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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2008

Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2008. Round 7 19th January 2008. Comments by Mark Crowther.

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 A-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 7 (January 19, 2008)
Aronian, Levon	- Radjabov, Teimour	1-0	48	E61	King's Indian Defence
Adams, Michael	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	62	C76	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	37	C42	Petroff's Defence
Topalov, Veselin	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	56	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Polgar, Judit	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	53	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gelfand, Boris	- Lékó, Peter	½-½	49	E01	Catalan
Eljanov, Pavel	- Van Wely, Loek	½-½	72	D11	Slav 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	*	.	½	.	½	½	1	.	.	½	.	1	.	1	5	2894
2.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2799	.	*	1	½	½	½	½	.	½	.	.	.	.	1	4½	2828
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2739	½	0	*	1	.	.	.	½	.	1	½	.	1	.	4½	2864
4.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2735	.	½	0	*	½	.	½	1	½	.	.	.	.	1	4	2792
5.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2726	½	½	.	½	*	.	½	½	.	.	½	.	½	.	3½	2759
6.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2751	½	½	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	½	½	½	½	.	3½	2758
7.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2760	0	½	.	½	½	.	*	½	1	.	.	.	.	½	3½	2737
8.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	.	.	½	0	½	½	½	*	.	.	.	1	.	½	3½	2730
9.	Van Wely, Loek	g	NED	2681	.	½	.	½	.	.	0	.	*	1	.	½	½	½	3½	2744
10.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2780	½	.	0	.	.	½	.	.	0	*	1	½	1	.	3½	2728
11.	Lékó, Peter	g	HUN	2753	.	.	½	.	½	½	.	.	.	0	*	½	½	½	3	2683
12.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2707	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	0	½	½	½	*	1	.	3	2697
13.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2737	.	.	0	.	½	½	.	.	½	0	½	0	*	.	2	2575
14.	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2692	0	0	.	0	.	.	½	½	½	.	½	.	.	*	2	2593

Aronian vs Radjabov. Photo © Mark Crowther

Levon Aronian played a quite nice positional game against Teimour Radjabov's Modern Benoni. He cut out Radjabov's attacking possibilities whilst improving his own chances and won handily.

Aronian,L (2739) - Radjabov,T (2735) [A62]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 19.01.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.d5 0-0 6.Bg2 d6 7.Nf3 e6 Aronian wasn't really expecting this kind of transposition into a Modern Benoni. 8.0-0 exd5 9.cxd5 Aronian said he learned a lot about how to handle this position from Predrag Nikolic. 9...Re8 10.Nd2 b6 Aronian was surprised by this move. Its idea is to try and show that the development of the knight on d2 isn't right. 11.Re1 This move is going to be needed anyway and plans Qa4 in response to Ba6. 11...Nbd7 12.h3 [12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 14.Bf4 Re8 15.Qc1 a6 16.a4 Rb8 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Bg5 Qc7 19.Qf4 Ng4 20.h3 h6 21.Bxh6 Nxh6 22.Qxh6 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Rab1 Bg7 25.Qf4 Be5 26.Qh4 Kg7 27.Qg5 Bf5 28.Rbc1 b4 29.Nd1 Bf6 30.Qd2 Qd7 31.g4 Bxg4 32.hxg4 Qxg4 33.Qd3 Rh8 34.Qg3 Qh5 35.Bf3 Qh6 36.Ne3 Bxb2 37.Nf5+ 1-0 Nedilko,V (2270)-Stets,V (2400)/Alushta UKR 2005/The Week in Chess 552] 12...Ba6 13.Qa4 Bd3 The most principaled move. [13...Bb7 and the bishop is in danger of being shut out of the game.] 14.Nf1 b5! [14...Ne5?] 15.Qd1 Bc4 16.Nd2 Nb6 17.Nxc4

This is forced but good. 17...Nxc4 18.Nxb5 Qa5 19.a4 The best move. 19...Nd7 [19...a6!?] 20.Bf4 White must play actively otherwise black will have time to reorganise. 20...Bxb2 21.Rb1 Be5 [21...Bc3!? 22.Nxc3 Qxc3 23.Qc1 Qxc1 24.Rexc1 is comfortable for white but may be better than the game continuation.] 22.Qc1 a6 [22...Bxf4 23.gxf4 Nd2] 23.Qxc4 axb5 24.axb5 Nb6 25.Qc1 c4 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.e4 Ree8 28.Re3 Qa2 Black is quite lost according to Aronian and he has many ways to bring the point home. 29.h4 Nd7 30.Rc3 Nb6 31.h5 Re5 32.h6 f5 33.exf5 Rxf5 34.Rc2 Qa3 35.Qd2 Qc5 36.Bh3 Rf3 37.Rc3 Rf6 38.Be6+ Kh8 39.Re3 Raf8 40.Qb2 Na4 As they make it to first time control white is still winning. 41.Qa3! Rxf2 42.Qxc5 dxc5 43.Ra3 Nb6 44.Rd1 R2f6 45.Rda1 Now Ra6 is coming. 45...g5 46.Ra6 c3 47.Rxb6 c2 48.Rc6 1-0

Judit Polgar against Viswanathan Anand. Photo © Janis Nisii

Viswanathan Anand won handily against Judit Polgar who looks out of form in this event. Anand gradually got an advantage and Polgar's position fell apart.

Polgar,Ju (2707) - Anand,V (2799) [B90]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 19.01.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Qe2 [14.c3 Na5 15.Ne3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Nc5 17.Nd2 a5 18.Qc2 b5 19.Rfd1 Qb6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rfc8 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Qc5 24.Qe3 Qc7 25.Qd3 Qb7 26.Kf1 g6 27.h4 a4 28.b4 Rc4 29.g3 h5 30.Re1 Rac8 31.Re4 Rxe4 32.Qxe4 Rc4 33.Qd3 Qc8 34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Qe3 Qc7 36.Qe2 f5 37.Qd3 Kh7 38.Qe2 Kg7 39.Qd3 Qc8 40.Qf3 Qc7 41.Qd3 f4 42.gxf4 Rxf4 43.Qxb5 Qf7 44.Qe2 Rg4+ 45.Kf1 Qxd5 46.f3 Rf4 47.Kg2 e4 48.Rf1 Rxh4 49.Qe3 exf3+ 50.Rxf3 Re4 51.Qc1 Qe5 52.Qd1 h4 53.Rf2 Qg3+ 54.Kf1 Qh3+ 55.Rg2 Qh1+ 56.Rg1 Rf4+ 57.Ke2 Qe4+ 58.Kd2 h3 59.Kc1 Rf2 60.Re1 Qf4+ 61.Kb1 h2 62.Qxa4 Re2 63.Rd1 Qe4+ 64.Ka1 Kh6 0-1 Krstic,P (2280)-Arsovic,G (2478)/Belgrade SER 2007/The Week in Chess 638] 14...Nc5 15.Rad1 b5 16.Ne3 This already doesn't look that great for white. 16...Nxb3 17.axb3 Qc7 18.Rd3 Nb4 19.Rd2 Qe7 20.Rfd1 Rad8 21.Nf5?! Bxf5 22.exf5 Rfe8 23.c3 Nc6 24.Qe4 Na5 25.Qd5 Qf6 26.Re2 Rc8 27.Nd2 Qxf5 28.Ne4 Qe6 29.Nxd6 Rcd8 30.Red2 Nxb3 31.Nxe8 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 h6

This ending favours black. 33.Rd8 Kh7 34.Nd6 [34.Nc7] 34...Nc5 35.h3 Qg6 Black is winning. 36.g3 Ne6 37.Rd7 Ng5 38.h4 Qe6 [38...Qc2!] 39.Rb7 Nf3+ 40.Kg2 Qg4 [40...Nxh4+] 41.Rd5 Nxh4+ 42.Kf1 Qf3 43.Rd2 Nf5 44.Nxf5 Qxb7 This is now quite hopeless for white but the game goes on for a few more moves. 45.Ke2 a5 46.Ne3 a4 47.Rd5 b4 48.cxb4 Qxb4 49.Rd2 f5 50.Rc2 Qb3 51.f4 exf4 52.gxf4 Qb4 53.Nc4 g5 0-1

Ivanchuk - Kramnik round 7. Photo © Michiel Abeln

Vladimir Kramnik's Petroff wall stood very firm again, this time against Vassily Ivanchuk. Kramnik may even be said to have had an edge at the end but it was not nearly enough to continue.

Ivanchuk,V - Kramnik,V [C42]
Corus Wijk aan Zee (7), 19.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.h3 Be4 17.Be3 Na5 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.c4 [19.Bf3 Qd7 20.Ne4 Bd6 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Qxd1 23.Raxd1 c6 24.Rd4 Nb3 25.Rf4 g6 26.Rd1 Rc7 27.Rb4 Bc2 28.Rd6 a5 29.Rb6 a4 30.Rb4 Ra8 31.h4 h5 32.g4 hxg4 33.Rxg4 Bf5 34.Rf4 Re7 35.h5 Re5 36.Kg2 Re7 37.Kg3 Na1 38.Bd1 Nc2 39.Bc1 Ne1 40.Rfd4 gxh5 41.Bxh5 Re5 42.Rd8+ Rxd8 43.Rxd8+ Kg7 44.Be3 Nc2 45.Kf4 Kf6 46.Rf8 Re4+ 47.Kf3 Rh4 48.Rxf7+ Ke6 49.Re7+ Kxe7 50.Bg5+ Ke6 51.Bxh4 Nxa3 52.Kf4 Bd3 53.Ke3 Bf1 54.Kd2 Nc4+ 55.Kc2 Bh3 56.Kb1 Nd2+ 57.Kb2 Ne4 58.Ka3 Nxc5 59.Kb4 b6 60.Bd8 Nd3+ 61.Kxa4 b5+ 62.Ka5 Nxf2 63.Be2 Bg2 64.Bxb5 1/2-1/2 Laznicka,V (2478)-Stopa,J (2308)/Legnica POL 2004/The Week in Chess 527] 19...Qd7 20.Nf3 Bf6 21.Rc1 c5 22.dxc5 Qxd1 23.Rcxd1 Nb3 24.c6 Rxc6 25.Bxa7 Bc3 26.Rf1 Ra6 27.Be3 h6 28.c5 Rxa3 29.Bc4 Rc8 30.Nh4 Be6 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.Rd7 Nxc5 33.Bxc5 Rxc5 34.Rxb7 Ra2 35.Rd7 Bf6 36.Nf3 Rcc2 37.Rdd1

With all the pawns on one side of the board a draw is inevitable. 1/2-1/2

Gelfand vs Leko Photo © Mark Crowther

Boris Gelfand and Peter Leko played a manoevering game where Gelfand may have had a tiny edge but it didn't amount to much in the end.

Gelfand,B (2737) - Leko,P (2753) [E01]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 19.01.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.Nc3 Nh5 [10...Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Qa4 Qc8 13.Rfc1 1/2-1/2 Tratar,M (2469)-Markus,R (2584)/Nova Gorica SLO 2005/The Week in Chess 534] 11.Bc1 Nhf6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nxf4 15.gxf4 f5 16.Rfd1 Ba6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Qa4 Bb7 19.e3 a6 20.Rdc1 b5 21.Qd1 Qb6 22.a4 Rfc8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.Ne2 Rc8 26.Nd4 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 Kf7 28.Bf1 b4 29.Qd1 g6 30.Qa4 Bc8 31.Bb5 Qc7 32.Be8+ Kf8 33.Bc6 Bc5 34.Nb3 Be7 35.Qa8 Kg7 36.Nd4 Bd7 37.Bxd7 Qxd7 38.Qa6 Kf7 39.Kf1 Bc5 40.Nb3 Qc7 41.Nxc5 Qxc5 42.Qb7+ Qe7 43.Qb8 Qf8 44.Qb6 h6 45.Ke2 Qe7 46.Kd3 g5 47.fxg5 hxg5 48.h3 f4 49.Qd4 1/2-1/2

Eljanov vs Van Wely Photo © Mark Crowther

Pavel Eljanov held the advantage against Loek van Wely after an interesting opening idea. He lost the advantage going to the first time control but fortunately the rook and pawn ending was still drawn.

Eljanov,P (2692) - Van Wely,L (2681) [D11]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 19.01.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd2 e6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.g4 [9.Be2 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rfd1 b5 12.Ne5 cxd4 13.Nc6 Qe8 14.exd4 Bd6 15.a3 Nb6 16.Nb4 Bb7 17.Nd3 Ne4 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Nxf4 Rc8 20.Bf3 Na4 21.Nfe2 Qd7 22.Rab1 Ng5 23.Qd3 Nb6 24.h4 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Nc4 26.Nc1 Qe7 27.Qg3 Nd2 28.Ra1 Ne4 29.Nxe4 dxe4 30.Nb3 Bd5 31.Nc5 Rc6 32.Qe5 Qd8 33.Nb7 Qxh4 34.Qxd5 Rh6 35.Kf1 Rf6 36.f3 exf3 37.gxf3 Qh2 38.Qe4 Rg6 39.Qe3 Rg2 0-1 Tkachiev,V (2661)-Karjakin,S (2694)/Crete GRE 2007/The Week in Chess 678] 9...h6 10.Bg2 Bd6 11.h3 Nb6 12.Nb5 Be7 13.dxc5 Nc4 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.cxd6 Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Qxd6 17.Rc1 0-0 18.Qc5 Qxc5 19.Rxc5 Be6 20.Ke2 Rfd8 21.f4 h5 22.g5 Ne8 23.Nb3 Rd6 24.Nd4 g6 25.Rf1 Ng7 26.Rc7 Rb8 27.Rfc1 Kf8 28.Kd3 Bd7 29.h4 Bf5+ 30.Kd2 Bg4 31.R1c3 Ne6 32.Nxe6+ Bxe6 33.a3 d4 34.exd4 b6 35.Ra7 a5 36.d5? Bxd5 37.Rd3 Rbd8 38.Bxd5 Rxd5 39.Rxd5 Rxd5+ 40.Kc3 Rc5+ 41.Kd4 Rb5 42.Rb7 Rxb2 43.f5 gxf5 44.Ke5 Kg7 45.Kxf5 Rb5+ 46.Kf4 Rb3 47.a4 Kg6 48.Rc7 Rh3 49.Rc6+ Kg7 50.Kf5 Rxh4 51.g6 fxg6+ 52.Rxg6+ Kf7 53.Rxb6 The ending is still a draw. 53...Rxa4 54.Rb7+ Ke8 55.Ke6 Re4+ 56.Kf5 Rb4 57.Ra7 a4 58.Ke6 Kd8 59.Kd6 Kc8 60.Kc5 Rh4 61.Kc6 Kb8 62.Rb7+ Ka8 63.Rb5 Ka7 64.Rb7+ Ka8 65.Rb5 Rc4+ 66.Kb6 h4 67.Rh5 Rb4+ 68.Ka5 Rg4 69.Kb6 Rb4+ 70.Ka5 Rg4 71.Kb6 Rg6+ 72.Kb5 Rg4 1/2-1/2

The leader Magnus Carlsen was on the defensive against Veselin Topalov for virtually the whole game but he managed to hold the position without too many scares.

Topalov,V (2780) - Carlsen,M (2733) [C88]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 19.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Bd2 [13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Nh2 Ne8 15.Bd2 Nc7 16.Nf1 Kh8 17.Ng3 Nd4 18.Nce2 Nde6 19.b4 d5 20.bxc5 Bxc5 21.Bb4 Rfe8 22.Bxc5 Nxc5 23.Nc3 Rad8 24.Qh5 f6 25.d4 exd4 26.Nxd5 Re5 27.Qh4 Nxd5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Rxe5 fxe5 30.Bxd5 Qxd5 31.Re1 Ne6 32.Nf5 Nf4 33.Qg5 Rd7 34.Nh4 h6 35.Qg4 g5 36.Nf3 e4 37.Rxe4 Qxe4 38.Qxd7 d3 39.cxd3 Qxd3 40.Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qb7+ Kg8 42.Qxa6 Ne2+ 43.Kh2 Qe4 44.Qf6 Qf4+ 45.Qxf4 gxf4 46.g4 fxg3+ 47.fxg3 Nc3 48.Nd4 h5 49.h4 Kf7 50.Kh3 Kf6 51.g4 hxg4+ 52.Kxg4 Kg6 53.h5+ Kh7 54.Kh4 Kg8 55.h6 Kh7 56.Kh5 Ne4 57.Nxb5 Nf6+ 58.Kg5 Ne4+ 59.Kf5 Nc5 60.Ke5 Kxh6 61.Kd4 Na6 62.Kd5 Kg6 63.Nd4 Kf6 64.Kd6 Kf7 65.Ne6 1-0 Kasparov,G (2812)-Adams,M (2716)/Linares ESP 1999] 13...Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Ne2 d5 16.Ng3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Bc8 18.c3 Bc5 19.Qf3 Be6 20.Nf5 Rc8 21.Red1 Re8 22.cxd4 Bxd4 23.Be3 Bxf5 24.Qxf5 g6 25.Qf3 Qb6 26.Rd2 Kg7 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Re1 Qd6 29.g3 Re7 30.Qd3 Rce8 31.Qxd4 Qxd4 32.Rxd4 Nxe4 33.Kg2 f5 34.Rc1 Nf6 35.Rd6 Re2 36.Rc7+ R8e7 37.Rxe7+ Rxe7 38.Be6 Ne4 39.Rc6 a5 40.h4 Nd2 41.b3 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Rb6 Ne4 44.f3 Nc5 45.Bc4 Re3 46.Rc6 Nd3 47.Rc7+ Kh8 48.f4 Nb2 49.Bf7 Rxa3 50.h5 gxh5 51.Kh3 Nd3 52.Kh4 Nf2 53.Be6 Ne4 54.Bxf5 Nxg3 55.Bxh7 Re3 56.Kg5 1/2-1/2

Adams vs Mamedyarov. Photo © Mark Crowther

Michael Adams and Mamedyarov drew an interesting struggle. The final liquidation to King vs King was quite attractive.

Adams,Mi (2726) - Mamedyarov,S (2760) [C76]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 19.01.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Nh6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Bb3 Qe7 11.Re1 [11.a3 Nf7 12.Nbd2 0-0 13.Re1 Kh8 14.Nf1 Rae8 15.Ng3 Bg4 16.h3 Bc8 17.Ba4 Rd8 18.b4 Bd7 19.Bb3 Rde8 20.Qd2 Ra8 21.Rab1 Qe8 22.Nh2 Ncd8 23.c4 Ne6 24.d5 Ned8 25.c5 Rg8 26.Rbc1 Rc8 27.cxd6 Nxd6 28.Bd1 N8f7 29.Rc2 Qd8 30.Qc1 f5 31.exf5 Nxf5 32.Ne4 Nxe3 33.Qxe3 Bf5 34.Bf3 Nd6 35.Ng4 Rf8 36.Rc5 Qh4 37.Ng5 Bxg4 38.Bxg4 Nf5 39.Bxf5 Rxf5 40.Ne6 Qe7 41.Rec1 c6 42.dxc6 bxc6 43.Rxc6 Rxc6 44.Rxc6 h6 45.Nxg7 Kxg7 46.Rxa6 Rf7 47.Ra5 e4 48.Qd4+ Kh7 49.Ra8 Rg7 50.Qd8 Qxd8 51.Rxd8 Ra7 52.b5 1-0 Del Rio Angelis,S (2494)-Castillo Gallego,S (2208)/Mondariz ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 422] 11...Nf7 12.Nbd2 0-0 13.Bd5 Kh8 14.Qb3 Ncd8 15.Rad1 Rb8 16.Qa3 Be6 17.c4 exd4 18.Nxd4 c6 19.Bxe6 Nxe6 20.b4 Rbe8 21.Qc1 Ne5 22.N2b3 f5 23.exf5 gxf5 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Bf4 Qg6 26.Re3 Re7 27.h3 Rfe8 28.Kh1 Nf7 29.Red3 Re4 30.Na5 R8e7 31.b5 axb5 32.cxb5 c5 33.Nc4 Bd4 34.Be3 Bxe3 35.Rxe3 f4 36.Rxe4 Rxe4 37.Qc3+ Kg8 38.Qb3 f3 39.Rg1 Rg4 40.Ne3 fxg2+ 41.Kh2 Rb4 42.Qa3 Ng5 43.Qa8+ Kg7 44.Qxb7+ Qf7 45.Qxg2 h6 46.Nd5 Rb2 47.Rf1 Kh7 48.Kh1 Rxa2 49.Nc3 Rb2 50.Ne4 Rb3 51.Nxg5+

51...hxg5 52.f4 Qf5 53.fxg5 Qxh3+ 54.Qxh3+ Rxh3+ 55.Kg2 Rb3 56.Rd1 c4 57.Rxd6 Rxb5 58.g6+ Kg7 59.Rc6 c3 60.Rxc3 Rg5+ 61.Rg3 Rxg3+ 62.Kxg3 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 B-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 7 (January 19, 2008)
Movsesian, Sergei	- Stellwagen, Daniël	1-0	58	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Smeets, Jan	- Hou Yifan	0-1	58	C13	French Classical
L'Ami, Erwin	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	22	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Harikrishna, P	½-½	122	C72	Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz
Koneru, Humpy	- Krasenkow, Michal	1-0	94	A41	Modern Defence
Sargissian, Gabriel	- Cheparinov, Ivan	½-½	43	D77	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Spoelman, Wouter	- Short, Nigel D	½-½	20	C91	Ruy Lopez

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.	Movsesian, Sergei	g	SVK	2677	*	½	.	½	1	.	.	.	½	1	.	1	½	.	5	2806
2.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2700	½	*	1	.	½	.	½	½	.	1	.	.	.	1	5	2730
3.	Smeets, Jan	g	NED	2573	.	0	*	1	.	.	.	.	1	0	1	½	½	.	4	2696
4.	Harikrishna, P	g	IND	2664	½	.	0	*	½	½	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	1	4	2631
5.	Stellwagen, Daniël	g	NED	2625	0	½	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	1	4	2660
6.	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2645	.	.	.	½	½	*	1	.	.	0	½	.	1	½	4	2637
7.	L'Ami, Erwin	g	NED	2581	.	½	.	.	.	0	*	½	1	.	1	0	½	.	3½	2654
8.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2600	.	½	.	½	.	.	½	*	0	.	½	½	1	.	3½	2654
9.	Cheparinov, Ivan	g	BUL	2713	½	.	0	.	.	.	0	1	*	.	½	.	½	1	3½	2591
10.	Hou Yifan	wg	CHN	2527	0	0	1	0	½	1	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½	3	2565
11.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2612	.	.	0	.	.	½	0	½	½	.	*	1	½	.	3	2582
12.	Krasenkow, Michal	g	POL	2636	0	.	½	.	0	.	1	½	.	.	0	*	.	1	3	2534
13.	Sargissian, Gabriel	g	ARM	2676	½	.	½	.	.	0	½	0	½	.	½	.	*	.	2½	2526
14.	Spoelman, Wouter	m	NED	2424	.	0	.	0	0	½	.	.	0	½	.	0	.	*	1	2335

Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 C-Group 11th-27th January 2008
Round 7 (January 19, 2008)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Carlsson, Pontus	1-0	36	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Reinderman, Dimitri	- Van der Wiel, John	½-½	16	B56	Sicilian Defence
Grivas, Efstratios	- Braun, Arik	1-0	24	D11	Slav Defence
Negi, Parimarjan	- Krush, Irina	1-0	39	B66	Sicilian Rauzer
Van der Werf, Mark	- Ushenina, Anna	0-1	77	D39	QGD Ragozin
Peng Zhaoqin	- Nijboer, Friso	½-½	29	A88	Dutch Leningrad
Ruijgrok, Dennis	- Li Shilong	½-½	49	B56	Sicilian Defence

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	*	.	½	0	1	.	1	.	1	.	.	.	1	½	5	2633
2.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2598	.	*	½	½	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	0	1	1	5	2614
3.	Reinderman, Dimitri	g	NED	2533	½	½	*	½	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	½	.	1	4½	2592
4.	Grivas, Efstratios	g	GRE	2509	1	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	0	.	.	1	.	1	4½	2581
5.	Nijboer, Friso	g	NED	2578	0	.	.	.	*	0	1	.	.	1	1	1	½	.	4½	2598
6.	Van der Wiel, John	g	NED	2490	.	.	½	.	1	*	0	.	½	.	1	.	½	½	4	2521
7.	Negi, Parimarjan	g	IND	2526	0	.	.	.	0	1	*	0	.	1	1	1	.	.	4	2559
8.	Carlsson, Pontus	m	SWE	2501	.	0	0	½	.	.	1	*	½	.	.	.	½	1	3½	2477
9.	Van der Werf, Mark	m	NED	2389	0	0	.	1	.	½	.	½	*	1	0	.	.	.	3	2467
10.	Li Shilong	g	CHN	2502	.	.	.	.	0	.	0	.	0	*	1	1	½	½	3	2412
11.	Ushenina, Anna	m	UKR	2484	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	.	1	0	*	½	1	.	2½	2386
12.	Krush, Irina	m	USA	2473	.	1	½	0	0	.	0	.	.	0	½	*	.	.	2	2374
13.	Peng Zhaoqin	g	NED	2461	0	0	.	.	½	½	.	½	.	½	0	.	*	.	2	2369
14.	Ruijgrok, Dennis		NED	2329	½	0	0	0	.	½	.	0	.	½	.	.	.	*	1½	2294