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Corus Chess 2009 Round 7

24.01.2009 Round 7 was played on Saturday 24 January. In Group A there were two decisive games. Movsesian defeated Ivanchuk and Morozevich Smeets. Karjakin and Movsesian lead with 4.5 points, followed by Aronian, Dominguez and Radjabov with 4.0 points. In Group B there were six decisive games, and one draw. Short (vs Kasimdzanov), Volokitin (vs Reinderman), Mecking (vs Sasikiran), Motylev (vs Hou), L’Ami (vs Navara) and Caruana (vs Werle) were the happy ones. Short leads with 5.0 points, followed by Volokitin, Motylev and Caruana with 4.5 points. In Group C there were three decisive games. Gupta defeated Howell, Hillarp Persson defeated Iturrizaga and Leon Hoyos defeated Bosboom (who turned 46 today). Hillarp Persson and So lead with 5.0 points. Photos by Frits Agterdenbos.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

01 Playing venue De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee
Playing venue De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee

02 Entrance
Entrance

03 Book sellers in entrance hall
Book sellers in entrance hall

04 Grandmaster groups A and B
Grandmaster groups A and B, with Andrei Volokitin vs Dimitri Reinderman in front

05 Fabiano Caruana (right) - Jan Werle 1-0
Fabiano Caruana (right) - Jan Werle 1-0

06 Sergei Karjakin
Sergei Karjakin, co-leader with Sergei Movsesian

07 Alexander Morozevich - Jan Smeets 1-0
Alexander Morozevich - Jan Smeets 1-0

08 Dronavalli Harika
Dronavalli Harika

09 Gata Kamsky - Daniel Stellwagen draw
Gata Kamsky - Daniel Stellwagen draw

10 Abhijeet Gupta
Abhijeet Gupta

11 Loek Van Wely - Magnus Carlsen draw
Loek Van Wely - Magnus Carlsen draw

12 Loek van Wely
Loek Van Wely

13 Michael Adams - Teimour Radjabov draw
Michael Adams - Teimour Radjabov draw

14 Alexander Motylev
Alexander Motylev

15 Oleg Romanishin
Oleg Romanishin

16 Wijk aan Zee at night
Wijk aan Zee at night

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


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