Standings after 5 rounds: Group A 1. T. Radjabov, L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 3½ (+2)4. V. Kramnik, J. Polgar 3 (+1)6. S. Mamedyarov, M. Adams, V. Ivanchuk, P. Leko, L. van Wely 2½11. V. TopalovV. Anand 2 (-1)13. P....
An incredible ending in the Topalov-Gelfand game
Final position after 24.f4! GM Topalov (2780) – GM Gelfand (2737) [C42]17.01.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 0–0 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Re3 Qd7 14.h3...
Early results of Corus round 5
GM Aronian (2739) – GM Anand (2799) [D43]17.01.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.e3 b5 9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 cxb5 11.Nxb5 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 0–0 13.Be2 Nd7 14.0–0 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 a5 16.Nd2...
Corus resumes
Round 5 Pairings Group A S. Mamedyarov – L. van WelyP. Eljanov – T. RadjabovM. Adams – V. KramnikL. Aronian – V. AnandV. Ivanchuk – M. CarlsenJ. Polgar – P. LekoV. Topalov – B. Gelfand Group B D. Stellwagen...
Corus after 4 rounds
Photo by Frits Agterdenbos of ChessVista.com Standings after round 4: Group A 1. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 33. V. Kramnik, T. Radjabov, J. Polgar, L. van Wely 2½7. M. Adams, V. Ivanchuk, P. Leko 210. S. Mamedyarov, V. Anand...
Photos from Corus by Fabrice
Picture by Fabrice W. There are many more current pictures from Corus by Fabrice here. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Tornado Braun in Corus Group C
After 4 rounds, German IM Braun is 4-0 in Corus Group C. His performance rating so far is 3288!! He is 1/2 point ahead of Fabiano Caruana who is performing at only 2766. http://www.coruschess.com/ Chess Daily News from Susan...
Judit’s press conference after round 4
Peter D. from Chess Vibes just sent me the following clip of my sister’s press conference after the win today. Click here to view it. Special thanks to Peter and Chess Vibes. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Corus full standings after 4 rounds
Standings after 4 rounds: Group A 1. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 33. V. Kramnik, T. Radjabov, J. Polgar, L. van Wely 2½7. M. Adams, V. Ivanchuk, P. Leko 210. S. Mamedyarov, V. Anand 1½12. P. Eljanov, V. Topalov, B....
Topalov loses, Kramnik wins
GM van Wely (2681) – GM Topalov (2780) [A40]Corus, 15.01.2008 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 a6 8.h3 Ne7 9.0–0 h6 10.Re1 0–0 11.a4 g5 12.Nbd2 Nd7 13.Nc4 Nf6 14.Bd2 Rb8 15.Bc3...