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Handmade Chess Figures
Handmade Chess Figures
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 2008 Round 3

14.01.2008 Round 3 was played on Monday 14 January. It was a drawish day in Group A, all games ended in a draw but not without fight. Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen maintain their lead on 2.5 points, followed by Radjabov on 2.0 points. In Group B there was only one draw (Daniel Stellwagen – Pentala Harikrishna), white won five times, black one. Jan Smeets (who defeated Ivan Cheparinov) and Etienne Bacrot (who defeated Wouter Spoelman) share the lead on 2.5 points, followed by four players on 2.0 points. In group C John Van Der Wiel lost to Parimarjan Negi. Fabiano Caruana and Arik Braun kept on winning. They share the lead on 3.0 points. Photo report by Frits Agterdenbos.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

01 Round 3 has begun
Round 3 has begun.

02 Results R03

03 Arbiters Cor Roet and Pavel Votruba
Arbiters Cor Roet and Pavel Votruba

04 Michael Adams and Nigel Short
Michael Adams and Nigel Short

05 Eljanov - Anand
Pavel Eljanov - Viswanathan Anand

06 Pavel Eljanov
Pavel Eljanov

07 Aronian - Leko, Adams passing
Levon Aronian - Peter Leko.
Michael Adams is passing.


08 Loek Van Wely
Loek Van Wely

09 Polgar -Topalov, Alex Roose taking photos
Judit Polgar - Veselin Topalov,
Arbiter Alex Roose is in good position to take photos.


10 Judit Polgar
Judit Polgar

11 Michal Krasenkow
Michal Krasenkow

12 Yifan Hou
Her name on the nameplate is wrong.
Her family-name is Hou.
In China they call her Hou Yifan, in the west Yifan Hou.
So it is Y. Hou.


13 Grandmaster Group C
Grandmaster Group C

14 Zhaoqin Peng
Zhaoqin Peng

15 John Van Der Wiel
John Van Der Wiel

16 Anna Ushenina (right) - Irina Krush
Anna Ushenina (right) - Irina Krush

17 Spectator Sergei Tiviakov and Anna Ushenina
Spectator Sergei Tiviakov and Anna Ushenina

18 Commentary Hall in the Chess Pavilion
Commentary Hall in the Chess Pavilion

19 Audience in Commentary Hall
Audience in Commentary Hall


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)


Links
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FIDE Calendar
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Susan Polgar
Schaaksite.nl
OlimpBase
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