Here are the results I have so far as of 11:30 am (Texas time) based on my source in Wijk aan Zee. I am unable to access the Corus website (perhaps they have technical difficulties?). I will update the...
Corus round 10 matchups
Can Nakamura, Carlsen, Giri and Robson bounce back in round 10? Here are the matchups for round 10: Group A V. Anand – A. Shirov V. Kramnik – V. Ivanchuk S. Karjakin – M. Carlsen L. Dominguez – H....
Threw away an excellent chance to win
So blows chance to win, settles for draw with Sutovsky01/27/2010 01:18 PMGMANews.TV WIJK AAN ZEE, Netherlands – GM Wesley So of the Philippines threw away an excellent chance to win for the third time in four games when he...
Caught!
After defeating Nakamura and Carlsen, Kramnik has quietly caught Shirov for the overall lead. In group B, Giri still maintains a 1/2 point lead in spite of his loss today to Muzychuk. Chao has taken over the lead by...
Movement in the standings after 9 rounds
Corus round 9 results Group A S. Tiviakov – V. Anand ½-½ J. Smeets – F. Caruana 1-0 L. van Wely – P. Leko 1-0 N. Short – L. Dominguez ½-½ H. Nakamura – S. Karjakin 0-1 M. Carlsen...
Double Dutch Treat
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Smeets, J (2657) – Caruana, F (2675) [B41]Corus A (9), 26.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 0–0 8.e5 Ne8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2...
Poison Beauty
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website The young phenom Anish Giri has been on a tear since the start of Corus. This round, he suffers his first defeat against Anna Muzychuk, the world’s #7 active female...
Another major “temporary” setback for Nakamura
Nakamura faced another major setback in round 9. He lost to Karjakin, a major rival since his teenage years. But I have no doubt that Hikaru will continue to play aggressively the rest of the way. It is not...
Big move by Kramnik
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Carlsen, M (2810) – Kramnik, V (2788) [E04]Corus A (9), 26.01.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Nc3 0–0 8.a3 Be7 9.Qa4 c6 10.Qxc4...
Tough day in the office
Chao, L (2604) – Robson, R (2570) [B77]Corus C (9), 26.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0–0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 h5 12.0–0–0 Rc8 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5...