Wijk R06: Topalov, Kramnik, Carlsen win

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1/18/2008 – Magnus Øen Carlsen was not even two when Bobby Fischer played his second match against Spassky. Today the 17-year-old Norwegian is dominating the Super-GM in Wijk aan Zee, where a victory over Judit Polgar kept him on top of the table. Alone, since Aronian lost to Kramnik, who advanced to second. Veselin Topalov continues his comeback with a victory over Peter Leko. Express report.

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Results of round six

Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Loek van Wely - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Peter Leko - Veselin Topalov
0-1
Magnus Carlsen - Judit Polgar
1-0
Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Levon Aronian
1-0
Teimour Radjabov - Michael Adams
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov - Pavel Eljanov
½-½
Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Nigel Short - Gabriel Sargissian
1-0
Ivan Cheparinov - Koneru Humpy
½-½
Michal Krasenkow - Erwin L’Ami
1-0
Etienne Bacrot - Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Jan Smeets
0-1
Hou Yifan - Sergei Movsesian
0-1
Daniël Stellwagen - Wouter Spoelman
1-0
Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Irina Krush - Fabiano Caruana
1-0
Pontus Carlsson - Efstratios Grivas
½-½
Arik Braun - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
John van der Wiel - Dennis Ruijgrok
½-½
Li Shilong - Mark van der Werf
0-1
Anna Ushenina - Peng Zhaoqin
1-0
Friso Nijboer - Parimarjan Negi
1-0

Round six express

Report from Wijk aan Zee by Steve Giddins

Obviously, all today's events at Wijk aan Zee were overshadowed by the news from Reykjavik. In some ways, one almost felt that it would be better if play could be suspended for a day, but naturally, that is quite impractical, and the tournament had to content itself with observing a minute's silence before the start of the round.

Group A

Magnus Carlsen (who was not even two years old, when Fischer played his second match with Spassky!) took the sole lead, after convincingly beating Judit Polgar with what looks like a strong opening novelty. Topalov continued his comeback by beating Leko with black, while Kramnik ground down Aronian in 110 moves. The other games were drawn.

Group A standings

Magnus Carlsen now leads alone, with 4.5/6 and an incredible 2920 performance. He is followed by Kramnik and Radjabov, with the former having exchanged places with Levon Aronian by beating him in their individual game.

Full analysis of the key games will follow tomorrow...

Group B

Nigel Short might be thought to have offered his own small tribute to Bobby Fischer by unleashing the Evans Gambit for the second time in the tournament. Of course, we all remember the miniature Fischer-Celle, from My 60 Memorable Games. Actually, having been part of a breakfast discussion with Nigel, I have to say that the idea of playing the Evans again came up long before any of us had heard about Fischer's death. Sargissian defended somewhat better than Celle, of course, but was still lost after as few as 14 moves.

Short,N (2645) - Sargissian,G (2676) [C52]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 18.01.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nbd2 Bb6 9.a4 Nh6 10.0-0 0-0 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.exd6 cxd6 13.Ba3 Nce5 14.h3

14...Nxf2 15.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16.Kxf2 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Qe6 18.Bxd6 Rd8 19.e5 b6 20.Ncd2 Qg6 21.a5 Be6 22.c4 h6 23.Nd4 Rac8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Qxb6 Ra8 27.Re1 Rdc8 28.Qb3 Ra6 29.c5 Qf5+ 30.Nf3 Rca8 31.e6 Ra2+ 32.Kg1 fxe6 33.c6 Kh7 34.Qxe6 1-0.

There was mixed news for the Dutch fans. Erwin L'Ami went down against Krasenkov, but Steelwagen moved to +2 at the expense of Spoelman, whilst Smeets scored a very important win with black against Harakrishna.

Harikrishna,P (2664) - Smeets,J (2573) [A07]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 18.01.2008
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.0-0 Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.b3 Bd6 9.Bb2 0-0 10.Qe1 Re8 11.e4 e5 12.Nh4 Qc7 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.a3 Rad8 15.b4 a5

16.Nf3 axb4 17.axb4 c5 18.bxc5 dxe4 19.dxe4 Nxc5 20.N3h4 Qc6 21.Ba3 Qc7 22.Qc3 Rc8 23.Rfe1 Ncd7 24.Qxc7 Rxc7 25.Ne3 Bg6 26.Bxf8 Nxf8 27.Nhf5 Ne6 28.Ra7 Nd4 29.Rb1 Rb8 30.c4 Ne2+ 31.Kf1 Nc3 32.Rba1 h6 33.f3 Bxf5 34.exf5 Rd7 35.R7a3 Rd3 36.Nc2 Nh5 37.g4 Nf4

38.Bh1 Rbd8 39.Ne1 Re3 40.Ra8 Rxa8 41.Rxa8+ Kh7 42.Ra1 Nxh3 43.f4 Re2 44.Ng2 exf4 45.Nh4 b6 46.Bd5 Re7 47.f6 gxf6 48.Nf5 Rd7 49.Kg2 Ng5 50.Rh1 Ra7 51.Rxh6+ Kg8 52.Bc6 Nce4 53.Bxe4 Ra2+ 54.Kg1 Nxe4 55.Rh3 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Ra2+ 57.Kg1 Ng5 58.Rd3 f3 59.Ne3 Nh3+ 60.Kf1 Rf2+ 61.Ke1 Re2+ 62.Kf1 Rh2 63.Ke1 Rh1+ 64.Kd2 f2 65.Rc3 Nf4 0-1.

Group B standings

Group C

The big surprise of the day here was the defeat of Fabiano Caruana, at the hands of Irina Krush. The young Italian GM blundered when barely out of the opening, and Krush eventually converted the extra pawn:

Krush,I (2473) - Caruana,F (2598) [D19]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 18.01.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nh4 Qe7 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Qc2 g6 12.Bd2 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.Na2 Rc8

15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Qb3+ Qc4 17.Qxb4 Qxb4 18.Bxb4 Nc6 19.Bc3 Ne4 20.Rfd1 Rd8 21.f3 Nc5 22.Nb4 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Nxd8 25.a5 a6 26.Kf2 Nb3 27.Ke2 Ke6 28.Kd3 Kd6 29.e4 Nc5+ 30.Ke3 fxe4 31.fxe4 Nde6 32.Nd5 Nd7 33.g3 Nd8 34.Kf4 Ne6+ 35.Ke3 Nd8 36.g4 g5 37.Nf6 Nxf6 38.Bxf6 Ne6 39.b4 Kc6 40.Kd3 Kb5

41.Kc3 h6 42.h4 gxh4 43.Bxh4 Nf4 44.Bf2 Ne2+ 45.Kd3 Nf4+ 46.Kd4 Kxb4 47.Be1+ Kb5 48.Bd2 Ng6 49.Kd5 b6 50.axb6 Kxb6 51.Ke6 Kc5 52.Kf6 Nf8 53.Bxh6 Nd7+ 54.Ke6 Kc6 55.Be3 Nf8+ 56.Kf7 Nd7 57.Bd4 1-0.

It was a better day for the female players all round, as Ushenina scored her first win against Peng:

Ushenina,A (2484) - Peng Zhaoqin (2461) [D22]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 18.01.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Qb3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 b5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Ba5 Qb8 12.Nd2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.f4 0-0 15.Bf3 Ra7 16.a3 e5 17.f5 Re8 18.Ne4 Bb6 19.Bb4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf6 21.Bc6 Rd8 22.Rd1 Qc8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Qd3 Rc7 25.Bf3 a5

26.Bc3 e4 27.Bxe4 Rd7 28.Bd4 Bb6 29.0-0 Bxd4 30.exd4 h6 31.Bg2 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.d5 Qc5 34.Rd1 Qd6 35.Qc4 Rc7 36.Qd3 Kh7 37.Qg3 Qc5 38.d6 Rd7 39.Qd3 Kg8 40.Qd4 Qc2 41.Ra1 b3 42.Ra8+ Kh7 43.Rb8 Qb1+ 44.Kh2 Qc2 45.Ra8 Qc1 46.Rf8 Nh5 47.Bd5 Qf4+ 48.Qxf4 Nxf4 49.Bxf7

49...g5 50.fxg6+ Nxg6 51.Bxg6+ Kxg6 52.Rb8 Rxd6 53.Rxb3 Kf5 54.Kg3 Rd4 55.Rb5+ Kf6 56.Rb6+ Kg5 57.b4 h5 58.h4+ Kf5 59.f3 Rc4 60.Rb5+ Kf6 61.Rb8 Rc3 62.b5 Rb3 63.b6 Rb4 64.b7 Kg7 65.f4 Rb3+ 66.Kf2 Kh7 67.f5 Rb6 68.Ke3 Rb4 69.f6 1-0.

Group C standings

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Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group A

Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 12th
Vladimir Kramnik - Loek van Wely
½-½
Teimour Radjabov - Vishy Anand
1-0
Shak. Mamedyarov - Magnus Carlsen
0-1
Pavel Eljanov - Peter Leko
½-½
Michael Adams - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Levon Aronian - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk - Judit Polgar
½-½
Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 13th
Loek van Wely - Judit Polgar
½-½
Veselin Topalov - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Boris Gelfand - Levon Aronian
0-1
Peter Leko - Michael Adams
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Pavel Eljanov
1-0
Vishy Anand - Shak. Mamedyarov
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
Group A: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 14th
Teimour Radjabov - Loek van Wely
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov - Vladimir Kramnik
½-½
Pavel Eljanov - Vishy Anand
½-½
Michael Adams - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Levon Aronian - Peter Leko
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Judit Polgar - Veselin Topalov
½-½
Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 15th
Loek van Wely - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Boris Gelfand - Judit Polgar
0-1
Peter Leko - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian
½-½
Vishy Anand - Michael Adams
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Pavel Eljanov
1-0
Teimour Radjabov - Shak. Mamedyarov
½-½
Wednesday, January 16th – Free day
Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 17th
Shak. Mamedyarov - Loek van Wely
1-0
Pavel Eljanov - Teimour Radjabov
0-1
Michael Adams - Vladimir Kramnik
½-½
Levon Aronian - Vishy Anand
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Judit Polgar - Peter Leko
½-½
Veselin Topalov - Boris Gelfand
1-0
Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Loek van Wely - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Peter Leko - Veselin Topalov
0-1
Magnus Carlsen - Judit Polgar
1-0
Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Levon Aronian
1-0
Teimour Radjabov - Michael Adams
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov - Pavel Eljanov
½-½
Group A: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 19st
Pavel Eljanov - Loek van Wely  
Michael Adams - Shak. Mamedyarov  
Levon Aronian - Teimour Radjabov  
Vassily Ivanchuk - Vladimir Kramnik  
Judit Polgar - Vishy Anand  
Veselin Topalov - Magnus Carlsen  
Boris Gelfand - Peter Leko  
Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 20nd
Loek van Wely - Peter Leko  
Magnus Carlsen - Boris Gelfand  
Vishy Anand - Veselin Topalov  
Vladimir Kramnik - Judit Polgar  
Teimour Radjabov - Vassily Ivanchuk  
Shak. Mamedyarov - Levon Aronian  
Pavel Eljanov - Michael Adams  
Monday, January 21st – Free day
Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 22th
Michael Adams - Loek van Wely  
Levon Aronian - Pavel Eljanov  
Vassily Ivanchuk - Shak. Mamedyarov  
Judit Polgar - Teimour Radjabov  
Veselin Topalov - Vladimir Kramnik  
Boris Gelfand - Vishy Anand  
Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen  
Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 23th
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen  
Vishy Anand - Peter Leko  
Vladimir Kramnik - Boris Gelfand  
Teimour Radjabov - Veselin Topalov  
Shak. Mamedyarov - Judit Polgar  
Pavel Eljanov - Vassily Ivanchuk  
Michael Adams - Levon Aronian  
Thursday, January 24th – Free day
Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 25th
Levon Aronian - Loek van Wely  
Vassily Ivanchuk - Michael Adams  
Judit Polgar - Pavel Eljanov  
Veselin Topalov - Shak. Mamedyarov  
Boris Gelfand - Teimour Radjabov  
Peter Leko - Vladimir Kramnik  
Magnus Carlsen - Vishy Anand  
Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Loek van Wely - Vishy Anand  
Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen  
Teimour Radjabov - Peter Leko  
Shak. Mamedyarov - Boris Gelfand  
Pavel Eljanov - Veselin Topalov  
Michael Adams - Judit Polgar  
Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk  
Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 27th
Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely  
Judit Polgar - Levon Aronian  
Veselin Topalov - Michael Adams  
Boris Gelfand - Pavel Eljanov  
Peter Leko - Shak. Mamedyarov  
Magnus Carlsen - Teimour Radjabov  
Vishy Anand - Vladimir Kramnik  

Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group B

Group B: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 12th
P. Harikrishna - Nigel Short
½-½
Hou Yifan - Etienne Bacrot
0-1
Daniël Stellwagen - Michal Krasenkow
1-0
Wouter Spoelman - Ivan Cheparinov
0-1
Sergei Movsesian - Gabriel Sargissian
½-½
Jan Smeets - Koneru Humpy
1-0
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Erwin L’Ami
½-½
Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 13th
Nigel Short - Erwin L’Ami
1-0
Koneru Humpy - Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
Gabriel Sargissian - Jan Smeets
½-½
Ivan Cheparinov - Sergei Movsesian
½-½
Michal Krasenkow - Wouter Spoelman
1-0
Etienne Bacrot - Daniël Stellwagen
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Hou Yifan
1-0
Group B: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 14th
Hou Yifan - Nigel Short
1-0
Daniël Stellwagen - P. Harikrishna
½-½
Wouter Spoelman - Etienne Bacrot
0-1
Sergei Movsesian - Michal Krasenkow
1-0
Jan Smeets - Ivan Cheparinov
1-0
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Gabriel Sargissian
1-0
Erwin L’Ami - Koneru Humpy
1-0
Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 15th
Nigel Short - Koneru Humpy
½-½
Gabriel Sargissian - Erwin L’Ami
½-½
Ivan Cheparinov - Ian Nepomniachtchi
1-0
Michal Krasenkow - Jan Smeets
½-½
Etienne Bacrot - Sergei Movsesian
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Wouter Spoelman
1-0
Hou Yifan - Daniël Stellwagen
½-½
Wednesday, January 16th – Free day
Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 17th
Daniël Stellwagen - Nigel Short
½-½
Wouter Spoelman - Hou Yifan
½-½
Sergei Movsesian - P. Harikrishna
½-½
Jan Smeets - Etienne Bacrot
0-1
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Michal Krasenkow
½-½
Erwin L’Ami - Ivan Cheparinov
1-0
Koneru Humpy - Gabriel Sargissian
½-½
Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Nigel Short - Gabriel Sargissian
1-0
Ivan Cheparinov - Koneru Humpy
½-½
Michal Krasenkow - Erwin L’Ami
1-0
Etienne Bacrot - Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Jan Smeets
0-1
Hou Yifan - Sergei Movsesian
0-1
Daniël Stellwagen - Wouter Spoelman
1-0
Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 29st
Wouter Spoelman - Nigel Short  
Sergei Movsesian - Daniël Stellwagen  
Jan Smeets - Hou Yifan  
Ian Nepomniachtchi - P. Harikrishna  
Erwin L’Ami - Etienne Bacrot  
Koneru Humpy - Michal Krasenkow  
Gabriel Sargissian - Ivan Cheparinov  
Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 20nd
Nigel Short - Ivan Cheparinov  
Michal Krasenkow - Gabriel Sargissian  
Etienne Bacrot - Koneru Humpy  
P. Harikrishna - Erwin L’Ami  
Hou Yifan - Ian Nepomniachtchi  
Daniël Stellwagen - Jan Smeets  
Wouter Spoelman - Sergei Movsesian  
Monday, January 21st – Free day
Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 22th
Sergei Movsesian - Nigel Short  
Jan Smeets - Wouter Spoelman  
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Daniël Stellwagen  
Erwin L’Ami - Hou Yifan  
Koneru Humpy - P. Harikrishna  
Gabriel Sargissian - Etienne Bacrot  
Ivan Cheparinov - Michal Krasenkow  
Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 23th
Nigel Short - Michal Krasenkow  
Etienne Bacrot - Ivan Cheparinov  
P. Harikrishna - Gabriel Sargissian  
Hou Yifan - Koneru Humpy  
Daniël Stellwagen - Erwin L’Ami  
Wouter Spoelman - Ian Nepomniachtchi  
Sergei Movsesian - Jan Smeets  
Thursday, January 24th – Free day
Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 25th
Jan Smeets - Nigel Short  
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Sergei Movsesian  
Erwin L’Ami - Wouter Spoelman  
Koneru Humpy - Daniël Stellwagen  
Gabriel Sargissian - Hou Yifan  
Ivan Cheparinov - P. Harikrishna  
Michal Krasenkow - Etienne Bacrot  
Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Nigel Short - Etienne Bacrot  
P. Harikrishna - Michal Krasenkow  
Hou Yifan - Ivan Cheparinov  
Daniël Stellwagen - Gabriel Sargissian  
Wouter Spoelman - Koneru Humpy  
Sergei Movsesian - Erwin L’Ami  
Jan Smeets - Ian Nepomniachtchi  
Group B: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 27th
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Nigel Short  
Erwin L’Ami - Jan Smeets  
Koneru Humpy - Sergei Movsesian  
Gabriel Sargissian - Wouter Spoelman  
Ivan Cheparinov - Daniël Stellwagen  
Michal Krasenkow - Hou Yifan  
Etienne Bacrot - P. Harikrishna  

Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group C

Group C: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 12th
Li Shilong - Irina Krush
1-0
Anna Ushenina - John van der Wiel
0-1
Friso Nijboer - Arik Braun
0-1
Parimarjan Negi - Pontus Carlsson
0-1
Peng Zhaoqin - Fabiano Caruana
0-1
Mark van der Werf - Efstratios Grivas
1-0
Dennis Ruijgrok - Dimitri Reinderman
0-1
Group C: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 13th
Irina Krush - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
Efstratios Grivas - Dennis Ruijgrok
1-0
Fabiano Caruana - Mark van der Werf
1-0
Pontus Carlsson - Peng Zhaoqin
½-½
Arik Braun - Parimarjan Negi
1-0
John van der Wiel - Friso Nijboer
1-0
Li Shilong - Anna Ushenina
1-0
Group C: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 14th
Anna Ushenina - Irina Krush
½-½
Friso Nijboer - Li Shilong
1-0
Parimarjan Negi - John van der Wiel
1-0
Peng Zhaoqin - Arik Braun
0-1
Mark van der Werf - Pontus Carlsson
½-½
Dennis Ruijgrok - Fabiano Caruana
0-1
Dimitri Reinderman - Efstratios Grivas
½-½
Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 15th
Irina Krush - Efstratios Grivas
0-1
Fabiano Caruana - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
Pontus Carlsson - Dennis Ruijgrok
1-0
Arik Braun - Mark van der Werf
1-0
John van der Wiel - Peng Zhaoqin
½-½
Li Shilong - Parimarjan Negi
0-1
Anna Ushenina - Friso Nijboer
0-1
Wednesday, January 16th – Free day
Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 17th
Friso Nijboer - Irina Krush
1-0
Parimarjan Negi - Anna Ushenina
1-0
Peng Zhaoqin - Li Shilong
½-½
Mark van der Werf - John van der Wiel
½-½
Dennis Ruijgrok - Arik Braun
½-½
Dimitri Reinderman - Pontus Carlsson
1-0
Efstratios Grivas - Fabiano Caruana
½-½
Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Irina Krush - Fabiano Caruana
1-0
Pontus Carlsson - Efstratios Grivas
½-½
Arik Braun - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
John van der Wiel - Dennis Ruijgrok
½-½
Li Shilong - Mark van der Werf
0-1
Anna Ushenina - Peng Zhaoqin
1-0
Friso Nijboer - Parimarjan Negi
1-0
Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 19st
Parimarjan Negi - Irina Krush  
Peng Zhaoqin - Friso Nijboer  
Mark van der Werf - Anna Ushenina  
Dennis Ruijgrok - Li Shilong  
Dimitri Reinderman - John van der Wiel  
Efstratios Grivas - Arik Braun  
Fabiano Caruana - Pontus Carlsson  
Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 20nd
Irina Krush - Pontus Carlsson  
Arik Braun - Fabiano Caruana  
John van der Wiel - Efstratios Grivas  
Li Shilong - Dimitri Reinderman  
Anna Ushenina - Dennis Ruijgrok  
Friso Nijboer - Mark van der Werf  
Parimarjan Negi - Peng Zhaoqin  
Monday, January 21st – Free day
Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 22th
Peng Zhaoqin - Irina Krush  
Mark van der Werf - Parimarjan Negi  
Dennis Ruijgrok - Friso Nijboer  
Dimitri Reinderman - Anna Ushenina  
Efstratios Grivas - Li Shilong  
Fabiano Caruana - John van der Wiel  
Pontus Carlsson - Arik Braun  
Group C: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 23th
Irina Krush - Arik Braun  
John van der Wiel - Pontus Carlsson  
Li Shilong - Fabiano Caruana  
Anna Ushenina - Efstratios Grivas  
Friso Nijboer - Dimitri Reinderman  
Parimarjan Negi - Dennis Ruijgrok  
Peng Zhaoqin - Mark van der Werf  
Thursday, January 24th – Free day
Group C: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 25th
Mark van der Werf - Irina Krush  
Dennis Ruijgrok - Peng Zhaoqin  
Dimitri Reinderman - Parimarjan Negi  
Efstratios Grivas - Friso Nijboer  
Fabiano Caruana - Anna Ushenina  
Pontus Carlsson - Li Shilong  
Arik Braun - John van der Wiel  
Group C: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Irina Krush - John van der Wiel  
Li Shilong - Arik Braun  
Anna Ushenina - Pontus Carlsson  
Friso Nijboer - Fabiano Caruana  
Parimarjan Negi - Efstratios Grivas  
Peng Zhaoqin - Dimitri Reinderman  
Mark van der Werf - Dennis Ruijgrok  
Group C: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 27th
Dennis Ruijgrok - Irina Krush  
Dimitri Reinderman - Mark van der Werf  
Efstratios Grivas - Peng Zhaoqin  
Fabiano Caruana - Parimarjan Negi  
Pontus Carlsson - Friso Nijboer  
Arik Braun - Anna Ushenina  
John van der Wiel - Li Shilong  

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