Photo by Fred Lucas for Corus Chess Corus A 1. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2706 1 2. Smeets, Jan g NED 2601 1 3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2750 ½ 4. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2776 ½ 5. Adams,...
Wesley So wins first game at Corus
GM Nijboer (2560) – GM So (2627) [B48]Corus C, 17.01.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0–0–0 Bb4 9.f3 Ne5 10.Nb3 b5 11.Qd4 Nc6 12.Qb6 Qe5 13.Bd2 Rb8 14.Qf2 0–0 15.f4...
Round 1 results
Photo by Fred Lucas for Corus Chess (www.coruschess.com) Group A D. Stellwagen – S. Movsesian ½-½ M. Carlsen – T. Radjabov ½-½ L. Aronian – W. Yue ½-½ V. Ivanchuk – J. Smeets 0-1 S. Karjakin – A. Morozevich...
The BIG upset of the day: Ivanchuk 0-1 Smeets
GM Ivanchuk (2779) – GM Smeets (2601) [D44]Corus A, 17.01.2009 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Bd2 Qd5 11.Qc2 c5 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qa5+ 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2...
Explosive victory by Karjakin over Morozevich
GM Karjakin (2706) – GM Morozevich (2771) [B48]Corus – Group A, 17.01.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0–0–0 Be7 9.f3 0–0 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Ne8 12.h4 Ne5 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.h5...
LIVE Commentary: Carlsen 1/2 Radjabov
Corus Round 1 LIVE analysis M. Carlsen (2776) – T. Radjabov (2761) 1.e4 c5 (We have a Sicilian! The same two players faced each other in round 13 at Corus last year and the game began with 1.d4 Nf6...
Corus begins
Photo by Fred Lucas (http://www.fredlucas.eu/gallery/c2/) I will do LIVE commentary of the Carlsen – Radjabov game right here tomorrow. I will also point out some other interesting games. Here are round 1 matchups in all 3 groups: Group A...
So’s shot in Corus
Grandmaster So leaves for Corus ChessBy Roy LuarcaPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 02:22:00 01/15/2009 MANILA, Philippines—After the Middle East, Europe beckons for Grandmaster Wesley So. The Filipino teen sensation leaves on Thursday to compete in the 2009 Corus Chess Tournament...
Can Dominguez handle the challenge?
There is no cake in HollandBY Michel Contreras[01.13.2009]- Updated at 10:50 am, Cuba Last week we were rummaging in the files of the five main adversaries Leinier Dominguez will find in the strong Corus chess tournament, with the venue...
2009 Corus
The 71st Corus Chess tournament will be held from 16 January – 1 February 2009 in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. Group A GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2779 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2776 GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2771 GM Teymour...