Photo by Fred Lucas for Corus Chess Standings with one round to go: Corus A 1. M. Carlsen, L. Aronian, S. Karjakin, L. Dominguez, T. Radjabov, S. Movsesian 77. G. Kamsky 68. V. Ivanchuk, L. van Wely, J. Smeets...
All decisive results in Corus C
Round 12 results: Corus A M. Carlsen – J. Smeets 1-0S. Karjakin – M. Adams 1-0S. Movsesian – T. Radjabov ½-½D. Stellwagen – Y. Wang ½-½L. Aronian – A. Morozevich ½-½V. Ivanchuk – L. Dominguez ½-½L. van Wely –...
Saturday tactic
It’s Black to move. How should Black proceed?Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Saturday Open Forum
With one round to go, M. Carlsen, L. Aronian, S. Karjakin, L. Dominguez, T. Radjabov, and S. Movsesian are tied for 1st in the A group. In the B group, Kasimdzhanov won and has a chance to either catch...
Carlsen wins to share top spot
GM Carlsen (2776) – GM Smeets (2601) [A11]Corus A (12), 31.01.2009 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.d4 0–0 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Ne5 Bf6 14.Bf4 g6...
Karjakin wins, joins leaders
GM Karjakin (2706) – GM Adams (2712) [C92]Corus A (12), 31.01.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 Na5 13.Bc2 b4 14.cxb4 Nc6...
Yifan takes out another 2700
GM Hou (2571) – GM Vallejo (2702) [B30]Corus B (12), 31.01.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 g6 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.h3 Nh6 8.g4 Bg7 9.d3 f5 10.exf6 exf6 11.Qe2+ Kf7 12.Be3 Re8 13.0–0–0 Kg8 14.d4 cxd4...
So tames the Tiger in critical round 12
GM Persson (2586) – GM So (2627) [D11]Corus C (12), 31.01.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Qc7 8.Nc3 e6 9.a4 Nbd7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.a5 Nb8 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Ke2 Bd6 14.Na4 0–0...
Things that make you go hmmm
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