GM Radjabov (2761) – GM Dominguez (2717) [A33]Corus A (8), 25.01.2009 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4 0–0 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.Bd3 Ng4 10.Nb5 Qb8 11.Bg5 d5 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.exd5 exd5 14.0–0 Game...
Corus standings after 7 rounds
Standings after 7 rounds: Corus A 1. S. Karjakin, S. Movsesian 4½3. L. Aronian, L. Dominguez, T. Radjabov 46. M. Carlsen, L. van Wely, G. Kamsky, M. Adams, J. Smeets 3½11. D. Stellwagen 312. V. Ivanchuk, A. Morozevich, Y....
Corus round 7 results
Corus A V. Ivanchuk – S. Movsesian 0-1S. Karjakin – L. Aronian ½-½L. van Wely – M. Carlsen ½-½G. Kamsky – D. Stellwagen ½-½M. Adams – T. Radjabov ½-½L. Dominguez – Y. Wang ½-½A. Morozevich – J. Smeets 1-0...
Missed opportunity?
Can you find where Kamsky went wrong? GM Kamsky (2725) – GM Stellwagen (2612) [B47]Corus A (7), 24.01.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 0–0 11.Kh1...
The legend strikes in Corus
Photo by Fred Lucas for Corus Chess GM Mecking (2567) – GM Sasikiran (2711) [D45]Corus B (7), 24.01.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0–0 Be6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Rd1...
Morozevich finally scores
GM Morozevich (2771) – GM Smeets (2601) [D11]Corus A (7), 24.01.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 g5 9.Nf3 h6 10.g4 Bg6 11.h4 Qxb3 12.axb3 Rg8 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.c5 Nxg4...
Ivanchuk loses to Movsesian
GM Ivanchuk (2779) – GM Movsesian (2751) [B80]Corus A (7), 24.01.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f4 Bd7 8.Be2 Be7 9.Ndb5 Qb8 10.a4 0–0 11.0–0 Rd8 12.Kh1 Nb4 13.Bf3 e5 14.Qe2 Bc6...
Gupta tames the Tiger
Abhijeet shocks Persson NEW DELHI: World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta surprised overnight leader Sweden’s Tiger Hillarp Persson to reach the joint fourth spot in Group ‘C’ of the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee, in the Netherlands, on...
Karjakin leads Corus A, So clear 1st in Corus C
Standings after 6 rounds: Corus A 1. S. Karjakin 42. L. Aronian, L. Dominguez, J. Smeets, T. Radjabov, S. Movsesian 3½7. M. Carlsen, L. van Wely, G. Kamsky, M. Adams 311. D. Stellwagen, V. Ivanchuk 2½13. Y. Wang 214....
Complete Corus round 6 results
Round 6 results: Corus A M. Carlsen – S. Karjakin ½-½S. Movsesian – A. Morozevich 1-0J. Smeets – L. Dominguez ½-½Y. Wang – M. Adams 0-1T. Radjabov – G. Kamsky 1-0D. Stellwagen – L. van Wely ½-½L. Aronian –...