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ChessVista.com is the website of chess photographer Frits Agterdenbos. The site provides the international chess community with high quality chess photos and chess news of chess players from international chess events. There will be visual reports and an album with chess photo collections showing all the visual aspects of the chess world.18.01.2008 Round 6 was played on Friday 18 January, the day after Bobby Fischer died at the chess age of 64. A one-minute silence tribute honouring the chess genius was held at the start of the round. One hour later, at the opening ceremony of the Honorary Group in the chess pavilion, the one-minute silence tribute was done again. It was a little bit like ‘The king is dead. Long live the king!’ seeing Carlsen taking sole lead in Group A. He defeated Judit Polgar. Kramnik (vs Aronian) and Topalov (versus Leko) also won their games. In Group B Bacrot leads with 4.5 points after making a draw versus Nepomniachtchi. He is followed by Stellwagen, Movsesian and Smeets with 4.0 points. In Group C Braun is leading with 5.0 points, followed by Nijboer, Reinderman and Caruana who lost to Krush. The Honorary Group starts Saturday. First round pairings are Ljubojevic – Timman and Kortchnoi – Portisch. Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com A one-minute silence tribute to Bobby Fischer. Opening Ceremony of the Honorary Group. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Lajos Portisch, Jan Timman and Viktor Kortchnoi. Magnus Carlsen vs Judit Polgar Magnus Carlsen Viswanathan Anand watching Vladimir Kramnik vs Levon Aronian Teymour Radjabov Peter Leko - Veselin Topalov 0-1 Loek Van Wely Viswanathan Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk, draw Action photo Jan Smeets Sergey Movsesian Ivan Cheparinov Irina Krush - Fabiano Caruana 1-0 Pontus Carlsson - Efstratios Grivas Pontus Carlsson John Van Der Wiel (right) - Dennis Ruijgrok WGM Bianca Muhren (Press Office) Honorary Group: Ljubojevic, Portisch, Timman, Kortchnoi Hans Böhm interviewing Jan Timman Start of Commentary session with Jako Otte and Hans Böhm