The 71st Corus Chess tournament will be held from 16 January – 1 February 2009 in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. Group A GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2779 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2776 GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2771 GM Teymour...
Corus A Players’ Profiles
Aviv on Chess – Players Profiles – GM Group Name: Alexander MorozevichDate of Birth: 18/07/1977Country: RussiaWorld Ranking: 2Rating: 2787 The Muscovite crowd-pleaser is making his return to Corus A after a 3-year hiatus – he finished next to last...
Corus’ Stats
Number Of Tournament Victories Name 5 Anand, Viswanathan 4 Euwe, Max 4 Korchnoi, Viktor 4 Portisch, Lajos 3 Donner, Johannes 3 Geller, Efim 3 Kasparov, Garry 3 Nunn, John D.M. 2 Aronian, Levon 2 Karpov, Anatoly 2 Larsen, Bent...
Profile of Corus B players
Aviv on Chess – Players Profiles – GM Group B Name: Fabiano CaruanaDate of Birth: 30/07/1992Country: ItalyWorld Ranking: 87Rating: 2640 US born Fabiano (who also holds an Italian citizenship) left America for Europe in search of a more saturated...
The big one coming up
Top Grand Slam event is about to start Anand and Kramnik will not be present at this year’s Corus edition. Topalov will also skip the event. However, this year’s Corus will again be a top Grand Slam event with...
Corus fields set
Participants grandmaster group A Name Country Rating Position GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2787 2GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2786 3-4GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2786 3-4GM Levon Aronian ARM 2757 7GM Teymour Radjabov AZE 2751 8GM Wang Yue CHN 2736 11GM...
GM Iturrizaga shines at ICC Corus online
Info by ICC and TWIC Corus Internet Qualifier ICC (INT), 1-9 xi 2008 ¤ 1/8 Final 1/4 Final 1/2 Final Final 116 GM Alexander Fier (BRA, 2581) 1.5FM Graham Morrison (SCO, 2328) 0.5 GM Fier 1.5IM Mekhitarian 0.5 GM...
Europe vs. South America
Corus Final-4: Europe vs. South America We’re set for an intriguing Europe vs. South America all-grandmaster final four of the Corus tournament this weekend on the Internet Chess Club – a unique satellite qualifier for the 2009 ‘C’ Group...
2009 Corus Super Tournament
News – Carlsen, Ivanchuk and Morozevich favourites in 71st Corus Chess TournamentNovember 6 2008 – Corus Chess Press 17-year-old Magnus Carlsen is one of the favourites to win the 71st edition of the Corus Chess Tournament, together with routiniers...
No to Corus to focus on recapturing the WC title
According to our friends at Chessdom, former World Champion Veselin Topalov will skip Corus, citing World Championship as his top priority. Veselin Topalov rejected the invitation to participate at the next Corus Chess Tournament that is starting on January,...