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Black and White
Iceland, May 2009
Corus Chess 2007 Round 5

18.01.2007 Round 5 was played on Thursday 18 January 01.30 PM. In group A Radjabov (vs Navara) won again. Also Anand (vs Svidler) and Van Wely (vs Shirov) won their games. Radjabov is leader on 4.5 points, followed by Topalov and Anand on 3.5 points. Aronian and Kramnik are on 3.0 points. In Group B leader Smeets lost to Bologan. There are 4 players on 3.5 points: Bologan, Smeets, Eljanov and Jakovenko. In group C Nepomniachtchi (vs Jonkman) won again. He is on 4.5 points. Berg is second on 4 points. The Dutch squadron (14 players) scored minus 3: 1.5/2 in A + 1.0/5 in B + 3.0/7 in C = 5.5/14. Tomorrow Kramnik plays Anand. Also the best Dutch players will play: Van Wely vs Tiviakov.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

Results R5

no01 Erwin L
Erwin L'Ami & Jan Werle

no02 Sergey Karjakin & his mother
Sergey Karjakin & his mother

no03 Jan Smeets
Jan Smeets

no04  Anand - Svidler
Anand - Svidler

no05 Van Wely
Van Wely's auxiliary forces

no06 Aronian - Carlsen
Aronian - Carlsen

no07 Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Ponomariov

no08 Tiviakov - Topalov
Tiviakov - Topalov

no09 Georgiev & Sargissian
Georgiev & Sargissian

no10 Navara (right) - Radjabov
Navara (right) - Radjabov

no11  Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen

no12 Nepomniachtchi, Tomashevsky and Jonkman
Nepomniachtchi, Tomashevsky and Jonkman

no13 Loek Van Wely
Loek Van Wely

no14 Alexander Motylev is being interviewed by Yuri Vasiliev
Alexander Motylev is being interviewed by Yuri Vasiliev

no15 Loek Van Wely showing his victory over Alexei Shirov
Loek Van Wely showing his victory over Alexei Shirov


(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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