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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.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 The Chess Pavilion Magnus Carlsen Manbir Singh (Ambassador of India in the Netherlands) and Viswanathan Anand Vladimir Kramnik Dolf Vos giving his opening speech Theo Henrar (Corus) giving his speech at the opening ceremony Sergey Tiviakov Anna Muzychuk Drawing of lots: Jan Smeets, Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen Marjan Oudeman (Corus) and Manbir Singh (Ambassador of India in the Netherlands) Leinier Dominguez Loek Van Wely and Hikaru Nakamura Marjan Oudeman (Corus) and Manbir Singh (Ambassador of India in the Netherlands) and Theo Henrar (Corus) Group A Round 1 Pairings Jan Smeets Yisel Martinez and Leinier Dominguez Hostesses Sonja, Nanda and Miriam Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Sergey Tiviakov and Galina Tiviakova Corus Chess Bar