Fabiano is closing in on the Corus C title by defeating Ushenina today. He has made incredible progress in the past few years. I am looking forward to seeing him compete in super events soon. GM Caruana (2598) –...
Aronian takes sole lead in Corus A with 2 to go
Group A – Round 11 results: L. Aronian 1-0 L. van WelyV. Ivanchuk 1/2 M. AdamsJ. Polgar 0-1 P. EljanovV. Topalov 1/2 S. MamedyarovB. Gelfand 0-1 T. RadjabovP. Leko 1/2 V. KramnikM. Carlsen 0-1 V. Anand Chess Daily News...
Wild and crazy stuff in the Carlsen 0-1 Anand game
Position after 30…gxf5 GM Carlsen (2733) – GM Anand (2799) [B84]25.01.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Be3 0–0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Bf8 14.Qf2 Bd7...
Fireworks ended in a draw
Final position GM Leko (2753) – GM Kramnik (2799) [C42]25.01.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0–0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0–0–0 Nc5 10.Be3 c6 11.Bxc5 dxc5 12.Qf4 Qa5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.a3 Bf6 15.h4...
Corus round 11 matchups
Artwork by Gabor Matchups for round 11. Your prediction? Group A L. Aronian – L. van WelyV. Ivanchuk – M. AdamsJ. Polgar – P. EljanovV. Topalov – S. MamedyarovB. Gelfand – T. RadjabovP. Leko – V. KramnikM. Carlsen –...
Full Corus standings after 10 rounds
Can Carlsen and Caruana hold on to their 1/2 point lead with 3 rounds to go? Standings after 10 rounds: Group A 1. M. Carlsen 6½2. L. Aronian 63. V. Kramnik, T. Radjabov, M. Adams, V. Ivanchuk, V. Anand...
Full Corus Round 10 Results
Result chart from ICC Van Wely lost a completely winning position against Carlsen. Ivanchuk played a nice and consistent game to beat Eljanov. Short is rejuvenated after the no hand shake incident and he won again. Group B leader...
A devastating loss for Van Wely
Position after 32…Qb1 White had a completely winning position. This has to be a very painful loss. GM Van Wely (2681) – GM Carlsen (2733) [A58]23.01.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3...
The evergreen Korchnoi strikes again
GM Portisch (2530) – GM Korchnoi (2605) [A90]Corus – 23.01.2008 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.0–0 Nc6 8.b3 0–0 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.Rad1 a5 12.a3 Be8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bg6 15.Nxe4...
Judit and the French!
GM Mamedyarov (2760) – GM J.Polgar (2707) [C10]23.01.2008Corus Group A – Round 10 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Rb8 7.Ne2 Bb7 8.0–0 Ngf6 9.N2c3 Be7 10.Re1 0–0 11.Bf4 b5 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Bxb7 Rxb7...