Wesley So secures back-to-back wins in Corus chess tourneyabs-cbnNEWS.com 01/24/2010 7:47 PM MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So scored back-to-back wins after beating Dutch GM Dimitri Reinderman in the 72nd Corus International Chess Championship Group B at...
Can the leaders rebound in round 8?
Corus round 8 pairings: Group A V. Anand – V. Ivanchuk A. Shirov – M. Carlsen V. Kramnik – H. Nakamura S. Karjakin – N. Short L. Dominguez – L. van Wely P. Leko – J. Smeets F. Caruana...
Corus standings tighten up after 7
Group A 1. A. Shirov 5½2. H. Nakamura, M. Carlsen 54. V. Kramnik 4½5. L. Dominguez, V. Ivanchuk 47. S. Karjakin, P. Leko, V. Anand 3½10. F. Caruana, S. Tiviakov, N. Short 2½13. J. Smeets, L. van Wely 1½...
Corus round 7 selected games
Carlsen (2810) – Ivanchuk (2749) [D10]Corus A (7), 23.01.2010 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.Bd3 Be6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Nge2 c5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.e4 Be6 12.Qxc5 Nc6 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Qa3 0–0 15.Rd1 Nxd4...
Nakamura stops Shirov
Photo courtesy of the official website Carlsen and Nakamura both win today to pull within 1/2 point of Shirov. So wins back to back game after 5 straight draws to start the tournament. In group C, both Robson and...
Corus round 7
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Round 7 matchups: Group A F. Caruana – V. Anand S. Tiviakov – P. Leko J. Smeets – L. Dominguez L. van Wely – S. Karjakin N. Short – V....
Corus standings after 6
Group A 1. A. Shirov 5½ 2. H. Nakamura M. Carlsen V. Ivanchuk V. Kramnik 4.0 6. L. Dominguez 3½ 7. S. Karjakin P. Leko V. Anand 3.0 10. F. Caruana S. Tiviakov N. Short 2.0 13. J. Smeets...
Shirov finally yields 1/2 point
Corus round 6 results: Group A V. Anand – M. Carlsen ½-½ V. Ivanchuk – H. Nakamura ½-½ A. Shirov – N. Short ½-½ V. Kramnik – L. van Wely 1-0 S. Karjakin – J. Smeets ½-½ L. Dominguez...
Robson 5.5/6 in 1st Corus appearance
Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Robson (2570) – Bok (2322) [C78]Corus C (6), 22.01.2010 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Qd3...
Another win for Giri in Corus
Photo by Fred Lucas for official Corus website Nyback, T (2643) – Giri, A (2588) [D12]Corus B (6), 22.01.2010 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5...