Sergey Karjakin won 2009's Corus Tournament
Date 2009/2/2 | Topic: Chess news
| Sergey Karjakin won 2009's Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee (Holland). Played with black pieces in the last round of the event he beat Leinier Perez Dominguez. Norvegian Magnus Carlsen lost his final.
Nigel Short who was close to the trophy in group-B event lost against the real winner USA-born Italian Fabiano Caruana.
Wesley So confirmed his victory in the C-Group by a quick draw.
| Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED) - Group A Final Standings |
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| Rk. | Name | FED | Pts. | ELO |
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| 1. | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 8 | 2803 | | 2. | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 7Ѕ | 2770 | | 3. | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 7Ѕ | 2769 | | 4. | Movsesian, Sergei | SVK | 7Ѕ | 2770 | | 5. | Карлсен, Magnus | NOR | 7 | 2740 | | 6. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 7 | 2745 | | 7. | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 6Ѕ | 2715 | | 8. | Van Wely, Loek | NED | 6 | 2694 | | 9. | Wang Yue | CHN | 6 | 2685 | | 10. | Smeets, Jan | NED | 6 | 2695 | | 11. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 5Ѕ | 2654 | | 12. | Stellwagen, Daniлl | NED | 5Ѕ | 2667 | | 13. | Adams, Michael | ENG | 5Ѕ | 2659 | | 14. | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 5Ѕ | 2654 |
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