Corus Chess 2008 Round 10
23.01.2008 Round 10 was played on Wednesday 23 January. In Group A Van Wely was winning against Carlsen but he threw it all away and lost. The match Ukraine vs Ukraine was won by Ivanchuk. The other games ended in a draw. Carlsen leads with 6.5 points, followed by Aronian who is on 6.0 points. Five players are on 5.5 points. In Group B the girls made a draw (Hou vs Koneru). Movsesian defeated Smeets to take clear lead on 7.5 points, followed by two players on 6.5 points: Bacrot and Short, who defeated Krasenkow. In Group C only two games ended in a draw. Caruana lost to Li, but still leads with 7.0 points. Krush defeated Braun and Ushenina defeated Grivas. In the Honorary Group Ljubojevic (vs Timman) and Kortchnoi (vs Portisch) won their games. Kortchnoi leads with 3.0 points. Tomorrow is a rest day. Photos by Frits Agterdenbos.
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Peter Leko & Sofi Petrosian
Ukraine vs Ukraine was won by Ivanchuk
Short & Adams
Timman - Ljubojevic
Hou (right) vs Koneru
Irina Krush
The two Van Der Ws
Mark Van Der Werf & John Van Der Wiel
Stellwagen vs L'Ami and Timman vs Ljubojevic
Caught in the act.
Sirs, I do solemnly swear
I did not use flash and my camera is silent.
Hou vs Koneru, Van Wely vs Carlsen and Portisch vs Kortchnoi
Nijboer - Reinderman
Krush vs Braun
Li - Caruana
Anatoly Karpov & Arshak Petrosian
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