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Corus Chess 2009 Round 1
Smeets defeats Ivanchuk
17.01.2009 17 January 2009 was the day that top seed Vassily Ivanchuk was paired against Group A debutant Dutch champion 2008 Jan Smeets. The day that Ivanchuk waited 10 minutes to do his first move, meanwhile walking around on stage. The day that Ivanchuk didn't make friends. The day that Ivanchuk failed to win a won position and finally lost on time. The day that Smeets had a dream start and was called to give a press conference. Grandmaster Group A Round 1 Results: Daniel Stellwagen - Sergei Movsesian ½-½, Magnus Carlsen - Teimour Radjabov ½-½, Levon Aronian - Wang Yue ½-½, Vassily Ivanchuk - Jan Smeets 0-1, Sergei Karjakin - Alexander Morozevich 1-0, Loek van Wely - Leinier Dominguez ½-½, Gata Kamsky - Michael Adams ½-½. Grandmaster Group B Round 1 Results: Hou Yifan - Rustam Kasimdzhanov 0-1, Krishnan Sasikiran - Erwin L'Ami ½-½, Dimitri Reinderman - Francisco Vallejo Pons 0-1, Nigel Short – Jan Werle ½-½, Andrei Volokitin - Fabiano Caruana ½-½, Henrique Mecking – Zahar Efimenko 0-1, Alexander Motylev – David Navara 0-1. Grandmaster Group C Round 1 Results: Tiger Hillarp Persson - Roeland Pruijssers ½-½, Dowell Howell - Manuel Bosboom 0-1, Friso Nijboer - Wesley So 0-1, Oleg Romanishin - Ali Bitalzadeh 1-0, Anish Giri - Frank Holzke ½-½, Abhijeet Gupta - Dronavalli Harika 0-1, Eduardo Iturrizaga - Manuel Leon Hoyos 1-0. Photo report by Frits Agterdenbos.
Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com
Jan Smeets and organizer Hans Goossens
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Jan Smeets
Vassily Ivanchuk
Ivanchuk walking without moving
Jan Smeets and organizers Theo Hoogland and Arno Vrins
Game over, Ivanchuk still at the board, Smeets in rest room
Chief Arbiter Pavel Votruba, Erwin L'Ami and Jan Smeets
Tournament director Jeroen Van Den Berg and Jan Smeets
Ivanchuk in Press Office after the game
Jan Smeets
Press Conference Jan Smeets
Press Conference Jan Smeets
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