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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.16.01.2009 The Opening Ceremony of the 71th Corus Chess Tournament took place on Friday 16 January in Wijk aan Zee. The tournament will be held 17 January – 1 February. Participants GM A (category 19): Ivanchuk, Carlsen, Morozevich, Radjabov, Movsesian, Aronian, Wang Yue, Kamsky, Dominguez, Adams, Karjakin, Van Wely, Stellwagen, Smeets. Participants GM B (category 16): Sasikiran, Vallejo, Efimenko, Kasimdzhanov, Motylev, Volokitin, Short, Caruana, Navara, Werle, L'Ami, Hou Yifan, Mecking, Reinderman. Participants GM C (category 11): So, Howell, Hillarp Persson, Gupta, Nijboer, Leon Hoyos, Romanishin, Iturrizaga, Holzke, Harika, Giri, Pruijssers, Bosboom, Bitalzadeh. Photo report of the Opening Ceremony. Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com The Opening Ceremony was held in the Wijk aan Zee Chess Pavillion Opening Ceremony Vassily Ivanchuk Wang Yue Sergei Karjakin Group A - Drawing of Lots Leinier Dominguez Erwin L'Ami and Jan Werle Nigel Short Magnus Carlsen Henrique Mecking Loek Van Wely Loek Van Wely and Michael Adams Krishnan Sasikiran Levon Aronian Gata Kamsky