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Corus Chess 2010 Opening Ceremony

15.01.2010 The Opening Ceremony (including the drawing of lots) of the 72th Corus Chess Tournament took place on Friday 15 January in the Chess Pavilion in Wijk aan Zee.
The tournament will be held 16 - 31 January. Round 1 pairings GM A: Sergey Karjakin – Viswanathan Anand, Leinier Dominguez – Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko – Alexei Shirov, Fabiano Caruana – Vassily Ivanchuk, Sergey Tiviakov – Magnus Carlsen, Jan Smeets – Hikaru Nakamura, Loek Van Wely – Nigel Short. Round 1 pairings GM B: Ni Hua – Erwin l‘Ami, Emil Sutovsky – Dimitri Reinderman, Tomi Nyback – Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Anish Giri - Pentala Harikrishna, David Howell - Parimarjan Negi, Anna Muzychuk - Varuzhan Akobian, Arkadij Naiditsch - Wesley So. Photo report of the Opening Ceremony by Frits Agterdenbos.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

01 The Chess Pavilion
The Chess Pavilion

02 Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen

03 Manbir Singh  (Ambassador of India in the Netherlands) and Viswanathan Anand
Manbir Singh (Ambassador of India in the Netherlands) and Viswanathan Anand

04 Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik

05 Dolf Vos giving his opening speech
Dolf Vos giving his opening speech

06 Theo Henrar (Corus) giving his speech at the opening ceremony
Theo Henrar (Corus) giving his speech at the opening ceremony

07 Sergey Tiviakov
Sergey Tiviakov

08 Anna Muzychuk
Anna Muzychuk

09 Drawing of lots, Smeets, Kramnik, Carlsen
Drawing of lots: Jan Smeets, Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen

10 Marjan Oudeman (Corus) and Manbir Singh (Ambassador of India in the Netherlands)
Marjan Oudeman (Corus) and Manbir Singh (Ambassador of India in the Netherlands)

11 Leinier Dominguez
Leinier Dominguez

12 Loek Van Wely and Hikaru Nakamura
Loek Van Wely and Hikaru Nakamura

13 Marjan Oudeman (Corus) and Manbir Singh (Ambassador of India in the Netherlands) and Theo Henrar (Corus)
Marjan Oudeman (Corus) and Manbir Singh (Ambassador of India in the Netherlands) and Theo Henrar (Corus)

14 Group A Round 1 Pairings
Group A Round 1 Pairings

15 Jan Smeets
Jan Smeets

16 Yisel Martinez and Leinier Dominguez
Yisel Martinez and Leinier Dominguez

17 Hostesses Sonja, Nanda and Miriam
Hostesses Sonja, Nanda and Miriam

18 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu

19 Sergey Tiviakov and Galina Tiviakova
Sergey Tiviakov and Galina Tiviakova

20 Corus Chess Bar
Corus Chess Bar

Calendar
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15.07.10-22.07.10
Sparkassen Chess-Meeting
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17.07.10-30.07.10
Biel Chess Festival

27.07.10-05.08.10
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07.08.10-14.08.10
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21.08.10-29.08.10
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20.09.10-04.10.10
Chess Olympiad 2010
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22.10.10-30.10.10
Univé Chess Hoogeveen
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14.01.11-30.01.11
Corus Chess 2011
Wijk aan Zee


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