Wijk aan Zee 2010 – Round four report
Report by Steve Giddins / photos by Fred Lucas
"Playing Waves" – a Sculpture Park Sea of Steel by artist
Jaak Soans Estland
Top seed Magnus Carlsen strides through the playing hall in round four
Results of the day
| Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
| Vishy Anand - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Alexei Shirov - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Peter Leko |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Erwin l'Ami - Varuzhan Akobian |
1-0 |
Parimarjan Negi - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Pentala Harikrishna - Arkadij Naiditsch |
1-0 |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - David Howell |
0-1 |
Ni Hua - Anish Giri |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Tomi Nyback |
0-1 |
|
| Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Robin van Kampen - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
Kjetil Lie - Daniele Vocaturo |
1-0 |
Nils Grandelius - Benjamin Bok |
0-1 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Peng Zhaoqin |
½-½ |
Ray Robson - Stefan Kuipers |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Mariya Muzychuk |
1-0 |
|
|
Shirov wins again! The Latvian superstar won his fourth straight game, but
in case you are wondering, it is not a record for the event – indeed,
Shirov is still only halfway towards the 8/8 start made by Victor Korchnoi in
1968! The manner of Shirov's win was rather reminiscent of another great, his
legendary countryman, Mikhail Tal. After labouring to prove anything substantial
against the Petroff, Shirov made an objectively rather dubious piece sacrifice.
However, it created enough practical problems to drive his opponent, Jan Smeets,
into extreme time-trouble, and, despite the 30-second increment, the Dutchman
blundered fatally in an unclear position.
Shirov - Smeets [C42]
Corus Chess 2010 Wijk aan Zee (4), 19.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7
8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5
15.Bf4 Rac8 16.h3 h6 17.Nd2 Na5 18.Nf1 Qb3 19.Qd2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Ne3 Qb5
22.c4 Qd7 23.c5 Bg6 24.Rac1 c6 25.Nc4 f6
26.Bxh6?! gxh6 27.Qxh6 Bh7 28.Re3 Bf8 29.Rg3+ Kh8 30.Qxf6+ Bg7 31.Qg5
Bxd4 32.Rd1 Rf8 33.Kh2
33...Rcd8?? [33...Rce8 is unclear] 34.Ne5 Qc7 35.Rxd4!
Rxd4 36.Ng6+ Kg7 [36...Bxg6 37.Qh6+ Qh7 38.Qxf8+ Qg8 39.Qxg8+ Kxg8
40.Rxg6+ wins] 37.Nxf8+ 1-0. [Click
to replay]
Van Wely slumped to his third straight defeat. Ivanchuk chose the relatively
rare 8.Qe2, and six moves later, van Wely was as good as lost.
Ivanchuk,V (2749) - Van Wely,L (2641) [B96]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 19.01.2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2
Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.a3 Be7 11.g4 Rb8 12.Bg2 b4 13.axb4 Rxb4
14.e5! dxe5 15.Nc6 Bb7. 15...Rb6 16.Nxe7 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.fxe5 Nxe5
19.Rde1 Ned7 20.Qxa6 1–0 Spraggett,K (2631)-Czakon,J (2482)/San Sebastian 2007.
16.Nxb4 Bxb4 17.fxe5 Bxc3 18.exf6 gxf6 19.bxc3 fxg5 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.h4 Qc7 22.hxg5
Qxc3 23.Qxa6 Nc5 24.Qa8+ Ke7 25.Qa7+ Kf8 26.Rhf1 1-0. [Click
to replay]
Magnus Carlsen looked to be well on the way to his third successive win. However,
after establishing a large advantage against Short's offbeat opening choice,
he missed two potentially winning moves, to the anguish of his watching trainer.
Deep Thought – Magnus Carlsen in his round four game against Nigel
Short
Carlsen,M (2810) - Short,N (2696) [B01]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 19.01.2010
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Nf3 Nxd5 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 c6 7.Be2 g6
8.0-0 Bg7 9.Rd1 0-0 10.c4 Nc7 11.Qe4 f5 12.Qe3 Kh8 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.b3 Qe8 15.f4
Qf7 16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Bf3 Bf6 18.Rd2 Qg7 19.Rad1 g5 20.Ne2 Rg8 21.Kf1 h6 22.Ng3
Qg6
23.Qd3? Fritz gives two lines as winning for White: 23.Bh5 Qh7 24.Rf2
e6 25.Bf3 Qg6 26.Kg1 gxf4 27.Qxf4 e5 28.dxe5 Ne6 29.Qxf5 Qxf5 30.Nxf5 Nxe5 31.Rxd8
Rxd8 32.Bh5 Ng7 33.g4 Ne6+–; and 23.Nh5 (Yasser Seirawan proposed this
during the game in his live commentary on Playchess) 23...g4 24.hxg4 fxg4 25.Nxf6
exf6 26.Be4 Qh5 27.d5 cxd5 28.cxd5 Rge8 29.d6 Ne6 30.Kg1 Nec5 31.Rd5 Qf7 32.R5d4
Nxe4+–.
23...gxf4 24.Nh5 Nc5 25.Qc2 Ne4 26.Re2?! [26.Bxe4 Qxh5 27.Bxf5 is still
better for White] 26...Ng3+ 27.Nxg3 fxg3 28.d5 cxd5 29.cxd5 Bxb2
30.Qxb2+? Here 30.Rxe7! preserves some advantage. 30...Qg7 31.Qc1
Rd7 32.Rde1 Rf8 33.Re5 Nb5 34.Qc5 Nd6 35.Qxa7 Ne4 36.Qd4 e6 37.Rd1 exd5 38.Rxd5
Rxd5 39.Qxg7+ Kxg7 40.Rxd5 Kf6 41.Bxe4 fxe4 42.Ke2 Ke6 43.Rd4 Rf2+ 44.Ke3 Rxg2
45.Rxe4+ Kd5 46.Rd4+ Ke5 47.Re4+ ½–½. A great battle, and full credit to
Short, for a brave fighting display. [Click
to replay]
Got away with it – using some brave fighting defence: Nigel
Short
Viswanathan Anand scored his fourth consecutive draw, this time against...
US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, who played the Dutch Defence against the
World Champion
Afterwards the two analyse their game in the press center
Anand-Nakamura was a fairly quiet draw, despite starting 1.d4 f5. Dominguez-Leko
saw a fascinating tactical battle from a Marshall, but the engines were announcing
the draw from as early as move 24.
Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez Perez who, like Anand, has scored 50%
Dominguez Perez,L (2712) - Leko,P (2739) [C89]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 19.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2
Bd7 16.Qf1 Qf5 17.Nd2 Rae8 18.f3 Nf6 19.a4 c5 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Ne4 Rxe4 22.fxe4
Qxe4 23.Bf4 Bc6 24.d5 c4
25.Bxd6 Qxd5 26.Bd1 Qh1+ 27.Kf2 Qxh2+ 28.Ke1 Qxb2 29.Ra3 Ne4 30.Qf4 Qg2
31.Be2 Qg1+ 32.Bf1 g5 33.Qf3 Nd2 34.Qxc6 Qxf1+ 35.Kxd2 Qf2+ 36.Kc1 Qe1+ ½–½.
[Click to replay]
Karjakin-Caruana saw White achieve the typical structural advantage from an
Exchange Spanish, but Black held the draw without too much difficulty. Tiviakov
had Kramnik in serious trouble, but the win slipped away in time-trouble.
Alexei Shirov preparing for his fourth win in Wijk 2010
Kramnik,V (2788) - Tiviakov,S (2662) [E21]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 19.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bd2
cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Qe2 Be7 12.Rfe1 Nd7 13.Rad1 N7f6 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Bb1
Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qd5 17.f3 Rc7 18.Qf2 b5 19.Qg3 Rfc8 20.Qh3 g6 21.Bg5 Nh5 22.Bd2
b4 23.c4 Qxd4+ 24.Kh1 Qh4 25.Qg4 Qxg4 26.fxg4 Ng7 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bg3 f6 29.Nf3
e5
30.Nxe5 fxe5 31.Bxe5 Rxc4 32.Bxg7 Rxg4 33.h3 Rxg2 34.Be4 Bxe4 35.Rxe4
Kxg7 36.Kxg2 ½-½. [Click
to replay]
The leader by a full point: Alexei Shirov with 4.0/4 and a performance
so far of 3483
The winner of the Politicians competition, Johan van Hulst – did we mention,
he is 99 years old?
All photos by Studio Fred Lucas
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Video reports by Europe Echecs
Europe Echecs video
report by GM Robert Fontaine
Schedule of commentators
| 16th Jan |
FM Valeri Lilov |
5:00 p.m. |
| 17th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
5:00 p.m. |
| 18th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 19th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 20th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 21st Jan |
GM Daniel King |
6:00 p.m. |
| 22nd Jan |
GM Daniel King |
6:00 p.m. |
| 23rd Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
|
| 24th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 25th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 26th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 27th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
6:00 p.m. |
| 28th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 29th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
6:00 p.m. |
| 30th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 31st Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
1:00 p.m. |
|
Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group A
| Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16th |
| Sergey Karjakin - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Peter Leko - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Fabiano Caruana - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely - Nigel Short |
1-0 |
|
| Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
| Vishy Anand - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Magnus Carlsen - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Alexei Shirov - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
|
| Group A: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
| Leinier Dominguez - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Peter Leko - Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Jan Smeets - Vassily Ivanchuk |
0-1 |
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Hikaru Nakamura |
0-1 |
|
| Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
| Vishy Anand - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Alexei Shirov - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Peter Leko |
½-½ |
|
| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
| Peter Leko - Vishy Anand |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Jan Smeets - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Loek van Wely - Alexei Shirov |
|
Nigel Short - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen |
|
|
| Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
| Vishy Anand - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Alexei Shirov - Nigel Short |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Loek van Wely |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Jan Smeets |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
Peter Leko - Fabiano Caruana |
|
|
| Group A: Round 7- Sat. Jan. 23rd |
| Fabiano Caruana - Vishy Anand |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Peter Leko |
|
Jan Smeets - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Loek van Wely - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Nigel Short - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Alexei Shirov |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
|
| Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
| Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Alexei Shirov - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Nigel Short |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Loek van Wely |
|
Peter Leko - Jan Smeets |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
|
| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
| Sergey Tiviakov - Vishy Anand |
|
Jan Smeets - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Loek van Wely - Peter Leko |
|
Nigel Short - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexei Shirov |
|
|
| Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
| Vishy Anand - Alexei Shirov |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Peter Leko - Nigel Short |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Loek van Wely |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Smeets |
|
|
| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
| Jan Smeets - Vishy Anand |
|
Loek van Wely - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
Nigel Short - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Peter Leko |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Alexei Shirov - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
|
| Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
| Vishy Anand - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Alexei Shirov |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Nigel Short |
|
Jan Smeets - Loek van Wely |
|
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| Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
| Loek van Wely - Vishy Anand |
|
Nigel Short - Jan Smeets |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Peter Leko |
|
Alexei Shirov - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Karjakin |
|
|
Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group B
| Group B: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16th |
Ni Hua - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0 |
Tomi Nyback - Liviu Nisipeanu |
0-1 |
Anish Giri - Pentala Harikrishna |
1-0 |
David Howell - Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Anna Muzychuk - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Wesley So |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
Erwin l'Ami - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Arkadij Naiditsch |
0-1 |
Parimarjan Negi - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Pentala Harikrishna - David Howell |
½-½ |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Anish Giri |
0-1 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Tomi Nyback |
0-1 |
Ni Hua - Emil Sutovsky |
1-0 |
|
| Group B: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
Emil Sutovsky - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Tomi Nyback - Ni Hua |
0-1 |
Anish Giri - Dimitri Reinderman |
½-½ |
David Howell - Liviu Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Anna Muzychuk - Pentala Harikrishna |
0-1 |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Wesley So - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Erwin l'Ami - Varuzhan Akobian |
1-0 |
Parimarjan Negi - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Pentala Harikrishna - Arkadij Naiditsch |
1-0 |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - David Howell |
0-1 |
Ni Hua - Anish Giri |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Tomi Nyback |
0-1 |
|
| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Tomi Nyback - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Anish Giri - Emil Sutovsky |
|
David Howell - Ni Hua |
|
Anna Muzychuk - Dimitri Reinderman |
|
Arkadij Naiditsch - Liviu Nisipeanu |
|
Wesley So - Pentala Harikrishna |
|
Varuzhan Akobian - Parimarjan Negi |
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|
| Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Erwin l'Ami - Parimarjan Negi |
|
Pentala Harikrishna - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
Liviu Nisipeanu - Wesley So |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
Ni Hua - Anna Muzychuk |
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Emil Sutovsky - David Howell |
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Tomi Nyback - Anish Giri |
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| Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 23rd |
Anish Giri - Erwin l'Ami |
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David Howell - Tomi Nyback |
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Anna Muzychuk - Emil Sutovsky |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Ni Hua |
|
Wesley So - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Varuzhan Akobian - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Parimarjan Negi - Pentala Harikrishna |
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| Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
Erwin l'Ami - Pentala Harikrishna |
|
Liviu Nisipeanu - Parimarjan Negi |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
Ni Hua - Wesley So |
|
Emil Sutovsky - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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Tomi Nyback - Anna Muzychuk |
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Anish Giri - David Howell |
|
|
| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
David Howell - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Anna Muzychuk - Anish Giri |
|
Arkadij Naiditsch - Tomi Nyback |
|
Wesley So - Emil Sutovsky |
|
Varuzhan Akobian - Ni Hua |
|
Parimarjan Negi - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Liviu Nisipeanu |
|
|
| Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Erwin l'Ami - Liviu Nisipeanu |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Pentala Harikrishna |
|
Ni Hua - Parimarjan Negi |
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Emil Sutovsky - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
Tomi Nyback - Wesley So |
|
Anish Giri - Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
David Howell - Anna Muzychuk |
|
|
| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
Anna Muzychuk - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Arkadij Naiditsch - David Howell |
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Wesley So - Anish Giri |
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Varuzhan Akobian - Tomi Nyback |
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Parimarjan Negi - Emil Sutovsky |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Ni Hua |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Dimitri Reinderman |
|
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| Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
Erwin l'Ami - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Ni Hua - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Emil Sutovsky - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Tomi Nyback - Parimarjan Negi |
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Anish Giri - Varuzhan Akobian |
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David Howell - Wesley So |
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Anna Muzychuk - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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| Group B: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Erwin l'Ami |
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Wesley So - Anna Muzychuk |
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Varuzhan Akobian - David Howell |
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Parimarjan Negi - Anish Giri |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Tomi Nyback |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Emil Sutovsky |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Ni Hua |
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Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group C
| Group C: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16th |
Ray Robson - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Abhijeet Gupta |
½-½ |
Mariya Muzychuk - Nils Grandelius |
0-1 |
Stefan Kuipers - Kjetil Lie |
½-½ |
Peng Zhaoqin - Robin van Kampen |
½-½ |
Benjamin Bok - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Daniele Vocaturo - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
|
| Group C: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Sjoerd Plukkel |
½-½ |
Li Chao - Daniele Vocaturo |
½-½ |
Robin van Kampen - Benjamin Bok |
½-½ |
Kjetil Lie - Peng Zhaoqin |
0-1 |
Nils Grandelius - Stefan Kuipers |
0-1 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Mariya Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Ray Robson - Robin Swinkels |
1-0 |
|
| Group C: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
Robin Swinkels - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Mariya Muzychuk - Ray Robson |
½-½ |
Stefan Kuipers - Abhijeet Gupta |
0-1 |
Peng Zhaoqin - Nils Grandelius |
½-½ |
Benjamin Bok - Kjetil Lie |
0-1 |
Daniele Vocaturo - Robin van Kampen |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Li Chao |
0-1 |
|
| Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Robin van Kampen - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
Kjetil Lie - Daniele Vocaturo |
1-0 |
Nils Grandelius - Benjamin Bok |
0-1 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Peng Zhaoqin |
½-½ |
Ray Robson - Stefan Kuipers |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Mariya Muzychuk |
1-0 |
|
| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Mariya Muzychuk - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Stefan Kuipers - Robin Swinkels |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Ray Robson |
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Benjamin Bok - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Nils Grandelius |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Kjetil Lie |
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Li Chao - Robin van Kampen |
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| Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Soumya Swaminathan - Robin v. Kampen |
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Kjetil Lie - Li Chao |
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Nils Grandelius - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Daniele Vocaturo |
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Ray Robson - Benjamin Bok |
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Robin Swinkels - Peng Zhaoqin |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Stefan Kuipers |
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| Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 23rd |
Stefan Kuipers - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Benjamin Bok - Robin Swinkels |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Ray Robson |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Li Chao - Nils Grandelius |
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Robin van Kampen - Kjetil Lie |
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| Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Kjetil Lie |
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Nils Grandelius - Robin van Kampen |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Li Chao |
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Ray Robson - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Robin Swinkels - Daniele Vocaturo |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Benjamin Bok |
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Stefan Kuipers - Peng Zhaoqin |
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| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
Peng Zhaoqin - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Benjamin Bok - Stefan Kuipers |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Robin Swinkels |
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Li Chao - Ray Robson |
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Robin van Kampen - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Kjetil Lie - Nils Grandelius |
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| Group C: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Nils Grandelius |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Kjetil Lie |
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Ray Robson - Robin van Kampen |
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Robin Swinkels - Li Chao |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Stefan Kuipers - Daniele Vocaturo |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Benjamin Bok |
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| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
Benjamin Bok - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Peng Zhaoqin |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Stefan Kuipers |
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Li Chao - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Robin van Kampen - Robin Swinkels |
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Kjetil Lie - Ray Robson |
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Nils Grandelius - Abhijeet Gupta |
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| Group C: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Ray Robson - Nils Grandelius |
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Robin Swinkels - Kjetil Lie |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Robin van Kampen |
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Stefan Kuipers - Li Chao |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Benjamin Bok - Daniele Vocaturo |
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| Group C: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
Daniele Vocaturo - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Benjamin Bok |
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Li Chao - Peng Zhaoqin |
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Robin van Kampen - Stefan Kuipers |
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Kjetil Lie - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Nils Grandelius - Robin Swinkels |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Ray Robson |
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Schedule (playing days)
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Games begin at 13:30h local time (15:30 Moscow, 12:30 London, 7:30 a.m. NY),
except for the last round on January 31st, which begins at 12:30h. There are
three rest days, on January 20th, 25th, and 28th. For all three groups the rate
of play is 100 minutes/40 moves + 50 minutes/20 moves + 15 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Location: The tournament takes place in the De Moriaan Community
Centre (Dorpsduinen 4, 1949 EG Wijk aan Zee). There is running commentary on
the games of the Grandmaster Groups in a special Chess Pavilion, on the Village
Green in Wijk aan Zee (one minute walk from De Moriaan).
Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase
Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program
to read, replay and analyse PGN games. New and enhanced: CB Light 2009!
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