4-Way Tie At Corus
There were some tremendous games in round 11 at the Corus tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, leaving a 4-way tie for the lead between Aronian, Radjabov, Dominguez and Movsesian.
Best of all the games in the A Group was a terrific tactical victory by Dominguez over the former sole leader Aronian in a gambit line of the Ruy Lopez.
Kamsky was another winner, impressively defeating Karjakin to earn his second win of the tournament. Other wins came from Radjabov who used his pet King's Indian Defence to overcome Wang Yue, and Movsesian continued his impressive tournament by beating Van Wely with the black pieces.
In the B Group, Nigel Short won quickly against Navara by employing Alekhine's Defence, to keep half a point ahead of Kasimdzhanov and Caruana who also won their games.
The C Group saw a change of leader as Wesley So from the Philippines took the lead by winning impressively against Bosboom whilst former leader Hillarp Persson lost. So and Persson will clash in a crucial round 12 encounter.
14-year old Russian player Anish Giri achieved his third and final GM norm, to qualify for the title. Congratulations on a tremendous achievement!
The full results in round 11:
| A GROUP | |||||
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 36 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed |
| Smeets, Jan | Stellwagen, Daniel | ½-½ | 35 | B48 | Sicilian Paulsen |
| Kamsky, Gata | Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | 41 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game |
| Van Wely, Loek | Movsesian, Sergei | 0-1 | 44 | A27 | English Dutch System |
| Adams, Michael | Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 37 | B14 | Caro Kann Panov |
| Wang Yue | Radjabov, Teimour | 0-1 | 64 | E92 | King's Indian |
| Morozevich, Alexander | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 41 | E37 | Nimzo Indian |
| B GROUP | |||||
| Caruana, Fabiano | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 1-0 | 44 | B84 | Sicilian Scheveningen |
| Motylev, Alexander | Volokitin, Andrei | ½-½ | 26 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco | L'Ami, Erwin | 1-0 | 61 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto |
| Navara, David | Short, Nigel D | 0-1 | 27 | B04 | Alekhine's Defence |
| Efimenko, Zahar | Reinderman, Dimitri | 0-1 | 36 | E60 | King's Indian |
| Werle, Jan | Hou Yifan | ½-½ | 35 | E15 | Queens Indian |
| Mecking, Henrique | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 0-1 | 90 | A70 | Benoni |
| C GROUP | |||||
| So, Wesley | Bosboom, Manuel | 1-0 | 33 | B01 | Centre Counter |
| Holzke, Frank | Howell, David W L | ½-½ | 39 | E60 | King's Indian |
| Gupta, Abhijeet | Pruijssers, Roeland | 0-1 | 30 | E81 | King's Indian |
| Harika, Dronavalli | Nijboer, Friso | 0-1 | 40 | A41 | Modern Defence |
| Leon Hoyos, Manuel | Romanishin, Oleg M | 1-0 | 45 | A45 | Trompowsky |
| Bitalzadeh, Ali | Hillarp Persson, Tiger | 1-0 | 46 | B43 | Sicilian Paulsen |
| Iturrizaga, Eduardo | Giri, Anish | 0-1 | 57 | D12 | Slav Defence |
The standings after round 11:
| A GROUP | ||||
| 1 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2750 | 6½ |
| 2 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2761 | 6½ |
| 3 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 2717 | 6½ |
| 4 | Movsesian, Sergei | SVK | 2751 | 6½ |
| 5 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2776 | 6 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 2706 | 6 |
| 7 | Smeets, Jan | NED | 2601 | 5½ |
| 8 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2725 | 5½ |
| 9 | Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2625 | 5 |
| 10 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2779 | 5 |
| 11 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2712 | 5 |
| 12 | Wang Yue | CHN | 2739 | 4½ |
| 13 | Stellwagen, Daniel | NED | 2612 | 4½ |
| 14 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2771 | 4 |
| B GROUP | ||||
| 1 | Short, Nigel D | ENG | 2663 | 7½ |
| 2 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2687 | 7 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2646 | 7 |
| 4 | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2671 | 6½ |
| 5 | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2676 | 6½ |
| 6 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2702 | 6½ |
| 7 | Navara, David | CZE | 2638 | 6 |
| 8 | Efimenko, Zahar | UKR | 2688 | 5½ |
| 9 | Reinderman, Dimitri | NED | 2549 | 5 |
| 10 | L'Ami, Erwin | NED | 2603 | 5 |
| 11 | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2571 | 4½ |
| 12 | Werle, Jan | NED | 2607 | 3½ |
| 13 | Mecking, Henrique | BRA | 2567 | 3½ |
| 14 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2711 | 3 |
| C GROUP | ||||
| 1 | So, Wesley | PHI | 2627 | 8 |
| 2 | Hillarp Persson, Tiger | SWE | 2586 | 7½ |
| 3 | Giri, Anish | RUS | 2469 | 7 |
| 4 | Holzke, Frank | GER | 2524 | 6 |
| 5 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2622 | 6 |
| 6 | Gupta, Abhijeet | IND | 2569 | 5½ |
| 7 | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2473 | 5½ |
| 8 | Bosboom, Manuel | NED | 2418 | 5½ |
| 9 | Leon Hoyos, Manuel | MEX | 2542 | 5 |
| 10 | Bitalzadeh, Ali | NED | 2400 | 4½ |
| 11 | Nijboer, Friso | NED | 2560 | 4½ |
| 12 | Pruijssers, Roeland | NED | 2444 | 4½ |
| 13 | Iturrizaga, Eduardo | VEN | 2528 | 4½ |
| 14 | Romanishin, Oleg M | UKR | 2533 | 3 |
Picture of Dominguez and Aronian courtesy of ChessVibes.
