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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
29.01.10-08.02.10
Moscow Open 2010

06.02.10-07.02.10
Schachbundesliga R8+9
Germany


08.02.10-19.02.10
Aeroflot Open 2010
Moscow


12.02.10-14.02.10
Daniël Noteboomtoernooi 2010
Leiden


12.02.10-25.02.10
XXVII Linares 2010

13.02.10-20.02.10
Cappelle-la-Grande 2010

19.02.10-28.02.10
Fajr Chess 2010, Iran

19.02.10-28.02.10
Batavia Amsterdam
(Results)


19.02.10-28.02.10
Batavia Amsterdam
(Live games)


24.02.10-03.03.10
Reykjavik Open 2010

05.03.10-19.03.10
EICC 2010
Rijeka


12.03.10-14.03.10
Western Class Championships, Southern California

12.03.10-25.03.10
Amber Chess
Nice


20.03.10
Hypercube Blitz Utrecht
Netherlands


31.03.10-04.04.10
Philadelphia Open

02.04.10-04.04.10
OGD Prinsenstad Tournament
Delft


02.04.10-05.04.10
Open Lugano 2010

09.04.10-11.04.10
Ichthus Open Chess Tournament 2010
Driehuis


05.05.10-14.05.10
Bosna Open
Sarajevo


21.05.10-24.05.10
Limburg Open
Maastricht


27.05.10-31.05.10
Chicago Open

04.06.10-06.06-10
Open Kampioenschap van Utrecht (OKU 2010)

29.06.10-05.07.10
World Open
Pennsylvania


02.07.10-04.07.10
Nova College Chess Tournament, Haarlem

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