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Iceland, May 2009
Corus Chess 2007 Round 6

19.01.2007 Round 6 was played on Friday 19 January 01.30 PM. In group A Kramnik won the top match against Anand. The unlucky Shirov (vs Karjakin) lost again. The Dutch top match Van Wely vs Tiviakov was drawn. Radjabov leads on 5.0 points, followed by Topalov and Kramnik on 4.0 points. Next round 7 it is Anand’s job to oppose Radjabov. In Group B Eljanov defeated L’Ami taking the lead position on 4.5 points. Smeets and Vachier-Lagrave are on 4.0 points. In group C the amazing Nepomniachtchi (vs Van Haastert) won again. He is on 5.5 points. Negi, Krasenkow, Berg and Hou are on 4.0 points. Next round 7 Peng will try to stop Nepomniachtchi. The Dutch squadron (14 players) scored minus 3: 1.0/2 in A + 2.5/5 in B + 2.0/7 in C = 5.5/14.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

no01 Corus Chess 2007 flags
The night passed, the storm subsided, and the flags were placed back.

Results R6

no02 Vladimir Kramnik - Viswanathan Anand 1-0
Vladimir Kramnik - Viswanathan Anand 1-0

no03 Veselin Topalov (right) - David Navara draw
Veselin Topalov (right) - David Navara 0.5-0.5

no04 Arbiters Alex Roose, Cor Roet and Pavel Votruba
Arbiters Alex Roose, Cor Roet and Pavel Votruba

no05 Peter Svidler - Levon Aronian draw
Peter Svidler - Levon Aronian 0.5-0.5

no06  Georgiev - Bu against the background of group A
Georgiev - Bu against the background of group A

no07 Loek Van Wely (right) - Sergei Tiviakov draw
Loek Van Wely (right) - Sergei Tiviakov 0.5-0.5

no08 Sergey Karjakin (right) - Alexei Shirov 1-0
Sergey Karjakin (right) - Alexei Shirov 1-0

no09 Sergey Karjakin
Sergey Karjakin

no10 Bu Xiangzhi
Bu Xiangzhi

no11 Parimarjan Negi
Parimarjan Negi

no12 John Van Der Wiel
John Van Der Wiel

no13 Ian Nepomniachtchi (right) - Edwin Van Haastert 1-0
Ian Nepomniachtchi (right) - Edwin Van Haastert 1-0

no14 Stellan Brynell (right) - Emanuel Berg draw
Stellan Brynell (right) - Emanuel Berg 0.5-0.5

no15 Hou Yifan - Harmen Jonkman 1-0
Hou Yifan - Harmen Jonkman 1-0

no16 Chessvibes editors Peter Doggers and Edwin Woudt
Chessvibes editors Peter Doggers and Edwin Woudt.
The Dutch are making ChessBase nervous.


no17 Bus
The bus from Wijk aan Zee to Beverwijk Station

(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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