Wijk aan Zee 2010 – Round two report
Report by Steve Giddins
Round two produced a fascinating day's play at Wijk aan Zee, with three decisive
results and a number of hard-fought draws. Amongst the interested spectators
was the world's strongest online kibitzer, Garry Kasparov, who shared some comments
and insights with ChessBase. Nakamura delighted the watching crowd, both real
and virtual, with a series of sacrifices against van Wely's Najdorf.
Nakamura,Hi (2708) - Van Wely,L (2641) [B96]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3
Qc7 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nd7 12.0-0-0 Nc5 13.a3 Rb8 14.b4 Nd7
15.Nd5 exd5 16.exd5 Be7 17.Re1 Ne5 18.fxe5 Bxg5+ 19.Kb1 dxe5 20.Nc6
Bf6 21.Bd3 h5 22.Rxe5+ Bxe5 23.Re1 Bg4 24.Qf4 0-0 25.Rxe5 g6 26.Qf6 Rbe8
27.Ne7+ Rxe7 [27...Kh7 28.Bxg6+ fxg6 29.Qxg6+ Kh8 30.Qh6#] 28.Rxe7
Qxh2 29.Bxg6 Qh1+ 30.Kb2 Qxd5 31.Bxf7+ Qxf7 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Qxa6 Kg7 34.Qxb5
Kg6 35.Qc4 Rd7 36.b5 Kg5 37.b6 Bf3 38.Qb5+ Rd5 39.Qb3 1-0. [Click
to replay]
Kariakin also sacrificed two pieces against the Sicilian, but Dominguez' defences
held.
Karjakin,Sergey (2720) - Dominguez Perez,L (2712) [B90]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3
h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Be7 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bd3 b5 13.g4 b4 14.Ne2 d5 15.g5 dxe4
16.fxe4 Nh7 17.Ng3 g6
18.Nf5 gxf5 19.exf5 Bd5 20.Rhe1 Bf3 21.f6 Nhxf6 22.gxf6 Nxf6
23.Bd4 exd4 24.Qf2 Qf4+ 25.Nd2 Ng4 26.Qxf3 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 Ne3 28.Rd2
Kf8 29.Nxd4 Bg5 30.Nf3 Bf4 31.Kb1 ½-½. [Click
to replay]
Kramnik's opening preparation netted him an extra hour on the clock, but as
Kasparov pointed out, Leko defended with typical skill, using his knights excellently,
and, Kramnik was lucky to get a draw in the final position. "An interesting
game", was our collocutor's summary.
Kramnik,V (2788) - Leko,P (2739) [E15]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3
d5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.0-0 0-0 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Rfe1 d4 15.e3
dxe3 16.fxe3 Ne8 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Ne4 Rd8 19.Neg5 g6 20.Qe4 Bb7 21.Qh4 h5 22.g4
Ndf6 23.h3 Ng7 24.Qg3 Nfe8 25.h4 Bf6 26.Be5 Bxf3 27.Nxf3 hxg4 28.Qxg4 Nh5 29.Bh2
Bc3 30.Rf1 Nef6 31.Qg5 Ne4 32.Qg4 Nef6 33.Qg5
½-½. [Click
to replay]
Vladimir Kramnik unhappy with a position during postgame analysis
Naturally, Kasparov's principal interest was the game Carlsen-Smeets. This
saw Black venture the ultra-sharp Botvinnik Variation, a brave choice by the
Dutchman, given the danger of running into a significant novelty from the famous
Kasparov database. In fact, though, it was Black who innovated first:
Carlsen,M (2810) - Smeets,J (2657) [D44]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 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.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qd4 Nc6 20.Nb6+ axb6 21.dxc6 Bxc6 22.Bxc6
Qxc6 23.Qg4
23...Bc5N. Novelty. 23...Kb7 eventually led to a draw in Hebden-Prasad,
Edinbugh 2009. 24.Ra7 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Kxd7 26.h4 Kc7 27.h5 e5 28.h6 Bd4
29.Qe2 b3 30.Be3 Qd5?! 31.Rd1 Kc6?
Thus far, Kasparov had not been too happy with his protege's position, but
after Black's last two moves, he perked up noticeably and predicted that now
White would win. 32.Qg4 b5 33.Bxd4 exd4 34.Rxd4 Qe5 35.Qd7+ Kc5 36.Qa7+.
This reptition was predicted by Kasparov a few moves earlier – "to
give yourself an extra minute on the clock!" There is a 30-second increment
per move, and both players were very short of time by this stage. 36...Kc6
37.Qd7+ Kc5
38.Rf4?! Here, although not having a computer to hand, Kasparov
instantly predicted 38.Rd1! which your engine will confirm is indeed winning.
He was aghast when Carlsen instead played the text. 38...Qxb2?
Kasparov's misery did not last long. 38...Kb6! was Black's only hope. 39.Rf5+
Kb4 40.Qxb5+ Kc3 41.Rf3+ 1-0. [Click
to replay]
Magnus Carlsen and Jan Smeets analyse after their game
For much of the afternoon, the engines were claiming that the World Champion
was in trouble with white against Short, but Kasparov felt differently. "Engines!",
he snarled, and was full of praise for Anand's double pawn sacrifice, which
he described as "very creative, very entertaining, and very impressive".
The Indian eventually regained both pawns, with a double rook ending, which
the thirteenth World Champion thought should be winning for White. However,
Anand was unable to convert his advantage, in the face of tenacious defence
from Short, and the game ended in a draw.
Anand,V (2790) - Short,N (2696) [D38]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6
8.e3 Qa5 9.Bd3 Qxa2 10.0-0 Qa5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Bf4 f6
14.e4 fxe5 15.Bg3 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 d4 17.Ra3 Qc5 18.Qd2 0-0 19.h3 Nh6 20.Ra5
b5 21.Rc1 Qd6 22.Qc2 Rf6 23.Qc5 Nf7 24.Qxd6 Rxd6 25.Rc5 Be6 26.Kf1 h6 27.Ke2
a6 28.b4 Bb3 29.Bxe5 Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Rg6 31.g3 Rg5 32.Re7 c5 33.bxc5 Rxc5 34.Rd7
Be6 35.Rd6 Bxh3 36.Raxa6 Rf8 37.f4 Rc1 38.Rxd4 Bf1+ 39.Kd2 Rfc8 40.Bxf1 Rxf1
41.Rd7 Rcc1 42.Rb7 Rcd1+ 43.Ke3 Rfe1+ 44.Kf3 h5 45.f5 Rd3+ 46.Kf4 Rf1+
47.Ke5 Rxg3 48.Rxb5 Kh7 49.Rb8 Rg4 50.Raa8 Kh6 51.Rh8+ Kg5 52.Rh7 Kh4 53.Rah8
Rg5 54.Rg8 Rfg1 55.Ra8 Re1 56.Rg8 Rg4 57.Rgxg7 ½-½. [Click
to replay]
Tiviakov's favourite 3...Qd6 Scandinavian yielded a solid queenless middlegame,
and although Ivanchuk eventually reached a rook ending in which his king was
vastly the more active, it proved insufficient for a win. Finally, Shirov-Caruana
looked for a long time as though it too would be a draw, but for the second
day in a row, Shirov showed his endgame magic, and squeezed out a win.
Shirov,A (2723) - Caruana,F (2675) [C80]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 17.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5
Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.b4 0-0
16.Re1 Qd7 17.h3 Bg6 18.Ba2 Kh8 19.Bf4 a5 20.bxa5 Rxa5 21.b4 Ra4 22.Bb3 Rxa1
23.Qxa1 Nd8 24.Qa7 Ne6 25.Bd2 Rd8 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Nd4 Bxb4 28.Nxb5 Qxb5 29.cxb4
Rc8 30.Qa5 Qd7 31.Ra1 Be4 32.Qc5 Qd5 33.Qxd5 Bxd5 34.f3 Bc4 35.Ra5 c6 36.Kf2
Kg8 37.Ke3 Rc7 38.Kd4 Bb5 39.g4 Rd7+ 40.Kc3 Kf7 41.h4 g6 42.h5 gxh5 43.gxh5
Ke8 44.h6 Rd5 45.f4 Ke7 46.Ra7+ Rd7 47.Ra1 c5 48.bxc5 Bc6 49.Rg1 Be4 50.Rg7+
Kd8 51.Kc4 Kc7 52.Rg8 Kc6 53.Rc8+ Rc7 54.Re8 Kd7 55.Rg8
55...Rb7? 56.Ba5 Rb2 57.Rd8+ Ke7 58.Rd6 Rc2+ 59.Bc3 Kf7 60.Rd4 d2 61.Kb3
Kg6 62.Bxd2 Kxh6 63.f5+ Kg7 64.f6+ 1-0. [Click
to replay]
In the B Group, Anish Giri continued his sensational start, by simply crushing
Nisipeanu – with the black pieces. The other three "N's" in
the group – Naiditsch, Nyback and Ni – all won, whilst Kujpers,
Peng and Robson all scored the full point in Group C.
All photos by Gallina Tiviakova
Results of the day
| Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
| Vishy Anand - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Magnus Carlsen - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Alexei Shirov - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
Erwin l'Ami - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Arkadij Naiditsch |
0-1 |
Parimarjan Negi - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Pentala Harikrishna - David Howell |
½-½ |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Anish Giri |
0-1 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Tomi Nyback |
0-1 |
Ni Hua - Emil Sutovsky |
1-0 |
|
| Group C: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Sjoerd Plukkel |
½-½ |
Li Chao - Daniele Vocaturo |
½-½ |
Robin van Kampen - Benjamin Bok |
½-½ |
Kjetil Lie - Peng Zhaoqin |
0-1 |
Nils Grandelius - Stefan Kuipers |
0-1 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Mariya Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Ray Robson - Robin Swinkels |
1-0 |
|
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Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Video reports by Europe Echecs
Europe Echecs video
report by GM Robert Fontaine
Commentary on Playchess
Schedule of commentators
| 16th Jan |
FM Valeri Lilov |
5:00 p.m. |
| 17th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
5:00 p.m. |
| 18th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
6:00 p.m. |
| 19th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
6:00 p.m. |
| 20th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 21st Jan |
GM Daniel King |
6:00 p.m. |
| 22nd Jan |
GM Daniel King |
6:00 p.m. |
| 23rd Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
5:00 p.m. |
|
| 24th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
5:00 p.m. |
| 25th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 26th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
6:00 p.m. |
| 27th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
6:00 p.m. |
| 28th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 29th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
6:00 p.m. |
| 30th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
5:00 p.m. |
| 31st Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
4:00 p.m.
|
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Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group A
| Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16th |
| Sergey Karjakin - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Peter Leko - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Fabiano Caruana - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely - Nigel Short |
1-0 |
|
| Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
| Vishy Anand - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Magnus Carlsen - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Alexei Shirov - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
|
| Group A: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
| Leinier Dominguez - Vishy Anand |
|
Peter Leko - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Alexei Shirov |
|
Jan Smeets - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Nigel Short - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
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| Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
| Vishy Anand - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Nigel Short |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely |
|
Alexei Shirov - Jan Smeets |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Peter Leko |
|
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| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
| Peter Leko - Vishy Anand |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Jan Smeets - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Loek van Wely - Alexei Shirov |
|
Nigel Short - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen |
|
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| Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
| Vishy Anand - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Alexei Shirov - Nigel Short |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Loek van Wely |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Jan Smeets |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
Peter Leko - Fabiano Caruana |
|
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| Group A: Round 7- Sat. Jan. 23rd |
| Fabiano Caruana - Vishy Anand |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Peter Leko |
|
Jan Smeets - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Loek van Wely - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Nigel Short - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Alexei Shirov |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
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| Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
| Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Alexei Shirov - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Nigel Short |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Loek van Wely |
|
Peter Leko - Jan Smeets |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
|
| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
| Sergey Tiviakov - Vishy Anand |
|
Jan Smeets - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Loek van Wely - Peter Leko |
|
Nigel Short - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexei Shirov |
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| Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
| Vishy Anand - Alexei Shirov |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Peter Leko - Nigel Short |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Loek van Wely |
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Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Smeets |
|
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| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
| Jan Smeets - Vishy Anand |
|
Loek van Wely - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
Nigel Short - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Peter Leko |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Alexei Shirov - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
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| Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
| Vishy Anand - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Alexei Shirov |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Nigel Short |
|
Jan Smeets - Loek van Wely |
|
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| Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
| Loek van Wely - Vishy Anand |
|
Nigel Short - Jan Smeets |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Peter Leko |
|
Alexei Shirov - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Karjakin |
|
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Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group B
| Group B: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16th |
Ni Hua - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0 |
Tomi Nyback - Liviu Nisipeanu |
0-1 |
Anish Giri - Pentala Harikrishna |
1-0 |
David Howell - Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Anna Muzychuk - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Wesley So |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
Erwin l'Ami - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Arkadij Naiditsch |
0-1 |
Parimarjan Negi - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Pentala Harikrishna - David Howell |
½-½ |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Anish Giri |
0-1 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Tomi Nyback |
0-1 |
Ni Hua - Emil Sutovsky |
1-0 |
|
| Group B: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
Emil Sutovsky - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Tomi Nyback - Ni Hua |
|
Anish Giri - Dimitri Reinderman |
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David Howell - Liviu Nisipeanu |
|
Anna Muzychuk - Pentala Harikrishna |
|
Arkadij Naiditsch - Parimarjan Negi |
|
Wesley So - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
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| Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Erwin l'Ami - Varuzhan Akobian |
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Parimarjan Negi - Wesley So |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
Liviu Nisipeanu - Anna Muzychuk |
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Dimitri Reinderman - David Howell |
|
Ni Hua - Anish Giri |
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Emil Sutovsky - Tomi Nyback |
|
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| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Tomi Nyback - Erwin l'Ami |
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Anish Giri - Emil Sutovsky |
|
David Howell - Ni Hua |
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Anna Muzychuk - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Wesley So - Pentala Harikrishna |
|
Varuzhan Akobian - Parimarjan Negi |
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| Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Erwin l'Ami - Parimarjan Negi |
|
Pentala Harikrishna - Varuzhan Akobian |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Wesley So |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
Ni Hua - Anna Muzychuk |
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Emil Sutovsky - David Howell |
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Tomi Nyback - Anish Giri |
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| Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 23rd |
Anish Giri - Erwin l'Ami |
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David Howell - Tomi Nyback |
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Anna Muzychuk - Emil Sutovsky |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Ni Hua |
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Wesley So - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Varuzhan Akobian - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Parimarjan Negi - Pentala Harikrishna |
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| Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
Erwin l'Ami - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Parimarjan Negi |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
Ni Hua - Wesley So |
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Emil Sutovsky - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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Tomi Nyback - Anna Muzychuk |
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Anish Giri - David Howell |
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| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
David Howell - Erwin l'Ami |
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Anna Muzychuk - Anish Giri |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - Tomi Nyback |
|
Wesley So - Emil Sutovsky |
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Varuzhan Akobian - Ni Hua |
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Parimarjan Negi - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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| Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Erwin l'Ami - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Ni Hua - Parimarjan Negi |
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Emil Sutovsky - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
Tomi Nyback - Wesley So |
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Anish Giri - Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
David Howell - Anna Muzychuk |
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| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
Anna Muzychuk - Erwin l'Ami |
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Arkadij Naiditsch - David Howell |
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Wesley So - Anish Giri |
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Varuzhan Akobian - Tomi Nyback |
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Parimarjan Negi - Emil Sutovsky |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Ni Hua |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Dimitri Reinderman |
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| Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
Erwin l'Ami - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Ni Hua - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Emil Sutovsky - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Tomi Nyback - Parimarjan Negi |
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Anish Giri - Varuzhan Akobian |
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David Howell - Wesley So |
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Anna Muzychuk - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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| Group B: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Erwin l'Ami |
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Wesley So - Anna Muzychuk |
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Varuzhan Akobian - David Howell |
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Parimarjan Negi - Anish Giri |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Tomi Nyback |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Emil Sutovsky |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Ni Hua |
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Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group C
| Group C: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16th |
Ray Robson - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Abhijeet Gupta |
½-½ |
Mariya Muzychuk - Nils Grandelius |
0-1 |
Stefan Kuipers - Kjetil Lie |
½-½ |
Peng Zhaoqin - Robin van Kampen |
½-½ |
Benjamin Bok - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Daniele Vocaturo - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
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| Group C: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Sjoerd Plukkel |
½-½ |
Li Chao - Daniele Vocaturo |
½-½ |
Robin van Kampen - Benjamin Bok |
½-½ |
Kjetil Lie - Peng Zhaoqin |
0-1 |
Nils Grandelius - Stefan Kuipers |
0-1 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Mariya Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Ray Robson - Robin Swinkels |
1-0 |
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| Group C: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
Robin Swinkels - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Ray Robson |
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Stefan Kuipers - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Nils Grandelius |
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Benjamin Bok - Kjetil Lie |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Robin van Kampen |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Li Chao |
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| Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Li Chao |
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Robin van Kampen - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Kjetil Lie - Daniele Vocaturo |
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Nils Grandelius - Benjamin Bok |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Peng Zhaoqin |
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Ray Robson - Stefan Kuipers |
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Robin Swinkels - Mariya Muzychuk |
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| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Mariya Muzychuk - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Stefan Kuipers - Robin Swinkels |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Ray Robson |
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Benjamin Bok - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Nils Grandelius |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Kjetil Lie |
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Li Chao - Robin van Kampen |
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| Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Soumya Swaminathan - Robin v. Kampen |
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Kjetil Lie - Li Chao |
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Nils Grandelius - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Daniele Vocaturo |
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Ray Robson - Benjamin Bok |
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Robin Swinkels - Peng Zhaoqin |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Stefan Kuipers |
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| Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 23rd |
Stefan Kuipers - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Benjamin Bok - Robin Swinkels |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Ray Robson |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Li Chao - Nils Grandelius |
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Robin van Kampen - Kjetil Lie |
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| Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Kjetil Lie |
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Nils Grandelius - Robin van Kampen |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Li Chao |
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Ray Robson - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Robin Swinkels - Daniele Vocaturo |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Benjamin Bok |
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Stefan Kuipers - Peng Zhaoqin |
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| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
Peng Zhaoqin - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Benjamin Bok - Stefan Kuipers |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Robin Swinkels |
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Li Chao - Ray Robson |
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Robin van Kampen - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Kjetil Lie - Nils Grandelius |
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| Group C: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Nils Grandelius |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Kjetil Lie |
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Ray Robson - Robin van Kampen |
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Robin Swinkels - Li Chao |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Stefan Kuipers - Daniele Vocaturo |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Benjamin Bok |
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| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
Benjamin Bok - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Peng Zhaoqin |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Stefan Kuipers |
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Li Chao - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Robin van Kampen - Robin Swinkels |
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Kjetil Lie - Ray Robson |
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Nils Grandelius - Abhijeet Gupta |
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| Group C: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Ray Robson - Nils Grandelius |
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Robin Swinkels - Kjetil Lie |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Robin van Kampen |
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Stefan Kuipers - Li Chao |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Benjamin Bok - Daniele Vocaturo |
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| Group C: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
Daniele Vocaturo - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Benjamin Bok |
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Li Chao - Peng Zhaoqin |
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Robin van Kampen - Stefan Kuipers |
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Kjetil Lie - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Nils Grandelius - Robin Swinkels |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Ray Robson |
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Schedule (playing days)
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Games begin at 13:30h local time (15:30 Moscow, 12:30 London, 7:30 a.m. NY),
except for the last round on January 31st, which begins at 12:30h. There are
three rest days, on January 20th, 25th, and 28th. For all three groups the rate
of play is 100 minutes/40 moves + 50 minutes/20 moves + 15 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Location: The tournament takes place in the De Moriaan Community
Centre (Dorpsduinen 4, 1949 EG Wijk aan Zee). There is running commentary on
the games of the Grandmaster Groups in a special Chess Pavilion, on the Village
Green in Wijk aan Zee (one minute walk from De Moriaan).
Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase
Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program
to read, replay and analyse PGN games. New and enhanced: CB Light 2009!
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