Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website
The young phenom Anish Giri has been on a tear since the start of Corus. This round, he suffers his first defeat against Anna Muzychuk, the world’s #7 active female player. He still leads Corus B.
(1) Muzychuk, A (2523) – Giri, A (2588) [B51]
Corus C (9), 26.01.2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.c4 Bg4 8.Nc3 e6 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nd2 Be7 11.h3 e5 12.Qb6 Qxb6 13.Bxb6 Be6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Bd8 16.Bxd8 Kxd8 17.Rc1 b5 18.Ke2 Kd7 19.Rc6 Rhc8 20.Rhc1 Rxc6 21.Rxc6 Ng8 22.a4 Ne7 23.Rb6 Kc7 24.a5 Ra7 25.Nf3 f6 26.Ne1 Nc8 27.Rc6+ Kd7 28.Nd3 Ne7 29.Rc3 f5 30.f3 f4 31.Kf2 Ra8 32.h4 g6 33.g3 fxg3+ 34.Kxg3 g5 35.hxg5 Rg8 36.Kh4 h6 37.gxh6 Rg1 38.Rc1 Rg6 39.f4 Rxh6+ 40.Kg3 exf4+ 41.Nxf4 Ng6 42.Ne6 Ke7 43.Nd4 Kf6 44.Nf5 Rh5 45.Rc8 Rg5+ 46.Kf3 Rg1 47.Nxd6 Rb1 48.Re8 Rxb2 49.Re6+ Kg5 50.Nf7+ Kh5 51.Ke3 Rb3+ 52.Kd4 Rb4+ 53.Kc5 Rc4+ 54.Kb6 b4 55.Rxg6 White wins 1–0
　
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I am sure she distracted him. Probably with these weird gloves. Also, was 17… b5 really necessary?! Sure it prevents white’s knight hopping to c4 (and threatening b6, d6), however, the hole on c6 is just terrible. Do not have a computer (other than this one at work) but 17… Rc8 instead looked much healthier. Anyway, this way it remains exciting in Group B.
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Susan Um not crazy like Fischer trying to give women a whole horse, but i will play one blindfold any day, just to avoid the “medussa trick”. Anyone but lil sister she gunna beat me up,so ill take extra turns like kasparov.
Hehehe…sweeet Anjuska seems to be a very good chess player.I remember when she crushed Humpy Koneru too.
This round was full of surprises. Carlsen, Giri, Robson, Nakamura all lost their games! Who would expect that…
It is possible that she “vamped” the poor boy. Batted those eyelashes or just smiled sweetly at him, with a stupifying result.
What is certain is that she played better. Allowing her rook to penetrate was a strange mistake.
Given his great results so far, he might understandably have gotten sort of overconfident, or just had an off day.
Forget that Muzychuk is a girl. It’s incredible that Giri was stopped by a 2523 IM, after handling much higher-rated players with relative ease.
What is with the gloves tipped with chess piece suppositories?