Results of round eight
Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
Sergei Movsesian - Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Wang Yue - Alex. Morozevich |
1-0 |
Teymour Radjabov - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Daniël Stellwagen - Michael Adams |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen - Gata Kamsky |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian - Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergei Karjakin |
1-0 |
|
Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Jan Werle |
½-½ |
Francisco Vallejo - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Erwin l'Ami - Zahar Efimenko |
1-0 |
Hou Yifan - David Navara |
½-½ |
Krishnan Sasikiran - Alexander Motylev |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - Henrique Mecking |
½-½ |
Nigel Short - Andrei Volokitin |
½-½ |
|
Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
Roeland Pruijssers - Ali Bitalzadeh |
1-0 |
Wesley So - Frank Holzke |
0-1 |
Manuel Bosboom - Dronavalli Harika |
½-½ |
T. Hillarp Persson - M. Leon Hoyos |
1-0 |
David Howell - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
1-0 |
Friso Nijboer - Abhijeet Gupta |
1-0 |
Oleg Romanishin - Anish Giri |
0-1 |
|
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GM Group A
GM Group B
GM Group C
Lang may yer lum reek!
Round eight report by Steve Giddins
In addition to being the day of the eighth round at Wijk aan Zee, today has
an even greater significance in the cultural life of Europe, as it marks the
250th anniversary of the birth of Scottish poet, Robert
"Rabbie" Burns. Just as on every 25 January, Scotsmen the world
over will gather together for a traditional Burn's
Night supper, with all the pomp and circumstance involved in that great
tradition – piping in the haggis, the consumption of such delicacies as
cockaleekie soup, haggis, neeps and tatties, plus the appreciation of some fine
single malt whiskies. And then of course there is Burns' poetry. He is to Scotland
what Pushkin is to Russia and Schiller to Germany – the man who almost
single-handedly created and still embodies the national literature of his country.
Mind you, Burns is not the easiest of poets for a 21st-century Sassanach like
myself to understand. Take for example, his elegy to the haggis
itself, that famous Scottish delicacy, consisting of sheep's intestines and
other offerings, boiled for several hours in a sheep's stomach. It may sound
like the recipe from Hell, but having eaten haggis, albeit only of the supermarket
variety, I can testify to the fact that it is delicious. However, much as I
empathise with Burns' appreciation of his national dish, I have more than a
little trouble working out exactly what he is saying:
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the pudding-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o'a grace
As lang's my arm.
With all due respect to our Scottish cousins, I cannot help but sympathise
with Tony Hancock, who
in one of his shows described the perils of asking for directions on Scottish
roads: "You ask them which road to take, and they stand there clearing
their throats for five minutes, then when they've gone, you realise that those
were your directions!".
Nonetheless, although we English may tease you about your incomprehensible
poetry, your national tradition of dodgy goalkeepers, and your dubious entitlement
to FIDE membership (not to mention deeply envying you your free hospital parking...),
I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of my Scottish friends
and readers, on this auspicious occasion. And if I may be allowed to lapse momentarily
into the vernacular, may I say "Lang may yer lum reek!" [a salutation
wishing long life and prosperity – literally: "long may your chimney
smoke"].
I am not sure if Rabbie Burns was a chessplayer, but if he was, he would have
seen a mixed day of chess at Wijk aan Zee. Carlsen's inability to win a game
so far has already been one of the surprises of this year's tournament, and
today, his opening creativity again led only to a draw.
Carlsen,M (2776) - Kamsky,G (2725) [D15]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 25.01.2009
Live commentary by GM Sergey Shipov, translated by Steve Giddins
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6. The Chebanenko Variation. Frankly
speaking, I cannot understand why the classical players of the early 20th century
could not find this useful move, keeping the possibility of actively developing
the traditional problem child bishop on c8. Nowadays, the move seems so logical
and natural! 5.a4. One of many sensible replies. What hasn't White tried,
in an effort to refute the Chebanenko! Yet even the greatest sceptics have to
acknowledge that Black's play has a healthy positional basis. The text move
prevents Black gaining space on the queenside by b5. 5...e6. A solid
response. True, the bishop on c8 remains passive after all, but White has had
to pay for this achievement by weakening the square b4. The drawbacks of 5...Bf5
6.Qb3 Ra7 7.a5 were revealed in the game Gelfand-Morozevich, Astana 200: 7...e6
(7...dxc4 is more reliable) 8.Qb6! Qxb6 9.axb6 Ra8 10.c5 Nbd7
11.e3 Be7 12.Be2 0–0 13.Nd2 e5 14.0–0 Rfe8 15.Nb3 Bf8 16.Bd2 Bc2 17.Na5 and
White's pressure on the queenside was overwhelming. 6.g3. Magnus heads
for a Catalan set-up. The latest tests show that after 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a5 (7.e3
Qa5!) 7...h6 8.Bh4 dxc4 9.e3 b5! 10.axb6 Nxb6 11.Ne5 c5 Black successfully
equalizes. 6...a5. Securing a favourable queenside pawn structure. The
black pieces will feel comfortable on the b4 square. 7.Bg2 Nbd7. A rare
plan. Usually, Black directs the knight to b4 via a6, eg. 7...Na6 8.0–0 Be7
9.b3 0–0 10.Bb2 b6 11.Ne5 Nb4 12.e4 Ba6 13.Re1 Rc8 14.Rc1 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Bxc4
16.bxc4 e5! and Black took over the dark squares in the centre (Ruck-Rustemov,
Warsaw 2005). 8.0–0. A novelty. In most cases, once Nbd7 has been played,
White has to defend the c4 pawn, but Magnus is ready to sacrifice it. 8.Nd2
Be7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Ndxe4 0–0 11.0–0 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Nf6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qb3 Ng4 15.Bf4
e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Qc3 f6 18.c5 and White was better (Pham Hoang - Le Quang,
Vietnam 2003). However, Black's play can easily be strengthened, eg. it would
be interesting to try 9...c5! 8...Bb4. So this is why the b4 square was
left free. 8...dxc4 9.e4 Bb4 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Bf4 Black will have to suffer for
a long time in a passive position. 9.e4. A sharp reply! Carlsen opens
the centre at once, exploiting Black's slight lag in development. 9.Nd2 ] 9...Bxc3
[The most principled. Less convincing is 9...Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 and
now 11...f5? is impossible because of 12.Nxe6; Also 9...0–0 allows White pressure
after 10.e5. 10.bxc3 Nxe4. Worse is 10...dxe4 11.Ng5 and White regains
the pawn at once. 11.Ba3! Having said "a", White must say "b".
He needs to create threats, not worrying about the c3 pawn. Carlsen cuts off
the enemy king in the centre. 11...Ndf6. Kamsky does not grab the second
pawn. After 11...Nxc3 12.Qb3 Ne4 13.Rfe1 White certainly has very strong pressure.
One cooperative variation runs 13...b6? 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd5 Ra7
17.Rxe6+! mating. 12.Ne5. White must proceed energetically. 12...Nd6.
Kamsky's idea is simple - he closes the a3-f8 diagonal, and so prepares
castling. 13.cxd5 exd5 14.c4. Still trying to open central lines at all
cost. 14...0–0. Kamsky does not even look at taking the pawn. The safety
of the black king is worth all the pawns in the world. 15.cxd5 Nxd5. White
has compensation for the pawn.
16.Bxd5 draw. [Click to replay]
In another Chebanenko Slav, Aronian played a strong middlegame against Van
Wely, and should certainly have won. However, a time scramble between moves
30 and 40 saw a number of missed opportunities, and the game eventually ended
in a draw.
Aronian,L (2750) - Van Wely,L (2625) [D11]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 25.01.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4
Bg4 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.a4 b4 12.Be4 a5 13.Be3 0–0 14.h4 Qd7 15.h5 Bf5 16.Qd3 Qd5
17.Bxd5 Bxd3 18.Bb3 Be4 19.0–0–0 Bd5 20.Bxd5 cxd5 21.Ne5 Rd8 22.Rh3 Bxe5 23.dxe5
Nc6 24.Bg5 Kg7 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.g4 d4 27.Rdh1 h5 28.gxh5 Rd5 29.f4 d3 30.Kd2
Nd4 31.Rxd3 Rad8 32.h6+ Kf7 33.Kd1 Ke6 34.h7 Rh8 35.Rh6 Kf5
36.Bxe7. 36.c6 Ke4 37.Rhh3 is one win pointed out by Sergey Shipov.
36...Ke4 37.Rd2 Rd7 38.Bf6 Rdxh7 39.Rxd4+ Kxd4 40.e6+ Kd3 41.Rxh7 Rxh7 42.Ke1
Rc7 43.Bd8 Rxc5 44.e7 Rc1+ 45.Kf2 Rc2+ 46.Kf3 Re2 47.Bxa5 Rxe7 48.Bxb4 Re4 49.Bc3
Rxa4 50.Kg4 draw. [Click to replay]
The biggest result of the day was Ivanchuk's defeat of joint leader Kariakin.
The latter was doing fine until the late middlegame, when he suddenly underestimated
a back rank tactical problem.
Ivanchuk,V (2779) - Karjakin,Sergey (2706) [B92]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 25.01.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0–0
0–0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Qc7 12.Rfd1 Rac8 13.a5 Nc5 14.Nxc5 dxc5 15.Qe1
Rfd8 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.f3 c4 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Qc3 f6 20.b3 Rc8 21.b4 Qc6 22.Qa3
f5 23.b5 axb5 24.Qxe7 bxa4 25.Rd1 Nf8 26.Rd6 Re8 27.Rxc6 Rxe7 28.Bc5
28...Rd7? A fatal slip. he should guard the back rank with 28...Re8
29.Rc7 when he has no real problems, eg. 29...fxe4 30.fxe4 Nd7. 29.Rb6 fxe4.
Black's problem is that as well as 30.Bxf8, White also threatens 30.a6 bxa6
31.Rb8. 30.fxe4 c3 31.Kf2. 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Rxe6 Rd2 is less clear. 31...Ba2
32.a6 bxa6 33.Rb8 Rf7+ 34.Ke3 g6 35.Bd6 Rf6 36.Rd8 a3 37.Bxa3 Kg7 38.Bd6 Rf7
39.Bxe5+ Kh6 40.Bxa6 Ne6 41.Rc8 1–0. [Click
to replay]
The day's other winner was Wang Yue, who heaped more misery on the out-of-form
Morozevich. The latter's new idea at moves 7-9 of the Exchange Grunfeld backfired
horribly. Black is usually happy to see the move dxc5 in similar structures,
but here he never equalised, and although at one point he was permitted to regain
the pawn, this proved only a temporary state of affairs.
Wang Yue (2739) - Morozevich,A (2771) [D85]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 25.01.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Nb6 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3
7...c5 8.dxc5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 N6d7 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba4 f6 13.Bxb8
Rxb8 14.Ne2 e6 15.Nd4 Ke7 16.Nb3 f5 17.Rd4 Nf6 18.Na5 Ne4 19.Rc4 e5 20.f3 Nf6
21.Rb4 Be6 22.c4 Rhc8 23.0–0 Nd7 24.c6 bxc6 25.Rxb8 Nxb8 26.Rb1 Kf6 27.Kf2 g5
28.Rb6 Nd7 29.Rxc6 Nc5 30.Rxc8 Bxc8
31.Bc2 Ke7 32.Ke2 Kd6 33.Kd2 h5 34.Kc3 h4 35.Nb3 f4 36.exf4 exf4 37.h3 Bb7
38.Bf5 Bc6 39.Kd4 Ne6+ 40.Bxe6 Kxe6 41.Nc5+ Kf6 42.Nxa6 g4 43.hxg4 h3 44.gxh3
Bxf3 45.Nc5 1–0. [Click to replay]
Movsesian made no impression at all on Smeets' Petroff, and indeed, was even
nominally a little worse when the draw was agreed, whilst Radjabov and Dominguez
started the rest day early. Stellwagen and Adams also drew, after a manoeuvering
battle in the Spanish ended in a ko. Sorry, I mean a repetition...
And with that, I am off to celebrate Burns' Night with a brace or two of "wee
drams". Tomorrow is another rest day at Wijk, and here at ChessBase, we
will once again bring you an update on events in the B and C groups.
Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group A
Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 17th |
Daniël Stellwagen - Sergei Movsesian |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen - Teymour Radjabov |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian - Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Jan Smeets |
0-1 |
Sergei Karjakin - Alex. Morozevich |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Gata Kamsky - Michael Adams |
½-½ |
|
Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 18th |
Sergei Movsesian - Michael Adams |
1-0 |
Leinier Dominguez - Gata Kamsky |
½-½ |
Alexander Morozevich - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Jan Smeets - Sergei Karjakin |
½-½ |
Wang Yue - Vassily Ivanchuk |
0-1 |
Teymour Radjabov - Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Daniël Stellwagen - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
|
Group A: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 19th |
Magnus Carlsen - Sergei Movsesian |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian - Daniël Stellwagen |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Teymour Radjabov |
0-1 |
Sergei Karjakin - Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely - Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Gata Kamsky - Alex. Morozevich |
1-0 |
Michael Adams - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
|
Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 20th |
Sergei Movsesian - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Alex. Morozevich - Michael Adams |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Gata Kamsky |
½-½ |
Wang Yue - Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Teymour Radjabov - Sergei Karjakin |
½-½ |
Daniël Stellwagen - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
|
Wednesday, January 21st –
Free day |
Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 22nd |
Levon Aronian - Sergei Movsesian |
1-0 |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Sergei Karjakin - Daniël Stellwagen |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely - Teymour Radjabov |
1-0 |
Gata Kamsky - Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Michael Adams - Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Alex. Morozevich |
1-0 |
|
Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 23rd |
Sergei Movsesian - Alex. Morozevich |
1-0 |
Jan Smeets - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Wang Yue - Michael Adams |
0-1 |
Teymour Radjabov - Gata Kamsky |
1-0 |
Daniël Stellwagen - Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen - Sergei Karjakin |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
|
Group A: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 24th |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergei Movsesian |
0-1 |
Sergei Karjakin - Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Gata Kamsky - Daniël Stellwagen |
½-½ |
Michael Adams - Teymour Radjabov |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Alex. Morozevich - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
|
Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
Sergei Movsesian - Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Wang Yue - Alex. Morozevich |
1-0 |
Teymour Radjabov - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Daniël Stellwagen - Michael Adams |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen - Gata Kamsky |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian - Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergei Karjakin |
1-0 |
|
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 |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - Francisco Vallejo |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Jan Werle |
½-½ |
Andrei Volokitin - Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Henrique Mecking - Zahar Efimenko |
0-1 |
Alexander Motylev - David Navara |
0-1 |
|
Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 18th |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov - David Navara |
½-½ |
Zahar Efimenko - Alexander Motylev |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Henrique Mecking |
1-0 |
Jan Werle - Andrei Volokitin |
½-½ |
Francisco Vallejo - Nigel Short |
0-1 |
Erwin l'Ami - Dimitri Reinderman |
½-½ |
Hou Yifan - Krishnan Sasikiran |
1-0 |
|
Group B: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 19th |
Krishnan Sasikiran - R. Kasimdzhanov |
0-1 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Hou Yifan |
1-0 |
Nigel Short - Erwin l'Ami |
1-0 |
Andrei Volokitin - Francisco Vallejo |
½-½ |
Henrique Mecking - Jan Werle |
½-½ |
Alexander Motylev - Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
David Navara - Zahar Efimenko |
½-½ |
|
Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 20th |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Zahar Efimenko |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - David Navara |
1-0 |
Jan Werle - Alexander Motylev |
0-1 |
Francisco Vallejo - Henrique Mecking |
1-0 |
Erwin l'Ami - Andrei Volokitin |
½-½ |
Hou Yifan - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Krishnan Sasikiran - Dimitri Reinderman |
½-½ |
|
Wednesday, January 21st –
Free day |
Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 22nd |
Dimitri Reinderman - R. Kasimdzhanov |
½-½ |
Nigel Short - Krishnan Sasikiran |
0-1 |
Andrei Volokitin - Hou Yifan |
1-0 |
Henrique Mecking - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Alexander Motylev - Francisco Vallejo |
½-½ |
David Navara - Jan Werle |
½-½ |
Zahar Efimenko - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
|
Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 23rd |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Jan Werle - Zahar Efimenko |
½-½ |
Francisco Vallejo - David Navara |
0-1 |
Erwin l'Ami - Alexander Motylev |
0-1 |
Hou Yifan - Henrique Mecking |
1-0 |
Krishnan Sasikiran - Andrei Volokitin |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - Nigel Short |
0-1 |
|
Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 24th |
Nigel Short - R. Kasimdzhanov |
1-0 |
Andrei Volokitin - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0 |
Henrique Mecking - Krishnan Sasikiran |
1-0 |
Alexander Motylev - Hou Yifan |
1-0 |
David Navara - Erwin l'Ami |
0-1 |
Zahar Efimenko - Francisco Vallejo |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Jan Werle |
1-0 |
|
Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Jan Werle |
½-½ |
Francisco Vallejo - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Erwin l'Ami - Zahar Efimenko |
1-0 |
Hou Yifan - David Navara |
½-½ |
Krishnan Sasikiran - Alexander Motylev |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - Henrique Mecking |
½-½ |
Nigel Short - Andrei Volokitin |
½-½ |
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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 |
½-½ |
David Howell - Manuel Bosboom |
0-1 |
Friso Nijboer - Wesley So |
0-1 |
Oleg Romanishin - Ali Bitalzadeh |
1-0 |
Anish Giri - Frank Holzke |
½-½ |
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 |
1-0 |
Dronavalli Harika - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
½-½ |
Frank Holzke - Abhijeet Gupta |
0-1 |
Ali Bitalzadeh - Anish Giri |
½-½ |
Wesley So - Oleg Romanishin |
½-½ |
Manuel Bosboom - Friso Nijboer |
1-0 |
T. Hillarp Persson - David Howell |
1-0 |
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Group C: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 19th |
David Howell - Roeland Pruijssers |
1-0 |
Friso Nijboer - T. Hillarp Persson |
½-½ |
Oleg Romanishin - Manuel Bosboom |
½-½ |
Anish Giri - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Abhijeet Gupta - Ali Bitalzadeh |
0-1 |
Eduardo Iturrizaga - Frank Holzke |
1-0 |
M. Leon Hoyos - Dronavalli Harika |
1-0 |
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Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 20th |
Roeland Pruijssers - Dronavalli Harika |
½-½ |
Frank Holzke - M. Leon Hoyos |
1-0 |
Ali Bitalzadeh - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
1-0 |
Wesley So - Abhijeet Gupta |
½-½ |
Manuel Bosboom - Anish Giri |
½-½ |
T. Hillarp Persson - Oleg Romanishin |
1-0 |
David Howell - Friso Nijboer |
1-0 |
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Wednesday, January 21st –
Free day |
Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 22nd |
Friso Nijboer - Roeland Pruijssers |
1-0 |
Oleg Romanishin - David Howell |
0-1 |
Anish Giri - T. Hillarp Persson |
0-1 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Manuel Bosboom |
1-0 |
Eduardo Iturrizaga - Wesley So |
0-1 |
M. Leon Hoyos - Ali Bitalzadeh |
1-0 |
Dronavalli Harika - Frank Holzke |
½-½ |
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Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 23rd |
Roeland Pruijssers - Frank Holzke |
0-1 |
Ali Bitalzadeh - Dronavalli Harika |
½-½ |
Wesley So - M. Leon Hoyos |
1-0 |
Manuel Bosboom - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
1-0 |
T. Hillarp Persson - Abhijeet Gupta |
0-1 |
David Howell - Anish Giri |
½-½ |
Friso Nijboer - Oleg Romanishin |
½-½ |
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Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 24th |
Oleg Romanishin - Roeland Pruijssers |
½-½ |
Anish Giri - Friso Nijboer |
½-½ |
Abhijeet Gupta - David Howell |
1-0 |
Eduardo Iturrizaga - T. Hillarp Persson |
0-1 |
M. Leon Hoyos - Manuel Bosboom |
1-0 |
Dronavalli Harika - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Frank Holzke - Ali Bitalzadeh |
½-½ |
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Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
Roeland Pruijssers - Ali Bitalzadeh |
1-0 |
Wesley So - Frank Holzke |
0-1 |
Manuel Bosboom - Dronavalli Harika |
½-½ |
T. Hillarp Persson - M. Leon Hoyos |
1-0 |
David Howell - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
1-0 |
Friso Nijboer - Abhijeet Gupta |
1-0 |
Oleg Romanishin - Anish Giri |
0-1 |
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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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