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Iceland, May 2009
Corus Chess 2007 Round 8

21.01.2007 Round 8 was played on Sunday 21 January 01.30 PM. In group A Topalov took over the lead after defeating Anand, while Radjabov lost to Aronian. Topalov leads on 6.0 points, followed by Radjabov on 5.5 points. Karjakin, Aronian, Svidler and Kramnik are on 5.0 points. In Group B Vachier-Lagrave defeated L’Ami, while Eljanov made a draw with Stellwagen. Vachier-Lagrave leads on 6.0 points, Eljanov follows on 5.5 points, Bu is third on 5.0 points. In group C Nepomniachtchi (vs Willemze) won again. Nepomniachtchi leads on 7.5 points. Berg (who defeated Nadezhda Kosintseva) follows on 6.0 points. Krasenkow is on 5.5 points. The Dutch squadron (14 players) scored even: 1.0/2 in A + 2.0/5 in B + 4.0/7 in C = 7.0/14. Tomorrow Monday 22 January the players in groups A, B & C will be having a rest day.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

no01 Commentary room in the Chess Pavillion
Commentary room in the Chess Pavillion

Results R8

no02 Marjan Oudeman (Corus) plus daughter and arbiter Thomas Van Beekum
Marjan Oudeman (Corus) plus daughter and arbiter Thomas Van Beekum

no03  Topalov in focus
Topalov in focus

no04 HOU Yifan (right) - PENG Zhaoqin draw
HOU Yifan (right) - PENG Zhaoqin 0.5-0.5

no05 Teimour Radjabov - Levon Aronian 0-1
Teimour Radjabov - Levon Aronian 0-1

no06 Jan Smeets is waiting for Dmitry Jakovenko
Jan Smeets is waiting for Dmitry Jakovenko

no07 Alexei Shirov
Alexei Shirov

no08 Alexei Shirov - Sergei Tiviakov draw
Alexei Shirov - Sergei Tiviakov 0.5-0.5

no09 Jan Werle
Jan Werle

no10 Berg, NKosintseva, Bosboom, Negi
Emanuel Berg, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Manuel Bosboom and Parimarjan Negi

no11 Nadezhda Kosintseva - Emanuel Berg 0-1
Nadezhda Kosintseva - Emanuel Berg 0-1

no12 Topalov in focus
Topalov in focus

no13 Loek Van Wely - Ruslan Ponomariov draw
Loek Van Wely - Ruslan Ponomariov 0.5-0.5

no14 Veselin Topalov (right) - Viswanathan Anand 1-0
Veselin Topalov (right) - Viswanathan Anand 1-0

no15 Stellan Brynell - Harmen Jonkman 0-1
Stellan Brynell - Harmen Jonkman 0-1

no16 Pavel Eljanov (right) - Daniel Stellwagen draw
Pavel Eljanov (right) - Daniel Stellwagen 0.5-0.5

no17 Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen draw
Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen 0.5-0.5


(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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