Picture by Frits Agterdenbos
Here are the participants in Corus Group C. Who will win and move up to group B next year? How will the young phenoms Hou Yifan and Parimarjan Negi do?
Title – Name – Country – Rating – World Ranking
GM Michal Krasenkow POL 2651 55
IM Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS 2587 181
GM Emanuel Berg SWE 2586 187
GM Parimarjan Negi IND 2538 402
GM John van der Wiel NED 2511 615
WFM Hou Yifan CHN 2509 635
GM Stellan Brynell SWE 2501 701
IM Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS 2496 743
GM Zhaoqin Peng NED 2431 1546
GM Harmen Jonkman NED 2425 1643
IM Wouter Spoelman NED 2414 1911
IM Thomas Willemze NED 2393 2472
IM Edwin van Haastert NED 2391 2524
IM Manuel Bosboom NED 2375 2954
Here is the official website.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Sometimes I’d like to see the old
guys do well, like van der Wiel.
But of course a realistic bet can
only be one of the two top seeds.
Nepom… is also still quite young
(16 I think), and Krasenkov has a
lot of experience from top events
he used to play.
anonymous2
I’m not sure about Negi but Hou YiFan showed she isn’t fazed by playing on a big stage (see last women’s olympiad) – she’ll probably do well.
corus 2007 is the biggest event
I am amazed that Krasenkow is in the C group.
Surely anything but a top spot will be a dissappointment for him.
My guess is that Ian N…, is going to win this!
I don’t understand why a 2651 rated and very experienced GM is included in this group. It is not fair with the other players or even with himself if he doesn’t win…
Ian Nepomnyashiy will win the C group with a huge ‘+’. Krasenkow will take 2nd behind him. Hou Yifan and Negi will both remain around the ‘=’ mark but Hou will place higher than Negi.