| Round 1 (January 11, 2003) | ||
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Ponomariov, Ruslan
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0-1
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Bareev, Evgeny |
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Kramnik, Vladimir
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1/2
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Ivanchuk, Vassily |
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Krasenkow, Michal
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0-1
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Karpov, Anatoly |
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Shirov, Alexei
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1/2
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Timman, Jan H |
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Grischuk, Alexander
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1/2
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Van Wely, Loek |
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Anand, Viswanathan
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1/2
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Radjabov, Teimour |
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Polgar, Judit
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1/2
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Topalov, Veselin |
 Anatoly Karpov |
Karpov's win against Michal Krasenkow came from a Queens Indian, with the ex world champion giving us a very nice tactical display on the black side of this opening. Playing through the game we have to once again concede that Anatoly Karpov is certainly not a spent force in today's chess world. He is very popular in the Netherlands and turned up in Wijk looking, we are told, hungry for chess.
Evgeny Bareev, who won last year's Corus tournament, took home the full point after FIDE champion Ruslan Ponomariov sacrificed an exchange on move ten but was unable to deliver on the promising attack.
The other games were all drawn, but none of them were short or boring. Youngster Teimour Radjabov played well to hole second seed Vishy Anand, while Vassily Ivanchuk miraculously escaped in a pawn-down ending against top seed Vladimir Kramnik. The two Dutch players were happy with black draws against Shirov and Gischuk acutally Loek van Wely ended trying to win against the latter.
More information: Corus web site
