Final position GM Anand (2799) – GM Leko (2753) [C84]23.01.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Bd2 b4 10.c3 0–0 11.h3 Rb8 12.Bc4 Qc8 13.Re1 Be6 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15.d4...
Corus Round 10 Pairings
What is your prediction? Group A L. van Wely – M. CarlsenV. Anand – P. LekoV. Kramnik – B. GelfandT. Radjabov – V. TopalovS. Mamedyarov – J. PolgarP. Eljanov – V. IvanchukM. Adams – L. Aronian Group B N....
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Round 9 game between Topalov and Kramnik. Picture by Frits Agterdenbos at www.chessvista.com Keep it clean please 🙂 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Full Corus standings after 9 rounds
What have been some of the biggest surprises in all 3 groups so far? Standings after 9 rounds: Group A 1. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 5½3. V. Kramnik, T. Radjabov, M. Adams, V. Anand 57. S. Mamedyarov, V. Ivanchuk,...
Spoelman scores 1st Corus win
Final position GM Smeets (2573) – IM Spoelman (2424) [B51]22.01.2008Corus Group B 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.0–0 Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 g6 10.Na3 Bg7 11.Nc2 Nd7 12.Rd1 0–0 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4...
Special games from Corus
GM Cheparinov (2713) – GM Krasenkow (2636) [D31]22.01.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Bd6 b6 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.0–0 Rd8 12.Qd2 c5 13.Rad1 Nb4 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bd3 Qg4 16.h3...
No handshake, no big deal
According to the official website, there was no handshake between Topalov and Kramnik. Since neither offered, they did not have to. In addition, it was reported that the novelty 12.Nxf7 was prepared by GM Cheparinov, Topalov’s second, as far...
Leko defeats Corus leader Carlsen
Final position GM Leko (2753) – GM Carlsen (2733) [C95]22.01.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3...
Incredible action: Topalov 1-0 Kramnik
Position after 21…b4 GM Topalov (2780) – GM Kramnik (2799) [D43]22.01.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Ke7...
Hot and heavy action in Corus – LIVE results
Round 9 Group AM. Adams 1-0 L. van WelyL. Aronian 1/2 P. EljanovV. Ivanchuk 1/2 S. MamedyarovJ. Polgar 1/2 T. RadjabovV. Topalov 1-0 V. KramnikB. Gelfand 1/2 V. AnandP. Leko 1-0 M. Carlsen Group B S. Movsesian 1/2 N....