January 29, 2004

Corus 2004 - Results

The 66th Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) is over. Anand won ahead of Leko and Adams, Kramnik finished (only) 6th.

But for me the most interesting result is the winner of the C-tournament, Magnus Carlsen from Norway - with 10.5 out of 13 games, that's 81 percent!

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 1. Anand, Viswanathan     IND 2766 g  · = = 0 = = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1   8.5
 2. Leko, Peter            HUN 2722 g  = · = = 1 = = = = = = = 1 1   8.0
 3. Adams, Michael         ENG 2720 g  = = · = = 1 0 1 = = = = 1 1   8.0
 4. Topalov, Veselin       BUL 2735 g  1 = = · 1 = = 0 0 1 = = = 1   7.5
 5. Bologan, Viorel        MLD 2679 g  = 0 = 0 · = 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 0   7.5
 6. Kramnik, Vladimir      RUS 2777 g  = = 0 = = · 1 = 1 0 = 0 1 =   6.5
 7. Van Wely, Loek         NED 2617 g  = = 1 = 0 0 · = = = = = = 1   6.5
 8. Bareev, Evgeny         RUS 2714 g  0 = 0 1 = = = · 0 1 1 1 = 0   6.5
 9. Svidler, Peter         RUS 2747 g  = = = 1 0 0 = 1 · 0 = = = =   6.0
10. Akopian, Vladimir      ARM 2693 g  0 = = 0 0 1 = 0 1 · = 1 = =   6.0
11. Shirov, Alexey         ESP 2736 g  0 = = = 0 = = 0 = = · 1 = 1   6.0
12. Sokolov, Ivan          NED 2706 g  = = = = 0 1 = 0 = 0 0 · = =   5.0
13. Zhang Zhong            CHN 2644 g  0 0 0 = = 0 = = = = = = · 1   5.0
14. Timman, Jan            NED 2578 g  0 0 0 0 1 = 0 1 = = 0 = 0 ·   4.0
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66th Corus B                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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 1. Bruzon, Lazaro         CUB 2603 g  · = = 0 = 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1   9.0
 2. Dominguez, Lenier      CUB 2605 g  = · = = 1 = = = = = 1 1 = 1   8.5
 3. Fressinet, Laurent     FRA 2636 g  = = · 0 1 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 =   8.0
 4. Nakamura, Hikaru       USA 2571 g  1 = 1 · 0 = 0 1 = = 1 = 1 0   7.5
 5. Granda Zuņiga, Julio   PER 2581 g  = 0 0 1 · = 1 1 1 0 0 = 1 1   7.5
 6. Stellwagen, Daniel     NED 2489 m  0 = 1 = = · = 1 0 1 0 = = =   6.5
 7. Naiditsch, Arkadij     GER 2576 g  0 = 1 1 0 = · = 1 0 1 0 0 1   6.5
 8. Tiviakov, Sergei       NED 2600 g  = = 0 0 0 0 = · 1 = 1 1 = 1   6.5
 9. Stefanova, Antoaneta   BUL 2478 g  1 = = = 0 1 0 0 · = 0 = = 1   6.0
10. Zhu Chen               CHN 2495 g  0 = 0 = 1 0 1 = = · 0 0 1 =   5.5
11. Nijboer, Friso         NED 2586 g  0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 · = = 0   5.0
12. Hamdouchi, Hichem      MAR 2588 g  0 0 0 = = = 1 0 = 1 = · 0 =   5.0
13. Lobron, Eric           GER 2497 g  0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = = 0 = 1 · =   5.0
14. Van Der Wiel, John     NED 2542 g  0 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 = = ·   4.5
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66th Corus C                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
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 1. Carlsen, Magnus        NOR 2484 m  · 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 = = 1 1 1 1  10.5
 2. Ernst, Sipke           NED 2474 m  0 · 1 1 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1  10.0
 3. Smeets, Jan            NED 2505 m  = 0 · = 1 = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1   9.0
 4. Pavlovic, Milos        SCG 2548 g  0 0 = · = = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1   8.0
 5. Werle, Jan             NED 2407 m  0 = 0 = · 0 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1   8.0
 6. Gagunashvili, Merab    GEO 2583 g  0 = = = 1 · = 1 = 0 1 0 1 1   7.5
 7. Lanchava, Tea          NED 2323 wg 0 0 1 0 = = · 1 = 1 0 1 1 1   7.5
 8. Pavasovic, Dusko       SLO 2615 g  1 = 0 1 = 0 0 · 0 = = 1 1 1   7.0
 9. Lahno, Kateryna (wg)   UKR 2493 m  = = 0 = 0 = = 1 · = = 0 1 1   6.5
10. Janssen, Ruud          NED 2489 m  = 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = · = 1 1 1   6.0
11. Popov, Valerij         RUS 2580 g  0 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = = · 1 1 1   6.0
12. Peng, Zhaoqin (wg)     NED 2419 m  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 · = 1   3.5
13. Etmans, Maarten D      NED 2225 f  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = · =   1.0
14. Barendse, Ted          NED 2206    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = ·   0.5
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Posted by Thomas Stahl at 04:23 PM | Comments (2)

January 18, 2004

PCO - 3rd round

The start of the 3rd round will be on Tuesday, 2004-01-20 00:00 GMT.
The pairings are already available.

I removed 9 players from the tournament, who either lost their first two games on time and/or left PlayChess completely.
Because the number of players is odd now, Player Idris got the "bye", i.e. he got a point for free.

Posted by Thomas Stahl at 09:50 PM | Comments (7)

January 16, 2004

Corus 2004

Another year has gone by: the Corus Grandmaster tournament is already in its 5th round. Once again, this tournament is a top event with players like Kramnik, Anand, Leko, Adams, Svidler, Shirov, Topalov, ... not Kasparov (alas).

You can follow the games at the official web site www.coruschess.com or at www.ruschess.com, the last one offering Grandmaster analysis of the games.

Today, I recommend the game Akopjan - Sokolov. This game demonstrates that the "good old" Ruy Lopez is still alive...

Posted by Thomas Stahl at 12:20 AM | Comments (3)

January 05, 2004

Feature requests

Influence the future of PlayChess: submit new feature requests or vote for features at our new feature tracker page.

Posted by Thomas Stahl at 05:44 PM


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