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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
29.01.10-08.02.10
Moscow Open 2010

06.02.10-07.02.10
Schachbundesliga R8+9
Germany


08.02.10-19.02.10
Aeroflot Open 2010
Moscow


12.02.10-14.02.10
Daniël Noteboomtoernooi 2010
Leiden


12.02.10-25.02.10
XXVII Linares 2010

13.02.10-20.02.10
Cappelle-la-Grande 2010

19.02.10-28.02.10
Fajr Chess 2010, Iran

19.02.10-28.02.10
Batavia Amsterdam
(Results)


19.02.10-28.02.10
Batavia Amsterdam
(Live games)


24.02.10-03.03.10
Reykjavik Open 2010

05.03.10-19.03.10
EICC 2010
Rijeka


12.03.10-14.03.10
Western Class Championships, Southern California

12.03.10-25.03.10
Amber Chess
Nice


20.03.10
Hypercube Blitz Utrecht
Netherlands


31.03.10-04.04.10
Philadelphia Open

02.04.10-04.04.10
OGD Prinsenstad Tournament
Delft


02.04.10-05.04.10
Open Lugano 2010

09.04.10-11.04.10
Ichthus Open Chess Tournament 2010
Driehuis


05.05.10-14.05.10
Bosna Open
Sarajevo


21.05.10-24.05.10
Limburg Open
Maastricht


27.05.10-31.05.10
Chicago Open

04.06.10-06.06-10
Open Kampioenschap van Utrecht (OKU 2010)

29.06.10-05.07.10
World Open
Pennsylvania


02.07.10-04.07.10
Nova College Chess Tournament, Haarlem

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