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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
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
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Magnus Carlsen is on top in GM A (photo 2008-01-15)
Pairings Round 5
Chess book sellers in Corus Chess entrance hall waiting for customers (photo 2008-01-13)
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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
Checking the results of the amateur events (photo 2008-01-13)
The Dudok House, Corus Netherlands Headquarters (photo 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)
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