Vishy wins Wijk

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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

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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