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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.12.01.2007 The Opening Ceremony of the 69th Corus Chess Tournament took place on Friday 12 January in the Dudok House (by architect Willem Marinus Dudok, 1884 – 1974, known for his blocky brick buildings) in Velsen-Noord. The tournament will be held 13-28 January in Wijk aan Zee. Group A will show the Big Three (Topalov, Anand, Kramnik). The pairings in Group A, round 1 are: Topalov – Motylev, Van Wely – Radjabov, Karjakin – Kramnik, Shirov – Svidler, Tiviakov – Carlsen, Navara – Aronian, Ponomariov – Anand. Group A participant Sergey Karjakin turned 17 today. The average age in group A is 27.4 years, in group B 26.1 years and in group C 29.5 years. The Elo sum of Groups A,B, C is 109,279. Photo report of the Opening Ceremony. Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com Dudok House with Corus flag (photo 2007-01-11) The Dudok House is Corus Netherlands Main Office Opening Ceremony in Dudok House Marjan Oudeman (Corus) making a speech Opening Ceremony Shirov, Karjakin, Ponomariov & Topalov Ruslan Ponomariov & Veselin Topalov Drawing of lots, phase 1 Shirov, Anand, Tiviakov & Carlsen Drawing of lots, phase 2 Karjakin, Svidler, Shirov & Anand Drawing of lots, phase 3 Van Wely, Motylev, Navara, Radjabov, Aronian, Topalov, Ponomariov, Karjakin & Svidler Thomas Van Beekum, chief arbiter L'Ami, Werle, Smeets, Stellwagen & Nijboer in Group B Anand & Aruna Vladimir Kramnik reading the program Marjan Oudeman (Corus) talking to Anand Galina Tiviakova & Vladimir Kramnik Galina Tiviakova, Sergei Tiviakov & Ruslan Ponomariov Tatiana & Nadezhda Kosintseva Levon Aronian & Gabriel Sargissian Parimarjan Negi and his trainer Elizbar Ubilava Yu Shaoteng, Hou Yifan & Bu Xiangzhi Teimour Radjabov Loek Van Wely Corus at night