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Wijk R1: Radjabov beats Loek van Wely
13.01.2007 – Yes, that's the big news. All other games in the top group were drawn in an average of 25 moves. But Azeri Teimour Radjabov beat local boy Loek van Wely with the black pieces in 40 moves. In Group C, both the little ones Praimarjan Negi (13) and Hou Yifan (12) won their games, the Chinese girl with black. Full illustrated report with videos. |
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Take a deep breath: Wijk aan Zee starts today
13.01.2007 – The annual Wijk aan Zee tournament is taking place from January 13 to 28, 2007.
The top group includes Topalov, Anand, and Kramnik, and has an average rating
of 2719 (category 19). Games start at 13:30h local time – you can watch
them on Playchess.com with live commentary
by GM Yasser Seirawan. Full overview with pictures and videos. |
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Wijk R2: Fighting chess – six decided games, one draw
14.01.2007 – Refreshed after their snooze in round one, all the top GMs in Wijk went for blood in round two: Topalov, Kramnik, Aronian and Svidler won their white games, Anand won with black. Poor Magnus Carlsen missed a one-move win and lost against Navara. Yasser Seirawan covered the action on Playchess. Full report with comments and videos. |
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Wijk R3: Radjabov and Ponomariov win
15.01.2007 – Another generally exciting day which produced two wins, one for Radjabov with the black pieces against Shirov, one a 30-move demolition of Magnus Carlsen by Ruslan Ponomariov. In the most exciting game, Sergey Karjakin had Veselin Topalov on the ropes, but the latter pulled off a miracle save. Full report with photos and videos. |
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Wijk R4: Radjabov and Topalov win
16.01.2007 – A marathon 75-move game between the tournament leader Teimour Radjabov and Dutch GM Sergey Tiviakov ended with a victory for the Azerbaijani, who maintained his lead in the table. Veselin Topalov played another precision game to annihilate Alexei Shirov, Kramnik was unable to overcome Navara's defence. Games, pictures and videos. |
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Wijk 2007: A zwischenbilanz
17.01.2007 – That means to take stock in the middle of an event – another German word that should enter the English language, together with zugzwang and zeitnot. After the first four of 13 rounds we bring you a summary of the games of round four, by Steve Giddins, as well as all necessary tables, schedules and statistics. |
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Wijk R5: Radjabov, Anand and van Wely win
18.01.2007 – The unstoppable Teimour Radjabov is, well, unstoppable. The Azerbaijani won his fourth game in this event (against Navara), for a current score of 4.5/5 and a performance of 3074. Anand beat an unlucky Svidler to catch up with Topalov, while Loek van Wely defeated the completely luckless Alexei Shirov. Report with games and commentary. |
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Wijk R6: Kramnik beats Anand, Karjakin wins
19.01.2007 – This was of course the news of the day. Although Vishy Anand defended with great resourcefulness he had to give up the struggle against world champion Vladimir Kramnik after 53 moves. 17-year-old Sergey Karjakin beat the completely out-of-form Alexei Shirov. Radjabov still leads, followed by Kramnik and Topalov. Report with analysis. |
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Wijk aan Zee round six photo report
20.01.2007 – We gave you the games and analysis, but did not get around to illustrating it with photos. This was in part because of the stressful journey we had undertaken to the Dutch seaside resort, where the strongest tournament of the year is taking place. Now in partial compensation we bring you a giant pictorial report. |
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Windswept Wijk – getting there in the century storm
20.01.2007 – The Dutch seaside resort of Wijk aan Zee lies on the North Sea, which is a raw and wind-battered place under normal winter conditions. But with the severest storm of the last decades raging over northern Europe it was an adventure – and a dangerous one at that – just getting there. With a slight delay for obvious reasons we bring you a big pictorial report. |
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Wijk R7: Topalov wins, moves to second place
21.01.2007 – Former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov beat former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov to jump to second place, half a point behind Teimour Radjabov and half a point ahead of Vladimir Kramnik. David Navara was victorious over Loek van Wely while Peter Svidler beat Magnus Carlsen with the black pieces. Big pictorial report. |
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Wijk R8: Topalov beats Anand, takes lead in Wijk
22.01.2007 – Veselin Topalov is now at the top in Wijk aan Zee, having beaten Vishy Anand fairly convincingly, while Teimour Radjabov, the previous leader, lost to Levon Aronian. Topalov is now at 6.0/8 points with a 2892 performance, and five rounds to go. After returning from Wijk to Hamburg we bring you an extended report with pictures, portraits and videos. |
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Wijk R10: Anand beats Karjakin, Topalov unstoppable
24.01.2007 – Veselin Topalov has won yet another game, against Norwegian junior star Magnus Carlsen, to pull a full point ahead of the field. Vishy Anand in the meantime is staging a gritty comeback with a second win in succession, this time with black against Karjakin, to join the top group. Full report with pictures and videos. |
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Wijk R9: Anand beats van Wely, leaders draw
24.01.2007 – The top of the table in Wijk aan Zee remains unchanged, with the leaders drawing their games in 21 to 28 moves. Only Anand played a super-sharp line against van Wely, one that gives three pawns for the attack. Anand had successfully defended this line against Motylev with black and now beat van Wely with white. Full report with games, statistics and videos. |
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Wijk R11: Topalov falters against Svidler
27.01.2007 – Once again he had a winning position, and that with black. But in his eleventh round game against Peter Svidler former world champion Veselin Topalov started to go astray, spoiled the win to a draw and then actually lost the full point. Levon Aronian beat Sergey Karjakin to join Svidler and Radjabov at second place. Report, pictures and videos. |
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Wijk R13: Aronian, Topalov and Radjabov tie for first
28.01.2007 – Levon Aronian beat Sergey Tiviakov to join Topalov and Radjabov, who drew their game, in first place. All three had 8.5/13 and shared first. Half a point behind them is Vladimir Kramnik, followed half a point later by Vishy Anand. Group B was won by a full point by Ukrainian GM Pavel Eljanov, and Group C by Polish GM GM Michal Krasenkow. Results, games, videos. |
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Wijk R12: Radjabov wins, catches Topalov
28.01.2007 – With a black win against Motylev, and with Topalov drawing Kramnik, top Azerbeijani GM Teimour Radjabov caught up with the Wijk aan Zee leader Veselin Topalov. And to take the drama to new heights, the two will face off in the final round on Sunday (Radjabov has white). Van Wely beat Svidler and Navara beat Ponomariov. Updated report. |
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Wijk aan Zee 2007 – final impressions
29.01.2007 – Wijk aan Zee is over, with an exciting finish that saw three players tie for first. Radjabov and Topalov were able to maintain their top positions with a draw in the final round. Aronian was able to join them with a victory over Tiviakov, and world champion Vladimir Kramnik improved his position with a win over Loek van Wely. Commentary and pictures. |
