Results of round one
Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 17th |
Daniël Stellwagen - Sergei Movsesian |
1/2 |
Magnus Carlsen - Teymour Radjabov |
1/2 |
Levon Aronian - Wang Yue |
1/2 |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Jan Smeets |
0-1 |
Sergei Karjakin - Alexender Morozevich |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely - Leinier Dominguez |
1/2 |
Gata Kamsky - Michael Adams |
1/2 |
|
Group B: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 17th |
Hou Yifan - Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
0-1 |
Krishnan Sasikiran - Erwin l'Ami |
1/2 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Francisco Vallejo |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Jan Werle |
1/2 |
Andrei Volokitin - Fabiano Caruana |
1/2 |
Henrique Mecking - Zahar Efimenko |
0-1 |
Alexander Motylev - David Navara |
0-1 |
|
Group C: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 17th |
T. Hillarp Persson - Roeland Pruijssers |
1/2 |
David Howell - Manuel Bosboom |
0-1 |
Friso Nijboer - Wesley So |
0-1 |
Oleg Romanishin - Ali Bitalzadeh |
1-0 |
Anish Giri - Frank Holzke |
1/2 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Dronavalli Harika |
0-1 |
Eduardo Iturrizaga - M. Leon Hoyos |
1-0 |
|
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The Gathering of the Clans
Round one report by Steve Giddins
Wijk aan Zee 2009 is underway! Yesterday afternoon, the 42 players
in the three GM groups, plus the officials, sponsors and guests, gathered in
the famous Pavilion tent, opposite the de Moriaan playing venue, for the opening
ceremony and drawing of lots. Having attended such events in the past, I can
testify to the fact that it is like a great gathering of the clans, as old friends
and rivals come together for the annual event. Mind you, any similarity with
the meetings of Scottish highlanders soon ends, as the latter tended to turn
up dressed in that quintessentially Scottish items of costume, the kilt. You
will not find many kilts around in Wijk aan Zee, and quite rightly so, given
the nature of the vicious North Sea wind that dominates this little Dutch seaside
town. The eternal mystery of what a Scotsman wears under his kilt would soon
be resolved, if he wore one in Wijk. I fear it would be very much a case of
"I'm not sure where that wind is coming from, but I really don't like where
it's going!"
No, it was a firmly betrousered Grandmaster community that collected in the
Pavilion, where they heard some highly encouraging news about the future of
the event. Despite the grim economic climate, the sponsors have confirmed that
the tournament is secure at least until 2013. Ironically, this most welcome
statement came on the day that other chess news sites reported the apparent
collapse of the Karlovy Vary leg of the FIDE Grand Prix, at least the third
event in the six-tournament series to have foundered! As I wrote two days ago,
"The only remotely interesting aspect of FIDE's Grand Prix is the
suspense of wondering which will be the next tournament in the series to collapse...".
You read it here first!
The other main business yesterday was the drawing of lots. This immediately
threw up two big pairings for today's first round, namely Carlsen-Radjabov and
Aronian-Wang Yue. Both yielded highly interesting struggles, which were eventually
drawn, with the former, in particular, producing plenty of "oohs"
and "aahs" from the watching internet audience.
Carlsen,M (2776) - Radjabov,T (2761) [B40]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 17.01.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bg4 7.0–0 Be7 8.dxc5
Bxc5 9.Qe1+ Be7 10.Ne5 Be6 11.c4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.cxd5 Nxd5
14.Bh6. Spectacular, but it looks stronger to insert 14.Bxd5! Bxd5 and
only then play 15.Bh6, after which Black has some serious problems to solve.
14...Nxe5. Certainly not 14...gxh6? 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Rd1. 15.Rd1 gxh6
16.Qxe5 Bf6 17.Qe2 Bxc3 18.Bxd5 Qe7 19.Qb5+ Qd7 20.Qb3 Rc5 21.Bxe6 Qxe6 22.Qa3
b6 23.bxc3 0–0
After the complications, we reach a heavy piece ending where the more exposed
black king gives White some initiative, but careful defence enables Radjabov
to hold. 24.Qxa7 Rxc3 25.Rfe1 Qf6 26.Qa4 Rc5 27.Re4 Rf5 28.Rg4+ Kh8 29.Qb4
Rc8 30.Rc4 Re8 31.Re4 Rc8 32.Re2 Rfc5 33.Re4 Rf5 34.Rde1 Rg8 35.Re8 Rfg5 36.R8e4
Rf5 37.R1e2 Qa1+ 38.Kg2 Qf6 39.a4 Qc6 40.Qb2+ Qf6 41.Rb4 Qxb2 42.Rexb2 Ra8 43.Rxb6
Rxa4 44.Rxh6 Kg7 45.Rd6 h6 46.f4 Rfa5 47.Rdd2 Ra6 48.Kh3 R6a5 49.Kh4 Ra6 50.Rbc2
R6a5 51.Rf2 Ra6 52.Kh5 R4a5+ 53.f5 Rg6 54.g4 Ra3 55.Kh4 Rb6 56.h3 Rbb3 57.Rh2
Rf3 58.Rcf2 Rfe3 59.Rf1 Rab3 60.Rfh1 Rf3 draw. [Click
to replay]
![](/portals/all/_for_legal_reasons.jpg)
Magnus Carlsen filling out his scoresheet before the start of the game
Trying to remember how to spell Radjabov
Magnus' father Henrik, who is in Wijk, writes:
"Magnus played 1.e4 and was met with c5 2.Nf3 e6 against Teimur Radjabov.
He thought 3.g3 was an interesting way of deferring d4 and both players, and
especially Radjabov, spent lots of time on the clock in the opening. Magnus
thought he was clearly better already after 7...Be7 8.cxd5 Bxc5. He kept building
up the pressure against the centre with the black king still on e8 and thought
14.Bxd5 would give white an advantage but that Bh6 would be even better. After
having moved, he discovered that the planned continuation was unclear due to
14...Nxe5 15.Bxg7 Nd3! White still he had an advantage in the game after 15.Rd1
but it is small. With his poor pawn structure, black continued to face problems
throughout his long time trouble, but found a good defence to reach a double
rook and two versus three pawn ending. Magnus played on for a while, but Radjabov
found a nice way of securing the draw with 53?. Rg6 54.g4 Ra3 and a draw was
agreed after move 60.
The big news of the day was that the only two decisive games saw the top two
seeds lose! The biggest sensation of all was Ivanchuk's defeat at the hands
of Jan Smeets, the 22-year old Dutch champion. His inclusion in the event, along
with Daniel Stellwagen, had raised a few eyebrows, and many expected the pair
of them to go through without winning a game, but already such pessimistic forecasts
can be thrown out of the window. Ivanchuk achieved a small advantage from the
opening, but it gradually dwindled, and he ended up losing on time in an inferior,
but probably drawn opposite-coloured bishop ending.
![](/portals/all/_for_legal_reasons.jpg)
Bottom seed beats top seed: 23-year-old GM Jan Smeets of Holland, rated
2601
Ivanchuk,V (2779) - Smeets,J (2601) [D44]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 17.01.2009
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.e5 Ne4 10.Bd2 Qd5 11.Qc2 c5 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qa5+ 14.Nd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 Qd5
16.Qxc4 Qxc4 17.Bxc4 Nc6 18.Bc3 Ne7 19.a5 Bd7 20.Bb4 Rc8 21.Be2 Nc6 22.Bc5 Nxe5
23.Rb1 Nc6 24.Rxb7 Nxa5 25.Rxa7 Nc6 26.Rb7 Nd8 27.Rb3 Bc6 28.0-0 Nb7 29.Ba3
Kd7 30.Rc1 Nd6 31.Rb6 Nf5 32.d5 exd5 33.Bg4 g6 34.Bb2 Rhe8 35.Bxf5+ gxf5 36.f3
Re2 37.Bd4 Rd2 38.Be3 Rd3 39.Bf4 d4
and Ivanchuk lost on time! 0-1. [Click
to replay]
Kariakin's win against Morozevich was altogether shorter and sharper
![](/portals/all/_for_legal_reasons.jpg)
The youngest
GM in history, Sergey Karjakin, turned 18 on Monday
Karjakin,Sergey (2706) - Morozevich,A (2771) [B48]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 17.01.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0–0–0
Be7 9.f3 0–0 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Ne8 12.h4 Ne5 13.Kb1 Bb7 14.h5 Rc8 15.Qg2 b4 16.Na4
f5 17.gxf6 Nxf6 18.Bd3 Rf7 19.b3 Rcf8 20.Rdg1 Ne8 21.Rh3 Bf6 22.Nb2
22...Nc6?! 22...Qc3; 22...Nd6 are both safer. 23.Nxc6 Qxc6?? 23...Bxc6
is still fine, e.g. 24.Nc4 d5. 24.Nc4. 24.e5! was equally convincing.
24...d5. There is no good defence to the threat of 25.e5 and 26.Bxh7+,
e.g. 24...d6 25.e5 dxe5 26.Bxh7+. Fritz 11 offers 24...Bc3 as the best hope,
but even then 25.Na5 Qc7 26.Nxb7 Qxb7 27.e5 yields a winning attack. 25.exd5
exd5 26.h6 1–0. There is no adequate defence to 27.Bxh7+. [Click
to replay]
![](/portals/all/_for_legal_reasons.jpg)
World's number five ranked grandmaster Alexander Morozevich of Russia
Stellwagen missed a chance to make it an even better day for the Dutch. He
was clearly better throughout the game, and agreed a draw in a position where
he appeared to be a good pawn up, with excellent winning chances:
Stellwagen,D (2612) - Movsesian,S (2751) [B80]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 17.01.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2
Nc6 9.g4 d5 10.g5 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Nh5 12.0-0-0 Bxg5 13.Kb1 Kh8 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Rg1
Qf6 16.Qb4 Bd7 17.exd5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Qxf3 19.Bg2 Qf5 20.Qxb7 Ba4 21.b3 Rac8 22.Rd2
a5 23.Qa7 Bc6 24.Ne7 Qg5 25.Bxc6 Qxd2 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Qxf7 Qd4 28.Re1 Nf6 29.Qe6
Rd8 30.Qe5 Qb4 31.Kb2 h6 32.a3 Qb6 33.Bf3 Qf2
and Stellwagen offered a draw. [Click
to replay]
![](/portals/all/_for_legal_reasons.jpg)
Kamsky-Adams was a quiet draw, whilst van Wely and Dominguez played the longest
game of the day. It reached an ending with White having an extra exchange for
a pawn, but the fact that all pawns were on one side always made the draw likely,
and that was eventualy the outcome.
![](/portals/all/_for_legal_reasons.jpg)
Top Dutch GM Loek van Wely facing top Cuban GM Dominguez
Van Wely,L (2625) - Dominguez Perez,L (2717) [D85]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 17.01.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1
0–0 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.0–0 Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3
a5 16.Rxb7 a4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nc6 19.e5 Qc4 20.Rb2
20...Nxd4 21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.Rd2 Ne6 23.Rd7 a3 24.Qf3 Ra6 25.Ra1 a2 26.Kh2
Qc5 27.Qe2 Ra5 28.Rb7 h5 29.Kh1 Qc3 30.Qb2 Qxb2 31.Rxb2 Bxe5 32.Bxe5 Rxe5 33.g3
g4 34.Rbxa2 Kg7 35.Ra5 Re2 36.R5a2 Re5 37.Ra4 f5 38.Ra5 Rxa5 39.Rxa5 Kf6 40.h4
Nd4 41.Ra8 Nf3 42.Kg2 e6 43.Kf1 Nd2+ 44.Ke2 Ne4 45.Ke3 Kg6 46.Rh8 Nd6 47.Kd4
Nf7 48.Ra8 Kf6 49.Kc5 Ne5 50.Kd6 Nf7+ 51.Kc7 Ne5 52.Rd8 Nf7 53.Rd4 Ne5 54.Kd6
Nf7+ 55.Kd7 Ne5+ 56.Ke8 Nf3 57.Rd7 Ne5 58.Rh7 Nd3 59.Rxh5 Nxf2 60.Rh6+ Kg7 61.Rxe6
61...Ne4 62.Ke7 Nxg3 63.Rf6 Ne4 64.Rxf5 Kg6 65.Rf8 g3 66.Ke6 Nc5+ 67.Kd5
Nd7 68.Rg8+ Kh5 69.Rxg3 Nf6+ 70.Ke5 Kxh4 71.Rg6 Nh5 72.Kf5 Ng3+ 73.Kf4 Nh5+
74.Kf3 Kh3 75.Rg4 Nf6 76.Rf4 Nh5 77.Ra4 Nf6 78.Kf4 Nh5+ 79.Kf3 Nf6 80.Rh4+ Kxh4
draw. [Click to
replay]
![](/portals/all/_for_legal_reasons.jpg)
One of the most interesting players around: Leinier Dominguez from Cuba
All pictures by Jeroen van den Belt
Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group A
Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 17th |
Daniël Stellwagen - Sergei Movsesian |
1/2 |
Magnus Carlsen - Teymour Radjabov |
1/2 |
Levon Aronian - Wang Yue |
1/2 |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Jan Smeets |
0-1 |
Sergei Karjakin - Alex. Morozevich |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely - Leinier Dominguez |
1/2 |
Gata Kamsky - Michael Adams |
1/2 |
|
Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 18th |
Sergei Movsesian - Michael Adams |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Gata Kamsky |
|
Alex. Morozevich - Loek van Wely |
|
Jan Smeets - Sergei Karjakin |
|
Wang Yue - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Teymour Radjabov - Levon Aronian |
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Daniël Stellwagen - Magnus Carlsen |
|
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Group A: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 19th |
Magnus Carlsen - Sergei Movsesian |
|
Levon Aronian - Daniël Stellwagen |
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Teymour Radjabov |
|
Sergei Karjakin - Wang Yue |
|
Loek van Wely - Jan Smeets |
|
Gata Kamsky - Alex. Morozevich |
|
Michael Adams - Leinier Dominguez |
|
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Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 20th |
Sergei Movsesian - Leinier Dominguez |
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Alex. Morozevich - Michael Adams |
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Jan Smeets - Gata Kamsky |
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Wang Yue - Loek van Wely |
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Teymour Radjabov - Sergei Karjakin |
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Daniël Stellwagen - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian |
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Wednesday, January 21st –
Free day |
Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 22nd |
Levon Aronian - Sergei Movsesian |
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Magnus Carlsen |
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Sergei Karjakin - Daniël Stellwagen |
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Loek van Wely - Teymour Radjabov |
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Gata Kamsky - Wang Yue |
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Michael Adams - Jan Smeets |
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Leinier Dominguez - Alex. Morozevich |
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Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 23rd |
Sergei Movsesian - Alex. Morozevich |
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Jan Smeets - Leinier Dominguez |
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Wang Yue - Michael Adams |
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Teymour Radjabov - Gata Kamsky |
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Daniël Stellwagen - Loek van Wely |
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Magnus Carlsen - Sergei Karjakin |
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Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Group A: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 24th |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergei Movsesian |
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Sergei Karjakin - Levon Aronian |
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Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen |
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Gata Kamsky - Daniël Stellwagen |
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Michael Adams - Teymour Radjabov |
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Leinier Dominguez - Wang Yue |
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Alex. Morozevich - Jan Smeets |
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Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
Sergei Movsesian - Jan Smeets |
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Wang Yue - Alex. Morozevich |
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Teymour Radjabov - Leinier Dominguez |
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Daniël Stellwagen - Michael Adams |
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Magnus Carlsen - Gata Kamsky |
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Levon Aronian - Loek van Wely |
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergei Karjakin |
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Monday, January 26th –
Free day |
Group A: Round 7 - Tues. Jan. 27th |
Sergei Karjakin - Sergei Movsesian |
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Loek van Wely - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Gata Kamsky - Levon Aronian |
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Michael Adams - Magnus Carlsen |
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Leinier Dominguez - Daniël Stellwagen |
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Alex. Morozevich - Teymour Radjabov |
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Jan Smeets - Wang Yue |
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Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 28th |
Sergei Movsesian - Wang Yue |
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Teymour Radjabov - Jan Smeets |
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Daniël Stellwagen - Alex. Morozevich |
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Magnus Carlsen - Leinier Dominguez |
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Levon Aronian - Michael Adams |
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Gata Kamsky |
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Sergei Karjakin - Loek van Wely |
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Thursday, January 29th –
Free day |
Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 30th |
Loek van Wely - Sergei Movsesian |
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Gata Kamsky - Sergei Karjakin |
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Michael Adams - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Leinier Dominguez - Levon Aronian |
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Alex. Morozevich - Magnus Carlsen |
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Jan Smeets - Daniël Stellwagen |
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Wang Yue - Teymour Radjabov |
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Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 31st |
Sergei Movsesian - Teymour Radjabov |
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Daniël Stellwagen - Wang Yue |
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Magnus Carlsen - Jan Smeets |
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Levon Aronian - Alex. Morozevich |
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Leinier Dominguez |
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Sergei Karjakin - Michael Adams |
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Loek van Wely - Gata Kamsky |
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Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Feb. 1st |
Gata Kamsky - Sergei Movsesian |
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Michael Adams - Loek van Wely |
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Leinier Dominguez - Sergei Karjakin |
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Alex. Morozevich - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Jan Smeets - Levon Aronian |
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Wang Yue - Magnus Carlsen |
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Teymour Radjabov - Daniël Stellwagen |
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Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group B
Group B: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 17th |
Hou Yifan - Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
0-1 |
Krishnan Sasikiran - Erwin l'Ami |
1/2 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Francisco Vallejo |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Jan Werle |
1/2 |
Andrei Volokitin - Fabiano Caruana |
1/2 |
Henrique Mecking - Zahar Efimenko |
0-1 |
Alexander Motylev - David Navara |
0-1 |
|
Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 18th |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov - David Navara |
|
Zahar Efimenko - Alexander Motylev |
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Fabiano Caruana - Henrique Mecking |
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Jan Werle - Andrei Volokitin |
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Francisco Vallejo - Nigel Short |
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Erwin l'Ami - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Hou Yifan - Krishnan Sasikiran |
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Group B: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 19th |
Krishnan Sasikiran - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Hou Yifan |
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Nigel Short - Erwin l'Ami |
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Andrei Volokitin - Francisco Vallejo |
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Henrique Mecking - Jan Werle |
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Alexander Motylev - Fabiano Caruana |
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David Navara - Zahar Efimenko |
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Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 29th |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Zahar Efimenko |
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Fabiano Caruana - David Navara |
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Jan Werle - Alexander Motylev |
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Francisco Vallejo - Henrique Mecking |
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Erwin l'Ami - Andrei Volokitin |
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Hou Yifan - Nigel Short |
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Krishnan Sasikiran - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Wednesday, January 21st –
Free day |
Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 22nd |
Dimitri Reinderman - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Nigel Short - Krishnan Sasikiran |
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Andrei Volokitin - Hou Yifan |
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Henrique Mecking - Erwin l'Ami |
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Alexander Motylev - Francisco Vallejo |
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David Navara - Jan Werle |
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Zahar Efimenko - Fabiano Caruana |
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Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 23rd |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Fabiano Caruana |
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Jan Werle - Zahar Efimenko |
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Francisco Vallejo - David Navara |
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Erwin l'Ami - Alexander Motylev |
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Hou Yifan - Henrique Mecking |
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Krishnan Sasikiran - Andrei Volokitin |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Nigel Short |
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Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 24th |
Nigel Short - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Andrei Volokitin - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Henrique Mecking - Krishnan Sasikiran |
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Alexander Motylev - Hou Yifan |
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David Navara - Erwin l'Ami |
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Zahar Efimenko - Francisco Vallejo |
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Fabiano Caruana - Jan Werle |
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Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Jan Werle |
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Francisco Vallejo - Fabiano Caruana |
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Erwin l'Ami - Zahar Efimenko |
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Hou Yifan - David Navara |
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Krishnan Sasikiran - Alexander Motylev |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Henrique Mecking |
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Nigel Short - Andrei Volokitin |
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Monday, January 26th –
Free day |
Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 27th |
Andrei Volokitin - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Henrique Mecking - Nigel Short |
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Alexander Motylev - Dimitri Reinderman |
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David Navara - Krishnan Sasikiran |
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Zahar Efimenko - Hou Yifan |
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Fabiano Caruana - Erwin l'Ami |
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Jan Werle - Francisco Vallejo |
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Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 28th |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Francisco Vallejo |
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Erwin l'Ami - Jan Werle |
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Hou Yifan - Fabiano Caruana |
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Krishnan Sasikiran - Zahar Efimenko |
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Dimitri Reinderman - David Navara |
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Nigel Short - Alexander Motylev |
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Andrei Volokitin - Henrique Mecking |
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Thursday, January 29th –
Free day |
Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 30th |
Henrique Mecking - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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Alexander Motylev - Andrei Volokitin |
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David Navara - Nigel Short |
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Zahar Efimenko - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Fabiano Caruana - Krishnan Sasikiran |
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Jan Werle - Hou Yifan |
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Francisco Vallejo - Erwin l'Ami |
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Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 31st |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Erwin l'Ami |
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Hou Yifan - Francisco Vallejo |
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Krishnan Sasikiran - Jan Werle |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Fabiano Caruana |
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Nigel Short - Zahar Efimenko |
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Andrei Volokitin - David Navara |
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Henrique Mecking - Alexander Motylev |
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Group B: Round 13 - Sun. Feb. 1st |
Alexander Motylev - R. Kasimdzhanov |
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David Navara - Henrique Mecking |
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Zahar Efimenko - Andrei Volokitin |
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Fabiano Caruana - Nigel Short |
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Jan Werle - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Francisco Vallejo - Krishnan Sasikiran |
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Erwin l'Ami - Hou Yifan |
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Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group C
Group C: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 17th |
T. Hillarp Persson - Roeland Pruijssers |
1/2 |
David Howell - Manuel Bosboom |
0-1 |
Friso Nijboer - Wesley So |
0-1 |
Oleg Romanishin - Ali Bitalzadeh |
1-0 |
Anish Giri - Frank Holzke |
1/2 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Dronavalli Harika |
0-1 |
Eduardo Iturrizaga - M. Leon Hoyos |
1-0 |
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Group C: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 18th |
Roeland Pruijssers - M. Leon Hoyos |
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Dronavalli Harika - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
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Frank Holzke - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Ali Bitalzadeh - Anish Giri |
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Wesley So - Oleg Romanishin |
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Manuel Bosboom - Friso Nijboer |
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T. Hillarp Persson - David Howell |
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Group C: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 19th |
David Howell - Roeland Pruijssers |
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Friso Nijboer - T. Hillarp Persson |
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Oleg Romanishin - Manuel Bosboom |
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Anish Giri - Wesley So |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Ali Bitalzadeh |
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Eduardo Iturrizaga - Frank Holzke |
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M. Leon Hoyos - Dronavalli Harika |
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Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 20th |
Roeland Pruijssers - Dronavalli Harika |
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Frank Holzke - M. Leon Hoyos |
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Ali Bitalzadeh - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
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Wesley So - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Manuel Bosboom - Anish Giri |
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T. Hillarp Persson - Oleg Romanishin |
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David Howell - Friso Nijboer |
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Wednesday, January 21st –
Free day |
Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 22nd |
Friso Nijboer - Roeland Pruijssers |
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Oleg Romanishin - David Howell |
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Anish Giri - T. Hillarp Persson |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Manuel Bosboom |
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Eduardo Iturrizaga - Wesley So |
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M. Leon Hoyos - Ali Bitalzadeh |
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Dronavalli Harika - Frank Holzke |
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Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 23rd |
Roeland Pruijssers - Frank Holzke |
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Ali Bitalzadeh - Dronavalli Harika |
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Wesley So - M. Leon Hoyos |
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Manuel Bosboom - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
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T. Hillarp Persson - Abhijeet Gupta |
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David Howell - Anish Giri |
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Friso Nijboer - Oleg Romanishin |
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Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 24th |
Oleg Romanishin - Roeland Pruijssers |
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Anish Giri - Friso Nijboer |
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Abhijeet Gupta - David Howell |
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Eduardo Iturrizaga - T. Hillarp Persson |
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M. Leon Hoyos - Manuel Bosboom |
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Dronavalli Harika - Wesley So |
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Frank Holzke - Ali Bitalzadeh |
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Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
Roeland Pruijssers - Ali Bitalzadeh |
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Wesley So - Frank Holzke |
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Manuel Bosboom - Dronavalli Harika |
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T. Hillarp Persson - M. Leon Hoyos |
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David Howell - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
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Friso Nijboer - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Oleg Romanishin - Anish Giri |
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Monday, January 26th –
Free day |
Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 27th |
Anish Giri - Roeland Pruijssers |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Oleg Romanishin |
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Eduardo Iturrizaga - Friso Nijboer |
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M. Leon Hoyos - David Howell |
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Dronavalli Harika - T. Hillarp Persson |
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Frank Holzke - Manuel Bosboom |
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Ali Bitalzadeh - Wesley So |
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Group C: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 28th |
Roeland Pruijssers - Wesley So |
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Manuel Bosboom - Ali Bitalzadeh |
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T. Hillarp Persson - Frank Holzke |
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David Howell - Dronavalli Harika |
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Friso Nijboer - M. Leon Hoyos |
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Oleg Romanishin - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
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Anish Giri - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Thursday, January 29th –
Free day |
Group C: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 30th |
Abhijeet Gupta - Roeland Pruijssers |
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Eduardo Iturrizaga - Anish Giri |
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M. Leon Hoyos - Oleg Romanishin |
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Dronavalli Harika - Friso Nijboer |
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Frank Holzke - David Howell |
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Ali Bitalzadeh - T. Hillarp Persson |
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Wesley So - Manuel Bosboom |
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Group C: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 31st |
Roeland Pruijssers - Manuel Bosboom |
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T. Hillarp Persson - Wesley So |
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David Howell - Ali Bitalzadeh |
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Friso Nijboer - Frank Holzke |
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Oleg Romanishin - Dronavalli Harika |
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Anish Giri - M. Leon Hoyos |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
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Group C: Round 13 - Sun. Feb. 1st |
Eduardo Iturrizaga - Roeland Pruijssers |
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M. Leon Hoyos - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Dronavalli Harika - Anish Giri |
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Frank Holzke - Oleg Romanishin |
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Ali Bitalzadeh - Friso Nijboer |
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Wesley So - David Howell |
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Manuel Bosboom - T. Hillarp Persson |
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