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Iceland, May 2009
Corus Chess 2007 Round 1

13.01.2007 Round 1 was played on Saturday 13 January 01.30 PM. In group A Teimour Radjabov was the only one to win a game (against Loek Van Wely). The other games were drawn. In Group B Jan Smeets won the expert prize (EUR 250), awarded by commentator Ivan Sokolov, for gaining the victory over Gabriel Sargissian. In Group C Zhaoqin Peng missed a mate in three. John Van Der Wiel saved half a point. The two Chinese players did well today. Both Bu Xiangzhi and Hou Yifan won their games. The Dutch squadron (14 players) scored minus 4: 0.5/2 in A + 2.0/5 in B + 2.5/7 in C = 5.0/14. Tomorrow 14 January Nadezhda Kosintseva (1985) will turn 22.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

Results R1

no01 Playing Hall De Moriaan
Playing Hall De Moriaan

no02 David Navara
David Navara

no03 Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan

no04 Sergei Tiviakov
Sergei Tiviakov

no05 Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen

no06 Loek Van Wely - Teimour Radjabov 0-1
Loek Van Wely - Teimour Radjabov 0-1

no07 Tatiana Kosintseva
Tatiana Kosintseva

no08 Johan Berntsen, Stellan Brynell & Emanuel Berg
Johan Berntsen (Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament), Stellan Brynell & Emanuel Berg, all from Sweden

no09 Veselin Topalov
Veselin Topalov

no10 Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand

no11 Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik

no12 Ponomariov - Anand, photographer Fred Lucas and arbiter Pavel Votruba
Ponomariov - Anand, photographer Fred Lucas and arbiter Pavel Votruba

no13 Ponomariov - Anand, and arbiter Pavel Votruba doing his job
Ponomariov - Anand, and arbiter Pavel Votruba doing his job

no14 Atalik (right) - Stellwagen
Suat Atalik (right) - Daniel Stellwagen

no15 John Van Der Wiel - Peng Zhaoqin
John Van Der Wiel - Peng Zhaoqin

no16 Nadezhda Kosintseva (right) - Hou Yifan
Nadezhda Kosintseva (right) - Hou Yifan

no17 Karjakin - Kramnik
Sergey Karjakin - Vladimir Kramnik

no18 Parimarjan Negi
Parimarjan Negi


(all photos by Frits Agterdenbos)
Calendar
01.01.09-31.12.09
Weekend Tournaments in the Netherlands 2009
(update 28 June 2009)


27.06.09-05.07.09
Intomart GfK Open, Hilversum

29.06.09-05.07.09
World Open, Philadelphia

02.07.09-12.07.09
Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Dortmund

10.07.09-19.07.09
Leiden Chess Tournament

18.07.09-26.07.09
Politiken Cup 2009, Copenhagen

18.07.09-31.07.09
Biel Chess Festival

21.07.09-30.07.09
Dutch Open Championship, Dieren

27.07.09-02.08.09
Chess Classic Mainz 2009

01.08.09-08.08.09
Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament 2009, Vlissingen

07.08.09-17.08.09
Staunton Memorial, Simpson’s In The Strand

20.08.09-31.08.09
NH Chess Tournament, Amsterdam

22.08.09-23.08.09
Zürich Chess Club 200th Anniversary

16.10.09-24.10.09
Univé Chess Tournament, Hoogeveen

27.11.09-08.12.09
Benidorm 2009

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