Wijk aan Zee 2010 – Round nine report
By Steve Giddins
| Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
| Sergey Tiviakov - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely - Peter Leko |
1-0 |
Nigel Short - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Karjakin |
0-1 |
Magnus Carlsen - Vladimir Kramnik |
0-1 |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexei Shirov |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
David Howell - Erwin l'Ami |
0-1 |
Anna Muzychuk - Anish Giri |
1-0 |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Tomi Nyback |
1-0 |
Wesley So - Emil Sutovsky |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Ni Hua |
0-1 |
Parimarjan Negi - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0 |
Pentala Harikrishna - Liviu Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
|
| Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
Peng Zhaoqin - Soumya Swaminathan |
½-½ |
Benjamin Bok - Stefan Kuipers |
1-0 |
Daniele Vocaturo - Mariya Muzychuk |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Robin Swinkels |
0-1 |
Li Chao - Ray Robson |
1-0 |
Robin van Kampen - Abhijeet Gupta |
1-0 |
Kjetil Lie - Nils Grandelius |
0-1 |
|
|
In his distinguished career, Vladimir Kramnik has never yet won Wijk aan Zee,
but today he took a giant step towards doing so, by beating Carlsen with Black.
A fascinating battle ended with a colossal time-trouble blunder by the world
number one.
Carlsen,M (2810) - Kramnik,V (2788) [E04]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (9), 26.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3. An interesting choice, confronting Kramnik
with one of his own favourite weapons. 4...dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.Nc3
0–0 8.a3 Be7 9.Qa4 c6 10.Qxc4 b5 11.Qb3 Ba6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qc2
b4 15.Na4 Rc8 16.0–0 c5
17.d5. A very interesting pawn sacrifice. 17...exd5 18.Bh3 Bb5 19.axb4
axb4 20.Rfd1 d4 21.Bf5 Ne5 22.Bxh7+ Kg7 23.Nxe5 fxe5 24.Bf5 Rc6 25.Qe4 Rh8 26.Qxe5+
Bf6 27.Qe4 Re8 28.Qg4+ Kf8 29.Be4
29...c4!? Fritz 12 strongly prefers 29...Qd6. 30.Bxc6 Bxc6. At
this point, Carlsen had just two minutes, plus increment time, to reach move
40 – little enough in any position. In this one, I am sure, he would have
preferred a couple of hours. 31.Qh5 Re5 32.Qh6+ Ke7 33.e4 d3 34.Qe3 Bxe4
And now, with his flag tottering (yes, I know digital clocks don't have
flags – it's called poetic licence...), the World Blitz Champion, clearly
in turmoil, produced the horror blunder. 35.Nb6?? and a piece was lost
after 35...Bb7. The game ended 36.Qf4 Qxb6 37.Qxc4 Re2 38.Rf1
0-1. [Click to replay]
Kramnik's win, his third in four rounds, took him to +4 and a share of the
lead. Earlier in the afternoon, Shirov had achieved the same score, after notching
the easiest of draws against Ivanchuk, with a remarkable piece of computer-based
preparation.
Ivanchuk,V (2749) - Shirov,A (2723) [C78]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (9), 26.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 Bg4 12.Nxb5 0–0 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1
Qf6 16.Rg1 exd4. Caruana's novelty, introduced in his game against Leko
two rounds ago. It soon becomes clear that, in the intervening few days, Shirov
has frybka'd the move to within an inch of its life. [From the Concise
Giddins Dictionary: frybka, /'fribka' v tr / to analyse a chess
variation, using some combination of Fritz, Rybka or other software.] 17.Bg5
Qe5 18.Bd5 dxc3 19.Bxc6 cxb2 20.Rb1 Bxf2 21.Rg2 Rb6
22.Qd5. The game Leko-Caruana had gone 22.Rxf2 Qxg5 and White eventually
won a long battle. 22...Bc5 23.Rbxb2 Rxc6! 24.Qxc6
24...Ng3+!! A remarkable concept, but naturally, one the computer finds
very quickly. 25.hxg3 Qxg5 And White cannot avoid perpetual. 26.Rb1
Qh5+ 27.Rh2 Qxf3+ 28.Rg2 Qh5+ ½–½. Afterwards Nigel Short told us he had
seen the entire game before, all the way up to the final move. He had discussed
22.Qd5 with Peter Leko after the game against Caruana, and had seen that Rybka
and Fritz both show it to be a draw. Shirov had clearly worked it all out, but
apparently Ivanchuk hadn't. [Click
to replay]
The other key game as far as the leadership is concerned was the clash between
Nakamua and Kariakin. This saw the former drop to his second straight loss,
whilst Kariakin, conversely, won his second in a row.
Nakamura,Hi (2708) - Karjakin,Sergey (2720) [E21]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (9), 26.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ne4 7.Qd3 Nxc3
8.bxc3 Be7 9.Bg2 0-0 10.0-0 d6 11.Rd1 a6 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Bf4 e5 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Nd2
f5 16.Rab1 Rb8 17.Ba7 Ra8 18.Be3 Rb8 19.Ba7 Ra8 20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Qe3 Nf6 22.Bb6
Qd7 23.f4 Qe8 24.Nf3 Qh5 25.Kh1 Re8 26.Qg1 Nxd5 27.cxd5 Bf6 28.Qf2 Bd7 29.c4
Rac8 30.Rdc1 h6 31.e3 Re7 32.c5 exf4 33.gxf4 dxc5 34.Bxc5 Re4
Now 35.Bd6 would leave the position unclear, but a time-troubled Nakamura instead
makes a fatal pawn grab. 35.Rxb7? Bb5 36.Qg2 Rc4 37.Rg1 Rc2! 38.Qg3
[38.Qxc2 Qxf3+ 39.Qg2 (39.Rg2 Qxd5–+) 39...Qxg2+ 40.Kxg2 Rxc5–+]
38...Be2 39.Ne1 R2xc5 40.e4 fxe4 41.Rxg7 Bf3+ 42.Nxf3 Qxf3+ 43.Qxf3
exf3 44.R7g6 Bg7 45.Rxa6 Rc1 46.Rc6 Rxg1+ 47.Kxg1 Bd4+ 48.Kh1 Rb8 0-1. [Click
to replay]
Kariakin appears to have shaken off the effects of whatever illness was affecting
him last week, and with Whites still to come against Carlsen and Shirov, he
could yet have a major say in the destination of first prize.
Anand pressed hard against Tiviakov's 2.c3 Sicilian, and came close to winning,
but the paucity of material in the ending saved the Dutch number one.
All in all, it was a bad day for youthful tournament favourites. In Group B,
Anish Giri suffered his first defeat of the event, losing to Anna Muzychuk,
whilst in the C Group, long-time leader Ray Robson lost to his principal rival,
Li Chao. With Ni Hua and L'Ami both winning with Black, Giri's lead is cut to
half a point, whilst Robson now falls to second place, behind Li Chao.
Picture Gallery
By Nadja Woisin and Gallina Tiviakova
Wijk aan Zee in January – the sea, the beach, the ice, the dunes. We
are informed that no Dutchman would call the place simply "Wijk",
always "Wijk aan Zee". And we remind our readers that the first word
rhymes with bike, like, Mike, pike or tike. It does not rhyme with weak, beak,
geek, reak, meek, seek or Greek.
Shells in the winter sand
A denizen of Wijk, contemplating the advent of Spring – SORRY, of Wijk
aan Zee!
The commentary hall, the B + C players' Hotel Hogeduin on the hill
Chess tournament flags line the stree (in front of the commentary hall)
The winners of the 1987 edition: Viktor Korchnoi, Nigel Short, both 9.5 points
One of round nine's big winners: Sergey Karjakin, who defeated Nakamura with
black
The start of that fateful game
Sergey and his mom, Tatiana Karjakina, take part in the sightseeing on the
free day
Karjakin second GM Vladimir Belikov on the sightseeing boat
Chess players on an excursion through Amsterdam's "grachten"
These canals traverse the city, as you can see in the following...
... arial photograph of the city center [photo by Siebrand at nl.wikipedia]
The players and associates at one of the countless bridges in Amsterdam
A visit to the Hermitage Amsterdam, a dependency of the Hermitage Museum of
Saint Petersburg
Inside of the Hermitage Amsterdam
Full of classical paintings...
... most of them beautifully exquisite
Wesley So and Varuzhan Akobian in the Hermitage
A richly decorated Bible
Sergey Karjakin with his mother Tatiana
Erwin l'Ami with his girlfriend Alina Motoc
Hikaru Nakamura studies the exhibits
... and shows signs of exhaustion, as does his second Kris Littlejohn (actually
the
two were playing a game of blindfold fantasy crazyhouse chess – really!)
Chess parents: left J.B. Singh, father of Parimarjan Negi, right Angelina
Howell, mother of David
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
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| 16th Jan |
FM Valeri Lilov |
5:00 p.m. |
| 17th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
5:00 p.m. |
| 18th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 19th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 20th Jan |
Free Day |
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| 21st Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
| 22nd Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
| 23rd Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
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| 24th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 25th Jan |
Free Day |
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| 26th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 27th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
| 28th Jan |
Free Day |
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| 29th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
| 30th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 31st Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
1:00 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 |
½-½ |
Peter Leko - Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Jan Smeets - Vassily Ivanchuk |
0-1 |
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Hikaru Nakamura |
0-1 |
|
| Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
| Vishy Anand - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Alexei Shirov - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Peter Leko |
½-½ |
|
| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
| Peter Leko - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Vladimir Kramnik |
0-1 |
Loek van Wely - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
|
| Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
| Vishy Anand - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Alexei Shirov - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Sergey Karjakin - Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Sergey Tiviakov |
1-0 |
Peter Leko - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
|
| Group A: Round 7- Sat. Jan. 23rd |
| Fabiano Caruana - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely - Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Nigel Short - Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Alexei Shirov |
1-0 |
Magnus Carlsen - Vassily Ivanchuk |
1-0 |
|
| Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
| Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Alexei Shirov - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik - Hikaru Nakamura |
1-0 |
Sergey Karjakin - Nigel Short |
1-0 |
Leinier Dominguez - Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Peter Leko - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Tiviakov |
1-0 |
|
| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
| Sergey Tiviakov - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely - Peter Leko |
1-0 |
Nigel Short - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Karjakin |
0-1 |
Magnus Carlsen - Vladimir Kramnik |
0-1 |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexei Shirov |
½-½ |
|
| 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 |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Smeets |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
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 |
½-½ |
Tomi Nyback - Ni Hua |
0-1 |
Anish Giri - Dimitri Reinderman |
½-½ |
David Howell - Liviu Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Anna Muzychuk - Pentala Harikrishna |
0-1 |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Wesley So - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Erwin l'Ami - Varuzhan Akobian |
1-0 |
Parimarjan Negi - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Pentala Harikrishna - Arkadij Naiditsch |
1-0 |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - David Howell |
0-1 |
Ni Hua - Anish Giri |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Tomi Nyback |
0-1 |
|
| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Tomi Nyback - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Anish Giri - Emil Sutovsky |
1-0 |
David Howell - Ni Hua |
1-0 |
Anna Muzychuk - Dimitri Reinderman |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Liviu Nisipeanu |
1-0 |
Wesley So - Pentala Harikrishna |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Parimarjan Negi |
0-1 |
|
| Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Erwin l'Ami - Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
Pentala Harikrishna - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Wesley So |
0-1 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
Ni Hua - Anna Muzychuk |
1-0 |
Emil Sutovsky - David Howell |
1-0 |
Tomi Nyback - Anish Giri |
0-1 |
|
| Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 23rd |
Anish Giri - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
David Howell - Tomi Nyback |
1-0 |
Anna Muzychuk - Emil Sutovsky |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Ni Hua |
½-½ |
Wesley So - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0 |
Varuzhan Akobian - Liviu Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Parimarjan Negi - Pentala Harikrishna |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
Erwin l'Ami - Pentala Harikrishna |
½-½ |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - Varuzhan Akobian |
1-0 |
Ni Hua - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
Tomi Nyback - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Anish Giri - David Howell |
1-0 |
|
| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
David Howell - Erwin l'Ami |
0-1 |
Anna Muzychuk - Anish Giri |
1-0 |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Tomi Nyback |
1-0 |
Wesley So - Emil Sutovsky |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Ni Hua |
0-1 |
Parimarjan Negi - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0 |
Pentala Harikrishna - Liviu Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Erwin l'Ami - Liviu Nisipeanu |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Pentala Harikrishna |
|
Ni Hua - Parimarjan Negi |
|
Emil Sutovsky - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
Tomi Nyback - Wesley So |
|
Anish Giri - Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
David Howell - Anna Muzychuk |
|
|
| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
Anna Muzychuk - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Arkadij Naiditsch - David Howell |
|
Wesley So - Anish Giri |
|
Varuzhan Akobian - Tomi Nyback |
|
Parimarjan Negi - Emil Sutovsky |
|
Pentala Harikrishna - Ni Hua |
|
Liviu Nisipeanu - Dimitri Reinderman |
|
|
| Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
Erwin l'Ami - Dimitri Reinderman |
|
Ni Hua - Liviu Nisipeanu |
|
Emil Sutovsky - Pentala Harikrishna |
|
Tomi Nyback - Parimarjan Negi |
|
Anish Giri - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
David Howell - Wesley So |
|
Anna Muzychuk - Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
|
| Group B: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Wesley So - Anna Muzychuk |
|
Varuzhan Akobian - David Howell |
|
Parimarjan Negi - Anish Giri |
|
Pentala Harikrishna - Tomi Nyback |
|
Liviu Nisipeanu - Emil Sutovsky |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Ni Hua |
|
|
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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Group C: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
Robin Swinkels - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Mariya Muzychuk - Ray Robson |
½-½ |
Stefan Kuipers - Abhijeet Gupta |
0-1 |
Peng Zhaoqin - Nils Grandelius |
½-½ |
Benjamin Bok - Kjetil Lie |
0-1 |
Daniele Vocaturo - Robin van Kampen |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Li Chao |
0-1 |
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| Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Robin van Kampen - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
Kjetil Lie - Daniele Vocaturo |
1-0 |
Nils Grandelius - Benjamin Bok |
0-1 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Peng Zhaoqin |
½-½ |
Ray Robson - Stefan Kuipers |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Mariya Muzychuk |
1-0 |
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| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Mariya Muzychuk - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Stefan Kuipers - Robin Swinkels |
½-½ |
Peng Zhaoqin - Ray Robson |
0-1 |
Benjamin Bok - Abhijeet Gupta |
½-½ |
Daniele Vocaturo - Nils Grandelius |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Kjetil Lie |
½-½ |
Li Chao - Robin van Kampen |
½-½ |
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| Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Soumya Swaminathan - Robin v. Kampen |
0-1 |
Kjetil Lie - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Nils Grandelius - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Daniele Vocaturo |
1-0 |
Ray Robson - Benjamin Bok |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Peng Zhaoqin |
½-½ |
Mariya Muzychuk - Stefan Kuipers |
0-1 |
|
| Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 23rd |
Stefan Kuipers - Soumya Swaminathan |
½-½ |
Peng Zhaoqin - Mariya Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Benjamin Bok - Robin Swinkels |
0-1 |
Daniele Vocaturo - Ray Robson |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Abhijeet Gupta |
0-1 |
Li Chao - Nils Grandelius |
0-1 |
Robin van Kampen - Kjetil Lie |
½-½ |
|
| Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Kjetil Lie |
½-½ |
Nils Grandelius - Robin van Kampen |
1-0 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Li Chao |
½-½ |
Ray Robson - Sjoerd Plukkel |
½-½ |
Robin Swinkels - Daniele Vocaturo |
½-½ |
Mariya Muzychuk - Benjamin Bok |
½-½ |
Stefan Kuipers - Peng Zhaoqin |
0-1 |
|
| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
Peng Zhaoqin - Soumya Swaminathan |
½-½ |
Benjamin Bok - Stefan Kuipers |
1-0 |
Daniele Vocaturo - Mariya Muzychuk |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Robin Swinkels |
0-1 |
Li Chao - Ray Robson |
1-0 |
Robin van Kampen - Abhijeet Gupta |
1-0 |
Kjetil Lie - Nils Grandelius |
0-1 |
|
| 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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