Corus Chess 2007 Round 11
26.01.2007 Round 11 was played on Friday 24 January 01.30 PM. In group A Topalov sensationally lost to Svidler, and Aronian defeated Karjakin. The other games were drawn. Topalov leads on 7.5 points, followed by Aronian, Svidler and Radjabov on 7.0 points. In group B Eljanov, who defeated Vachier-Lagrave, leads on 7.5 points, followed by seven players on 6.5 points. In group C Nepomniachtchi (vs Brynell) won again. Krasenkow defeated Jonkman. Nepomniachtchi leads on 9.5 points, followed by Krasenkow on 8.5 points, Berg on 7.0 points and Hou Yifan on 6.5 points. The Dutch squadron (14 players) scored even: 1.0/2 in A + 3.5/5 in B + 2.5/7 in C = 7.0/14. Tomorrow the Big Fight is on: Topalov - Kramnik.
Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com
Press Conference: Peter Svidler showing his winning game over Topalov
Commentary Room in the Chess Pavillion.
The commentators are IM Rini Kuijf (left) and GM Paul Van Der Sterren (right).
Final Two Rounds Opponents of the Top 6:
Peter Svidler - Veselin Topalov 1-0
Peter Svidler, a few minutes after beating Topalov
Hou Yifan & Peng Zhaoqin
Pavel Eljanov
Kramnik (right) - Radjabov 0.5-0.5
Teimour Radjabov
Veselin Topalov & Loek Van Wely
Viswanathan Anand
Jan Werle (right) - Bu Xiangzhi 0.5-0.5
Daniel Stellwagen
Daniel Stellwagen - Friso Nijboer 1-0
Vladimir Kramnik
Sergey Karjakin
Alexei Shirov
Harmen Jonkman & John Van Der Wiel
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Erwin L'Ami
Nadezhda Kosintseva
Tatiana Kosintseva
Jan Smeets
Nadezhda & Tatiana Kosintseva
Press Conference with Levon Aronian.
Press officer Tom Bottema is sitting at left.
(all photos by Frits Agterdenbos)
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