Wijk aan Zee 2010 – Round ten report
By Steve Giddins
| Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
| Vishy Anand - Alexei Shirov |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen |
0-1 |
Leinier Dominguez - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Peter Leko - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
|
| Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Erwin l'Ami - Liviu Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - Pentala Harikrishna |
1-0 |
Ni Hua - Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
Tomi Nyback - Wesley So |
0-1 |
Anish Giri - Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
David Howell - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
|
| Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
Peng Zhaoqin - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
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 |
|
|
When he was romping away at the start, with 5/5, Alexey Shirov steadfastly
refused to talk about winning the tournament, explaining that it was still early
days, and much chess had yet to be played. Today his caution was seen to be
justified, as he went down to his second defeat, and now finds himself out of
the lead, for the first time in the event. His nemesis came in the shape of
Vishy Anand, who thereby won his first game in this event, but the World Champion
can count himself very lucky, as Shirov missed a winning tactic on move 39.
Vishy Anand before the start of round ten
Alexei Shirov facing the World Champion
Anand,V (2790) - Shirov,A (2723) [C78]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (10), 27.01.2010
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.a5. Avoiding the razor-sharp 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 as seen in
yesterday's Ivanchuk-Shirov, in favour of something less frybkable. 10...Ba7
11.h3 0–0 12.Be3 Ra8 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Re1 Re8 15.Ng5 Re7 16.d5 Nb8 17.Bxa7 Rxa7
18.Nf1 c6 19.Ne3 cxd5 20.exd5 h6 21.Nf3 Rc7 22.Nd2 Nbd7 23.c4 Nc5 24.Bc2 b4
25.Ndf1 Bc8 26.Ng3 g6 27.b3 Nh7 28.Ne4 f5 29.Nxc5 Rxc5 30.Qd2 Rb7 31.Bd3 f4
32.Nc2 Qg5 33.Ra4 Bxh3 34.Bf1 Nf6 35.f3 e4 36.fxe4 Re7 37.Nd4 Nxe4 38.Qd3 Bf5
39.Ne6??
39...Rxe6?? Missing a golden opportunity. As the world's assembled chess
engines were unanimously screaming, Black can win by 39...Ng3! The main point
is that 40.Nxg5 loses to 40...Rxe1, whilst moving the queen loses after a capture
on e6, eg. 40.Qd4 Bxe6 41.dxe6 f3 etc. 40.dxe6. Now suddenly the game
has turned through 180 degrees, and White is winning. 40...Re5 41.Rxb4 Qd8
42.Qd4 f3 43.gxf3 Ng5 44.Rxe5 Nxf3+ 45.Kf2 Nxe5 [45...Nxd4 46.e7 Qe8 47.Rb8+–]
46.Rb6 Bxe6 47.Be2 Qf6+ 48.Ke3 Qg5+ 49.Qf4 Qg1+ 50.Kd2 Qa1 51.Rxd6 Qxa5+ 52.Kd1
g5 53.Qd4 Kf7 54.Rd5 Bxd5 55.Qxe5 1-0. [Click
to replay]
This left Kramnik able to take sole lead, after a draw with Ivanchuk. The former
seemed to have promisning kingside attacking chances, but his sacrifice yielded
only an unclear position, and in mutual time-trouble, the players agreed a draw
two moves later.
Kramnik,V (2788) - Ivanchuk,V (2749) [D37]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (10), 27.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Bxc4
c5 9.0–0 0–0 10.e5 Qd8 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Ne4 Nc6 14.Ng3 Qc7 15.Bd3
Ne7 16.Rc1 Bc6 17.Nxd4 Rad8 18.Rc4 Qb6 19.Qg4 Bc5 20.Nh5 g6
21.Bxg6 Nxg6 22.Nxe6 Be7 23.Nxd8 Qxd8 24.e6 Qd5 25.exf7+ Kh7 ½-½. [Click
to replay]
Vassily Ivanchuk after the game
Vladimir Kramnik is now in the sole lead in Wijk aan Zee
At the start of yesterday's game against Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen thought for
two minutes or so over his first move. As Kramnik joked afterwards, “He probably
had a big discussion with Garry before the game, who wanted to go 1.e4 and Magnus
1.d4, something like that!” Today, with Black against Kariakin, Carlsen surprised
everyone in the opening once again, by choosing the French Defence, an opening
neither he nor his illustrious trainer have ever played in a classical game,
to the best of my database's knowledge. It certainly proved an inspired choice,
as Kariakin achieved nothing special from the opening, and then overstretched
fatally in the middlegame.
Magnus Carlsen: a moment of concentration before the start of the game
Two former prodigies,
who were the youngest and third youngest grandmaters in history
Karjakin,Sergey (2720) - Carlsen,M (2810) [C11]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (10), 27.01.2010
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 0–0
9.Be2 a6 10.0–0 b5 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.a3 Bb7 13.Rad1 Rac8 14.Qe1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.Bxd4 Bc5 17.Qh4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 f6 19.Bd3 h6 20.exf6 Rxf6
21.f5 Rcf8 22.Rg1 Nc5 23.fxe6 Nxe6 24.Rg4 Nf4 25.Qg3 Qe7 26.Rxf4 Rxf4 27.Ne2
Rf1 28.Nd4 Rxg1+ 29.Kxg1 Re8 30.h4 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Qxg3+ 32.Kxg3 Kf7 33.Kf2 Kf6
34.g3 Bc8 35.c3 Bg4 36.Bc2 g5 37.hxg5+ hxg5 38.Bb3 Ke5 39.Bc2 Rf8+ 40.Kg2 Bd7
41.Nf3+ Kf6 42.Bb3 g4 43.Nd4 Ke5 44.Bc2 a5 45.Bd1 Ke4 0-1. [Click
to replay]
On his blog for Arctic Securities Magnus
writes:
Sergey Karjakin (20) is from Ukraine but has recently moved to Moscow and
is in the process of switching federations. His is currently trained by Dokhoyan,
a former associate of Kasparov. Karjakin became a Grandmaster at 12, the youngest
ever, and is famous for being a second for FIDE Knockout World Championship
winner Ponomariov at the age of 11! We are both born in 1990 though nearly
a year apart, and he was already a master player when I played my first children
tournament. For many years he was the top rated player born in 1990 and earlier
until I briefly past him in October 2004 and permanently (up to now) from
October 2006 onwards.
Against his 1.e4 I chose the French Defence, an opening I haven’t
played at a serious level before. He did not get any advantage out of the
opening and seemed quite uncomfortable in the middle game when my counterplay
got going. After several inaccuracies from him the tactics in the position
all favoured black, and he found nothing better than to sacrifice an exchange
for my active knight. I found a precise way to force the exchange of queens
and one pair of rooks, and the endgame was easily won. Finally! All our previous
classical chess encounters have ended in draw.
I felt focused and determined today and was of course very satisfied to
win after yesterday’s dismal result. Shirov lost to Anand while Kramnik
drew against Ivanchuk. Kramnik is sole leader with 7/10 while Shirov and I
are sharing 2nd at 6.5 with three rounds to go. I’m white against Lenier
Dominquez, Cuba after the free day.
The day's other winner was Sergey Tiviakov, who beat Jan Smeets in a very obscure
game, in which the latter's clock handling once again proved pivotal.
Galina Tiviakova (who provides us with many pictures), with her son Sergey
Tiviakov
in the background playing Jan Smeets [photo Frits Agterdenbos]
Sergey Tiviakov, who at 4.0/10 is playing approximately in sync with his rating
The remaining three games were all drawn. Leko and Short drew a long, hard
battle, Dominguez failed to capitalise on a seemingly promising position against
Nakamura, whilst Loek van Wely saw a winning position against Caruana slip through
his fingers.
In Group B Anish Giri drew top seed Arkadij Naiditsch and remains sole first
In Group C Ray Robson lost for a second time in a row, in a round where
all games
were decided (and Black won four games)
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
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Schedule of commentators live on Playchess
| 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 |
|
| 26th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 27th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
| 28th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 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 |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen |
0-1 |
Leinier Dominguez - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Peter Leko - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
|
| 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 |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - Pentala Harikrishna |
1-0 |
Ni Hua - Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
Tomi Nyback - Wesley So |
0-1 |
Anish Giri - Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
David Howell - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
|
| 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 |
1-0 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Kjetil Lie |
0-1 |
Ray Robson - Robin van Kampen |
0-1 |
Robin Swinkels - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Mariya Muzychuk - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
Stefan Kuipers - Daniele Vocaturo |
1-0 |
Peng Zhaoqin - Benjamin Bok |
0-1 |
|
| 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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