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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

01 Dumped for a game of chess
Dumped for a game of chess
Dog at the entrance of the playing venue


02 Results R12 & R06

03 Kramnik vs Carlsen 0-1
Kramnik vs Carlsen 0-1

04 Theo Hoogland and Viktor Kortchnoi
Theo Hoogland and Viktor Kortchnoi

05 Karpov winner in 1993 guest in 2008
Anatoly Karpov, winner in 1993, guest in 2008

06 Hou - Cheparinov
Hou - Cheparinov

07 Anand, Ljubojevic and Topalov
Anand, Ljubojevic and Topalov

08 Group C
Group C

09 Boris Gelfand
Boris Gelfand

10 Dennis Ruijgrok (right) playing Mark Van Der Werf
Dennis Ruijgrok (right) playing Mark Van Der Werf

11 Watching Groups A and B
Watching Groups A and B

12 Thomas van Beekum
Chief arbiter Thomas van Beekum

13 Irina Krush
Irina Krush

14 Press Office
Press Office

15 Cafe in De Moriaan
Café in De Moriaan

16 Playing venue Community Centre De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee
Playing venue Community Centre De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee


Calendar
08.07.10-18.07.10
Leiden Chess Tournament
Netherlands


10.07.10-18.07.10
Canadian Open 2010
Toronto


15.07.10-22.07.10
Sparkassen Chess-Meeting
Dortmund


17.07.10-30.07.10
Biel Chess Festival

27.07.10-05.08.10
Dutch Open
Dieren


02.08.10-17.08.10
World Junior and Girls U20 Chess Championships
Poland


07.08.10-14.08.10
Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament
Vlissingen


09.08.10-14.08.10
Euro Chess Tournament
Enschede


12.08.10-22.08.10
NH Chess Tournament
Amsterdam


21.08.10-29.08.10
BDO Chess Tournament
Haarlem


03.09.10-06.09.10
New York State Championship

03.09.10-11.09.10
InventiChess 2010
Antwerp, Belgium


20.09.10-04.10.10
Chess Olympiad 2010
Khanty-Mansiysk


22.10.10-30.10.10
Univé Chess Hoogeveen
Netherlands


14.01.11-30.01.11
Corus Chess 2011
Wijk aan Zee


Links
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