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Vishy wins Wijk

27.1.2003 - After not having played a single game of classical chess for almost a year Indian superstar Vishy Anand came back with a bang at the Corus Wijk aan Zee tournament. Without losing a single game and winning four he took first place with a 2809 performance. Second was Judit Polgar, who also remained undefeated. A full report on the final round will follow, in the meantime you will find games and results here...
 

Corus Wijk aan Zee

Round 13 (Sunday, January 26, 2003)

Round 12 (Sunday, January 26, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan
½-½
 Bareev, Evgeny
Karpov, Anatoly
½-½
 Kramnik, Vladimir
Radjabov, Teimour
½-½
 Polgar, Judit
Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
 Ponomariov, Ruslan
Van Wely, Loek
0-1
 Shirov, Alexei
Topalov, Veselin
½-½
 Grischuk, Alexander
Timman, Jan H
½-½
 Krasenkow, Michal

Final report to follow

Mig Greengard

Final standings

Previous rounds

Round 1 (Saturday, January 11, 2003)
Ponomariov, Ruslan
0-1
 Bareev, Evgeny
Kramnik, Vladimir
½-½
 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Krasenkow, Michal
0-1
 Karpov, Anatoly
Shirov, Alexei
½-½
 Timman, Jan H
Grischuk, Alexander
½-½
 Van Wely, Loek
Anand, Viswanathan
½-½
 Radjabov, Teimour
Polgar, Judit
½-½
 Topalov, Veselin
Round 2 (Sunday, January 12, 2003)
Bareev, Evgeny
1-0
 Radjabov, Teimour
Topalov, Veselin
0-1
 Anand, Viswanathan
Van Wely, Loek
½-½
 Polgar, Judit
Timman, Jan H
½-½
 Grischuk, Alexander
Karpov, Anatoly
½-½
 Shirov, Alexei
Ivanchuk, Vassily
½-½
 Krasenkow, Michal
Ponomariov, Ruslan
1-0
 Kramnik, Vladimir
Round 3 (Tuesday, January 14, 2003)
Anand, Viswanathan
½-½
 Van Wely, Loek
Shirov, Alexei
½-½
 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Polgar, Judit
1-0
 Timman, Jan H
Grischuk, Alexander
½-½
 Karpov, Anatoly
Kramnik, Vladimir
1-0
 Bareev, Evgeny
Krasenkow, Michal
½-½
 Ponomariov, Ruslan
Radjabov, Teimour
0-1
 Topalov, Veselin
Round 4 (Wednesday, January 15, 2003)
Van Wely, Loek
½-½
 Radjabov, Teimour
Timman, Jan H
½-½
 Anand, Viswanathan
Bareev, Evgeny
½-½
 Topalov, Veselin
Ivanchuk, Vassily
½-½
 Grischuk, Alexander
Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
 Polgar, Judit
Ponomariov, Ruslan
0-1
 Shirov, Alexei
Kramnik, Vladimir
1-0
 Krasenkow, Michal
Round 5 (Thursday, January 16, 2003)
Grischuk, Alexander
½-½
 Ponomariov, Ruslan
Polgar, Judit
½-½
 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Topalov, Veselin
0-1
 Van Wely, Loek
Shirov, Alexei
1-0
 Kramnik, Vladimir
Radjabov, Teimour
1-0
 Timman, Jan H
Krasenkow, Michal
½-½
 Bareev, Evgeny
Anand, Viswanathan
1-0
 Karpov, Anatoly
Round 6 (Saturday, January 18, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir
½-½
 Grischuk, Alexander
Ivanchuk, Vassily
½-½
 Anand, Viswanathan
Ponomariov, Ruslan
½-½
 Polgar, Judit
Bareev, Evgeny
0-1
 Van Wely, Loek
Krasenkow, Michal
1-0
 Shirov, Alexei
Timman, Jan H
0-1
 Topalov, Veselin
Karpov, Anatoly
½-½
 Radjabov, Teimour
Round 7 (Sunday, January 19, 2003)
Shirov, Alexei
1-0
 Bareev, Evgeny
Grischuk, Alexander
1-0
 Krasenkow, Michal
Anand, Viswanathan
1-0
 Ponomariov, Ruslan
Van Wely, Loek
1-0
 Timman, Jan H
Topalov, Veselin
½-½
 Karpov, Anatoly
Radjabov, Teimour
½-½
 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Polgar, Judit
½-½
 Kramnik, Vladimir
Round 8 (Monday, January 20, 2003)
Shirov, Alexei
0-1
 Grischuk, Alexander
Bareev, Evgeny
1-0
 Timman, Jan H
Ponomariov, Ruslan
0-1
 Radjabov, Teimour
Ivanchuk, Vassily
½-½
 Topalov, Veselin
Karpov, Anatoly
1-0
 Van Wely, Loek
Krasenkow, Michal
½-½
 Polgar, Judit
Kramnik, Vladimir
½-½
 Anand, Viswanathan
Round 9 (Tuesday, January 21, 2003)
Timman, Jan H
½-½
 Karpov, Anatoly
Van Wely, Loek
½-½
 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Grischuk, Alexander
0-1
 Bareev, Evgeny
Polgar, Judit
½-½
 Shirov, Alexei
Radjabov, Teimour
½-½
 Kramnik, Vladimir
Anand, Viswanathan
½-½
 Krasenkow, Michal
Topalov, Veselin
½-½
 Ponomariov, Ruslan
Round 10 (Thursday, January 23, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir
1-0
 Topalov, Veselin
Grischuk, Alexander
0-1
 Polgar, Judit
Ponomariov, Ruslan
1-0
 Van Wely, Loek
Krasenkow, Michal
0-1
 Radjabov, Teimour
Ivanchuk, Vassily
1-0
 Timman, Jan H
Shirov, Alexei
0-1
 Anand, Viswanathan
Bareev, Evgeny
½-½
 Karpov, Anatoly
Round 11 (Friday, January 24, 2003)
Radjabov, Teimour
½-½
 Shirov, Alexei
Topalov, Veselin
1-0
 Krasenkow, Michal
Anand, Viswanathan
½-½
 Grischuk, Alexander
Timman, Jan H
0-1
 Ponomariov, Ruslan
Polgar, Judit
½-½
 Bareev, Evgeny
Karpov, Anatoly
0-1
 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Van Wely, Loek
½-½
 Kramnik, Vladimir
Round 12 (Saturday, January 25, 2003)
Kramnik, Vladimir
1-0
 Timman, Jan H
Shirov, Alexei
½-½
 Topalov, Veselin
Krasenkow, Michal
½-½
 Van Wely, Loek
Polgar, Judit
½-½
 Anand, Viswanathan
Bareev, Evgeny
1-0
 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Ponomariov, Ruslan
1-0
 Karpov, Anatoly
Grischuk, Alexander
½-½
 Radjabov, Teimour
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