8 players from World Top-100 in Corus B
The strength of the three GM groups of the yearly Corus Chess Tournament is unparalleled and so the line-up for their B and C groups is usually as interesting and impressive as the one for the A group. For the C-list we have to wait till after the Cultural Village Tournament (19?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú28 November 2007 in Wijk aan Zee), where the winner qualifies, but today the participants of the Corus Chess Tournament B group 2008 have been announced.Here's the press release:World class grandmaster Etienne Bacrot (ranked 23rd) and former World Champion candidate Nigel Short will participate in the very strong edition of the Grandmaster Group B in January 2008. Ten of the fourteen participants have a rating over 2600, while eight of them (Bacrot, Sargissian, Cheparinov, Movsesian, Harikrishna, Krasenkow, Short and Stellwagen) are ranked in the World Top-100. Among the participants are Krasenkow, Nepomniachtchi and Spoelman, who all qualified via the Grandmastergroup C during the Corus Chess Tournament 2007.Traditionally there are several youngsters in the B-tournament. Eleven of the fourteen players are under 25 years old. The youngest player is woman grandmaster Hou Yifan from China (13), who played in the Grandmastergroup C last year. Together with 20 years old Koneru Humpy they represent top women chess in the Grandmastergroup B. Koneru has made much progress lately and is likely to be the next female player in the Top-100, after Judit Polgar. The winner of the Grandmastergroup B will qualify for the Grandmastergroup A in 2009. The Corus Chess Tournament will be held 11 ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú 27 January 2008.We mentioned the participants of GM-group A and the four players in the honorary group earlier this month.Participants Grandmastergroup B 2008
NAME COUNTRY BIRTH YEAR RATING GM Etienne Bacrot France 1983 2695 GM Gabriel Sargissian Armenia 1983 2673 GM Ivan Cheparinov Bulgaria 1986 2670 GM Sergey Movsesian Slovakia 1978 2670 GM Pentala Harikrishna India 1986 2668 GM Michal Krasenkow Poland 1963 2668 GM Nigel Short England 1965 2649 GM Daniel Stellwagen Netherlands 1987 2639 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia 1990 2611 GM Koneru Humpy India 1987 2606 GM Erwin l'Ami Netherlands 1985 2577 GM Jan Smeets Netherlands 1985 2558 WGM Hou Yifan China 1994 2502 IM Wouter Spoelman Netherlands 1990 2445Average rating: 2617 Category: 15
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