Carlsen's Open Ruy Lopez. Both players however quickly steered to a drawn bishops of opposite ending.

Adams,Mi - Carlsen,M [C83]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (3), 14.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 0-0 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Nb3 Bb6 [15...Ba7 16.Nd4 1/2-1/2 Korneev,O (2583)-Krasenkow,M (2676)/Sanxenxo ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 524 (16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Qc7 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.exd6 Rfd8 1/2-1/2 Lein,A-Lutikov,A/Kiev 1964) ] 16.Nd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Rc8 18.Bb3 Nc5 19.Bd2 Nxb3 20.axb3 Rc6 21.Bb4 Re8 22.Bc5 f4 23.f3 Qg5 24.Rf2 Bf7 25.Bd6 Rec8 26.Re1 Be6 27.Bb4 Rc1 Black might have thought he had something but its clear the position is going to trade to a draw quite quickly now. 28.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Qf5 31.h4 Qb1+ 32.Be1 h5 33.b4 Qc1 34.Kf2 Qc4

The bishops of opposite colour ending is a trivial draw. 35.Bc3 Qxd4+ 36.Bxd4 Kf7 37.Ke2 Bf5 38.Kf2 1/2-1/2

Pavel Eljanov seemed to play quite aggressively against Viswanathan Anand's Nimzo-Indian. However Anand had it all under control and Eljanov decided to call things off after 17 moves.

Eljanov,P - Anand,V [E34]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (3), 14.01.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Qf5 7.Qb3 c5 8.a3 Ba5 9.Qc4 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nbd7 11.g4 Qxg4 [11...Qd5 12.Bg2 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Nc5 14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.b4 Na4 17.0-0 f6 18.e4 Ne7 19.e5 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Bxc6+ bxc6 22.Be3 Nc3 23.Rfe1 Nd5 24.Rac1 Kd7 25.Rc5 a6 26.Kg2 Rhf8 27.exf6 gxf6 28.h4 a5 29.bxa5 Rfb8 30.Rec1 Ra6 31.Bd2 Rb3 32.a4 e5 33.R5c4 Kd6 34.R1c2 Rd3 35.g5 Rd4 36.Kf3 fxg5 37.hxg5 Rd3+ 38.Kg4 Rb3 39.Rc1 Rd3 40.R4c2 Rd4+ 41.Kf3 Nf4 42.Rb1 Ra7 43.Be3 Ne6 44.Rb6 Rc7 45.Rd2 Rxd2 46.Bxd2 Ra7 47.Kg4 Kd5 48.a6 Nc5 49.Be3 Nxa6 50.Rxc6 Ra8 51.Rh6 Nc7 52.Rxh7 Rxa4+ 53.Kf5 Ne8 54.Rd7+ Nd6+ 55.Kf6 Ra8 56.g6 Rf8+ 57.Kg7 Re8 58.Kh7 Ke6 59.Rxd6+ 1-0 Krush,I (2432)-Schenk,A (2241)/Oropesa del Mar ESP 1999] 12.dxc5 Nd5 13.Qc2 Qf5 14.Qc4 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Bg2 Bd7 17.Bxd5

Accepting he has no advantage. 1/2-1/2

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 B-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 3 14th January 2008
Smeets, Jan	- Cheparinov, Ivan	1-0	76	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Stellwagen, Daniël	- Harikrishna, P	½-½	50	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Movsesian, Sergei	- Krasenkow, Michal	1-0	41	C54	Giuoco Piano
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Sargissian, Gabriel	1-0	51	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
L'Ami, Erwin	- Koneru, Humpy	1-0	42	D38	QGD Ragozin
Hou Yifan	- Short, Nigel D	1-0	23	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Spoelman, Wouter	- Bacrot, Etienne	0-1	30	B06	Modern Defence

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.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2573	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	½	.	.	1	.	2½	2940
2.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2700	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	1	2½	2798
3.	Stellwagen, Daniël	g	NED	2625	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	2	2791
4.	Harikrishna, P	g	IND	2664	.	.	½	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	2	2724
5.	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2677	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	½	.	1	.	.	2	2800
6.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2600	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	.	½	.	2	2748
7.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2645	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	1	.	.	0	.	.	.	1½	2590
8.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2581	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	1½	2619
9.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2713	0	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2558
10.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2676	½	.	.	.	½	0	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	2491
11.	Hou Yifan	wg	CHN	2527	.	0	.	0	.	.	1	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	2544
12.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2636	.	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	1	1	2450
13.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2612	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	2311
14.	Spoelman, Wouter	m	NED	2424	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	0	.	*	0

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 C-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 3 14th January 2008
Reinderman, Dimitri	- Grivas, Efstratios	½-½	51	A42	Modern Defence
Van der Werf, Mark	- Carlsson, Pontus	½-½	36	A30	English Symmetrical
Negi, Parimarjan	- Van der Wiel, John	1-0	29	C16	French Winawer
Nijboer, Friso	- Li Shilong	1-0	48	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Peng Zhaoqin	- Braun, Arik	0-1	36	A57	Volga Gambit
Ushenina, Anna	- Krush, Irina	½-½	40	B80	Sicilian Scheveningen
Ruijgrok, Dennis	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	50	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	.	1	.	.	3
2.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2598	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	3
3.	Carlsson, Pontus	m	SWE	2501	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	½	.	.	2	2583
4.	Li Shilong	g	CHN	2502	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	0	1	.	1	.	2	2636
5.	Van der Wiel, John	g	NED	2490	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	0	1	.	.	1	.	2	2654
6.	Reinderman, Dimitri	g	NED	2533	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	½	.	.	1	2	2562
7.	Van der Werf, Mark	m	NED	2389	.	0	½	.	.	.	*	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	1½	2536
8.	Grivas, Efstratios	g	GRE	2509	.	.	.	.	.	½	0	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2417
9.	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2526	0	.	0	.	1	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	2384
10.	Nijboer, Friso	g	NED	2578	0	.	.	1	0	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	2384
11.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2473	.	.	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	2381
12.	Peng Zhaoqin	g	NED	2461	0	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	2272
13.	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2484	.	.	.	0	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	½	2215
14.	Ruijgrok, Dennis		NED	2329	.	0	.	.	.	0	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

Nigel Short seems to have been having fun with old variations against he newcomers in the B-Group. However here he just blundered and was blown away in short (geddit?) order.

Hou Yifan - Short,N [C67]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (3), 14.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.c4 0-0 10.Nc3 Re8N [10...Nc5 11.Rd1 Ne6 12.Be3 f6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 d6 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Re1 Rf7 17.Rad1 Bf8 18.Qf3 Bb7 19.c5 Qa5 20.cxd6 c5 21.Qf5 Bxd6 22.Ne4 Bxh2+ 23.Kxh2 Qc7+ 24.Ng3 cxd4 25.Rxd4 1/2-1/2 Podobnik,M (2293)-Vukelic,T (2288)/Pula CRO 1999; 10...f5 11.e6 d6 12.Nd4 Qe8 13.Qf3 Bf6 14.e7 Qxe7 15.Nxc6 Qf7 16.Nd5 Nc5 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Be3 Ne4 19.Qe2 Bd7 20.Nb4 f4 21.f3 Ng5 22.Bf2 c6 23.Be1 Rae8 24.Qf2 a5 25.Nc2 Qg6 26.Kh1 Bf5 27.Nd4 Bd3 28.Rg1 c5 29.Nc6 Bxc4 30.Bc3 Bd5 31.Nxa5 Qh5 32.Qd2 Nxf3 0-1 Schnitzler,L-Zukertort,J/corr 1868] 11.Rd1 Bf8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 d6 15.Ne4! Bg4? [15...fxe5 was forced.] 16.exf6!