Vishy wins Wijk

1/27/2003 – 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...

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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
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Final report to follow

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Final standings

More information: Corus web site
Bios and pictures of the participants

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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
Games – Report

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