Results of round three
| 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 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 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 |
|
|
GM Group A
GM Group B
GM Group C
Death of a press room legend
Round three report by Steve Giddins
In my round one report, I described the Wijk aan Zee tournament as "a
gathering of the clans", as players and officials come together each year,
for the event. The same is true of the press room. Regular habitues meet up
each year, to follow the progress of the tournament. Many have their own favourite
seats in the crowded room, and last year, I witnessed the peremptory way in
which one leading Dutch chess journalist evicted an interloper, who had occupied
his regular spot. "I have been sitting at this table every day for fifteen
years!", declared the outraged IM. I waited with baited breath, to see
whether the squatter would come back with the obvious retort "Well, it
must be someone else's turn then!" But no – decorum prevailed, and
the suitably chastened outsider meekly moved aside.
Nowadays, the press room is under the charge of Tom Bottema, but amongst his
"great predecessors", few could stand higher than the legendary Berry
Withuis, whose death was announced yesterday. Throughout the 1960s and onwards,
Withuis was the king of the Beverwijk/Wijk aan Zee press room, and generations
of chess journalists depended on him to enable them to file their copy. Everyone
who has written extensively about Dutch chess of the period, from Hein Donner
to Hans Ree to Jules Welling, has a story about Withuis. Apart from his numerous
chess activities, he was a political activist with strong Communist leanings,
a friend of Botvinnik and other leading Soviet players, and a controversial
and lively character in all respects. The official tournament website reports
that he died on 16 January, just a couple of days short of his 89th birthday.
Thus is another link broken with the glorious past of the Wijk aan Zee tournament.
The tournament web master and IT chief in the press room: Dennis van Veen
Round 3 of the tournament certainly provided plenty for the Press Room crowd
to get their teeth into. The big drama of the day came in the match-up between
Ivanchuk and Radjabov, which culminated in a furious time-scramble.
Ivanchuk,V (2779) - Radjabov,T (2761) [E97]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (3), 19.01.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Ne8. 9...Nh5 is much the most usual move, and has been the scene of
several successful Radjabov games, notably against Van Wely. 10.a4 f5 11.a5
Nf6 12.Bg5 Nh5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.c5 Bd7 16.b5 Be8 17.c6!? Commenting
on Playchess, Yasser Seirawan expressed his surprise at this move, as locking
the queenside should be in Black's favour. Positionally, 17.b6 is White's programmed
move, undermining the base of Black's pawn chain on c7, in good Nimzowitschian
fashion. However, it is not clear that it results in so much after 17...axb6
18.axb6 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 cxb6 20.cxd6 Qxd6. 17...b6 18.Nh4 Bf7 19.Bd3 Bg6 20.f3
Qe8
Round about here, Fritz 11 is highly optimistic about White's position, but
it may be that it overrates White's space advantage on the queenside. 21.Kh1
Kh8 22.Bc2 Qf7 23.g4!? Always a critical idea in such structures, trying
to wrench control of the central white squares, but in the words of George W
Bush, the danger to the white king should not be "misunderstimated".
23...Nfg8 24.Ra4 Rae8 25.axb6 axb6 26.Ra7 Rc8 27.Nxg6+ Qxg6 28.Rg1 Qf7. By
this stage of the game, Ivanchuk was down to barely a minute on the clock, to
reach the time control at move 40 (Wijk uses a classical time control, with
no increments in the main stage of the game). Radjabov himself had only about
ten minutes, but in such a complicated position, such a lead on the clock is
almost worth an extra piece. 29.Rg3 e4 30.Ne2 Nf6 31.Nf4. Now the real
blitz started, with the rest of the game being played in about about a minute.
31...exf3 32.gxf5 Nfxd5 33.Rxf3 Nxf4 34.Qxf4 Bf6 35.Bb3 Qh5 36.Bxf6+ Rxf6
37.Be6 Rcf8
38.Rxc7?? Tragic. After 38.Rg3 best play seems to be 38...Rxe6 39.fxe6
Qd1+ 40.Kg2 Qe2+ and a draw by perpetual. 38...Rxe6 39.fxe6 Rxf4 40.Rxf4
Qd5+. The final sting in the tail; the rook on g4 drops off. 41.Kg1 Qg5+
and 0–1. [Click
to replay]
A disaster for Ivanchuk, who now has 0/2 with the white pieces. In his Playchess
commentary, Seirawan pointed out that during the Wijk aan Zee tournament, Ivanchuk
faces a FIDE disciplinary hearing, with respect to his missed drug test at the
Dresden Olympiad. Given the Draconian nature of the sanctions he potentially
faces (a possible two-year ban), it would not be surprising if that were playing
on his mind, and may explain his poor form so far.
Just as in round one, both top seeds lost. Morozevich obtained a comfortable
position as Black against Kamsky, but then, in the words of Seirawan, "...did
some horrible things to his position".
Very impressive against Morozevich: US grandmaster Gata Kamsky
Kamsky,G (2725) - Morozevich,A (2771) [C78]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (3), 19.01.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.axb5 axb5 10.d3. The main line is 10.d4 with long and heavily-analysed
complications. In keeping with his style ever since his junior days, Kamsky
prefers a less critical continuation, leading to a more manoeuvering style of
game. 10...0–0 11.h3 Ne7 12.Na3 Ng6 13.Nc2 h6 14.Re1 Bb6 15.Ne3 c6. Black
looks to be very comfortable here, but it soon becomes clear that Morozevich
has ambitions to complicate the game. 16.Nh2 Kh8. 16...Be6 would be a
solid option, but Black instead starts a plan of taking the initiative on the
kingside. 17.Nhg4 Nxg4?! Commenting on the game for the Russian site
Crestbook, Sergey Shipov was critical of this risky move, but it is all part
of Black's idea. 18.hxg4 Qh4 19.d4 exd4?! Another move which drew the
opprobrium of the online GM commentators. Black concedes the centre without
good reason, but Morozevich clearly felt that his piece pressure on the centre
would be effective. 19...Be6 is again a solid alternative. 20.cxd4 Qf6
21.Nf5! Kg8. Shipov speculates, highly plausibly, that Morozevich had
intended 21...Bxf5 22.exf5 Bxd4 but only now spotted the dastardly refutation
23.g5! hxg5 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Qxg6. 22.Be3. Now White has been able to support
his centre, and it is clear that Black's entire strategy over the past few moves
has been refuted. As so often, a poor strategic decision results from a tactical
oversight. Having obtained a clear positional advantage, Kamsky punches it home
in convincing style. 22...Bxf5 23.gxf5 Ne7 24.Bc2 Rfd8 25.b4 c5. Passively
waiting for White to prepare the e4-e5 break was hardly attractive, so Morozevich
tries his only breakout, but it is crisply refuted. 26.bxc5 dxc5 27.Qg4!
Rxd4 27...cxd4 is met by 28.e5 Qxe5 29.Bxh6 Qf6 30.Bg5 winning. 28.Bxd4
Qxd4 29.Qg3 Nc6 30.e5 c4 31.Rad1 Qb2 32.f6 g5 33.Re2 Qb4 34.Qh3 1–0. As
Fritz 11 will inform you in a nanosecond, it is mate in 11! For the human player,
it is enough to see that there is no defence to the threats of Qxh6 and Qf5.
[Click
to replay]
Downs and ups and this time downs: Alexander Morozevich
Carlsen drew his third straight game, after making no impression on Movsesian's
Slav. Daniel Stellwagen continued his excellent start, holding Aronian very
comfortably as Black, and indeed, standing rather better in the final position.
Aronian,L (2750) - Stellwagen,D (2612) [B13]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (3), 19.01.2009
1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4 h6
8.Bh4 Qxd4 9.Qxd4 Nxd4 10.0-0-0 e5 11.Nf3 Nxf3 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Nd5+
Kd8 15.gxf3 Bd6 16.Rd2 Be6 17.Rhd1 Bc5 18.Nb6+ Ke7 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.Bd7 Bxa2
21.Bg4 Bd4 22.f4
draw. [Click
to replay]
Of the remaining games, Adams-Dominguez saw Black hold, seemingly without too
much trouble, in a 6.Bc4 Najdorf, whilst the all-Dutch pairing of van Wely and
Smeets saw a theoretical battle in the Botvinnik Semi-Slav.
Van Wely,L (2625) - Smeets,J (2601) [D44]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (3), 19.01.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5
hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 0–0–0 15.0–0 b4 16.Rb1
Qa6 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Rdg8 21.Ne4
21...Rxg5. Novelty. 21...Qc6 was Kamsky-Kramnik, Dos Hermanos 1996.
22.Nxg5 Re8 23.Qe2 Qg6 24.Ne4 Rxe7 25.Re1 Kd8 26.Qxc4 Qg4 27.Qd5 f5 28.Qa8+
Kc7 29.Qxa7+ Kc6 30.Qa8+ Kc7 draw. [Click
to replay]
The longest game of the day was a grim struggle between Kariakin and Wang Yue.
A Rossolimo Sicilian produced a typical petrified type of middlegame structure,
and although Fritz was claiming a large advantage for White in the early middlegame,
nothing concrete seems to have been missed. The players get full credit for
their fighting spirit, but the eventual results of 75 moves' of remorseless
battle was a draw.
Amazing: IM Manuel Bosboom, the second-lowest seed in the event, is leading
in the C-Group
Finally, I should point out that, whilst these daily reports are concentrating
on the A Group, much excellent chess is also being played in the B and C groups.
Here on ChessBase, we will have a "catch-up" report on these two sections,
on Wednesday's rest day.
Nigel Short leaves out a round to follow the other games on Playchess? No,
the former World Championship challenger finished his game against Erwin l'Ami
in just 19 moves and THEN came over to the chess server to listen and watch.
Amongst other games, I will bring you coverage of Nigel Short's demolition
of Erwin l'Ami, in today's third round, which is bound to please all lovers
of open, attacking chess!
In deadly form, with 2½ out of three: GM Nigel Short from
Britain
Short,N (2663) - L'Ami,E (2603) [C48]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (3), 19.01.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxe5 Nxb5 6.Nxb5 c6 7.Nc3 Qe7
8.Nf3 Nxe4 9.0-0 Nxc3 10.dxc3 d5 11.Bg5 Qd6 12.Re1+ Be6 13.Nd4 c5 14.Nxe6 fxe6
15.Qh5+ g6 16.Qg4 Kf7 17.c4 d4 18.Qf3+ Kg8 19.Bf6 1-0.
Erwin l'Ami showing us what it feels like to face an in-form Nigel Short
All pictures by Jeroen van den Belt
Live commentary on Playchess by Yasser Seirawan
Today on the server Playchess.com GM Yasser Seirawan entertained the visitors
with three hours of live commentary. Espeically poignant was the way Yasser
and, we might add, many visitors and GM colleagues, suffered when Vassily Ivanchuk
blew a good position to lose again just before the time control.
Yasser Seirawan will be on Playchess with live commentary again on Friday January
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portal Europe Echecs
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 |
|
Alex. Morozevich - Michael Adams |
|
Jan Smeets - Gata Kamsky |
|
Wang Yue - Loek van Wely |
|
Teymour Radjabov - Sergei Karjakin |
|
Daniël Stellwagen - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian |
|
|
| Wednesday, January 21st –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 22nd |
|
Levon Aronian - Sergei Movsesian |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Sergei Karjakin - Daniël Stellwagen |
|
Loek van Wely - Teymour Radjabov |
|
Gata Kamsky - Wang Yue |
|
Michael Adams - Jan Smeets |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Alex. Morozevich |
|
|
| Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 23rd |
|
Sergei Movsesian - Alex. Morozevich |
|
Jan Smeets - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Wang Yue - Michael Adams |
|
Teymour Radjabov - Gata Kamsky |
|
Daniël Stellwagen - Loek van Wely |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Sergei Karjakin |
|
Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
|
| Group A: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 24th |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergei Movsesian |
|
Sergei Karjakin - Levon Aronian |
|
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Gata Kamsky - Daniël Stellwagen |
|
Michael Adams - Teymour Radjabov |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Wang Yue |
|
Alex. Morozevich - Jan Smeets |
|
|
| Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
|
Sergei Movsesian - Jan Smeets |
|
Wang Yue - Alex. Morozevich |
|
Teymour Radjabov - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Daniël Stellwagen - Michael Adams |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Gata Kamsky |
|
Levon Aronian - Loek van Wely |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergei Karjakin |
|
|
| Monday, January 26th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 7 - Tues. Jan. 27th |
|
Sergei Karjakin - Sergei Movsesian |
|
Loek van Wely - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Gata Kamsky - Levon Aronian |
|
Michael Adams - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Daniël Stellwagen |
|
Alex. Morozevich - Teymour Radjabov |
|
Jan Smeets - Wang Yue |
|
|
| Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 28th |
|
Sergei Movsesian - Wang Yue |
|
Teymour Radjabov - Jan Smeets |
|
Daniël Stellwagen - Alex. Morozevich |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Levon Aronian - Michael Adams |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Gata Kamsky |
|
Sergei Karjakin - Loek van Wely |
|
|
| Thursday, January 29th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 30th |
|
Loek van Wely - Sergei Movsesian |
|
Gata Kamsky - Sergei Karjakin |
|
Michael Adams - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Levon Aronian |
|
Alex. Morozevich - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Jan Smeets - Daniël Stellwagen |
|
Wang Yue - Teymour Radjabov |
|
|
| Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 31st |
|
Sergei Movsesian - Teymour Radjabov |
|
Daniël Stellwagen - Wang Yue |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Jan Smeets |
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Levon Aronian - Alex. Morozevich |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Sergei Karjakin - Michael Adams |
|
Loek van Wely - Gata Kamsky |
|
|
| Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Feb. 1st |
|
Gata Kamsky - Sergei Movsesian |
|
Michael Adams - Loek van Wely |
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Leinier Dominguez - Sergei Karjakin |
|
Alex. Morozevich - Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Jan Smeets - Levon Aronian |
|
Wang Yue - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Teymour Radjabov - Daniël Stellwagen |
|
|
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. 29th |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Zahar Efimenko |
|
Fabiano Caruana - David Navara |
|
Jan Werle - Alexander Motylev |
|
Francisco Vallejo - Henrique Mecking |
|
Erwin l'Ami - Andrei Volokitin |
|
Hou Yifan - Nigel Short |
|
Krishnan Sasikiran - Dimitri Reinderman |
|
|
| Wednesday, January 21st –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 22nd |
Dimitri Reinderman - R. Kasimdzhanov |
|
Nigel Short - Krishnan Sasikiran |
|
Andrei Volokitin - Hou Yifan |
|
Henrique Mecking - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Alexander Motylev - Francisco Vallejo |
|
David Navara - Jan Werle |
|
Zahar Efimenko - Fabiano Caruana |
|
|
| Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 23rd |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Jan Werle - Zahar Efimenko |
|
Francisco Vallejo - David Navara |
|
Erwin l'Ami - Alexander Motylev |
|
Hou Yifan - Henrique Mecking |
|
Krishnan Sasikiran - Andrei Volokitin |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Nigel Short |
|
|
| Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 24th |
Nigel Short - R. Kasimdzhanov |
|
Andrei Volokitin - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Henrique Mecking - Krishnan Sasikiran |
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Alexander Motylev - Hou Yifan |
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David Navara - Erwin l'Ami |
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Zahar Efimenko - Francisco Vallejo |
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Fabiano Caruana - Jan Werle |
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|
| Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Jan Werle |
|
Francisco Vallejo - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Erwin l'Ami - Zahar Efimenko |
|
Hou Yifan - David Navara |
|
Krishnan Sasikiran - Alexander Motylev |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Henrique Mecking |
|
Nigel Short - Andrei Volokitin |
|
|
| Monday, January 26th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 27th |
Andrei Volokitin - R. Kasimdzhanov |
|
Henrique Mecking - Nigel Short |
|
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 |
|
|
| Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 28th |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Francisco Vallejo |
|
Erwin l'Ami - Jan Werle |
|
Hou Yifan - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Krishnan Sasikiran - Zahar Efimenko |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - David Navara |
|
Nigel Short - Alexander Motylev |
|
Andrei Volokitin - Henrique Mecking |
|
|
| Thursday, January 29th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 30th |
Henrique Mecking - R. Kasimdzhanov |
|
Alexander Motylev - Andrei Volokitin |
|
David Navara - Nigel Short |
|
Zahar Efimenko - Dimitri Reinderman |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Krishnan Sasikiran |
|
Jan Werle - Hou Yifan |
|
Francisco Vallejo - Erwin l'Ami |
|
|
| Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 31st |
R. Kasimdzhanov - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Hou Yifan - Francisco Vallejo |
|
Krishnan Sasikiran - Jan Werle |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Nigel Short - Zahar Efimenko |
|
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 |
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Frank Holzke - M. Leon Hoyos |
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Ali Bitalzadeh - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
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Wesley So - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Manuel Bosboom - Anish Giri |
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T. Hillarp Persson - Oleg Romanishin |
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David Howell - Friso Nijboer |
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| Wednesday, January 21st –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 22nd |
Friso Nijboer - Roeland Pruijssers |
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Oleg Romanishin - David Howell |
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Anish Giri - T. Hillarp Persson |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Manuel Bosboom |
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Eduardo Iturrizaga - Wesley So |
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M. Leon Hoyos - Ali Bitalzadeh |
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Dronavalli Harika - Frank Holzke |
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| Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 23rd |
Roeland Pruijssers - Frank Holzke |
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Ali Bitalzadeh - Dronavalli Harika |
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Wesley So - M. Leon Hoyos |
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Manuel Bosboom - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
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T. Hillarp Persson - Abhijeet Gupta |
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David Howell - Anish Giri |
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Friso Nijboer - Oleg Romanishin |
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| Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 24th |
Oleg Romanishin - Roeland Pruijssers |
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Anish Giri - Friso Nijboer |
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Abhijeet Gupta - David Howell |
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Eduardo Iturrizaga - T. Hillarp Persson |
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M. Leon Hoyos - Manuel Bosboom |
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Dronavalli Harika - Wesley So |
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Frank Holzke - Ali Bitalzadeh |
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| Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 25th |
Roeland Pruijssers - Ali Bitalzadeh |
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Wesley So - Frank Holzke |
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Manuel Bosboom - Dronavalli Harika |
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T. Hillarp Persson - M. Leon Hoyos |
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David Howell - Eduardo Iturrizaga |
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Friso Nijboer - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Oleg Romanishin - Anish Giri |
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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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