After six rounds at Corus the tournament leader is still Sergey Karjakin, but today he had a narrow escape against Magnus Carlsen who missed a clear win at least once. Morozevich is not himself, and lost against Movsesian like a child. Adams grinded down Wang Yue to score the third win in the A group.In a Chebanenko Slav, Carlsen's 11.Bd3 was new. He soon got a very promising position when Karjakin overlooked 26.Nb6! but then Carlsen just couldn't deliver the final blow, which was 35.Qxg6!. Disappointed, he tried for long to win a rook ending that looked drawish from the start.Ivanchuk held his own against Aronian, and Stellwagen-Van Wely was also drawn but a very sharp one. According to his second Chuchelov, Van Wely was probably underestimating White's chances in the early middlegame. In the post-mortem the Dutchman suggested 21.Qh5 as a dangerous alternative.
Radjabov recovered well from his loss yesterday by defeating Kamsky. Using a Fischer favorite (5.Nc5 versus the Caro-Kann) he got quite a murky position and then outcalculated the American, who was in timetrouble as well. Kamsky shook his head after 33.b5, which he probably missed.
Morozevich is having a very tough tournament and today he lost again, and quite quickly too. In the end, 34.Bxc5 also wins, as Movsesian admitted in the press room, and so we could all stop wondering what was wrong with our calculating capabilities! The last decisive game, by Adams, was the subject of the press conference, which you will be able to enjoy later at ChessVibes. Wang Yue is almost at a point where he has lost more games in 2009 than in 2008 (or is he already?).
In B, Kasimdzhanov missed a win against Caruana and so he has to share the lead with Navara and Short after today, who beat Vallejo and Reinderman respectively. So won against Leon Hoyos to grab sole lead, and he's chased by... Bosboom. Yes, the Dutch qualifier won again after his first loss yesterday!Here are all of today's games for replay:
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Schedule & results Grandmaster Group A
| Round 1 - Saturday 17.01.2009 |
| D. Stellwagen - S. Movsesian ¬?-¬? |
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| M. Carlsen - T. Radjabov ¬?-¬? |
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| L. Aronian - Wang Yue ¬?-¬? |
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| V. Ivanchuk - J. Smeets 0-1 |
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| S. Karjakin - A. Morozevich 1-0 |
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| L. van Wely - L. Dominguez ¬?-¬? |
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| G. Kamsky - M. Adams ¬?-¬? |
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| Round 2 - Sunday 18.01.2009 |
| S. Movsesian - M. Adams 1-0 |
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| L. Dominguez - G. Kamsky ¬?-¬? |
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| A. Morozevich - L. van Wely 1-0 |
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| J. Smeets - S. Karjakin ¬?-¬? |
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| Wang Yue - V. Ivanchuk 0-1 |
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| T. Radjabov - L. Aronian ¬?-¬? |
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| D. Stellwagen - M. Carlsen ¬?-¬? |
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| Round 3 - Monday 19.01.2009 |
| M. Carlsen - S. Movsesian ¬?-¬? |
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| L. Aronian - D. Stellwagen ¬?-¬? |
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| V. Ivanchuk - T. Radjabov 0-1 |
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| S. Karjakin - Wang Yue ¬?-¬? |
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| L. van Wely - J. Smeets ¬?-¬? |
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| G. Kamsky - A. Morozevich 1-0 |
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| M. Adams - L. Dominguez ¬?-¬? |
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| Round 4 - Tuesday 20.01.2009 |
| S. Movsesian - L. Dominguez ¬?-¬? |
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| A. Morozevich - M. Adams ¬?-¬? |
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| J. Smeets - G. Kamsky ¬?-¬? |
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| Wang Yue - L. van Wely ¬?-¬? |
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| T. Radjabov - S. Karjakin ¬?-¬? |
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| D. Stellwagen - V. Ivanchuk ¬?-¬? |
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| M. Carlsen - L. Aronian ¬?-¬? |
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| Round 5 - Thursday 22.01.2009 |
| L. Aronian - S. Movsesian 1-0 |
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| V. Ivanchuk - M. Carlsen ¬?-¬? |
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| S. Karjakin - D. Stellwagen 1-0 |
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| L. van Wely - T. Radjabov 1-0 |
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| G. Kamsky - Wang Yue ¬?-¬? |
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| M. Adams - J. Smeets ¬?-¬? |
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| L. Dominguez - A. Morozevich 1-0 |
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| Round 6 - Friday 23.01.2009 |
| S. Movsesian - A. Morozevich 1-0 |
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| J. Smeets - L. Dominguez ¬?-¬? |
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| Wang Yue - M. Adams 0-1 |
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| T. Radjabov - G. Kamsky 1-0 |
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| D. Stellwagen - L. van Wely ¬?-¬? |
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| M. Carlsen - S. Karjakin ¬?-¬? |
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| L. Aronian - V. Ivanchuk ¬?-¬? |
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| Round 7 - Saturday 24.01.2009 |
| V. Ivanchuk - S. Movsesian |
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| S. Karjakin - L. Aronian |
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| L. van Wely - M. Carlsen |
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| G. Kamsky - D. Stellwagen |
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| M. Adams - T. Radjabov |
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| L. Dominguez - Wang Yue |
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| A. Morozevich - J. Smeets |
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| Round 8 - Sunday 25.01.2009 |
| S. Movsesian - J. Smeets |
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| Wang Yue - A. Morozevich |
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| T. Radjabov - L. Dominguez |
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| D. Stellwagen - M. Adams |
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| M. Carlsen - G. Kamsky |
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| L. Aronian - L. van Wely |
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| V. Ivanchuk - S. Karjakin |
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| Round 9 - Tuesday 27.01.2009 |
| S. Karjakin - S. Movsesian |
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| L. van Wely - V. Ivanchuk |
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| G. Kamsky - L. Aronian |
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| M. Adams - M. Carlsen |
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| L. Dominguez - D. Stellwagen |
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| A. Morozevich - T. Radjabov |
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| J. Smeets - Wang Yue |
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| Round 10 - Wednesday 28.01.2009 |
| S. Movsesian - Wang Yue |
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| T. Radjabov - J. Smeets |
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| D. Stellwagen - A. Morozevich |
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| M. Carlsen - L. Dominguez |
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| L. Aronian - M. Adams |
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| V. Ivanchuk - G. Kamsky |
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| S. Karjakin - L. van Wely |
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| Round 11 - Friday 30.01.2009 |
| L. van Wely - S. Movsesian |
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| G. Kamsky - S. Karjakin |
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| M. Adams - V. Ivanchuk |
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| L. Dominguez - L. Aronian |
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| A. Morozevich - M. Carlsen |
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| J. Smeets - D. Stellwagen |
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| Wang Yue - T. Radjabov |
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| Round 12 - Saturday 31.01.2009 |
| S. Movsesian - T. Radjabov |
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| D. Stellwagen - Wang Yue |
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| M. Carlsen - J. Smeets |
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| L. Aronian - A. Morozevich |
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| V. Ivanchuk - L. Dominguez |
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| S. Karjakin - M. Adams |
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| L. van Wely - G. Kamsky |
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| Round 13 - Sunday 1.02.2009 |
| G. Kamsky - S. Movsesian |
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| M. Adams - L. van Wely |
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| L. Dominguez - S. Karjakin |
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| A. Morozevich - V. Ivanchuk |
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| J. Smeets - L. Aronian |
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| Wang Yue - M. Carlsen |
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| T. Radjabov - D. Stellwagen |
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Schedule & results Grandmaster Group B
| Round 1 - Saturday 17.01.2009 |
| Hou Yifan - R. Kasimdzhanov 0-1 |
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| K. Sasikiran - E. l'Ami ¬?-¬? |
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| D. Reinderman - F. Vallejo Pons 0-1 |
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| N. Short - J. Werle ¬?-¬? |
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| A. Volokitin - F. Caruana ¬?-¬? |
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| H. Mecking - Z. Efimenko 0-1 |
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| A. Motylev - D. Navara 0-1 |
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| Round 2 - Sunday 18.01.2009 |
| R. Kasimdzhanov - D. Navara ¬?-¬? |
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| Z. Efimenko - A. Motylev ¬?-¬? |
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| F. Caruana - H. Mecking 1-0 |
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| J. Werle - A. Volokitin ¬?-¬? |
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| F. Vallejo Pons - N. Short 0-1 |
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| E. l'Ami - D. Reinderman ¬?-¬? |
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| Hou Yifan - K. Sasikiran 1-0 |
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| Round 3 - Monday 19.01.2009 |
| K. Sasikiran - R. Kasimdzhanov 0-1 |
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| D. Reinderman - Hou Yifan 1-0 |
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| N. Short - E. l'Ami 1-0 |
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| A. Volokitin - F. Vallejo Pons ¬?-¬? |
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| H. Mecking - J. Werle ¬?-¬? |
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| A. Motylev - F. Caruana ¬?-¬? |
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| D. Navara - Z. Efimenko 1-0 |
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| Round 4 - Tuesday 20.01.2009 |
| R. Kasimdzhanov - Z. Efimenko ¬?-¬? |
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| F. Caruana - D. Navara 1-0 |
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| J. Werle - A. Motylev 0-1 |
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| F. Vallejo Pons - H. Mecking 1-0 |
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| E. l'Ami - A. Volokitin ¬?-¬? |
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| Hou Yifan - N. Short ¬?-¬? |
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| K. Sasikiran - D. Reinderman ¬?-¬? |
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| Round 5 - Thursday 22.01.2009 |
| D. Reinderman - R. Kasimdzhanov ¬?-¬? |
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| N. Short - K. Sasikiran 0-1 |
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| A. Volokitin - Hou Yifan 1-0 |
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| H. Mecking - E. l'Ami ¬?-¬? |
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| A. Motylev - F. Vallejo Pons ¬?-¬? |
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| D. Navara - J. Werle ¬?-¬? |
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| Z. Efimenko - F. Caruana 1-0 |
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| Round 6 - Friday 23.01.2009 |
| R. Kasimdzhanov - F. Caruana ¬?-¬? |
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| J. Werle - Z. Efimenko ¬?-¬? |
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| F. Vallejo Pons - D. Navara 0-1 |
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| E. l'Ami - A. Motylev 0-1 |
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| Hou Yifan - H. Mecking 1-0 |
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| K. Sasikiran - A. Volokitin ¬?-¬? |
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| D. Reinderman - N. Short 0-1 |
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| Round 7 - Saturday 24.01.2009 |
| N. Short - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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| A. Volokitin - D. Reinderman |
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| H. Mecking - K. Sasikiran |
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| A. Motylev - Hou Yifan |
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| D. Navara - E. l'Ami |
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| Z. Efimenko - F. Vallejo Pons |
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| F. Caruana - J. Werle |
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| Round 8 - Sunday 25.01.2009 |
| R. Kasimdzhanov - J. Werle |
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| F. Vallejo Pons - F. Caruana |
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| E. l'Ami - Z. Efimenko |
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| Hou Yifan - D. Navara |
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| K. Sasikiran - A. Motylev |
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| D. Reinderman - H. Mecking |
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| N. Short - A. Volokitin |
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| Round 9 - Tuesday 27.01.2009 |
| A. Volokitin - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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| H. Mecking - N. Short |
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| A. Motylev - D. Reinderman |
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| D. Navara - K. Sasikiran |
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| Z. Efimenko - Hou Yifan |
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| F. Caruana - E. l'Ami |
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| J. Werle - F. Vallejo Pons |
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| Round 10 - Wednesday 28.01.2009 |
| R. Kasimdzhanov - F. Vallejo Pons |
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| E. l'Ami - J. Werle |
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| Hou Yifan - F. Caruana |
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| K. Sasikiran - Z. Efimenko |
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| D. Reinderman - D. Navara |
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| N. Short - A. Motylev |
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| A. Volokitin - H. Mecking |
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| Round 11 - Friday 30.01.2009 |
| H. Mecking - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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| A. Motylev - A. Volokitin |
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| D. Navara - N. Short |
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| Z. Efimenko - D. Reinderman |
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| F. Caruana - K. Sasikiran |
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| J. Werle - Hou Yifan |
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| F. Vallejo Pons - E. l'Ami |
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| Round 12 - Saturday 31.01.2009 |
| R. Kasimdzhanov - E. l'Ami |
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| Hou Yifan - F. Vallejo Pons |
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| K. Sasikiran - J. Werle |
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| D. Reinderman - F. Caruana |
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| N. Short - Z. Efimenko |
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| A. Volokitin - D. Navara |
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| H. Mecking - A. Motylev |
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| Round 13 - Sunday 1.02.2009 |
| A. Motylev - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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| D. Navara - H. Mecking |
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| Z. Efimenko - A. Volokitin |
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| F. Caruana - N. Short |
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| J. Werle - D. Reinderman |
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| F. Vallejo Pons - K. Sasikiran |
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| E. l'Ami - Hou Yifan |
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Schedule & results Grandmaster Group C
| Round 1 - Saturday 17.01.2009 |
| T. Hillarp Persson - R. Pruijssers ¬?-¬? |
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| D. Howell - M. Bosboom 0-1 |
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| F. Nijboer - W. So 0-1 |
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| O. Romanishin - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0 |
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| A. Giri - F. Holzke ¬?-¬? |
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| A. Gupta - D. Harika 0-1 |
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| E. Iturrizaga - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0 |
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| Round 2 - Sunday 18.01.2009 |
| R. Pruijssers - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0 |
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| D. Harika - E. Iturrizaga ¬?-¬? |
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| F. Holzke - A. Gupta ¬?-¬? |
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| A. Bitalzadeh - A. Giri ¬?-¬? |
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| W. So - O. Romanishin ¬?-¬? |
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| M. Bosboom - F. Nijboer 1-0 |
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| T. Hillarp Persson - D. Howell 1-0 |
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| Round 3 - Monday 19.01.2009 |
| D. Howell - R. Pruijssers 1-0 |
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| F. Nijboer - T. Hillarp Persson ¬?-¬? |
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| O. Romanishin - M. Bosboom ¬?-¬? |
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| A. Giri - W. So ¬?-¬? |
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| A. Gupta - A. Bitalzadeh 0-1 |
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| E. Iturrizaga - F. Holzke 1-0 |
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| M. Leon Hoyos - D. Harika 1-0 |
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| Round 4 - Tuesday 20.01.2009 |
| R. Pruijssers - D. Harika ¬?-¬? |
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| F. Holzke - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0 |
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| A. Bitalzadeh - E. Iturrizaga 1-0 |
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| W. So - A. Gupta ¬?-¬? |
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| M. Bosboom - A. Giri ¬?-¬? |
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| T. Hillarp Persson - O. Romanishin 1-0 |
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| D. Howell - F. Nijboer 1-0 |
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| Round 5 - Thursday 22.01.2009 |
| F. Nijboer - R. Pruijssers 1-0 |
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| O. Romanishin - D. Howell 0-1 |
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| A. Giri - T. Hillarp Persson 0-1 |
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| A. Gupta - M. Bosboom 1-0 |
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| E. Iturrizaga - W. So 0-1 |
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| M. Leon Hoyos - A. Bitalzadeh 1-0 |
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| D. Harika - F. Holzke ¬?-¬? |
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| Round 6 - Friday 23.01.2009 |
| R. Pruijssers - F. Holzke 0-1 |
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| A. Bitalzadeh - D. Harika ¬?-¬? |
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| W. So - M. Leon Hoyos 1-0 |
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| M. Bosboom - E. Iturrizaga 1-0 |
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| T. Hillarp Persson - A. Gupta 0-1 |
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| D. Howell - A. Giri ¬?-¬? |
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| F. Nijboer - O. Romanishin ¬?-¬? |
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| Round 7 - Saturday 24.01.2009 |
| O. Romanishin - R. Pruijssers |
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| A. Giri - F. Nijboer |
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| A. Gupta - D. Howell |
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| E. Iturrizaga - T. Hillarp Persson |
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| M. Leon Hoyos - M. Bosboom |
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| D. Harika - W. So |
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| F. Holzke - A. Bitalzadeh |
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| Round 8 - Sunday 25.01.2009 |
| R. Pruijssers - A. Bitalzadeh |
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| W. So - F. Holzke |
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| M. Bosboom - D. Harika |
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| T. Hillarp Persson - M. Leon Hoyos |
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| D. Howell - E. Iturrizaga |
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| F. Nijboer - A. Gupta |
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| O. Romanishin - A. Giri |
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| Round 9 - Tuesday 27.01.2009 |
| A. Giri - R. Pruijssers |
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| A. Gupta - O. Romanishin |
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| E. Iturrizaga - F. Nijboer |
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| M. Leon Hoyos - D. Howell |
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| D. Harika - T. Hillarp Persson |
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| F. Holzke - M. Bosboom |
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| A. Bitalzadeh - W. So |
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| Round 10 - Wednesday 28.01.2009 |
| R. Pruijssers - W. So |
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| M. Bosboom - A. Bitalzadeh |
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| T. Hillarp Persson - F. Holzke |
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| D. Howell - D. Harika |
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| F. Nijboer - M. Leon Hoyos |
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| O. Romanishin - E. Iturrizaga |
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| A. Giri - A. Gupta |
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| Round 11 - Friday 30.01.2009 |
| A. Gupta - R. Pruijssers |
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| E. Iturrizaga - A. Giri |
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| M. Leon Hoyos - O. Romanishin |
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| D. Harika - F. Nijboer |
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| F. Holzke - D. Howell |
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| A. Bitalzadeh - T. Hillarp Persson |
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| W. So - M. Bosboom |
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| Round 12 - Saturday 31.01.2009 |
| R. Pruijssers - M. Bosboom |
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| T. Hillarp Persson - W. So |
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| D. Howell - A. Bitalzadeh |
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| F. Nijboer - F. Holzke |
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| O. Romanishin - D. Harika |
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| A. Giri - M. Leon Hoyos |
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| A. Gupta - E. Iturrizaga |
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| Round 13 - Sunday 1.02.2009 |
| E. Iturrizaga - R. Pruijssers |
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| M. Leon Hoyos - A. Gupta |
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| D. Harika - A. Giri |
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| F. Holzke - O. Romanishin |
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| A. Bitalzadeh - F. Nijboer |
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| W. So - D. Howell |
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| M. Bosboom - T. Hillarp Persson |
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After six rounds at Corus the tournament leader is still Sergey Karjakin, but today he had a narrow escape against Magnus Carlsen who missed a clear win at least once. Morozevich is not himself, and lost against Movsesian like a child. Adams grinded down Wang Yue to score the third win in the A group.In a Chebanenko Slav, Carlsen's 11.Bd3 was new. He soon got a very promising position when Karjakin overlooked 26.Nb6! but then Carlsen just couldn't deliver the final blow, which was 35.Qxg6!. Disappointed, he tried for long to win a rook ending that looked drawish from the start.Ivanchuk held his own against Aronian, and Stellwagen-Van Wely was also drawn but a very sharp one. According to his second Chuchelov, Van Wely was probably underestimating White's chances in the early middlegame. In the post-mortem the Dutchman suggested 21.Qh5 as a dangerous alternative.
Radjabov recovered well from his loss yesterday by defeating Kamsky. Using a Fischer favorite (5.Nc5 versus the Caro-Kann) he got quite a murky position and then outcalculated the American, who was in timetrouble as well. Kamsky shook his head after 33.b5, which he probably missed.
Morozevich is having a very tough tournament and today he lost again, and quite quickly too. In the end, 34.Bxc5 also wins, as Movsesian admitted in the press room, and so we could all stop wondering what was wrong with our calculating capabilities! The last decisive game, by Adams, was the subject of the press conference, which you will be able to enjoy later at ChessVibes. Wang Yue is almost at a point where he has lost more games in 2009 than in 2008 (or is he already?).
In B, Kasimdzhanov missed a win against Caruana and so he has to share the lead with Navara and Short after today, who beat Vallejo and Reinderman respectively. So won against Leon Hoyos to grab sole lead, and he's chased by... Bosboom. Yes, the Dutch qualifier won again after his first loss yesterday!Here are all of today's games for replay:
