After a few tough rounds, Robson is back on the right track today by beating GM Lie with the Black pieces. Unfortunately, group C leader Li Chao also won so it would be nearly impossible to make up 1.5...
All or nothing
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Wesley So was trailing Anish Giri by 1 point. They faced each other in round 11. A win by So with the White pieces would give him a share of...
Standing tall against the Rock
Leinier Dominguez, the best Cuban player since Capablanca, is an extremely solid player. He is a rock. He rarely loses and he also did not lose a single game in the first 10 rounds of Corus. But that changed...
Corus round 11
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Round 11 matchups: Group A J. Smeets – V. Anand L. van Wely – S. Tiviakov N. Short – F. Caruana H. Nakamura – P. Leko M. Carlsen – L....
Chessvibes Corus Video – rd 10
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Chessvibes Corus Video – rd 9
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Can Carlsen and Shirov catch Kramnik?
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website With just 3 rounds to go, Carlsen and Shirov are trailing Kramnik by just 1/2 point. Magnus will have White against Dominguez, Black against Leko, and White against Caruana. Shirov...
Moving up the chart
Wesley So defeats Finn in Corus chessabs-cbnNEWS.com 01/28/2010 12:53 PM MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So turned back Finnish GM Tomi Nyback after 46 moves of Slav defense using the disadvantageous black pieces to create a 3-way...
Taking charge down the stretch
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website After an incredible 5-0 start, Shirov has relinquished his lead after a loss to Anand in this round. In the mean time, Kramnik has been very steady and he has...
Karjakin 0-1 Carlsen
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Karjakin, S (2720) – Carlsen, M (2810) [C11]Corus A (10), 27.01.2010 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Be2 a6 10.0–0...