Wijk aan Zee 2010 – Round five report
Report by Steve Giddins / photos by Fred Lucas
As well as being a former world championship challenger, and one of the very
greatest players England has ever produced, Nigel Short has always been noted
for his entertaining and witty comments on his games. With just one point from
his first four games, Wijk aan Zee 2010 has not been his best start to a major
tournament. However, despite his troubles, the English GM continues to uphold
his reputation as just about the best provider of quotes to the assembled pack
of chess journalists. After scrambling a draw from a thoroughly dubious position
against Magnus Carlsen in round four, Nigel explained his choice of 1.e4 d5
2.exd5 Nf6 as Black: "The thing was, I suspected he would play the Scottish
against an Englishman, so I decided to play the Scandinavian against a Norwegian!”
He also raised a further laugh with his response, when asked whether he was
satisfied with a draw against the world no. one: “Satisfied? Why should I be
satisfied with a draw against a kid? I’m a grandmaster with 25 years of experience!”.
As another very quotable chess great, Savielly Tartakower, was wont to say,
"Bravo!"
Results of the day
Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Peter Leko - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Vladimir Kramnik |
0-1 |
Loek van Wely - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
|
Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Tomi Nyback - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Anish Giri - Emil Sutovsky |
1-0 |
David Howell - Ni Hua |
1-0 |
Anna Muzychuk - Dimitri Reinderman |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Liviu Nisipeanu |
1-0 |
Wesley So - Pentala Harikrishna |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Parimarjan Negi |
0-1 |
|
Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Mariya Muzychuk - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Stefan Kuipers - Robin Swinkels |
½-½ |
Peng Zhaoqin - Ray Robson |
0-1 |
Benjamin Bok - Abhijeet Gupta |
½-½ |
Daniele Vocaturo - Nils Grandelius |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Kjetil Lie |
½-½ |
Li Chao - Robin van Kampen |
½-½ |
|
|

Alexey Shirov continues to make the headlines over the board. Today he won
his fifth (!) straight game, the third with Black, after a fascinating battle
with van Wely.
Van Wely,L (2641) - Shirov,A (2723) [A29]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 21.01.2010
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0-0 Be7
8.a3
7...g5!? This violent thrust has been played by Korchnoi in the analogous
position after 8.Rb1, and serves as evidence of the Latvian's intentions. 9.d3
g4 10.Nd2 h5 11.b4 h4 12.Nc4 hxg3 13.hxg3 Nxc4 14.dxc4 Nd4 15.Nb5 Ne6
16.Qc2?! A committal decision, presumably made with the ensuing exchange
sacrifice in mind. The simple 16.Qxd8+ looks enough for a solid and safe plus.
16...c6 17.Rd1 Bd7 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Qe7 20.Qd3 Nd4 21.Rxd4 exd4 22.Qxd4
Rh5 23.Bf4 Qxe2 24.Rd1 Be6 25.b5 Kf8 26.Bf1 Qf3 27.Bg2 Qe2 28.Bf1 Qc2 29.bxc6
bxc6 30.Re1 Kg8 31.Bd3 Qb3 32.Bd2 c5 33.Qd6
33...Bxc4? Now starts a tale of two bishop moves. Fritz 12 prefers the
remarkable 33...Bd5!! 34.cxd5 Qxd3 with a big advantage. 34.Be4? Not
surprisingly missing the equally remarkable zwischenzug 34.Bg6!! Rh3 and only
now 35.Be4 when Black no longer has the reply 35...Bd5. 34...Bd5 35.Qf4 Bxe4
36.Rxe4 Qd1+ 37.Be1 Qf3 38.Qxg4+ Qxg4 39.Rxg4+ Kf8 40.Bd2 Rc8. The smoke
of time-trouble has cleared and Black has a clear extra exchange. 41.Rc4
Ke7 42.g4 Rd5 43.Be3 Kd6 44.Kf1 Rd1+ 45.Ke2 Ra1 46.Ra4 c4 47.Kd2 c3+ 48.Kc2
Ra2+ 49.Kd3 c2 50.Bc1 Ra1 51.Rd4+ Ke6 52.Re4+ Kf6 53.Re1 Rb1 54.Kd2 Rb7 55.Re3
Kg5
With White tied down on the other flank, the entry of the black king decides.56.f3
Kf4 57.Rd3 Kg3 58.Ke2 Re7+ 59.Kd2 Kf2 0-1.

Many-times Dutch champion Loek van Wely, 37, playing in Wijk for the 20th
time, lost to...

the remarkable Mr Shirov, who is now at 5.0/5 points with a 3474 performance
An editorial note with regard to Shirov's performance:
this was assigned by the table generator of the ChessBase database program.
Such performance calculations are not fully meaningful for players scoring 100%
(or 0%). Mathematically Shirov's performance is infinite – we could expect
a player rated 4000 or even 40,000 for that matter to achive no more than he
has done. To obtain a practical value the program assumes he has scored 99%
and adds up to 800 points to his nominal rating. If Shirov does not win a game
– yes, Virginia, such things can happen – then the performance will
be more realistic.
To the relief of most spectators, Vladimir Kramnik abandoned his customary
Petroff, in favour of the Pirc, in search of his first win of the event. The
surprise worked, and Jan Smeets, for whom time-trouble has been his besetting
sin this year, was soon a mile behind on the clock, as well as objectively worse
on the board.
Smeets,J (2657) - Kramnik,V (2788) [B07]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 21.01.2010
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 a6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.Qd2 b5 7.Bh6 0–0 8.e5 dxe5
9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.Bf3 c6 11.dxe5 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Rd8+ 13.Ke3 Ng4+ 14.Bxg4 Bxg4 15.h3
Bf5 16.g4 Bxc2 17.Rc1 b4 18.Rxc2 bxc3 19.Nf3 cxb2 20.Rb1 Rd5
By now Smeets was down to just three minutes, plus increments, to reach move
40. 21.e6 c5 22.exf7 Nc6 23.Rbxb2 Rad8 24.Ke4 Kxf7 25.Rc3 Nd4 26.Ne5+
Ke8 27.Rb6 Nb5 28.Rc2 R5d6 29.Nc4 Rd3 30.Ne3 Ra3 31.Rb2 c4 32.Ke5 c3 33.Rc2
Rd2 34.Rc1 Rxf2 35.Nd5 c2 36.Nb4 Re3+ 37.Kd5 Rd2+ 38.Kc6 Rc3+ 39.Kb7 Nd6+ 40.Ka8
a5 0-1.
Of the five draws, the biggest battle of the day was between Nakamura and Carlsen.
The latter was under the cosh for much of the game, but eventually salvaged
a draw, in an an ending with three pawns for a piece.

Hikaru Nakamura in round five against his big rival...

...Magnus Carlsen, who was in serious trouble but defended to a draw
Nakamura,Hi (2708) - Carlsen,M (2810) [C77]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 21.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bd6 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.0–0
0–0 9.b3 Nd7 10.Bb2 b5 11.d4 f6 12.h3 c5 13.d5 Bf7 14.a4 Nb6 15.c4 c6 16.Nh4
Re8 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Qg4 Kh8 19.f4 exf4 20.Qxf4 bxc4 21.bxc4 cxd5 22.cxd5 Qb8 23.Qh4
23...Nxd5. Initiating a sequence which sees Black net three pawns for
a piece. 24.Rab1 Qb4 25.Bc1 Qxa4 26.exd5 Qxh4 27.Nxh4 Bxd5 28.Ba3 Re3 29.Ra1
Rd3. Commentating live on Playchess, Grandmaster Danny King felt that White
should have reasonable winning chances, if he can coordinate his wayward and
unstable minor pieces. 30.Rfd1 a5 31.Nhf3 a4 32.Rdc1 Kg8 33.Kf2 c4 34.Bxf8
Kxf8 35.Nxc4 Rb3 36.Nfd2 Rb4 37.Ra3 Rc8 38.Rac3 Be6 39.Na3 Rd8 40.Nf3 Rb3 41.Rxb3
axb3 42.Rc6 Bd5 43.Rb6 Rc8 44.Nb5 Rc2+ 45.Kg3 h5 46.Nbd4 Ra2 47.Ne6+ Kf7 48.Nf4
Be4
49.Rb4?! Here, Fritz 12 still strongly prefers White after 49.h4. The
text seems finally to mislay any remaining winning chances. 49...h4+ 50.Kg4
b2 51.Nd2 Ba8 52.Nc4 g5 53.Rxb2 Rxb2 54.Nxb2 gxf4 55.Kxf4 Bxg2 56.Kg4 f5+ 57.Kxf5
Bxh3+ 58.Kg5 Be6 59.Kxh4 ½–½.
In his blog on Arctic
Securities Magnus writes: "Today I played H. Nakamura, USA (2708).
He is rated as number eight in the tournament, but following his good result
in the recent World Championship for National teams in Turkey and his shared
second place here after four rounds, I did not expect an easy game. He avoided
mainline theory in the opening. I did not have any real problems, but got a
bit too optimistic early on and underestimated maybe his ensuing attacking chances.
At a critical junction I could have given an exchange for two pawns and an unclear
position, but chose instead to give a knight for three pawns. In a fairly equal
ending I offered a draw. He somewhat surprisingly declined, but after I had
made a few inaccurate moves, he was seriously playing for a win. In the end
I found a way to defend and after swapping most pieces and all pawns the game
was drawn after five and a half hours. A tough fight. I’ll have the black
pieces two rounds in row, facing reigning World Champion V.Anand Thursday."

Vassily Ivanchuk struggling against Nigel Short
Nigel Short had a frustrating day, having Ivanchuk firmly on the rack for almost
the entire afternoon, but being unable to extract the final surrender. Caruana
will be similarly disappointed, having failed to convert what should have been
a winning advantage against Dominguez.

Highest ranked player in the Americas: Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez
Leko-Anand was a fairly quiet draw, whilst Tiviakov-Kariakin saw Black unable
to make anything of his early structural superiority.

Peter Leko vs Vishy Anand in round five ended in a 28-move draw

World Champion Viswanathan Anand with five draws at 50%
In the B Group, Anish Giri claimed his third strong GM scalp of the event,
by beating Sutovsky in mature fashion, in the ending arising from the Karpov
Variation of the Grunfeld.
15-year-old Anish Giri, leading the B Group with 4.0/5 and a 2888 performance
Giri,A (2588) - Sutovsky,E (2657) [D85]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (5), 21.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5
8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 f5 14.e5 Be6
15.Bc4 Bxc4 16.Rxc4 0-0 17.Ke2 Rad8 18.Rb1 Rd5 19.a4 Rfd8 20.g3 h6 21.h4
21...Na5? A fatal decentralisation, from which Black's position
never fully recovers. 22.Rc7 R5d7 23.Rc5 Rd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Rb6 Kf7
26.Bd2 Bf8? Recycling the knight by 27...Nc6 28.Bc3 Nd8 was a better
chance. 27.Bc3 e6
28.Ne1! Shockingly simple – there is no good defence
to Nc2-e3. 28...Be7 29.Nc2 Bd8 30.Bxa5 Rxa5 31.Rxb7+ Ke8 32.Rb4 Rd5
33.Rc4 Rd7 34.Rc6 Kf7 35.Rxa6 Rb7 36.a5 Rb2 37.Kd3 Ra2 38.Ra7+ 1-0.

Philippine GM Wesley So, 16, with five drawn games in eighth place
In the C Group, the equally precocious American talent, 15-year-old Ray Robson,
is also putting up a marvellous show, with today's win as Black against Peng
Zhaoqin taking his score onto a superb 4.5 / 5.

GM Ray Robson, 15, with 4.5/5 points and a 2783 performance

The trauma of being mated by IM Hans Bohm in a simultaneous exhibition
In his blog on Arctic Securities
Magnus writes: "On the free day Wednesday I was invited to play a football
match against a Dutch team. Together with GM Kjetil Lie (who is a former 3rd
division goal-getter), we played against Van Wely and Smeets, whom I beat in
round two and three of the chess tournament. Dutch Television was present and
duly documented our short but intense match, ending in a Norwegian 5-1 victory."

Holland vs Norway, Jan Smeets vs Magnus Carlsen in the free day soccer match

"My relation with chess is simple," says Fred Lucas. "I'm a photographer who
is very fond of the game, loves the atmosphere at tournaments – it's if you
can really feel all the ideas coming up on all those boards – and I love to
make pictures, especially with available light. What I like most when photographing
chess players is to get their emotions that are otherwise hard to see, because
life immediately proceeds to the next moment. Before the start of a game most
players are busy with themselves, concentrating and some give you the impression
that they really don't want to pay attention to anything else than the game
to come."
Links
Standings
Group A

Group B

Group C

Video reports by Europe Echecs
Europe Echecs video
report by GM Robert Fontaine
Live commentary on Playchess
Naturally the games of the Wijk aan Zee tournament are being broadcast live
on Playchess. Anyone who uses Fritz 12 to log into the server will appreciate
the new features, like the following:
In the broadcast room the different events are listed as separate tournaments.
Click one if the tournaments and the games that are being broadcast are displayed
below, so you can load any that is of interest.

If you double-click the tournament all the games – or at least the eight
most important – all the are loaded in one window. You can start an analysis
engine, which follows any board you click. Naturally all boards are kept up-to-date
as the moves come in.

Live audio commentary today was by GM Daniel King, who discussed the games
with the kibitzers

Playchess (and ChessBase Magazine) commentator GM Daniel King

During round five in Wijk at 6:00 p.m. there were 7500 members online on Playchess.com.
Each dot on the map represents a player and his or her place of residence –
the dots in the middle of the ocean are people who have not given their location
correctly, or have entered weird geo coordinates. We suspected that one of them
might be Katie
Spotz, but she is probably too busy rowing and tweeting. The bright bell-shaped
area shows where the sun is currently shining on the globe.
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 |
3:30 p.m. |
22nd Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 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 |
3:30 p.m. |
28th Jan |
Free Day |
|
29th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
30th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
31st Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
1:00 p.m. |
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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 |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Vladimir Kramnik |
0-1 |
Loek van Wely - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
|
Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Vishy Anand - Magnus Carlsen |
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Hikaru Nakamura |
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Alexei Shirov - Nigel Short |
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Vladimir Kramnik - Loek van Wely |
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Sergey Karjakin - Jan Smeets |
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Leinier Dominguez - Sergey Tiviakov |
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Peter Leko - Fabiano Caruana |
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Group A: Round 7- Sat. Jan. 23rd |
Fabiano Caruana - Vishy Anand |
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Sergey Tiviakov - Peter Leko |
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Jan Smeets - Leinier Dominguez |
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Loek van Wely - Sergey Karjakin |
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Nigel Short - Vladimir Kramnik |
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Hikaru Nakamura - Alexei Shirov |
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Magnus Carlsen - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Alexei Shirov - Magnus Carlsen |
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Vladimir Kramnik - Hikaru Nakamura |
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Sergey Karjakin - Nigel Short |
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Leinier Dominguez - Loek van Wely |
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Peter Leko - Jan Smeets |
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Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Tiviakov |
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Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
Sergey Tiviakov - Vishy Anand |
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Jan Smeets - Fabiano Caruana |
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Loek van Wely - Peter Leko |
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Nigel Short - Leinier Dominguez |
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Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Karjakin |
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Magnus Carlsen - Vladimir Kramnik |
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexei Shirov |
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Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Vishy Anand - Alexei Shirov |
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Vladimir Kramnik - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Sergey Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen |
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Leinier Dominguez - Hikaru Nakamura |
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Peter Leko - Nigel Short |
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Fabiano Caruana - Loek van Wely |
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Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Smeets |
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Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
Jan Smeets - Vishy Anand |
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Loek van Wely - Sergey Tiviakov |
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Nigel Short - Fabiano Caruana |
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Hikaru Nakamura - Peter Leko |
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Magnus Carlsen - Leinier Dominguez |
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Karjakin |
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Alexei Shirov - Vladimir Kramnik |
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Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
Vishy Anand - Vladimir Kramnik |
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Sergey Karjakin - Alexei Shirov |
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Leinier Dominguez - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen |
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Fabiano Caruana - Hikaru Nakamura |
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Sergey Tiviakov - Nigel Short |
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Jan Smeets - Loek van Wely |
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Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
Loek van Wely - Vishy Anand |
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Nigel Short - Jan Smeets |
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Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Tiviakov |
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Magnus Carlsen - Fabiano Caruana |
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Peter Leko |
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Alexei Shirov - Leinier Dominguez |
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Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Karjakin |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Tomi Nyback - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Anish Giri - Emil Sutovsky |
1-0 |
David Howell - Ni Hua |
1-0 |
Anna Muzychuk - Dimitri Reinderman |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Liviu Nisipeanu |
1-0 |
Wesley So - Pentala Harikrishna |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Parimarjan Negi |
0-1 |
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Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Erwin l'Ami - Parimarjan Negi |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Varuzhan Akobian |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Wesley So |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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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 |
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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 |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Parimarjan Negi |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Varuzhan Akobian |
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Ni Hua - Wesley So |
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Emil Sutovsky - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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Tomi Nyback - Anna Muzychuk |
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Anish Giri - David Howell |
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Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
David Howell - Erwin l'Ami |
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Anna Muzychuk - Anish Giri |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Tomi Nyback |
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Wesley So - Emil Sutovsky |
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Varuzhan Akobian - Ni Hua |
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Parimarjan Negi - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Erwin l'Ami - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Ni Hua - Parimarjan Negi |
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Emil Sutovsky - Varuzhan Akobian |
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Tomi Nyback - Wesley So |
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Anish Giri - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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David Howell - Anna Muzychuk |
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Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
Anna Muzychuk - Erwin l'Ami |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Mariya Muzychuk - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Stefan Kuipers - Robin Swinkels |
½-½ |
Peng Zhaoqin - Ray Robson |
0-1 |
Benjamin Bok - Abhijeet Gupta |
½-½ |
Daniele Vocaturo - Nils Grandelius |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Kjetil Lie |
½-½ |
Li Chao - Robin van Kampen |
½-½ |
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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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