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Corus Chess 2008 Opening Ceremony
11.01.2008 The Opening Ceremony of the 70th Corus Chess Tournament (‘Wijk aan Zee’) took place on Friday 11 January in the Dudok House in Velsen-Noord. The tournament will be held 12-27 January. Group A will show the Big Three (world champion Anand, Kramnik, Topalov). The pairings in Group A, round 1 are: Kramnik – Van Wely, Radjabov – Anand, Mamedyarov – Carlsen, Eljanov – Leko, Adams – Gelfand, Aronian – Topalov, Ivanchuk – Polgar. Good news for the chess world: Corus announced that the Corus Chess Tournament is guaranteed till 2013 (75th edition). The Elo sum of Groups A,B and C is 110,099 (2007: 109,279). Photo report of the Opening Ceremony.
Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com
The opening ceremony took place in the Congress Centre of the Dudok House.
Chess pieces for consumption
Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik
Veselin Topalov
The opening ceremony begins.
Living Statues
Adams, Radjabov, Mamedyarov and Topalov
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Dolf Vos (Chairman Tournament Committee)
Theo Hoogland and Tom Bottema listening, Dolf Vos speeching.
Video message by Corus director Marjan Oudeman
GM A group photo
Anand & Van Wely
Topalov, Carlsen and Radjabov
GM B drawing of lots with tournament director Jeroen Van Den Berg
GM B drawing of lots
Humpy Koneru
Grandmaster Group B group photo
GM B Pairings Round 1
Dolf Vos watching the living statues shaking hands.
Vassily Ivanchuk
Judit Polgar
Jan Timman will participate in the Honorary Group.
Pentala Harikrishna
Loek Van Wely
Corus at night
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