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...
The Final Corus Showdown
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website It will come down to the final round in the A group. All top 3 leaders have White in the final game. Carlsen will have White against Caruana. Shirov will...
Corus standings after 12
In group A, 4 players still mathematically have chances to win the tournament. In group B, Giri already secured at least a tie for 1st. If he can draw Negi with Black in the final round, he will earn...
Corus round 12
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official website Here are the results of round 12 so far: Group A V. Anand – V. Kramnik 1-0 S. Karjakin – A. Shirov ½-½ L. Dominguez – V. Ivanchuk ½-½ P. Leko...
Karjakin 1/2 Shirov
Karjakin (2720) – Shirov (2723) [C78]Corus A (12), 30.01.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 0–0 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Bc2 exd4 14.Nbxd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Bxf3...
Hard fought draw
Final position Leko (2739) – Carlsen (2810) [B90]Corus A (12), 30.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.0–0–0 0–0 13.Bc4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6...
Corus critical round 12
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Kramnik and Carlsen are tied for 1st. Shirov is only 1/2 point behind them. Magnus will have Black against Leko, and White against Caruana. Shirov will have Black against Karjakin,...
Neck and neck down the stretch
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Standings after 11 rounds Group A 1. M. CarlsenV. Kramnik 7½ 3. A. Shirov 7 4. S. KarjakinH. NakamuraV. IvanchukV. Anand 6 8. L. DominguezP. Leko 5½ 10. F. CaruanaL....
Valiant run ends
WESLEY’S RUN IN CORUS B CHESS ENDS AFTER LOSS TO GIRIBy Marlon BernardinoPhilBoxing.comSat, 30 Jan 2010 MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Wesley Barbasa So’s astounding run in the ongoing 72nd Corus International Chess Championship came to an end after the Filipino...
Back in business
With a win today over Dominguez, Carlsen is back in a tie for the lead with Kramnik. Here are round 11 results: Group A J. Smeets – V. Anand ½-½ L. van Wely – S. Tiviakov 1-0 N. Short...