There are a number of exciting game in Corus right now. Aronian just defeated Tiviakov to join Topalov and Radjabov for 1st place. Svidler, who got a gift from Topalov, lost his last 2 games. Today he lost to...
Corus Final Round LIVE Blogging
Radjabov, T – Topalov, V [E08]Corus 2007, 28.01.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 a5 10.Rd1 (We are still in theories so far. Black now has 3 main...
The Final Showdown at Corus
Round 13 – Sunday the 28th T. Radjabov (8) – V. Topalov (8)L. Aronian (7.5) – S. Tiviakov (5) P. Svidler (7) – S. Karjakin (5.5)V. Kramnik (7) – L. van Wely (5)V. Anand (7) – D. Navara (6)...
Complete games of Corus round 12
Topalov, V (2783) – Kramnik, V (2766) [D37]Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 27.01.20071.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.0-0-0 Be7 11.h4 Rd8 12.Nd2 dxc4 13.Nxc4...
The toiletgate affairs refuse to die as more accusations coming
With one round left to go, the toiletgate affairs just won’t go away. Now new allegations against Topalov are coming from a German source. This was just published by ChessBase (www.chessbase.com): “For over a year rumours have persisted that...
Big day in Corus
Painting by my sister Sofia With just two rounds to go, the importance of each game magnifies by ten fold. Coming to round 12, Topalov lead a just 1/2 point with 3 players lurking closed behind: Group A after...
The big drama!
Current standings with 2 rounds to go: Group A1. V. Topalov 7½2-4. L. Aronian, P. Svidler, T. Radjabov 75-6. V. Anand, V. Kramnik 6½7. R. Ponomariov 5½8-9. S. Karjakin, D. Navara 510-11. S. Tiviakov, A. Motylev 4½12. L. van...