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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 Rest Day 1

16.01.2008 Today Wednesday 16 January is the first rest day. The players in groups A, B & C are taking a break. There are two more rest days to come: Monday 21 January and Thursday 24 January. So the schedule is: 4 games, rest, 4 games, rest, 2 games, rest, 3 games. Tomorrow round 5 will be played. Aronian and Carlsen (A), Harikrishna, Smeets and Bacrot (B) and Braun (C) will be defending their leading positions. The Honorary Group, a double round-robin, with Viktor Kortchnoi, Jan Timman, Ljubomir Ljubojevic and Lajos Portisch will start Saturday 19 January with R(ound)1. And continues 20-R2, 22-R3, 23-R4, 25-R5 and 26-R6. Today ChessVista provides you with a few stock photos and some links to interesting websites. Photos by Frits Agterdenbos.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

01 Corus Chess Lane in Wijk aan Zee 2008-01-14
Corus Chess Lane in Wijk aan Zee (photo 2008-01-14)

Websites covering the Corus Chess tournament:
ChessBase.com
ChessBase.de
ChessBase.com/espanola
ChessClub.com
ChessGateway.com
ChessNinja.com
ChessPro.ru
ChessVibes.com
Chess22.fr


02 Magnus Carlsen on top in GM A (2008-01-15)
Magnus Carlsen is on top in GM A (photo 2008-01-15)

Pairings Round 5
03 Pairings Round 5

04 Chess book sellers in Corus Chess entrance hall waiting for customers 2008-01-13
Chess book sellers in Corus Chess entrance hall waiting for customers (photo 2008-01-13)

05 Handmade wooden chess pieces by Jan de Jong from Bathmen (2008-01-13)
Handmade wooden chess pieces by wood turner Jan de Jong from Bathmen, Netherlands (photo 2008-01-13). You can contact him through email: jan.dejongconsultancy@worldonline.nl

06 Checking results of the amateur events 2008-01-13 B&W
Checking the results of the amateur events (photo 2008-01-13)

07 Dudok House 2007-11-25
The Dudok House, Corus Netherlands Headquarters (photo 2007-11-25)

08 Detail of a Corus poster in Dudok House canteen 2007-11-25
Detail of a Corus poster in Dudok House canteen, showing one the products of Corus Steel Packaging Plus (photo 2007-11-25)


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
Chess.liverating
Chess-Results.com
ChessGames.com
Chess in Translation
Crestbook.com
FIDE Calendar
ChessVibes
Susan Polgar
Schaaksite.nl
OlimpBase
Schachlinks.com
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chessbase

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