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ChessVista.com is the website of chess photographer Frits Agterdenbos. The site provides the international chess community with high quality chess photos and chess news of chess players from international chess events. There will be visual reports and an album with chess photo collections showing all the visual aspects of the chess world.02.12.2006 The Corus Chess Tournament 2007 will be held 13-28 January 2007 in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). The opening ceremony is on 12 January. In October and November the organizers announced the participants of the Grandmaster A and B Groups. Today the list with the Grandmaster C Group participants was released. In this report we provide you with the names of all the 3x14=42 players. The highest ranked is GM Veselin Topalov (world ranking 1, Elo 2813), the lowest is IM Manuel Bosboom (world ranking 2927, Elo 2375). The oldest participant is John Van Der Wiel (born 1959), the youngest is Yifan Hou (born 1994). All ratings and rankings are based on the FIDE Rating List of October 2006. Official website: www.coruschess.com Wijk aan Zee entrance. Good to see you here! Corus Chess playing venue De Moriaan De Moriaan with a giant King in front The Village Green, grazing land, is the spot where in January the Corus Chess Pavilion will be built. Grazing land with horses Local girls in the city centre of Wijk aan Zee Wijk aan Zee 125 years Seaside Resort (in 2006) (All photos 2006-11-26)