Corus Chess Tournament 2008 - Aronian and Carlsen tie for top spot in Group A after Round 2
Date 2008/1/13 | Topic: Chess news
| Armenian Levon Aronian and Norvegian Magnus Carlsen tie for top spot after the second round of Corus Chess Tournament 2008 in Wijk aan Zee, Holand. They both won their games in that round and collected full active. All other games in Group A were finished on a draw today.
Results and shedules (Groups A, B and C):
| Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 A-Group |
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| Round 2 13th January 2008 |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | - Eljanov, Pavel | 1-0 | Gruenfeld Defence | | Gelfand, Boris | - Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | Slav Defence | | Kramnik, Vladimir | - Radjabov, Teimour | ˝-˝ | King's Indian | | Van Wely, Loek | - Polgar, Judit | ˝-˝ | Nimzo Indian | | Lékó, Peter | - Adams, Michael | ˝-˝ | Ruy Lopez | | Topalov, Veselin | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | ˝-˝ | Benoni Defence | | Anand, Viswanathan | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ˝-˝ | Ruy Lopez | | Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 B-Group |
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| Round 2 13th January 2008 |
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| Short, Nigel D | - L'Ami, Erwin | 1-0 | Evans Gambit | | Harikrishna, P | - Hou Yifan | 1-0 | French Defence | | Krasenkow, Michal | - Spoelman, Wouter | 1-0 | Queens Indian | | Bacrot, Etienne | - Stellwagen, Daniël | ˝-˝ | Sicilian Defence | | Cheparinov, Ivan | - Movsesian, Sergei | ˝-˝ | Slav Defence | | Sargissian, Gabriel | - Smeets, Jan | ˝-˝ | Slav Defence | | Koneru, Humpy | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ˝-˝ | Dutch | | Corus Wijk aan Zee 2008 C-Group |
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| Round 2 13th January 2008 |
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| Caruana, Fabiano | - Van der Werf, Mark | 1-0 | Ruy Lopez | | Li Shilong | - Ushenina, Anna | 1-0 | Gruenfeld Defence | | Braun, Arik | - Negi, Parimarjan | 1-0 | English Opening | | Van der Wiel, John | - Nijboer, Friso | 1-0 | Ruy Lopez | | Grivas, Efstratios | - Ruijgrok, Dennis | 1-0 | Dutch | | Carlsson, Pontus | - Peng Zhaoqin | ˝-˝ | Sicilian Paulsen | | Krush, Irina | - Reinderman, Dimitri | ˝-˝ | King's Indian |
| Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XX (2742) |
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| 1. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2739 | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | | | 2. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2733 | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | | | 3. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2735 | . | . | * | ˝ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1˝ | 2992 | | 4. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2799 | . | . | ˝ | * | . | ˝ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2708 | | 5. | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2707 | . | . | . | . | * | ˝ | ˝ | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2716 | | 6. | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2681 | . | . | . | ˝ | ˝ | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2753 | | 7. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2751 | . | . | . | . | ˝ | . | * | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2743 | | 8. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2726 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | ˝ | . | . | ˝ | . | . | 1 | 2745 | | 9. | Lékó, Peter | g | HUN | 2753 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ˝ | * | . | ˝ | . | . | . | 1 | 2709 | | 10. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2780 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ˝ | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | ˝ | 2552 | | 11. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2692 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ˝ | . | * | . | . | . | ˝ | 2550 | | 12. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2737 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | * | . | . | ˝ | 2539 | | 13. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2799 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | ˝ | ˝ | 2554 | | 14. | Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2760 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | ˝ | * | ˝ | 2573 | | Corus B Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XV (2618) |
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| 1. | Stellwagen, Daniël | g | NED | 2625 | * | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1˝ | 2861 | | 2. | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2645 | . | * | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1˝ | 2815 | | 3. | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2573 | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1˝ | 2837 | | 4. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2700 | ˝ | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1˝ | 2769 | | 5. | Harikrishna, P | g | IND | 2664 | . | ˝ | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1˝ | 2779 | | 6. | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2713 | . | . | . | . | . | * | ˝ | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1˝ | 2743 | | 7. | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2677 | . | . | . | . | . | ˝ | * | ˝ | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2694 | | 8. | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2676 | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | ˝ | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2625 | | 9. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2600 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | ˝ | ˝ | . | . | 1 | 2596 | | 10. | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2636 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2524 | | 11. | L'Ami, Erwin | g | NED | 2581 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ˝ | . | * | . | . | . | ˝ | 2429 | | 12. | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2612 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | ˝ | . | . | * | . | . | ˝ | 2393 | | 13. | Hou Yifan | wg | CHN | 2527 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | 0 | | | 14. | Spoelman, Wouter | m | NED | 2424 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | * | 0 | | | Corus C Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. X (2494) |
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| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2598 | * | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | | | 2. | Li Shilong | g | CHN | 2502 | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | | | 3. | Braun, Arik | m | GER | 2536 | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | | | 4. | Van der Wiel, John | g | NED | 2490 | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 2 | | | 5. | Carlsson, Pontus | m | SWE | 2501 | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1˝ | 2686 | | 6. | Reinderman, Dimitri | g | NED | 2533 | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | 1 | 1˝ | 2594 | | 7. | Van der Werf, Mark | m | NED | 2389 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2553 | | 8. | Grivas, Efstratios | g | GRE | 2509 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | * | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 2359 | | 9. | Peng Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2461 | 0 | . | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | . | ˝ | 2356 | | 10. | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2473 | . | 0 | . | . | . | ˝ | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | ˝ | 2324 | | 11. | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2484 | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | . | 0 | | | 12. | Nijboer, Friso | g | NED | 2578 | . | . | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | . | 0 | | | 13. | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2526 | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | 0 | | | 14. | Ruijgrok, Dennis | | NED | 2329 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | 0 | |
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