Corus Wijk aan Zee tournament begins today

General information

• Where is Wijk aan Zee?
• Official web site
• Corus web site

Participants in grandmaster group A

Title	Name	Country	Rating	Pos
GM	Vladimir Kramnik	RUS	2777	2
GM	Viswanathan Anand	IND	2766	3
GM	Peter Svidler	RUS	2747	4
GM	Alexey Shirov	ESP	2736	5
GM	Veselin Topalov	BUL	2735	6
GM	Peter Leko	HUN	2722	10
GM	Michael Adams	ENG	2720	11
GM	Evgeny Bareev	RUS	2714	14
GM	Ivan Sokolov	NED	2706	22
GM	Vladimir Akopian	ARM	2693	19
GM	Viorel Bologan	MLD	2679	23
GM	Zhang Zhong	CHN	2644	47
GM	Loek van Wely	NED	2617	79
GM	Jan Timman	NED	2578	175

Average rating : 2702, Category : 19

Participants in grandmaster group B

Title	Name	Country	Rating	Pos
GM	Laurent Fressinet	FRA	2636	55
GM	Lenier Dominguez	CUB	2605	102
GM	Lazaro Bruzon	CUB	2603	107
GM	Sergei Tiviakov	NED	2600	114
GM	Hichem Hamdouchi	MAR	2588	143
GM	Friso Nijboer	NED	2586	147
GM	Julio Granda Zuniga	PER	2581	165
GM	Arkady Naiditsch	GER	2576	181
GM	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2571	199
GM	John van der Wiel	NED	2542	322
GM	Eric Lobron	GER	2497	619
GM	Zhue Chen	CHN	2490	675
GM	Daniel Stellwagen	NED	2489	684
GM	Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	2478	776

Average rating : 2560, Category : 13

Participants in grandmaster group C

Title	Name	Country	Rating	Pos
GM	Dusko Pavasovic	SLO	2615	86
GM	Merab Gagunashvili	GEO	2583	154
GM	Valerij Popov	RUS	2580	286
GM	Milos Pavlovic	SCG	2548	114
IM	Jan Smeets	NED	2505	549
WGM	Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2493	648
IM	Ruud Jans	NED	2489	684
IM	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2484	726
IM	Sipke Ernst	NED	2474	808
WGM	Zhaoqin Peng	NED	2419	1612
IM	Jan Werle	NED	2407	1889
WGM	Tea Lanchava	NED	2323	4471
FM	Maarten Etmans	NED	2225	10976
	Ted Barendse	NED	2206	12729
Average rating : 2454, Category : 9

Tournament program

Grandmaster groups :	January 10 - 25
Three-round events :	January 9 - 11	(weekend-three-round events)
	January 13 - 15	(weekday-three-round events)
Nine-round events :	January 16 - 25
	January, 21	(Free day)
Rapid tournament :	January 17 and 18
Dutch Open Championship Superchess :	January, 24

Weekend-three-round events (January 9 - 11)

Registration :	January, 9	16.00 - 18.00 hours
Opening :	January, 9	18.20 hours
1st round :	January, 9	18.30 - 23.30 hours
2nd round :	January, 10	13.30 - 18.30 hours
3rd round :	January, 11	12.00 - 17.00 hours

Rate of playing: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes p.p. to finish the game.

Weekday-three-round events (January 13 - 15)

Registration :	January, 13	11.00 - 12.30 hours
Opening :	January, 13	12.50 hours
1st round :	January, 13	13.00 - 18.00 hours
2nd round :	January, 14	13.30 - 18.30 hours
3rd round :	January, 15	13.30 - 18.30 hours

Rate of playing: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 30 minutes p.p. to finish the game.

Nine-round events (January 16 - 25)

Registration :	January, 16	13.00 - 15.00 hours
Opening :	January, 16	15.50 hours
1st round :	January, 16	16.00 - 22.00 hours
2nd up and til 8th round :	January 17 - 24	13.30 - 19.30 hours
	January, 21	(Free day)
9th round :	January, 25	11.30 - 17.30 hours

Rate of playing: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 1 hour p.p. to finish the game.

Rapid tournament (January 17 and 18)

Registration :	January, 17	11.30 - 12.00 hours
Distribution of prizes :	January 18	appr. 16.15 hours

A seven-round Swiss tournament; time allowed: 30 minutes p.p.; max. 100 participants

Dutch Open Championship Superchess (January, 24)

Registration :	January, 24	09.00 hours
Distribution of prizes :	January, 24	appr. 18.15 hours

A seven-round Swiss tournament; time allowed: 25 minutes p.p.; max. 60 participants

Tournament rooms
Dorpshuis De Moriaan
Dorpsduinen 4, 1949 EG Wijk aan Zee

Café De Zon
Voorstraat 54, 1949 BJ Wijk aan Zee

The consumption of alcoholic drinks, smoking and the use of mobile phones are forbidden in the playing hall.

Entries

• Only the enclosed reply card will be accepted.
• Please fill in the reply card and return it a.s.a.p. As soon as the maximum number of participants has been reached (which can easily be mid November), the organisers will draw for allotment in the event.
• Refusal of your entry will be reported as soon as possible.
• Acceptance of your entry will be confirmed in the second half of December.
• In due time you will be able to monitor the score of entries at the below mentioned website.
• Since the organisers would like to give as many people as possible a chance to take part in the various tournaments, you are allowed to enter only one tournament. Should you apply for more than one tournament, then the organisers will make a choice.

Entrance fee

Nine-round events :	EUR 25,=
Three-round events :	EUR 10,=

The fee has to be paid on registration

Rapid tournament :	EUR 10,=
Dutch Open Championship Superchess :	EUR 10,=

Location: to be announced

Prizes
There are money prizes in all events.

Accommodation
For information about accommodation, we refer to the local Tourist Office:

Stichting Toerisme Wijk aan Zee
Verlengde Voorstraat 5, 1949 CL Wijk aan Zee
Telephone : + 31 (0)251 374253
E-mail : vvvwijkaanzee@ncn.nl
Website: www.vakantieinnederland.nl

Information on chess events
CC&O, P.O. Box 59064, 1040 KB Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Fax : +31 (0)20-6167603
E-mail : jeroen@coruschess.com
Website : www.coruschess.com

General information
E-mail: mike@coruschess.com