Photo by MonRoi Round 6 top board results: 1 GM Gustafsson, Jan 4.5 GER 2627 GM Adams, Michael 4.5 ENG 2694 ½-½ 2 GM Bacrot, Etienne 4.0 FRA 2713 GM Felgaer, Ruben 4.0 ARG 2591 ½-½ 3 GM Speelman,...
Corus Final Standings
Group A 1. M. Carlsen 8½ 2. A. ShirovV. Kramnik 8 4. H. NakamuraV. Anand 7½ 6. S. KarjakinV. Ivanchuk 7 8. L. DominguezP. Leko 6½ 10. F. Caruana 5½ 11. L. van WelyN. Short 5 13. S. TiviakovJ....
Peaceful ending
Anand crushes KramnikStaff ReporterNEW DELHI, January 31, 2010 World champion and five-time winner Viswanathan Anand finished fourth in the 72nd Corus chess tournament after playing out a 39-move draw with Dutchman Leok van Wely in the 13th and final...
Corus final round results
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Group A L. van Wely – V. Anand ½-½ N. Short – J. Smeets ½-½ H. Nakamura – S. Tiviakov 1-0 M. Carlsen – F. Caruana ½-½ V. Ivanchuk –...
It doesn’t compute
Doesn’t computeBy ANDY SOLTISLast Updated: 8:26 AM, January 31, 2010Posted: 12:51 AM, January 31, 2010 It’s been four years since a top grandmaster dared cross pawns with a strong computer — and it’s not likely to happen again. Garry...
Carlsen wins Corus by a hair
Shortly before the end of this game, there were moments when many thought that Carlsen has thrown away the Corus title. Kramnik drew early so he has 8 points. Shirov had a winning position and if he had converted...
Inexplicable!
Kramnik drew early. Magnus has a very difficult position against Caruana. And Shirov has a COMPLETELY winning position against Dominguez. But….they agreed to a draw. Shirov (2723) – Dominguez (2712) [B94]Corus A (13), 31.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4...
Kramnik 1/2 Karjakin
Final position Kramnik,V (2788) – Karjakin,S (2720) [E15]Corus A (13), 31.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 Ne8 14.g4 Nc6...
Big money and excellent conditions
Eighth Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010Tues 26 Jan – Thurs 4 Feb 2010PRESS RELEASE (CHESS) 30 January 2010ADAMS AND GUSTAFSSON TAKE THE LEAD The leadership was whittled down from ten to two players as the top five boards fought for...