Corus Chess 2008 Round 12
26.01.2008 Round 12 was played on Saturday 26 January. In Group A the big news was Carlsen’s victory over Kramnik. Eljanov defeated Topalov, and Polgar defeated Adams. Aronian and Carlsen lead with 7.5 points, followed by Radjabov and Anand with 7.0 points. In Group B Movsesian (vs L’Ami), Smeets (vs (Nepomniachtchi) and Spoelman (vs Koneru) won their games, the other games ended in a draw. Movsesian leads with 9.0 points, followed by two players on 8.0 points: Bacrot and Short. In Group C Caruana defeated Nijboer, Krush defeated Van Der Wiel, Negi defeated Grivas and Carlsson defeated Ushenina. Caruana leads with 9 points, followed by Negi with 8.0 points and Reinderman with 7.5 points. The Honorary Group was won by Ljubojevic (4.0 points), followed by Kortchnoi and Timman (3.0 points) and Portisch (2.0 points). Tomorrow the final round 13 will be played. Group C starts at 11.30, Groups A and B start at 12.30. Photos by Frits Agterdenbos.
Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com
Dumped for a game of chess
Dog at the entrance of the playing venue
Kramnik vs Carlsen 0-1
Theo Hoogland and Viktor Kortchnoi
Anatoly Karpov, winner in 1993, guest in 2008
Hou - Cheparinov
Anand, Ljubojevic and Topalov
Group C
Boris Gelfand
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Dennis Ruijgrok (right) playing Mark Van Der Werf
Watching Groups A and B
Chief arbiter Thomas van Beekum
Irina Krush
Press Office
Café in De Moriaan
Playing venue Community Centre De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee
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