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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2007

Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2007. Round 5 17th January 2007. Comments by Mark Crowther.

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 A-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 5 (January 17, 2008)
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 20 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Adams, Michael - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 25 C42 Petroff's Defence
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 20 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Polgar, Judit - Lékó, Peter ½-½ 35 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 41 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit
Topalov, Veselin - Gelfand, Boris 1-0 28 C42 Petroff's Defence
Eljanov, Pavel - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1 33 E70 King's Indian Fianchetto

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 . . ½ ½ . . . 1 3½ 2882
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 ½ * . . . . . ½ . . ½ 1 1 . 3½ 2909
3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 . . * ½ . ½ ½ . . . 1 . . 1 3½ 2895
4. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 . . ½ * . ½ ½ . ½ . . . . 1 3 2790
5. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 . . . . * . ½ ½ . ½ . ½ 1 . 3 2812
6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 0 . ½ ½ . * 1 . . . ½ . . . 2½ 2749
7. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2681 . . ½ ½ ½ 0 * . . . . 1 . . 2½ 2756
8. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2753 . ½ . . ½ . . * ½ ½ . . . ½ 2½ 2723
9. Adams, Michael g ENG 2726 ½ . . ½ . . . ½ * . ½ . ½ . 2½ 2764
10. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 ½ . . . ½ . . ½ . * . ½ ½ . 2½ 2742
11. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 . ½ 0 . . ½ . . ½ . * . . ½ 2 2658
12. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 . 0 . . ½ . 0 . . ½ . * 1 . 2 2651
13. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2737 . 0 . . 0 . . . ½ ½ . 0 * . 1 2500
14. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2692 0 . 0 0 . . . ½ . . ½ . . * 1 2523



Round 5 Photo © Mark Crowther

Teimour Radjabov played aggressively with black against Pavel Eljanov using the Benoni. After some tricky early moments Radjabov took the initiative and won in handy style in the final game of the top section to finish. http://www.chessvibes.com/ -
Has a video of his demonstration of the game

Eljanov,P (2692) - Radjabov,T (2735) [E70]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bg5 Radjabov didn't think this was the most critical continuation. 8...h6 9.Bf4 [9.Bh4 exd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.0-0 Qc7 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.b3 Re8 15.f3 Qa5 16.Be1 Qd8 17.h3 Ne5 18.Bb1 b5 19.f4 Ned7 20.Ng3 b4 21.Nce2 a5 22.Bd3 Qb6 23.Kh2 Ba6 24.Ng1 Re7 25.Nf3 Rbe8 26.Bxa6 Qxa6 27.Nd2 h5 28.Bf2 h4 29.Nh1 Nxe4 30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.Bxh4 Nf6 32.Bxf6 Bxf6 33.Qg4 Qc8 34.Qd1 Rd4 35.Qc2 Rxd5 36.Ng3 Rd4 37.f5 g5 38.Kh1 Be5 39.Ne4 f6 40.Nxg5 Qb7 41.Ne6 Rh4 42.Rf3 Kf7 43.Qe2 Reh8 44.Kg1 Rg8 45.Rc4 Rhh8 46.Rc1 Rh4 47.Rc4 Rhh8 48.Rc1 Rh4 49.Re1 Qc6 50.Ref1 d5 51.Qf2 Bd4 52.Nxd4 Rxd4 53.Rg3 Rg5 54.Qf3 Rxg3 55.Qxg3 Re4 56.Rf3 c4 57.Qg6+ Ke7 58.Qg7+ Kd8 59.Qa7 Qd6 60.Qxa5+ Ke7 61.Qa7+ Qd7 62.Qf2 c3 63.Rg3 Kd6 64.Rg6 Qe7 65.Qb6+ Ke5 0-1 Jakovljevic,Z (2211)-Zivkovic,D (2079)/Belgrade SCG 2005/The Week in Chess 554] 9...Ng4 10.Qd2 Na6 11.a3 Nc7 12.f3 Ne5 13.0-0 exd5 14.cxd5 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 b6 16.Qd2 Getting out of the way of the bishop. 16...Kh7 17.Ng3 Ba6 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.a4! A strong plan that caused Radjabov some concern. 19...Bc4! 20.Nf1 Bxf1! Necessary. 21.Rxf1 a6 22.Bg3?! Either here or on the next move white should probably try b3 and Ra2 according to Radjabov. White quickly gets into bad trouble. 22...Qd7 23.Rae1 b5 24.f4 b4! 25.Nd1 f5!

Black collapses white's position and is already winning. 26.exf5 Qxf5 27.Ne3 Rxe3! [27...Bd4 was also possible.] 28.Rxe3 Bd4 29.Bf2 Bxe3 30.Bxe3 Nxd5 31.Rd1 Re8 32.Bf2? [32.Qxd5 Qxd5 33.Rxd5 Rxe3 34.Rxd6 Re2 is a huge ending for black.] 32...Nxf4 33.Qxd6 Qe4 0-1


Round 5 Photo © Mark Crowther

Joint lead Levon Aronian couldn't get anything against a super solid Viswanathan Anand and the point was quickly halved in the first game of the day to finish.

Aronian,L (2739) - Anand,V (2799) [D43]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.e3 b5 9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Nxb5 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Be2 Nd7 14.0-0 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 a5 16.Nd2 [16.Na4 Rab8 17.Qd1 e5 18.Rxc4 Rxc4 19.Bxc4 1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A (2690)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Dortmund GER 1998] 16...Nb6 17.Bf3 Qe7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.h3 Rc7 20.Qd1 1/2-1/2



Round 5 Photo © Mark Crowther

Boris Gelfand can be an amazingly tough opponent but he is also prone to blunders. Today he was doing fine and then allowed a simple tactic that wrecked his position.

Topalov,V (2780) - Gelfand,B (2737) [C42]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 0-0 11.Bf4 Bd6 [11...Qd7 12.Rb1 Rab8 13.Re3 Rfe8 14.Qe2 Bf8 15.Re1 Rxe3 16.Qxe3 Bf5 17.Bxc7 Qxc7 18.Bxf5 g6 19.Bd3 Na5 20.Qe5 Qd8 21.Qf4 Bd6 22.Qd2 Rc8 23.h4 Qc7 24.Qg5 Qd8 25.Qh6 Bf8 26.Qd2 Qc7 27.Re5 Rd8 28.Qe1 Nc6 29.Re8 Rxe8 30.Qxe8 Qe7 31.Qc8 Kg7 32.g3 Nd8 33.Kg2 Ne6 34.Ne5 Qc7 35.Qe8 Qe7 36.Qb5 f6 37.Ng4 f5 38.Ne3 f4 39.Nxd5 Qf7 40.Be4 fxg3 41.fxg3 Bd6 42.Qd3 b6 43.a4 Qd7 44.Qb5 Qf7 45.Bf3 g5 46.Qc6 Bb8 47.Bg4 Nd8 48.Qd7 Qxd7 49.Bxd7 gxh4 50.gxh4 Bd6 51.Bb5 Nf7 52.Kf3 Nh6 53.Bd7 Kf7 54.Bc8 Ke8 55.Be6 Kf8 56.Bc8 Ke8 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2794)-Leko,P (2730)/Leon ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 344] 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Re3 Qd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qd2 Rae8 16.Nh4 Rxe3 17.Qxe3 Qe6 18.Nf5 Rd8 19.Qg5 Bg6 20.Ne3 Be4 21.Re1 h6 22.Qh4 Qg6 23.Be2 Bxc2 24.Bh5 Qe4 25.Qg3 Bd3 26.f3

Black now blunders and his position falls apart immediately. 26...Qe7? [26...Qh7] 27.Ng4 Qg5 28.f4 1-0



Round 5 Photo © Mark Crowther

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won a strange game against Loek van Wely. He certainly had the initiative but it wasn't clear it should have been that good. But Van Wely's position disintigrated on the run up to first time control.

Mamedyarov,S (2760) - Van Wely,L (2681) [B20]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.e4 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Qxd7 6.d3 Nc6 7.f4 d5 8.Nd2 0-0-0 9.Qe2 [9.e5 Ng8 10.Qe2 e6 11.Ngf3 Nge7 12.0-0 h5 13.a3 Nf5 14.c3 d4 15.c4 f6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.b4 cxb4 18.axb4 Bxb4 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Nxf6 Qe7 21.Ne4 Rhg8 22.Bc1 a5 23.Bd2 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Ne3 25.Rf2 e5 26.Nxe5 Nxe5 27.fxe5 Ng4 28.Nd6+ 1-0 Gerasimov,I (2262)-Balashov,Y (2467)/Kazan RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 622] 9...dxe4 10.dxe4 Nd4 11.Bxd4 Qxd4 12.Rd1 Qc3 13.Ngf3 Qxc2 14.Ng5 Rd4 15.0-0 e6 16.Nxf7 Rg8 17.Ng5 Be7 18.Nxe6 Rxe4 19.Qf3 Rxe6 20.Qh3 Ng4 21.Qxg4 Qg6 22.Qh3 Qh6 23.Qf3 Bf6 24.Kh1 Bd4 25.b4 cxb4 26.Ne4 Bb6 27.f5 Bc7 28.h3 Rc6 29.Qg4 Kb8 30.f6 a5 31.f7 Rf8 32.Qf5

32...Qh4? [32...Qg6 Was looked at after the game by the players with no clear conclusion.] 33.Rd7 g6 34.Qd5 a4? [34...Ka8] 35.Qd4 b3 36.axb3 axb3 37.Qg7 Rxf7 38.Qg8+ Ka7 39.Qxf7 Qxe4 40.Rxc7 b2 41.Rxb7+ 1-0


Round 5 Photo © Mark Crowther

Playing white against Vladimir Kramnik's Petroff Defence is a tough proposition, at least if you want an advantage. Michael Adams had an aggressive chance on move 17, seemingly already analysed in depth by Kramnik if you believe his after game comments, he chose a simpler and quickly drawing continuation.

Adams,Mi (2726) - Kramnik,V (2799) [C42]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Nc5 10.Nd4 Re8 11.f3 Ne6 12.Be3 Bg5 13.f4 Nxd4 [13...Bf6 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 15.Kb1 Qd7 16.h3 Bxa2+ 17.Kxa2 Qe6+ 18.Kb1 Qxe3 19.Qxe3 Rxe3 20.Bd3 Bh4 21.g4 a5 22.Rdf1 Rae8 23.Kc1 d5 24.Kd2 c5 25.Rh2 R8e7 26.Be2 h6 27.Kd1 a4 28.Rf3 R3e4 29.Rg2 a3 30.bxa3 Ra4 31.c4 dxc4 32.g5 hxg5 33.fxg5 Rd7+ 34.Kc1 Be1 35.Rg4 b5 36.g6 fxg6 37.Re4 Bd2+ 38.Kb1 Ra8 39.Re5 Rda7 40.Rd5 c3 41.Rfd3 Rxa3 42.Rd8+ Kh7 43.Rxa8 Rxa8 44.Rd6 c4 45.Bf3 Re8 46.Rd5 Re1+ 47.Ka2 b4 48.Be4 Rxe4 0-1 Nadig,K (2182)-Hoang Thi Bao Tram (2217)/Bikaner IND 2004/The Week in Chess 530] 14.fxg5 Nc6 15.h4 Bg4 16.Re1 Qd7

17.Bb5 [17.h5 was discussed by the players. Kramnik gave a 20 move line that he'd worked on to ICC's Macauley Peterson (Videos at: http://www.chessclub.com/) and also Adams discussed the game on camera too. These may appear.] 17...Re5 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Bd4 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Re8 21.b3 b6 22.c4 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Kf8 24.g3 Qf3 25.Kb2 Bf5 After the one possible moment of interest the game ended in a tame draw. 1/2-1/2



Round 5 Photo © Mark Crowther

Judit Polgar made no real progress against Peter Leko's Ruy Lopez Marshall and the game was drawn in 35 moves.

Polgar,Ju (2707) - Leko,P (2753) [C89]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Be3 [16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Bf4 Bg4 18.Qg2 Bxf4 19.Qxh3 Bxh3 20.gxf4 d4 21.cxd4 Rfd8 22.Re3 Bf5 23.a4 b4 24.Nd2 Rxd4 25.Ne4 g6 26.Rc1 Rad8 27.Rc4 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Rxd3 29.Rxb4 Bh3 30.f3 Rxf3 31.Nf2 Be6 32.Kg2 Bd5 33.Kf1 a5 34.Rd4 Be6 35.b4 axb4 36.Rxb4 Ra3 37.Ne4 Ra2 38.h4 Kg7 39.Ke1 Rh2 40.a5 Ra2 41.Nc5 Rxa5 42.Nxe6+ fxe6 43.Kf2 Kf6 44.Kf3 Ra3+ 45.Kg2 Kf5 46.Rb7 h5 47.Rf7+ Kg4 48.Rf6 Ra2+ 49.Kg1 Re2 50.Kf1 Re4 51.Kg2 Re2+ 52.Kf1 Re3 53.Kf2 Re4 54.Kg2 Re1 55.Kf2 Re4 1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2702)-Tkachiev,V (2633)/Prague CZE 2002/The Week in Chess 390] 16...Bxd3 17.Nd2 Qf5 18.Rad1 Rfe8 19.Qxf5 Bxf5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Nb3 Be6 22.Bc5 Bc7 23.Nd4 Rac8 24.b4 Bd7 25.Nc2 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Bxe8 28.Ne3 Bd8 29.Nxd5 Bc6 30.Ne3 Bf3 31.Nf5 Be4 32.Ne3 Bf3 33.Bd4 Bg5 34.Nf5 g6 35.Be3 The two bishops balance the pawn less. 1/2-1/2


Vassily Ivanchuk Photo © Mark Crowther

Vassily Ivanchuk played the Exchange Ruy Lopez against Magnus Carlsen and equality quickly ensued.

Ivanchuk,V (2751) - Carlsen,M (2733) [C69]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.b3 Ne7 9.Ba3 Bg4 [9...Be6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Qe3 0-0 12.Nc3 Ng6 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Rfe1 Ne5 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.h3 Rfe8 17.f4 Nf7 18.Qg3 Rad8 19.Kh2 Qc5 20.Na4 Qh5 21.Qf3 Qa5 22.Qc3 Qxc3 23.Nxc3 c5 24.Nf3 Bc6 25.Rxd8 1/2-1/2 Kaakinen,M-Ndreaho,M/JSM 1994] 10.Bxd6 Bxf3 11.Bc5 Qxd4 12.Bxd4 Rd8 13.Bc5 Bxe4 14.Re1 Rd7 15.Nc3 Bd5 16.Rad1 Kd8 17.Bxe7+ Rxe7 18.Rxe7 Kxe7 19.Nxd5+ cxd5 20.Rxd5 Its just level. 1/2-1/2


Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 B-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 5 (January 17, 2008)
Stellwagen, Daniël - Short, Nigel D ½-½ 36 C72 Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Movsesian, Sergei - Harikrishna, P ½-½ 48 C50 Giuoco Piano
L'Ami, Erwin - Cheparinov, Ivan 1-0 29 D43 Anti-Meran Gambit
Smeets, Jan - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 38 C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Krasenkow, Michal ½-½ 61 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Koneru, Humpy - Sargissian, Gabriel ½-½ 59 D47 Queens Gambit Meran
Spoelman, Wouter - Hou Yifan ½-½ 33 C18 French Winawer


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. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2700 * . ½ ½ . 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 4 2805
2. Harikrishna, P g IND 2664 . * ½ ½ . . ½ . . . 1 . . 1 3½ 2728
3. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2625 ½ ½ * . . . ½ . . . ½ 1 . . 3 2706
4. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2677 ½ ½ . * . . . . ½ ½ . 1 . . 3 2749
5. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2581 . . . . * . 0 ½ 1 ½ . . 1 . 3 2721
6. Smeets, Jan g NED 2573 0 . . . . * . . 1 ½ . ½ 1 . 3 2739
7. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2645 . ½ ½ . 1 . * . . . 0 . ½ . 2½ 2601
8. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2600 . . . . ½ . . * 0 1 . ½ ½ . 2½ 2643
9. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2713 . . . ½ 0 0 . 1 * . . . . 1 2½ 2571
10. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2676 . . . ½ ½ ½ . 0 . * . . ½ . 2 2536
11. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2527 0 0 ½ . . . 1 . . . * . . ½ 2 2539
12. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2636 . . 0 0 . ½ . ½ . . . * . 1 2 2507
13. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2612 . . . . 0 0 ½ ½ . ½ . . * . 1½ 2466
14. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2424 0 0 . . . . . . 0 . ½ 0 . * ½ 2282



Jan Smeets against Etienne Bacrot Photo © Mark Crowther

Etienne Bacrot took the sole lead with a fine rook sacrifice against round 4 joint leader Jan Smeets.

Smeets,J (2573) - Bacrot,E (2700) [C89]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qg2 Qh5 19.Be3 Bh3 [19...Bxd3 20.Nd2 Bf5 21.Qc6 Bh3 22.a4 Bb8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Ra5 Bd7 25.Qc5 Qg6 26.Qg5 Qd3 27.Bd4 f6 28.Qd5+ Kh8 29.Nb3 Rde8 30.Raa1 Bg4 31.Nc5 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Qd2 33.Qe4 h5 34.Kg2 Bd6 35.h3 Bc8 36.Re2 Qg5 37.Ne6 Bxe6 38.Qxe6 Bb8 39.h4 Qg6 40.Qd5 1-0 Stellwagen,D (2639)-Pashikian,A (2534)/Yerevan ARM 2007/The Week in Chess 674] 20.Qh1 f5 21.Bb6 Rd7 22.Qd5+ Kh8 23.Nd2

23...Bxg3 24.Qxd7 Bf4 25.Qb7 Bxd2 26.Bd4 Rg8 27.Re7 Bc1 28.Re1 Bf4 29.Re3 Bxe3 30.Bxe3 Re8 31.Bd4 Qg4+ 32.Kh1 h6 33.f4 Re7 34.Qa8+ Kh7 35.Be5 Qe2 36.Rg1 Bg4 37.Rxg4 fxg4 38.d4 Qf1# 0-1


Sergei Movsesian against Pentala Harikrishna Round 5 Photo © Mark Crowther

Sergei Movsesian missed a good chance against Pentala Harikrishna in the B-Group so Harikrishna is now in second place alone.

Movsesian,S (2677) - Harikrishna,P (2664) [C50]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 6.Bb3 Re8 7.c3 h6 8.Re1 Bf8 9.d4 d6 10.d5 Ne7 11.c4 g6 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Ba4 Bg7 14.Be3 Rf8 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.Nh4 Nb6 17.Bb3 c5 18.dxc6 Nxc6 19.g3 Nd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Nb5 Qf6 22.Red1 a5 23.a4 Bg4 24.f3 Be6 25.Rac1 Rfc8 26.Nxd6 Rc6 27.f4 Nd7 28.e5 Nxe5 29.fxe5 Qxe5 30.Nb5 d3 31.Qxd3 Qc5+ 32.Kh1 Bxb2 33.Rc2 Bf6 34.Qf3 Rd8 35.Rxd8 Bxd8

36.Rf2 Bxc4 37.Rc2 Bb6 38.Rc1 Bd5 39.Rxc5 Bxf3+ 40.Nxf3 Rxc5 41.Bxf7 Kg7 42.Bb3 Rc1+ 43.Kg2 Rb1 44.Bd5 Rb4 45.Nc3 Bd8 46.Ne1 Bf6 47.Nd3 Rd4 48.Nf4 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 C-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 5 (January 17, 2008)
Reinderman, Dimitri - Carlsson, Pontus 1-0 67 B70 Sicilian Dragon
Negi, Parimarjan - Ushenina, Anna 1-0 28 D21 QGA
Grivas, Efstratios - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 36 D11 Slav Defence
Nijboer, Friso - Krush, Irina 1-0 29 B63 Sicilian Rauzer
Van der Werf, Mark - Van der Wiel, John ½-½ 20 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Peng Zhaoqin - Li Shilong ½-½ 37 E97 King's Indian Classical
Ruijgrok, Dennis - Braun, Arik ½-½ 58 B19 Caro Kann


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 1 . ½ . 4½ 2822
2. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2598 . * ½ . . . ½ . . 1 1 . 1 . 4 2684
3. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2533 . ½ * . . 1 ½ . . . . ½ 1 . 3½ 2631
4. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2526 0 . . * 1 0 . . 1 . . . . 1 3 2574
5. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2490 . . . 0 * . . 1 . ½ ½ . . 1 3 2559
6. Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2501 . . 0 1 . * . . . ½ ½ . 1 . 3 2519
7. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2509 . ½ ½ . . . * . . 0 . 1 1 . 3 2536
8. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2578 0 . . . 0 . . * 1 . . 1 . 1 3 2569
9. Li Shilong g CHN 2502 . . . 0 . . . 0 * . ½ 1 . 1 2½ 2504
10. Van der Werf, Mark m NED 2389 0 0 . . ½ ½ 1 . . * . . . . 2 2454
11. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2461 0 0 . . ½ ½ . . ½ . * . . . 1½ 2376
12. Krush, Irina m USA 2473 . . ½ . . . 0 0 0 . . * . ½ 1 2281
13. Ruijgrok, Dennis NED 2329 ½ 0 0 . . 0 0 . . . . . * . ½ 2169
14. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2484 . . . 0 0 . . 0 0 . . ½ . * ½ 2147


The main point of interest was Arik Braun's first draw after a 4/4 start. But even in this game he had a winning position.

Ruijgrok,D (2329) - Braun,A (2536) [B19]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 17.01.2008

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qa4 13.Rh4 Be7 14.Rf4 Bd6 15.Rh4 Qb5 16.Qxb5 cxb5 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rh1 Rc8 19.c3 Nb6 20.Ne5 Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Nd3 0-0 23.f4 Rfd8 24.g4 Nc4 25.Ke2 b4 26.Rag1 Nxb2 27.Nxb4 Be7 28.Nd3 Na4 29.Rc1 Ba3 30.g5 Bxc1 31.Rxc1 f6 32.gxh6 gxh6 33.f5 exf5 34.Nf4 Kf7 35.Ng6 b5 36.Ke3 Re8+ 37.Kd3

37...b4 [37...Nb2+] 38.Rb1 bxc3 39.Rb7+ Ke6 40.Bxh6 c2 41.Bc1 f4 42.Nxf4+ Kf5 43.Nd5 Nc5+ 44.dxc5 Rcd8 45.Kxc2 Rxd5 46.Ba3 Kg5 47.Kc3 f5 48.Kc4 Rd1 49.c6 Kxh5 50.Rxa7 Kg6 51.c7 f4 52.Bc5 Kf5 53.Rb7 Rc8 54.Kb5 Rd7 55.Kc6 Ke6 56.a4 f3 57.a5 Rd5 58.a6 Rxc5+ 1/2-1/2


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