Corus 06: The sands are red in Wijk aan Zee

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1/21/2005 – The Dutch holiday resort saw four decided games today in round six. Anand and Kramnik both won their games with white, Topalov and Bruzon were victorious with the black pieces. The Cuban grandmaster was lucky when Morozevich committed a fatal inaccuracy in winning position. Full illustrated report.

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Corus Chess Tournament
Wijk aan Zee 14 – 30 January 2005

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The event is being held from January 14 to 30 at the De Moriaan Community Centre in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. There are three main tournaments, all 14-player round robins, starting at 13.30 Central European Time. The rest days are on Jan. 19, 24 and 27. The rate of play is 40/2, 20/1 and 30 minutes to finish the game (group C 40/2 plus 1 hour for the rest). The games can be watched on the official live coverage site or watched and discussed with other chess fans on the Playchess.com server.

Wijk aan Zee

It is pronounced "Whyke aahn Zay", if you please, to rhyme with Night and Day. A beach where Holland's best racehorses are trained, where you can encounter deep-sea divers and skinny-dippers.


Wijk, with an electric tram system, at the end of the 19th century


The beach, with its rolling dunes


A walk on the beach on a sunny winter's morning


A sunbather or a casualty from the violent chess tournament in Wijk?


Players with their own agenda

Round six


Friends and rivals: Peter Svidler, Vladimir Kramnik

Last year there was a cry of anguish from Peter Svidler, who resigned in his game against Vladimir Kramnik in a drawn position (he hadn't seen the save). This year Svidler, who is a close friend of the classical chess world champion and assisted him last October during his match against Peter Leko, was holding on well enough against his opponent's home preparation in a Sicilian Paulsen, when fate struck again, this time in the form of a blunder.

Kramnik,V (2754) - Svidler,P (2735) [B41]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 21.01.2005
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d6 10.0-0 Ne5 11.f4 Nxd3 12.Qxd3 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 exd4 16.e5 dxc3 17.Qxd8+ Kxd8 18.exf6 g5 19.Bg3 Be6 20.Rac1

Here 20...Kd7 or even 20...b5 should be enough to hold the draw. But Peter Svidler carelessly played 20...Bxc4? Now he comes under deadly fire by the white rooks: 21.Rfe1 Kd7 22.Re7+ Kc6 23.Rc7+ Kd5 24.Rd1+ Ke6 25.Rxc4 Rac8 26.Bc7 Kxf6 27.Rxc3 Rhe8 28.Rf3+ 1-0.

Vishy Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov (above) played a complicated Najdorf in which there was no telling how it would end. Until Anand struck out after a weak move by his opponent.

Anand,V (2786) - Ponomariov,R (2700) [B90]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 21.01.2005
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qe2 h6 11.h4 Qc7 12.0-0-0 b5 13.a3 Rb8 14.Qg2 Nc5 15.g5 Nh5 16.Be3 Na4 17.Rd3 g6 18.Kb1 Bb7 19.Be2 e5 20.Qf2

20...Bc6? The position was already quite dubious, but this moves sealed Black's fate. 21.gxh6 Nb6 22.f4! Nf6 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Rf1 0-0 25.Nc5 Bb7 26.Ne6 fxe6 27.Bxb6 Qc6 28.Qg1 Kh7 29.Rdf3 and the black position is in shambles, although the resiliant Ponomariov hung on until move 62 before resigning.

Anand is getting back to his world class form and has now won two in a row. Nigel Short, on the other hand, is stumbling badly after a good start in this tournament. Today he lost badly with the white pieces to Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov. But his lot was nothing compared to that of Alexander Morozevich, who is close to a negative record in the tournament circuit. Against Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzon he fought well and was on the road to victory when once again disaster struck.

Morozevich,A (2741) - Bruzon,L (2652) [C42]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 21.01.2005

Position after 55...Kf7-g7

In this almost certainly winning position Morozevich commits a fatal inaccuracy: 56.Qxh4?? Qe3 (threatening 57...Qg1#). White needs to play h4 (and 57.Bd6 Qg1+ 58.Kg3 Bf2+ simply loses the queen). But he has no check with which to extract his queen from the h4 square.

The correct strategy was 56.Qc7+! Kg8 57.Qd8+ Kg7 58.Qe7+ Kg8 and now White can take the pawn: 59.Qxh4 because 59...Qe3 no longer works: 60.Qd8+ (White has this check) 60...Kf7 and now White must avoid the pitfall 61.h4? Qg1+ 62.Kh3 Qh1+ 63.Bh2 (63.Kg4 Qd1+ 64.Kh3 (64.Kg5 Be3+ 65.Bf4 Qh5#; 64.Kf4 Be5+ 65.Kxe5 Qxd8) 64...Qh1+; 63...Be5 threatening 64...Qxh2+ 65.Kg4 Qxg2#., so that White must save himself with permanent check and the game is a draw. The correct continuation is 61.Qd7+ Kg8 62.h4 Qg1+ 63.Kh3 Qh1+ 64.Bh2 and now Black doesn't have 64...Be5 because of 65.Qe8+ Kh7 66.Qxe5. You can replay these lines on our animated JavaScript board.

After the text move the game continued 57.Bf2 Qxf2 58.Qxf2 Bxf2 59.g3 Kf6 60.Kg2 Ba7 61.Kf3 Ke5 62.Ke2 Ke4 63.h4 Bb6 64.g4 Kf4 65.h5 gxh5 66.gxh5 Kg5 67.Kd3 Kxh5 68.Ke4 c5 69.Kd5 Ba7 0-1.

All results

Round six – Friday 21.01.2005
Viswanathan Anand
1-0 Ruslan Ponomariov B90 Sicilian Najdorf
Vladimir Kramnik
1-0 Peter Svidler B41 Sicilian Paulsen
Loek van Wely
½-½ Peter Leko E32 Nimzo Indian
Michael Adams
½-½ Ivan Sokolov C91 Closed Ruy Lopez
Alexander Grischuk
½-½ Judit Polgar E05 Open Catalan
Nigel Short
0-1 Veselin Topalov B33 Sicilian
Alexander Morozevich
0-1 Lazaro Bruzon C42 Petroff

Current standings

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Groups B and C

In Group B Azerbaijani GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated Dutch IM Sipke Ernst in a complicated Slav. Since his main rivals Daniel Stellwagen and Ivan Cheparinov both lost their games, Mamedyarov now has a commanding one-point lead in the field. His main rival is 15-year-old Sergey Karjakin.

Group B Round six – Fri.. 20.01.2005
Daniel Stellwagen
0-1 Alexander Onischuk
Magnus Carlsen
½-½ Antoaneta Stefanova
S. Mamedyarov
1-0 Sipke Ernst
Ivan Cheparinov
0-1 Sergey Karjakin
Predrag Nikolic
½-½ Peter .H. Nielsen
Jan Smeets
½-½ Alexandra Kosteniuk
Friso Nijboer
½-½ Alejandro Ramirez
Group C Round six – Fri.. 20.01.2005
Leon Pliester
½-½ Manuel Bosboom
Bianca Muhren
1-0 Parimarjan Negi
Zeinab Mamedjarova
0-1 Erwin L’Ami
Alexey Korotylev
1-0 Tea Lanchava
Wouter Spoelman
0-1 Evgeny Alekseev
Joost Wempe
0-1 Vladimir Georgiev
Harmen Jonkman
½-½ Natalia Zhukova

Standings Group B and Group C


All results and schedule

Round one – Sat. 15.01.2005
Alexander Grischuk
½-½ Viswanathan Anand
Nigel Short
½-½ Michael Adams
Alexander Morozevich
½-½ Loek van Wely
Lazaro Bruzon
½-½ Vladimir Kramnik
Veselin Topalov
1-0 Ruslan Ponomariov
Judit Polgar
1-0 Peter Svidler
Ivan Sokolov
½-½ Peter Leko
Games
Report
Round two – Sun. 16.01.2005
Viswanathan Anand
0-1 Peter Leko
Peter Svidler
½-½ Ivan Sokolov
Ruslan Ponomariov
1-0 Judit Polgar
Vladimir Kramnik
0-1 Veselin Topalov
Loek van Wely
½-½ Lazaro Bruzon
Michael Adams
1-0 Alexander Morozevich
Alexander Grischuk
½-½ Nigel Short
Games
Report
Round three – Mon. 17.01.2005
Nigel Short
½-½ Viswanathan Anand
Alexander Morozevich
0-1 Alexander Grischuk
Lazaro Bruzon
½-½ Michael Adams
Veselin Topalov
½-½ Loek van Wely
Judit Polgar
½-½ Vladimir Kramnik
Ivan Sokolov
0-1 Ruslan Ponomariov
Peter Leko
1-0 Peter Svidler
Games
Report
Round four – Tues. 18.01.2005
Viswanathan Anand
½-½ Peter Svidler
Ruslan Ponomariov
½-½ Peter Leko
Vladimir Kramnik
1-0 Ivan Sokolov
Loek van Wely
½-½ Judit Polgar
Michael Adams
1-0 Veselin Topalov
Alexander Grischuk
½-½ Lazaro Bruzon
Nigel Short
1-0 Alexander Morozevich
Games
Report
Round five – Thurs. 20.01.2005
Alexander Morozevich
0-1 Viswanathan Anand
Lazaro Bruzon
1-0 Nigel Short
Veselin Topalov
½-½ Alexander Grischuk
Judit Polgar
½-½ Michael Adams
Ivan Sokolov
½-½ Loek van Wely
Peter Leko
½-½ Vladimir Kramnik
Peter Svidler
½-½ Ruslan Ponomariov
Games
Report
Round six – Fri. 21.01.2005
Viswanathan Anand
1-0 Ruslan Ponomariov
Vladimir Kramnik
1-0 Peter Svidler
Loek van Wely
½-½ Peter Leko
Michael Adams
½-½ Ivan Sokolov
Alexander Grischuk
½-½ Judit Polgar
Nigel Short
0-1 Veselin Topalov
Alexander Morozevich
0-1 Lazaro Bruzon
Games
Report
Round seven – Sat. 22.01.2005
Lazaro Bruzon
Viswanathan Anand
Veselin Topalov
Alexander Morozevich
Judit Polgar
Nigel Short
Ivan Sokolov
Alexander Grischuk
Peter Leko
Michael Adams
Peter Svidler
Loek van Wely
Ruslan Ponomariov
Vladimir Kramnik
Games
Report
Round eight – Sun. 23.01.2005
Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik
Loek van Wely
Ruslan Ponomariov
Michael Adams
Peter Svidler
Alexander Grischuk
Peter Leko
Nigel Short
Ivan Sokolov
Alexander Morozevich
Judit Polgar
Lazaro Bruzon
Veselin Topalov
Games
Report
Round nine – Tues. 25.01.2005
Veselin Topalov
Viswanathan Anand
Judit Polgar
Lazaro Bruzon
Ivan Sokolov
Alexander Morozevich
Peter Leko
Nigel Short
Peter Svidler
Alexander Grischuk
Ruslan Ponomariov
Michael Adams
Vladimir Kramnik
Loek van Wely
Games
Report
Round ten – Wed 26.01.2005
Viswanathan Anand
Loek van Wely
Michael Adams
Vladimir Kramnik
Alexander Grischuk
Ruslan Ponomariov
Nigel Short
Peter Svidler
Alexander Morozevich
Peter Leko
Lazaro Bruzon
Ivan Sokolov
Veselin Topalov
Judit Polgar
Games
Report
Round eleven – Fri. 28.01.2005
Judit Polgar
Viswanathan Anand
Ivan Sokolov
Veselin Topalov
Peter Leko
Lazaro Bruzon
Peter Svidler
Alexander Morozevich
Ruslan Ponomariov
Nigel Short
Vladimir Kramnik
Alexander Grischuk
Loek van Wely
Michael Adams
Games
Report
Round twelve – Sat. 29.01.2005
Viswanathan Anand
Michael Adams
Alexander Grischuk
Loek van Wely
Nigel Short
Vladimir Kramnik
Alexander Morozevich
Ruslan Ponomariov
Lazaro Bruzon
Peter Svidler
Veselin Topalov
Peter Leko
Judit Polgar
Ivan Sokolov
Games
Report
Round thirteen – Sun. 30.01.2005
Ivan Sokolov
Viswanathan Anand
Peter Leko
Judit Polgar
Peter Svidler
Veselin Topalov
Ruslan Ponomariov
Lazaro Bruzon
Vladimir Kramnik
Alexander Morozevich
Loek van Wely
Nigel Short
Michael Adams
Alexander Grischuk
Games
Report

Groups B + C

Group B Round one – Sat. 15.01.2005
Predrag Nikolic
0-1 Daniel Stellwagen
Jan Smeets
½-½ Ivan Cheparinov
Friso Nijboer
0-1 S. Mamedyarov
Alejandro Ramirez
½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Alexandra Kosteniuk
1-0 Alexander Onischuk
Peter .H. Nielsen
½-½ Antoaneta Stefanova
Sergey Karjakin
1-0 Sipke Ernst
Group C Round one – Sat. 15.01.2005
Wouter Spoelman
½-½ Leon Pliester
Joost Wempe
0-1 Alexey Korotylev
Harmen Jonkman
½-½ Zeinab Mamedjarova
Natalia Zhukova
1-0 Bianca Muhren
Vladimir Georgiev
1-0 Manuel Bosboom
Evgeny Alekseev
1-0 Parimarjan Negi
Tea Lanchava
0-1 Erwin L’Ami
Group B Round two – Sun. 16.01.2005
Ivan Cheparinov
1-0 Friso Nijboer
Alexander Onischuk
½-½ Peter .H. Nielsen
Magnus Carlsen
1-0 Alexandra Kosteniuk
Antoaneta Stefanova
½-½ Sergey Karjakin
Daniel Stellwagen
1-0 Sipke Ernst
S. Mamedyarov
1-0 Alejandro Ramirez
Predrag Nikolic
½-½ Jan Smeets
Group C Round two – Sun. 16.01.2005
Parimarjan Negi
1-0 Tea Lanchava
Alexey Korotylev
½-½ Harmen Jonkman
Wouter Spoelman
1-0 Joost Wempe
Zeinab Mamedjarova
0-1 Natalia Zhukova
Bianca Muhren
½-½ Vladimir Georgiev
Manuel Bosboom
½-½ Evgeny Alekseev
Leon Pliester
½-½ Erwin L’Ami
Group B Round three – Mon. 17.01.2005
Jan Smeets
½-½ Daniel Stellwagen
Friso Nijboer
0-1 Predrag Nikolic
Alejandro Ramirez
½-½ Ivan Cheparinov
Alexandra Kosteniuk
0-1 S. Mamedyarov
Peter .H. Nielsen
½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Sergey Karjakin
½-½ Alexander Onischuk
Sipke Ernst
0-1 Antoaneta Stefanova
Group C Round three – Mon. 17.01.2005
Joost Wempe
1-0 Leon Pliester
Harmen Jonkman
0-1 Wouter Spoelman
Natalia Zhukova
0-1 Alexey Korotylev
Vladimir Georgiev
1-0 Zeinab Mamedjarova
Evgeny Alekseev
1-0 Bianca Muhren
Tea Lanchava
1-0 Manuel Bosboom
Erwin L’Ami
1-0 Parimarjan Negi
Group B Round four – Tues. 18.01.2005
Daniel Stellwagen
½-½ Antoaneta Stefanova
Alexander Onischuk
½-½ Sipke Ernst
Magnus Carlsen
½-½ Sergey Karjakin
S. Mamedyarov
½-½ Peter .H. Nielsen
Ivan Cheparinov
½-½ Alexandra Kosteniuk
Predrag Nikolic
½-½ Alejandro Ramirez
Jan Smeets
½-½ Friso Nijboer
Group C Round four – Tues. 18.01.2005
Leon Pliester
½-½ Parimarjan Negi
Manuel Bosboom
½-½ Erwin L’Ami
Bianca Muhren
0-1 Tea Lanchava
Zeinab Mamedjarova
0-1 Evgeny Alekseev
Alexey Korotylev
½-½ Vladimir Georgiev
Wouter Spoelman
½-½ Natalia Zhukova
Joost Wempe
0-1 Harmen Jonkman
Group B Round five – Thurs. 20.01.2005
Friso Nijboer
½-½ Daniel Stellwagen
Alejandro Ramirez
0-1 Jan Smeets
Alexandra Kosteniuk
½-½ Predrag Nikolic
Peter .H. Nielsen
0-1 Ivan Cheparinov
Sergey Karjakin
½-½ S. Mamedyarov
Sipke Ernst
½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Antoaneta Stefanova
½-½ Alexander Onischuk
Group C Round five – Thurs. 20.01.2005
Harmen Jonkman
1-0 Leon Pliester
Natalia Zhukova
1-0 Joost Wempe
Vladimir Georgiev
1-0 Wouter Spoelman
Evgeny Alekseev
½-½ Alexey Korotylev
Tea Lanchava
0-1 Zeinab Mamedjarova
Erwin L’Ami
0-1 Bianca Muhren
Parimarjan Negi
½-½ Manuel Bosboom
Group B Round six – Fri.. 21.01.2005
Daniel Stellwagen
0-1 Alexander Onischuk
Magnus Carlsen
½-½ Antoaneta Stefanova
S. Mamedyarov
1-0 Sipke Ernst
Ivan Cheparinov
0-1 Sergey Karjakin
Predrag Nikolic
½-½ Peter .H. Nielsen
Jan Smeets
½-½ Alexandra Kosteniuk
Friso Nijboer
½-½ Alejandro Ramirez
Group C Round six – Fri.. 21.01.2005
Leon Pliester
½-½ Manuel Bosboom
Bianca Muhren
1-0 Parimarjan Negi
Zeinab Mamedjarova
0-1 Erwin L’Ami
Alexey Korotylev
1-0 Tea Lanchava
Wouter Spoelman
0-1 Evgeny Alekseev
Joost Wempe
0-1 Vladimir Georgiev
Harmen Jonkman
½-½ Natalia Zhukova
Group B Round seven – Sat.. 22.01.2005
Alejandro Ramirez Daniel Stellwagen
Alexandra Kosteniuk Friso Nijboer
Peter .H. Nielsen Jan Smeets
Sergey Karjakin Predrag Nikolic
Sipke Ernst Ivan Cheparinov
Antoaneta Stefanova S. Mamedyarov
Alexander Onischuk Magnus Carlsen
Group C Round seven – Sat.. 22.01.2005
Natalia Zhukova
Leon Pliester
Vladimir Georgiev
Harmen Jonkman
Evgeny Alekseev
Joost Wempe
Tea Lanchava
Wouter Spoelman
Erwin L’Ami
Alexey Korotylev
Parimarjan Negi
Zeinab Mamedjarova
Manuel Bosboom
Bianca Muhren
Group B Round eight – Sun. 23.01.2005
Daniel Stellwagen
Magnus Carlsen
S. Mamedyarov
Alexander Onischuk
Ivan Cheparinov
Antoaneta Stefanova
Predrag Nikolic
Sipke Ernst
Jan Smeets
Sergey Karjakin
Friso Nijboer
Peter .H. Nielsen
Alejandro Ramirez
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Group C Round eight – Sun. 23.01.2005
Leon Pliester
Bianca Muhren
Zeinab Mamedjarova
Manuel Bosboom
Alexey Korotylev
Parimarjan Negi
Wouter Spoelman
Erwin L’Ami
Joost Wempe
Tea Lanchava
Harmen Jonkman
Evgeny Alekseev
Natalia Zhukova
Vladimir Georgiev
Group B Round nine – Tues. 25.01.2005
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Daniel Stellwagen
Peter .H. Nielsen
Alejandro Ramirez
Sergey Karjakin
Friso Nijboer
Sipke Ernst
Jan Smeets
Antoaneta Stefanova
Predrag Nikolic
Alexander Onischuk
Ivan Cheparinov
Magnus Carlsen
S. Mamedyarov
Group C Round nine – Tues. 25.01.2005
Vladimir Georgiev
Leon Pliester
Evgeny Alekseev
Natalia Zhukova
Tea Lanchava
Harmen Jonkman
Erwin L’Ami
Joost Wempe
Parimarjan Negi
Wouter Spoelman
Manuel Bosboom
Alexey Korotylev
Bianca Muhren
Zeinab Mamedjarova
Group B Round ten – Wed. 26.01.2005
Daniel Stellwagen
S. Mamedyarov
Ivan Cheparinov
Magnus Carlsen
Predrag Nikolic
Alexander Onischuk
Jan Smeets
Antoaneta Stefanova
Friso Nijboer
Sipke Ernst
Alejandro Ramirez
Sergey Karjakin
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Peter .H. Nielsen
Group C Round ten – Wed. 26.01.2005
Leon Pliester
Zeinab Mamedjarova
Alexey Korotylev
Bianca Muhren
Wouter Spoelman
Manuel Bosboom
Joost Wempe
Parimarjan Negi
Harmen Jonkman
Erwin L’Ami
Natalia Zhukova
Tea Lanchava
Vladimir Georgiev
Evgeny Alekseev
Group B Round eleven – Fri.. 28.01.2005
Peter .H. Nielsen
Daniel Stellwagen
Sergey Karjakin
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Sipke Ernst
Alejandro Ramirez
Antoaneta Stefanova
Friso Nijboer
Alexander Onischuk
Jan Smeets
Magnus Carlsen
Predrag Nikolic
S. Mamedyarov
Ivan Cheparinov
Group C Round eleven – Fri.. 28.01.2005
Evgeny Alekseev
Leon Pliester
Tea Lanchava
Vladimir Georgiev
Erwin L’Ami
Natalia Zhukova
Parimarjan Negi
Harmen Jonkman
Manuel Bosboom
Joost Wempe
Bianca Muhren
Wouter Spoelman
Zeinab Mamedjarova
Alexey Korotylev
Group B Round twelve – Sat. 29.01.2005
Daniel Stellwagen
Ivan Cheparinov
Predrag Nikolic
S. Mamedyarov
Jan Smeets
Magnus Carlsen
Friso Nijboer
Alexander Onischuk
Alejandro Ramirez
Antoaneta Stefanova
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Sipke Ernst
Peter .H. Nielsen
Sergey Karjakin
Group C Round twelve – Sat. 29.01.2005
Leon Pliester
Alexey Korotylev
Wouter Spoelman
Zeinab Mamedjarova
Joost Wempe
Bianca Muhren
Harmen Jonkman
Manuel Bosboom
Natalia Zhukova
Parimarjan Negi
Vladimir Georgiev
Erwin L’Ami
Evgeny Alekseev
Tea Lanchava
Group B Round thirteen – Sun. 30.01.2005
Sergey Karjakin
Daniel Stellwagen
Sipke Ernst
Peter .H. Nielsen
Antoaneta Stefanova
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Alexander Onischuk
Alejandro Ramirez
Magnus Carlsen
Friso Nijboer
S. Mamedyarov
Jan Smeets
Ivan Cheparinov
Predrag Nikolic
Group C Round thirteen – Sun. 30.01.2005
Tea Lanchava
Leon Pliester
Erwin L’Ami
Evgeny Alekseev
Parimarjan Negi
Vladimir Georgiev
Manuel Bosboom
Natalia Zhukova
Bianca Muhren
Harmen Jonkman
Zeinab Mamedjarova
Joost Wempe
Alexey Korotylev
Wouter Spoelman

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