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Jan de Jong was in Wijk aan Zee to show and sell his handmade chess figures. Interested? You can contact him via email.
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
13.01.12-29.01.12
Tata Steel Chess
(Wijk aan Zee)


24.01.12-02.02.12
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012

28.01.12-05.02.12
Moscow Open

31.01.31
Schaaksimultaan Karjakin, Giri & Tiviakov, Den Haag

04.02.12-05.02.12
Schachbundesliga R8+9

06.02.12-17.02.12
Aeroflot Open 2012
Moscow


16.02.12-19.02.12
Vladimir Petrov Memorial
Jurmala (Latvia)


17.02.12-19.02.12
Bunratty Chess Festival, Ireland

17.02.12-19.02.12
Daniël Noteboom Weekend Tournament, Leiden (Netherlands)

17.02.12-22.02.12
ACP Women Cup 2012
Tbilisi (Georgia)


18.02.12-19.02.12
Västgöta Open
Skara (Sweden)


03.03.12
Open Dutch Blitzchess Championship, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

03.03.12-10.03.12
Cappelle-la-Grande 2012

06.03.12-13.03.12
Reykjavik Open 2012

19.03.12-01.04.12
European Individual Chess Championship, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

04.04.12-08.04.12
Philadelphia Open
Pennsylvania (US)


06.04.12-08.04.12
OGD Prinsenstad Weekend Tournament
Delft (Netherlands)


07.06.12-10.06.12
Rheinland-Pfalz-Open, Germany

04.07.12-08.07.12
40th World Open, Pennsylvania (US)

14.07.12-22.07.12
Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament (Netherlands)

11.01.13-27.01.13
Tata Steel Chess 2013
(Wijk aan Zee)


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