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Corus Chess 2010 Round 10

27.01.2010 Round 10 was played on Wednesday 27 January 01.30 PM. In group A World champion Viswanathan Anand delivered his first win this tournament by beating Alexei Shirov. Top seed Magnus Carlsen with black pieces defeated 2009 winner Sergey Karjakin. Sergey Tiviakov won the first Dutch encounter versus Jan Smeets. Vladimir Kramnik is the new leader on 7.0 points. He is followed by Alexei Shirov and Magnus Carlsen (6.5 points) and five players on 5.5 points (Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura, Leinier Dominguez, Vassily Ivanchuk and Viswanathan Anand). In group B Anish Giri leads on 7.0 points, followed by three players on 6.5 points: Hua Ni, Erwin l’Ami and Wesley So. Arkadij Naiditsch is fifth on 6.0 points. In group C all games were decisive. Li Chao leads (7.5 points), followed by Ray Robson, Robin Swinkels, Robin Van Kampen and Daniele Vocaturo (6.0 points). Photo report by Frits Agterdenbos.

Official Corus Chess Tournament website: www.coruschess.com

01 Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen at the start of round 10

02 R10 Results

03 Viswanathan Anand vs Alexei Shirov 1-0
Viswanathan Anand vs Alexei Shirov 1-0

04 Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik took the lead

05 Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen 0-1
Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen 0-1

06 Viswanathan Anand
Viswanathan Anand: first win

07 Tiviakov vs Smeets, Van Wely watching
The three Dutchmen in group A together
Sergey Tiviakov vs Jan Smeets, Loek Van Wely is watching

08 Galina Tiviakova, and Sergey Tiviakov vs Jan Smeets
Galina Tiviakova with her son Sergey Tiviakov in the background defeating Jan Smeets

09 Galina Tiviakova, and Sergey Tiviakov vs Jan Smeets
Sergey wonders what is happening

10 Anish Giri vs Arkadij Naiditsch, draw
Anish Giri vs Arkadij Naiditsch, draw

11 Anish Giri
Anish Giri

12 Watching grandmasters
Watching grandmasters

13 Tomi Nyback lost to Wesley So in group
Tomi Nyback lost to Wesley So in group B

14 Peng vs Bok, and Kuipers vs Vocaturo (group C)
Zhaoqin Peng vs Benjamin Bok 0-1,
and Stefan Kuipers vs Daniele Vocaturo 1-0 (group C)

15 Ray Robson - Robin Van Kampen 0-1 in group C
Ray Robson - Robin Van Kampen 0-1 in group C

16 An artist at work
An artist at work

17 Group C, arbiter Alex Roose at work
Group C, arbiter Alex Roose at work

18 Arbiters (of the amateur events) in the Arbiters Room
Arbiters (of the amateur events) in the Arbiters Room

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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