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Wijk aan Zee: once more with feeling

2/19/2005 – Remember the Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee? This exciting event took place in January and spawned no less than fifteen densely illustrated reports on our chess news site. Today we return one more time to show you some extraordinary pictures taken by Dutch chess fan Siep Korteling. They include some startlying effects you shouldn't miss.

From Momentoo: Faces of Corus

2/12/2005 – During the Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament players were periodically hijacked on their way to the hall, enticed into a special room. It was the photo studio of Fred Lucas, the photographer doing the visuals for the official web site. Remarkable work. Fred has selected twelve of his own favourites for a review of Wijk.

Corus 13: Peter Leko wins Wijk aan Zee 2005

1/31/2005 – The most exciting tournament in recent memory ended with a victory for Peter Leko, who added a last "Grand Slam" title to his list. The classical chess vice champion drew his final game, as did his only rival Vishy Anand. Leko finished half a point ahead of the field. Ukraine prodigy Sergey Karjakin won the B Group. Full illustrated report.

Corus 12: Anand wins to narrow gap

1/30/2005 – The world's number two player, Vishy Anand, beat Britian's Michael Adams to come within striking distance of Peter Leko, who is leading in Wijk. Judit Polgar beat Ivan Sokolov and Ruslan Ponomariov Alexander Morozevich. Cricket fans Peter Svidler and Nigel Short (picture) drew their games. Full report..

Corus 11: Leko favourite to win Wijk

1/28/2005 – Peter Leko beat Lazaro Bruzon to take a commanding lead and has become the clear favourite to win the Corus tournament. Peter Svidler and Alexander Morozevich got into an insane battle which ended in a draw. Kramnik pressed very hard against Grischuk, but the latter found a miracle save. Full report.

Corus 10: Topalov blunders, Lucky Loek holds

1/27/2005 – He was winning, the Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov, when he blundered and gave the full point to his opponent Judit Polgar. Anand was three pawns up against Loek van Wely but was unable to convert this to a full point. Peter Leko held Alexander Morozevich to take the sole lead in Wijk. Here's our full illustrated report.

Corus 09: Striking with the Albin Counter Gambit

1/25/2005 – For a second day in a row "out-of-form" Alexander Morozevich struck out, this time with the most provocative reply to the Queen's Gambit – the 120-year-old Albin Counter Gambit. Peter Svidler faced the even older Sicilian Rossolimo and beat Grischuk in 57 moves. Peter Leko outplayed Nigel Short and now leads with Topalov. Full report.

Corus 08: Short, Morozevich, Topalov win

1/23/2005 – The key game of the day, Anand vs Kramnik, was an interesting 27-move draw. Nigel Short and Alexander Morozevich won with white, Topalov succeeded with black. And there was plenty of action in the other groups. Topalov now has the sole lead, with Leko, Adams and Anand in hot pursuit. Full illustrated report.

Corus 07: Tense battles, Anand and Svidler win

1/23/2005 – This is a tournament completely to the taste of the spectators. Seven hard-fought games, with Peter Svidler "miniaturing" Loek van Wely, and a third victory in succession by Vishy Anand (with black against Bruzon). The most exciting game was between Ponomariov and Kramnik, which has just ended in a draw. Full illustrated report.

Corus 06: The sands are red in Wijk aan Zee

1/21/2005 – The Dutch holiday resort saw four decided games today in round six. Anand and Kramnik both won their games with white, Topalov and Bruzon were victorious with the black pieces. The Cuban grandmaster was lucky when Morozevich committed a fatal inaccuracy in winning position. Full illustrated report.

Corus 05: Bruzon and Anand win

1/20/2005 – Round five ended with a first win for Cuban grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon (picture), at the cost of a first loss by British GM Nigel Short. Vishy Anand defeated Alexander Morozevich in a very exciting, fighting game. Peter Leko and Vladimir Kramnik continued their Queen's Indian debate from Brissago. Full illustrated report.

Corus 04: Kramnik, Adams, Short win

1/18/2005 – A good day for the Brits: both Michael Adams and Nigel Short won their games, beating Topalov and Morozevich respectively. Vladimir Kramnik also won his game against Ivan Sokolov after the latter lost the thread in the end. The overall drawing statics in Wijk are very positive: this is a fighting tournament.

Corus 03: Leko, Ponomariov, Grischuk win

1/17/2005 – Once again there was blood on the sand in Wijk aan Zee, with a second victory in succession for Peter Leko (against Peter Svidler), and wins for Alexander Grischuk against Alexander Morozevich and Ruslan Ponomariov against Ivan Sokolov (both with black). We bring you an updated illustrated report.

Corus 02: Shocker in Wijk – top seeds in trouble

1/16/2005 – GM Teimour Radjabov, watching the games on the Playchess.com server, speculated that the massive sunspots might be responsible. Both favourites in Group A in Wijk aan Zee lost their games, Kramnik to Topalov, who now leads (picture), and Anand to Leko. Judit Polgar lost to Ponomariov, and Morozevich to Adams. Full report.

Corus 01: Judit Polgar, Topalov win first round games

1/15/2005 – The world's strongest female player, who took a 15-month maternity leave, returned to the tournament scene today with a bang, defeating Russian GM Peter Svidler in 30 moves. Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov outplayed former world champion Ruslan Ponomariov. Anand and Kramnik drew pragmatically with black, Peter Leko fought hard but failed to win. Updated report.

Corus 05: Wijk aan Zee Super-GM begins

1/14/2005 – This Saturday, at 13:30 hours European time, the 2005 edition of the Corus Chess Tournament begins. The Super GM Group A has players ranked 2-9 in the world and an Elo average over 14 players of 2721. Group B averages 2564 and 23 years of age. Here's your ChessBase guide to Wijk.
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