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Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2008

Aronian, Carlsen and Corus director Marjan Oudeman at the closing ceremony.
Aronian, Carlsen and Corus director Marjan Oudeman at the closing ceremony. Photo © Frits Agterdenbos: http://www.chessvista.com/



The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 took place 11th-27th January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee. The tournament venue was the De Moriaan Community Centre. Levon Aronian shared first place for the second year in a row. 17 year old Magnus Carlsen was joint first having made his breakthrough in the C-Group in only 2004.

Official site: http://www.coruschess.com

PGN

A-Group in PGN - B-Group in PGN - C-Group in PGN - Honorary-Group in PGN

Comments, Notes, Photos and Annotations

Round 13 [Comments by Mark Crowther and Malcolm Pein]
Round 12 [Comments by Mark Crowther and Malcolm Pein]
Round 11 [Comments by Mark Crowther and Malcolm Pein]
Round 10 [Comments and Photos Mark Crowther]
Round 9 [Comments and Photos Mark Crowther]
Round 8 Group B. Short - Cheparinov Controversy[Comments and Photos Mark Crowther]
Round 8 [Comments and Photos Mark Crowther]
Round 7 [Comments and Photos Mark Crowther]
Round 6 [Comments and Photos Mark Crowther]
Round 5 [Comments and Photos Mark Crowther]
Round 4 [Very Brief Comments Mark Crowther. Gelfand-Polgar Annotated by Malcolm Pein]
Round 3 [Comments Mark Crowther]
Round 2 [Comments Mark Crowther, Photos and brief notes Michiel Abeln and IM Malcolm Pein]
Round 1 [Comments Mark Crowther, Photos and brief notes Michiel Abeln - Annotation Malcolm Pein]

Corus-70 composing tourney 2007-2008

Amongst the special events celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Corus Chess Tournament, stands out the International composing tourney for endgame studies. A turnout of 151 entries submitted by 90 composers from 29 countries, makes it one of the biggest composing events ever. Especially successful was Yuri Bazlov from Vladivostok who shared the top honours and won the third prize too. Previously he also won the "Study of the Year" award for the years 2005 and 2006. As appreciation to his outstanding achievements the organizing committee has decided to invite Mr. Bazlov as a special guest of the Corus tournament next year. News: Yochanan Afek.

PDF File - PGN file

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. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2739 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 2829
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2733 ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 8 2830
3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2799 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½ 2794
4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2735 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 2799
5. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2753 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 2770
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2751 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 2770
7. Adams, Michael g ENG 2726 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2743
8. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ 2737
9. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2780 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 1 6 2710
10. Polgar, Judit g HUN 2707 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 6 2716
11. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2760 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 6 2711
12. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2692 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ * ½ 0 5 2659
13. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2681 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 5 2660
14. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2737 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 5 2655


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 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9½ 2788
2. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2645 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ 2726
3. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2700 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8½ 2721
4. Harikrishna, P g IND 2664 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ 2671
5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2600 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2648
6. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2713 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2610
7. L'Ami, Erwin g NED 2581 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 6 2591
8. Smeets, Jan g NED 2573 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 6 2592
9. Hou Yifan wg CHN 2527 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 2596
10. Stellwagen, Daniël g NED 2625 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 6 2588
11. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2612 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 5½ 2561
12. Sargissian, Gabriel g ARM 2676 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 5 2526
13. Krasenkow, Michal g POL 2636 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 * 1 5 2529
14. Spoelman, Wouter m NED 2424 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 * 4 2492


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. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2598 * ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 10.0 2696
2. Reinderman, Dimitri g NED 2533 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8.0 2577
3. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2526 0 ½ * 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8.0 2578
4. Carlsson, Pontus m SWE 2501 0 0 1 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7.5 2549
5. Krush, Irina m USA 2473 1 ½ 0 1 * 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 7.0 2524
6. Braun, Arik m GER 2536 0 ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 7.0 2519
7. Van der Wiel, John g NED 2490 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7.0 2522
8. Nijboer, Friso g NED 2578 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7.0 2516
9. Van der Werf, Mark m NED 2389 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 6.5 2501
10. Li Shilong g CHN 2502 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 6.0 2463
11. Grivas, Efstratios g GRE 2509 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 0 1 6.0 2463
12. Peng Zhaoqin g NED 2461 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 4.5 2386
13. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2484 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * 1 4.5 2384
14. Ruijgrok, Dennis NED 2329 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 2.0 2210


Corus Honorary Wijk aan Zee (NED), 19-26 i 2008 cat. XIII (2560)
1 2 3 4
1. Ljubojevic, Ljubomir g SRB 2543 * * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 4 2690
2. Timman, Jan H g NED 2561 1 0 * * ½ 1 ½ 0 3 2559
3. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2605 ½ 0 ½ 0 * * 1 1 3 2544
4. Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2530 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 * * 2 2444


Fred Lucas takes many photos at the event: http://www.fredlucas.eu. Frits Agterdenbos has daily photo reports: http://www.chessvista.com/. Commentary: http://www.chessdom.com/. Chess Videos: http://www.chessvibes.com/. http://www.chessclub.com/ has daily live coverage and also John Watson interviews Wijk tournament director Jeroen van den Berg on his Book show. Direct link - Etienne Bacrot annotates his own games: http://www.chess22.fr/ - Ian Rogers blogging from Wijk: http://main.uschess.org/ - John Lee Shaw on the spot: http://www.chessgateway.com/ - Europe Echecs has videos: http://www.europe-echecs.com/


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