Wijk R02: Carlsen and Aronian score again

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1/13/2008 – After two rounds, it is Aronian and Carlsen who share the lead on 2/2. Aronian showed some deep opening preparation with against Gelfand and won this black game in fine style. Carlsen took much longer to beat Eljanov, grinding down his opponent with relentless determination and technique. Anand drew a promising position against Mamedyarov. Express report.

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Results of round two

Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 13th
Loek van Wely - Judit Polgar
½-½
Veselin Topalov - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Boris Gelfand - Levon Aronian
0-1
Peter Leko - Michael Adams
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Pavel Eljanov
1-0
Vishy Anand - Shak. Mamedyarov
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 13th
Nigel Short - Erwin L’Ami
1-0
Koneru Humpy - Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
Gabriel Sargissian - Jan Smeets
½-½
Ivan Cheparinov - Sergei Movsesian
½-½
Michal Krasenkow - Wouter Spoelman
1-0
Etienne Bacrot - Daniël Stellwagen
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Hou Yifan
1-0
Group C: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 13th
Irina Krush - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
Efstratios Grivas - Dennis Ruijgrok
1-0
Fabiano Caruana - Mark van der Werf
1-0
Pontus Carlsson - Peng Zhaoqin
½-½
Arik Braun - Parimarjan Negi
1-0
John van der Wiel - Friso Nijboer
1-0
Li Shilong - Anna Ushenina
1-0

Express report from Wijk aan Zee

Before we get to today...

After two rounds, it is Aronian and Carlsen who share the lead on 2/2. By his own admission, Aronian was fortunate to win yesterday, but today he took the point in fine style, with black against Gelfand. Some deep opening preparation, including the novelty 13...Nf5, produced a very double-edged position, in which Gelfand failed to find the correct path, fell into time-trouble, and was already lost when he blundered at move 29.

Gelfand,B (2737) - Aronian,L (2739) [D15]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 13.01.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.f4 Bxc5 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.Ke2 Nh6 13.h3

13...Nf5 14.g4 Ne7 15.Bd2 0-0 16.Rac1 f6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.e4 Bd4 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Kd1 Rf7 21.Re1 Bb7 22.Qe2 Ng6 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Qe6 Rd8 25.Qxb6 Bxb6 26.Re6 Ba7 27.Ne2 d4 28.Ng3 d3

29.Rxg6 Bf2 30.Ba5 Bxg3 0-1.

Carlsen took much longer to beat Eljanov, but after securing an advantage in the queenless middlegame, he ground down his opponent with relentless determination and technique.

Carlsen,M (2733) - Eljanov,P (2692) [D91]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 13.01.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bh4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Qa4+ Qd7 9.Qxc4 b6 10.e3 Ba6 11.Qb3 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 0–0 13.Ke2 c5 14.dxc5 Na6 15.Rhd1 Qb7 16.c6 Qxc6 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Ba3 Qxc3 19.Qxc3 Bxc3 20.Rac1 Bb4 21.Bb2 Bf8 22.Nd4 Nc5 23.g4 Re4 24.Kf3 Rae8 25.h3 f6

26.Ba3 Kf7 27.Rc2 Na6 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.Rc6 Kg7 30.Nb5 R4e7 31.Rdd6 Nc5 32.Nc7 Rf8 33.h4 Rff7 34.Nd5 Rd7 35.Rxd7 Nxd7 36.Kg3 Nc5 37.f3 h6 38.Nf4 g5 39.Nh5+ Kg6 40.f4 gxf4+ 41.exf4 Kh7

42.f5 Kg8 43.Kf3 Nd7 44.Ke4 Kf8 45.Rc8+ Ke7 46.Kd5 b5 47.Rh8 Nb6+ 48.Kc6 Nc4 49.Ra8 Ne5+ 50.Kc5 Nd7+ 51.Kxb5 Kd6 52.Rxa7 Rf8 53.Kb4 Nc5 54.Kc4 1–0

The other games were all drawn, but only after interesting fights. Van Wely-Polgar saw the First Lady in desperate trouble in the late middlegame. Loek felt he should have won, but after 27...f4, he  missed his way somewhere and Black's counterplay became adequate for a draw.

Van Wely,L (2681) - Polgar,Ju (2707) [E21]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 13.01.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qb3 c5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.e3 Bb7 10.Bd3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 g4 12.Ne5 d6 13.Nxg4Bxg2 14.Rh2 Bf3 15.Be2 Bxg4 16.Bxg4 Nc6 17.Bf3 Qd7 18.0–0–0 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 0–0–0 20.Rdh1 cxd4 21.exd4 e5 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.d5 Qd7 24.Rxh6 Rxh6 25.Rxh6 Qg4 26.b3 f5 27.Qe3 f4

28.gxf4 Rf8 29.Rxd6 Rxf4 30.Qg3 Qe2 31.Qh3+ Rg4 32.f3 Qe1+ 33.Kc2 Qe2+ 34.Kc3 Qe3+ 35.Kc2 Qe2+ 36.Kc3 Qe3+ 37.Kc2 ½–½

Topalov-Ivanchuk was a balanced draw, whilst Anand failed to capitalise on what looked like a promising position against Mamedyarov. After the game, the latter suggested 22.h3 as White's best try for a serious advantage.

Anand,V (2799) - Mamedyarov,S (2760) [C76]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 13.01.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.0–0 Bg7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.Be3 Nge7 12.Nc3 0–0 13.Rc1 Kh8 14.Qd2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qd7 16.Ne2 f5 17.Bd1 fxe4 18.fxe4 d5 19.e5 Nf5 20.Nf4 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Bh6

22.Qc3 Nd8 23.Qxc7 Qxc7 24.Rxc7 Bxf4 25.exf4 Ne6 26.Rd7 Rxf4 27.Bb3 Nxd4 28.Bxd5 Re8 29.e6 Nf3+ 30.Bxf3 Rxf3 31.Ra7 Rd3 32.Rxa6 Rd2 33.b4 Re7 34.a4 bxa4 35.b5 Rb2 36.b6 Re8 ½–½

Kramnik and Radjabov repeated the King's Indian seen in their game at last year's Courus tournament. Kramnik felt that he was doing well when the queens came off, but he could not find anything convincing, nor did the post-mortem reveal anything. He reached an ending with an extra pawn, but with only 2 v 1 on the same side, and was not able to make further progress.

Kramnik,V (2799) - Radjabov,T (2735) [E97]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 13.01.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Kh8 14.f3 c6 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Nb3 Nf6 17.Bg5 Be6 18.Kh1 Bg8 19.Qd2 Rb8 20.b5 cxb5 21.cxb5 d5 22.exd5 Nexd5 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.Na5 Qxd2 25.Bxd2 Nd5

26.Bc4 e4 27.fxe4 Nc3 28.Rb3 Bxc4 29.Nxc4 Nxb5 30.exf5 gxf5 31.g3 Nd4 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 33.Be3 Rc8 34.Nd6 Rc6 35.Nxf5 Nxf5 36.Rxf5 Rc2 37.h4 h6 38.Kg1 Kh7 39.Rd5 Re2 40.Bf4 Rc2 41.Kf1 Ra2 42.Be3 Rc2 43.Bf2 Kg6 44.h5+ Kh7 45.Kg2 Rc7 46.Be3 Rf7 47.Bf4 Rb7 48.Kf3 Re7 49.Rd6 Rb7 50.Rd5 Re7 51.Rb5 Kg8 52.Bd6 Re6 53.Rb8+ Kh7 54.Rd8 Rf6+ 55.Ke4 Rf7 56.Rc8 Rf6 57.Rd8 Rf7 58.g4 Ra7 59.Rb8 Ra4+ 60.Kf5 Ra5+

61.Ke6 Ra4 62.Bb4 Ra6+ 63.Kd5 Ra7 64.Rb6 Rd7+ 65.Bd6 Ra7 66.Ke6 Ra4 67.Bb4 Ra7 68.Rb8 Ra6+ 69.Kd5 Ra7 70.Re8 Rd7+ 71.Bd6 Ra7 72.Re4 Rd7 73.Ke6 Ra7 74.Rb4 Bc3 75.Rb5 Bg7 76.Bc5 Rc7 77.Ra5 Bc3 78.Ra7 Rxa7 79.Bxa7 ½–½

Finally, Leko-Adams provided the longest game of the day. The latter seemed to equalize quite efficiently, but eventually dropped a pawn to reach another ending with all pawns on one side. Leko tried for a long time to make progress, but finally had to accept the draw.

Report by Steve Giddins


Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group A

Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 12th
Vladimir Kramnik - Loek van Wely
½-½
Teimour Radjabov - Vishy Anand
1-0
Shak. Mamedyarov - Magnus Carlsen
0-1
Pavel Eljanov - Peter Leko
½-½
Michael Adams - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Levon Aronian - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk - Judit Polgar
½-½
Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 13th
Loek van Wely - Judit Polgar
½-½
Veselin Topalov - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Boris Gelfand - Levon Aronian
0-1
Peter Leko - Michael Adams
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Pavel Eljanov
1-0
Vishy Anand - Shak. Mamedyarov
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
Group A: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 14th
Teimour Radjabov - Loek van Wely  
Shak. Mamedyarov - Vladimir Kramnik  
Pavel Eljanov - Vishy Anand  
Michael Adams - Magnus Carlsen  
Levon Aronian - Peter Leko  
Vassily Ivanchuk - Boris Gelfand  
Judit Polgar - Veselin Topalov  
Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 15th
Loek van Wely - Veselin Topalov  
Boris Gelfand - Judit Polgar  
Peter Leko - Vassily Ivanchuk  
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian  
Vishy Anand - Michael Adams  
Vladimir Kramnik - Pavel Eljanov  
Teimour Radjabov - Shak. Mamedyarov  
Wednesday, January 16th – Free day
Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 17th
Shak. Mamedyarov - Loek van Wely  
Pavel Eljanov - Teimour Radjabov  
Michael Adams - Vladimir Kramnik  
Levon Aronian - Vishy Anand  
Vassily Ivanchuk - Magnus Carlsen  
Judit Polgar - Peter Leko  
Veselin Topalov - Boris Gelfand  
Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Loek van Wely - Boris Gelfand  
Peter Leko - Veselin Topalov  
Magnus Carlsen - Judit Polgar  
Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk  
Vladimir Kramnik - Levon Aronian  
Teimour Radjabov - Michael Adams  
Shak. Mamedyarov - Pavel Eljanov  
Group A: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 19st
Pavel Eljanov - Loek van Wely  
Michael Adams - Shak. Mamedyarov  
Levon Aronian - Teimour Radjabov  
Vassily Ivanchuk - Vladimir Kramnik  
Judit Polgar - Vishy Anand  
Veselin Topalov - Magnus Carlsen  
Boris Gelfand - Peter Leko  
Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 20nd
Loek van Wely - Peter Leko  
Magnus Carlsen - Boris Gelfand  
Vishy Anand - Veselin Topalov  
Vladimir Kramnik - Judit Polgar  
Teimour Radjabov - Vassily Ivanchuk  
Shak. Mamedyarov - Levon Aronian  
Pavel Eljanov - Michael Adams  
Monday, January 21st – Free day
Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 22th
Michael Adams - Loek van Wely  
Levon Aronian - Pavel Eljanov  
Vassily Ivanchuk - Shak. Mamedyarov  
Judit Polgar - Teimour Radjabov  
Veselin Topalov - Vladimir Kramnik  
Boris Gelfand - Vishy Anand  
Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen  
Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 23th
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen  
Vishy Anand - Peter Leko  
Vladimir Kramnik - Boris Gelfand  
Teimour Radjabov - Veselin Topalov  
Shak. Mamedyarov - Judit Polgar  
Pavel Eljanov - Vassily Ivanchuk  
Michael Adams - Levon Aronian  
Thursday, January 24th – Free day
Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 25th
Levon Aronian - Loek van Wely  
Vassily Ivanchuk - Michael Adams  
Judit Polgar - Pavel Eljanov  
Veselin Topalov - Shak. Mamedyarov  
Boris Gelfand - Teimour Radjabov  
Peter Leko - Vladimir Kramnik  
Magnus Carlsen - Vishy Anand  
Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Loek van Wely - Vishy Anand  
Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen  
Teimour Radjabov - Peter Leko  
Shak. Mamedyarov - Boris Gelfand  
Pavel Eljanov - Veselin Topalov  
Michael Adams - Judit Polgar  
Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk  
Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 27th
Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely  
Judit Polgar - Levon Aronian  
Veselin Topalov - Michael Adams  
Boris Gelfand - Pavel Eljanov  
Peter Leko - Shak. Mamedyarov  
Magnus Carlsen - Teimour Radjabov  
Vishy Anand - Vladimir Kramnik  
 

Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group B

Group B: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 12th
P. Harikrishna - Nigel Short
½-½
Hou Yifan - Etienne Bacrot
0-1
Daniël Stellwagen - Michal Krasenkow
1-0
Wouter Spoelman - Ivan Cheparinov
0-1
Sergei Movsesian - Gabriel Sargissian
½-½
Jan Smeets - Koneru Humpy
1-0
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Erwin L’Ami
½-½
Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 13th
Nigel Short - Erwin L’Ami
1-0
Koneru Humpy - Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
Gabriel Sargissian - Jan Smeets
½-½
Ivan Cheparinov - Sergei Movsesian
½-½
Michal Krasenkow - Wouter Spoelman
1-0
Etienne Bacrot - Daniël Stellwagen
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Hou Yifan
1-0
Group B: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 14th
Hou Yifan - Nigel Short  
Daniël Stellwagen - P. Harikrishna  
Wouter Spoelman - Etienne Bacrot  
Sergei Movsesian - Michal Krasenkow  
Jan Smeets - Ivan Cheparinov  
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Gabriel Sargissian  
Erwin L’Ami - Koneru Humpy  
Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 15th
Nigel Short - Koneru Humpy  
Gabriel Sargissian - Erwin L’Ami  
Ivan Cheparinov - Ian Nepomniachtchi  
Michal Krasenkow - Jan Smeets  
Etienne Bacrot - Sergei Movsesian  
P. Harikrishna - Wouter Spoelman  
Hou Yifan - Daniël Stellwagen  
Wednesday, January 16th – Free day
Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 17th
Daniël Stellwagen - Nigel Short  
Wouter Spoelman - Hou Yifan  
Sergei Movsesian - P. Harikrishna  
Jan Smeets - Etienne Bacrot  
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Michal Krasenkow  
Erwin L’Ami - Ivan Cheparinov  
Koneru Humpy - Gabriel Sargissian  
Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Nigel Short - Gabriel Sargissian  
Ivan Cheparinov - Koneru Humpy  
Michal Krasenkow - Erwin L’Ami  
Etienne Bacrot - Ian Nepomniachtchi  
P. Harikrishna - Jan Smeets  
Hou Yifan - Sergei Movsesian  
Daniël Stellwagen - Wouter Spoelman  
Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 29st
Wouter Spoelman - Nigel Short  
Sergei Movsesian - Daniël Stellwagen  
Jan Smeets - Hou Yifan  
Ian Nepomniachtchi - P. Harikrishna  
Erwin L’Ami - Etienne Bacrot  
Koneru Humpy - Michal Krasenkow  
Gabriel Sargissian - Ivan Cheparinov  
Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 20nd
Nigel Short - Ivan Cheparinov  
Michal Krasenkow - Gabriel Sargissian  
Etienne Bacrot - Koneru Humpy  
P. Harikrishna - Erwin L’Ami  
Hou Yifan - Ian Nepomniachtchi  
Daniël Stellwagen - Jan Smeets  
Wouter Spoelman - Sergei Movsesian  
Monday, January 21st – Free day
Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 22th
Sergei Movsesian - Nigel Short  
Jan Smeets - Wouter Spoelman  
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Daniël Stellwagen  
Erwin L’Ami - Hou Yifan  
Koneru Humpy - P. Harikrishna  
Gabriel Sargissian - Etienne Bacrot  
Ivan Cheparinov - Michal Krasenkow  
Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 23th
Nigel Short - Michal Krasenkow  
Etienne Bacrot - Ivan Cheparinov  
P. Harikrishna - Gabriel Sargissian  
Hou Yifan - Koneru Humpy  
Daniël Stellwagen - Erwin L’Ami  
Wouter Spoelman - Ian Nepomniachtchi  
Sergei Movsesian - Jan Smeets  
Thursday, January 24th – Free day
Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 25th
Jan Smeets - Nigel Short  
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Sergei Movsesian  
Erwin L’Ami - Wouter Spoelman  
Koneru Humpy - Daniël Stellwagen  
Gabriel Sargissian - Hou Yifan  
Ivan Cheparinov - P. Harikrishna  
Michal Krasenkow - Etienne Bacrot  
Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Nigel Short - Etienne Bacrot  
P. Harikrishna - Michal Krasenkow  
Hou Yifan - Ivan Cheparinov  
Daniël Stellwagen - Gabriel Sargissian  
Wouter Spoelman - Koneru Humpy  
Sergei Movsesian - Erwin L’Ami  
Jan Smeets - Ian Nepomniachtchi  
Group B: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 27th
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Nigel Short  
Erwin L’Ami - Jan Smeets  
Koneru Humpy - Sergei Movsesian  
Gabriel Sargissian - Wouter Spoelman  
Ivan Cheparinov - Daniël Stellwagen  
Michal Krasenkow - Hou Yifan  
Etienne Bacrot - P. Harikrishna  
 

Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group C

Group C: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 12th
Li Shilong - Irina Krush
1-0
Anna Ushenina - John van der Wiel
0-1
Friso Nijboer - Arik Braun
0-1
Parimarjan Negi - Pontus Carlsson
0-1
Peng Zhaoqin - Fabiano Caruana
0-1
Mark van der Werf - Efstratios Grivas
1-0
Dennis Ruijgrok - Dimitri Reinderman
0-1
Group C: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 13th
Irina Krush - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
Efstratios Grivas - Dennis Ruijgrok
1-0
Fabiano Caruana - Mark van der Werf
1-0
Pontus Carlsson - Peng Zhaoqin
½-½
Arik Braun - Parimarjan Negi
1-0
John van der Wiel - Friso Nijboer
1-0
Li Shilong - Anna Ushenina
1-0
Group C: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 14th
Anna Ushenina - Irina Krush  
Friso Nijboer - Li Shilong  
Parimarjan Negi - John van der Wiel  
Peng Zhaoqin - Arik Braun  
Mark van der Werf - Pontus Carlsson  
Dennis Ruijgrok - Fabiano Caruana  
Dimitri Reinderman - Efstratios Grivas  
Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 15th
Irina Krush - Efstratios Grivas  
Fabiano Caruana - Dimitri Reinderman  
Pontus Carlsson - Dennis Ruijgrok  
Arik Braun - Mark van der Werf  
John van der Wiel - Peng Zhaoqin  
Li Shilong - Parimarjan Negi  
Anna Ushenina - Friso Nijboer  
Wednesday, January 16th – Free day
Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 17th
Friso Nijboer - Irina Krush  
Parimarjan Negi - Anna Ushenina  
Peng Zhaoqin - Li Shilong  
Mark van der Werf - John van der Wiel  
Dennis Ruijgrok - Arik Braun  
Dimitri Reinderman - Pontus Carlsson  
Efstratios Grivas - Fabiano Caruana  
Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Irina Krush - Fabiano Caruana  
Pontus Carlsson - Efstratios Grivas  
Arik Braun - Dimitri Reinderman  
John van der Wiel - Dennis Ruijgrok  
Li Shilong - Mark van der Werf  
Anna Ushenina - Peng Zhaoqin  
Friso Nijboer - Parimarjan Negi  
Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 19st
Parimarjan Negi - Irina Krush  
Peng Zhaoqin - Friso Nijboer  
Mark van der Werf - Anna Ushenina  
Dennis Ruijgrok - Li Shilong  
Dimitri Reinderman - John van der Wiel  
Efstratios Grivas - Arik Braun  
Fabiano Caruana - Pontus Carlsson  
Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 20nd
Irina Krush - Pontus Carlsson  
Arik Braun - Fabiano Caruana  
John van der Wiel - Efstratios Grivas  
Li Shilong - Dimitri Reinderman  
Anna Ushenina - Dennis Ruijgrok  
Friso Nijboer - Mark van der Werf  
Parimarjan Negi - Peng Zhaoqin  
Monday, January 21st – Free day
Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 22th
Peng Zhaoqin - Irina Krush  
Mark van der Werf - Parimarjan Negi  
Dennis Ruijgrok - Friso Nijboer  
Dimitri Reinderman - Anna Ushenina  
Efstratios Grivas - Li Shilong  
Fabiano Caruana - John van der Wiel  
Pontus Carlsson - Arik Braun  
Group C: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 23th
Irina Krush - Arik Braun  
John van der Wiel - Pontus Carlsson  
Li Shilong - Fabiano Caruana  
Anna Ushenina - Efstratios Grivas  
Friso Nijboer - Dimitri Reinderman  
Parimarjan Negi - Dennis Ruijgrok  
Peng Zhaoqin - Mark van der Werf  
Thursday, January 24th – Free day
Group C: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 25th
Mark van der Werf - Irina Krush  
Dennis Ruijgrok - Peng Zhaoqin  
Dimitri Reinderman - Parimarjan Negi  
Efstratios Grivas - Friso Nijboer  
Fabiano Caruana - Anna Ushenina  
Pontus Carlsson - Li Shilong  
Arik Braun - John van der Wiel  
Group C: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Irina Krush - John van der Wiel  
Li Shilong - Arik Braun  
Anna Ushenina - Pontus Carlsson  
Friso Nijboer - Fabiano Caruana  
Parimarjan Negi - Efstratios Grivas  
Peng Zhaoqin - Dimitri Reinderman  
Mark van der Werf - Dennis Ruijgrok  
Group C: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 27th
Dennis Ruijgrok - Irina Krush  
Dimitri Reinderman - Mark van der Werf  
Efstratios Grivas - Peng Zhaoqin  
Fabiano Caruana - Parimarjan Negi  
Pontus Carlsson - Friso Nijboer  
Arik Braun - Anna Ushenina  
John van der Wiel - Li Shilong  
 

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