Wijk R12: Carlsen beats Kramnik with black, Eljanov beats Topalov

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1/26/2008 – We need to say that again: Magnus Carlsen, 17 years young, beat former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik with the black pieces. Veselin Topalov came a cropper against Pavel Eljanov in a Modern Benoni. Michael Adams was outplayed by Judit Polgar, who had the black side of a Petroff. Movsesian and Caruana lead groups B and C by a full point. Express report.

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Results of round twelve

Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Loek van Wely - Vishy Anand
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen
0-1
Teimour Radjabov - Peter Leko
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Pavel Eljanov - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Michael Adams - Judit Polgar
0-1
Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Nigel Short - Etienne Bacrot
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Michal Krasenkow
½-½
Hou Yifan - Ivan Cheparinov
½-½
Daniël Stellwagen - Gabriel Sargissian
½-½
Wouter Spoelman - Koneru Humpy
1-0
Sergei Movsesian - Erwin L’Ami
1-0
Jan Smeets - Ian Nepomniachtchi
1-0
Group C: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Irina Krush - John van der Wiel
1-0
Li Shilong - Arik Braun
½-½
Anna Ushenina - Pontus Carlsson
0-1
Friso Nijboer - Fabiano Caruana
0-1
Parimarjan Negi - Efstratios Grivas
1-0
Peng Zhaoqin - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
Mark van der Werf - Dennis Ruijgrok
½-½

Group A

Magnus Carlsen played a magnificent game against Vladimir Kramnik, beating the former World Champion with the black pieces. Levon Aronian could not overcome Ivanchuk's defence and only drew, so that now, before the final round, Aronian and Carlsen are in the lead. Judit Polgar outplayed Michael Adams on the black side of a Petroff. And sensationally Veselin Topalov went down against Pavel Eljanov in a Modern Benoni.


Massive interest for the game Kramnik vs Carlsen

Kramnik,V (2799) - Carlsen,M (2733) [A30]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 26.01.2008
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.Ng5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Nc6 12.Qf4 0-0 13.Nce4 Ne8 14.b3 Ra7 15.Bb2 Rd7 16.Rac1 Nc7 17.Nf3 f5 18.Nc3 g5. Carlsen has played the Hedgehog and held his opponent thoughout a phase of manoeuvering. He now plays this interesting plan. 19.Qd2 g4 20.Ne1 Bg5 21.e3 Rff7 22.Kg1 Ne8 23.Ne2 Nf6 24.Nf4 Qe8 25.Qc3 Rg7 26.b4 Ne4 27.Qb3 Rge7 28.Qa4 Ne5

Kramnik may have had a slight edge, but the following pawn grab plan is based on a simple miscalcualtion, having missed that he could not take on b6 because of material loss. 29.Qxa6 Ra7 30.Qb5. Forced. After this the ending was very bad for White and Carlsen wrapped things up. 30...Qxb5 31.cxb5 Rxa2 32.Rc8+ Kf7 33.Nfd3 Bf6 34.Nxe5+ dxe5 35.Rc2 Rea7 36.Kg2 Ng5 37.Rd6 e4 38.Bxf6 Kxf6 39.Kf1 Ra1 40.Ke2 Rb1 41.Rd1 Rxb4 42.Ng2 Rxb5 43.Nf4 Rc5 44.Rb2 b5 45.Kf1 Rac7 46.Rbb1 Rb7 47.Rb4 Rc4 48.Rb2 b4 49.Rdb1 Nf3 50.Kg2 Rd7 51.h3 e5 52.Ne2 Rd2 53.hxg4 fxg4 54.Rxd2 Nxd2 55.Rb2 Nf3 56.Kf1 b3 57.Kg2 Rc2 0-1.


Magnus Carlsen after his win over Vladimir Kramnik

Full analysis by GM Mihail Marin to follow tomorrow...

Group A standings

Here are the pairings for the final round:

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  

Carlsen has white against Radjabov, who would desperately like to move into the top bracket, but will probably be fairly cautious against the obviously in-form Norwegian. Aronian is Black against Judit Polgar, who is probably in an optimistic mood and will be seeking to improve her position on the final table. Naturally the big match is Anand vs Kramnik, where anything might happen. Anand might try to set the tone for the September World Championship match with a fine victory; Kramnik might strike out for once with the black pieces to climb to a less embarrassing position on the table; or the two may draw quickly, with none wishing to jeopardise anything in the last round of the event. Today there were at times 8,500 visitors simultaneously on the Playchess server. Tomorrow we expect to a new heavy load experiment and perhaps welcome ten thousand guests.

Group B

Movsesian put one hand on the trophy and the qualifying place for next year's A Group, by beating L'Ami decisively.

Movsesian,S (2677) - L'Ami,E (2581) [C50]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 26.01.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.c3 0–0 6.0–0 a6 7.Bb3 Ba7 8.Re1 h6 9.h3 Re8 10.Nbd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.d4 Bf5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Rxe5 Rxe5 15.dxe5 Qh4 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Ne4 Rd8 18.Bc2 b5 19.Bd2 a5 20.a3 Bb6 21.Re1 Ne7 22.Bf4 Ng6 23.Bg3 Qe7

24.Nf6+ gxf6 25.exf6 Qe8 26.Qh5 c6 27.Bf4 Bxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Nxf4 29.Qxh6 Rd2+ 30.Ke3 1-0.


Business vs track suit: Ivan Cheparinov vs Hou Yifan was a 41-move draw

With Short and Bacrot drawing with one another, this leaves Movsesian a point clear, going into the final round, where he will face Humpy Koneru with Black.

Group B standings

Group C

Nijboer started the round a point behind Caruana, and made every effort to close the gap, but came up short.

Nijboer,F (2578) - Caruana,F (2598) [B43]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 26.01.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be2 b5 7.Bf3 Bb7 8.e5 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 d5 10.Qg3 Ne7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.f4 g6 14.0–0–0 Nd7 15.h4 h5 16.f5 gxf5

17.Nxf5 Qc5 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.e6 fxe6 20.Qg6+ Kd8 21.Nd4 Kc8 22.Nxe6 Bh6+ 23.Kb1 Qc6 24.Qf5 Ra7 25.Rxd5 Re8 26.Nc5 Bf8 27.b4 Qf6 28.Qxh5 Rd8 29.Ne4 Qc6 30.a3 Rc7 31.Rc1 Kb8 32.Qd1 Rdc8 33.Nd6 Nb6 34.Rd3 Bxd6 35.Rxd6 Qb7 36.c3 Nc4 37.Rd4 Qxg2 38.Rd5 0-1.


Contact between the groups: Nigel Short (B) shares a jest with Michael Adams (A)

The US women's champion lived up to her surname by Krushing van der Wiel.

Krush,I (2473) - Van der Wiel,J (2490) [E32]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 26.01.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.Nge2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nd7 10.Bf4 Ndc5 11.0–0 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 b6 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.c4 Qa5 17.f3 Nc5 18.Qe3 Rfc8 19.Nb5 Bc6 20.Nd6 Rc7 21.h4 Nd7 22.Kh2 Qc5 23.Qe1 h5 24.Qg3 Nf8 25.Qg5 Ng6 26.Bg3 Ba4 27.Rd2 Rd7 28.Re1 Rad8 29.Nb7 Qb4 30.Nd6

30...Qa5 31.Ree2 Bc6 32.Rd4 Ne7 33.Red2 Qa6 34.Qxh5 Nf5 35.Rg4 Qa5 36.Qg5 1.0.


US women's champion Irian Krush beat Dutch GM John van der Wiel

Meanwhile, Negi closed by beating Grivas.

Negi,P (2526) - Grivas,E (2509) [C10]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (12), 26.01.2008
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Be7 8.Bf4 0–0 9.Bd3 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.0–0–0 Qd5 12.Kb1 Rac8 13.Ne5 c5 14.c4 Qxg2 15.Rhg1 Qh3 16.Rg3 Qh5 17.f3 g6 18.Qf1 Qh4

19.Bg5 Qxd4 20.Bxg6 Qxe5 21.Bxh7+ Nxh7 22.Bf4+ Qg7 23.Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.Rd7 Bf6 25.Rxb7 Rcd8 26.Qh3 Kh8 27.Bh6 Rg8 28.Rxf7 Rg1+ 29.Kc2 1-0.

Group C standings

Honorary Group

Ljubojevic won the inaugural Honorary Group by beating Portisch in the final round.

Ljubojevic,L (2543) - Portisch,L (2530) [E38]
Corus Honarory Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 26.01.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc5 7.b4 Be7 8.Nf3 b6 9.e4 Qc7 10.Bb2 0–0 11.Bd3 Qb8 12.b5 Na5

13.e5 Ng4 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Be4 Nxc4 16.Bxa8 Qxa8 17.Ne2 Nxb2 18.h3 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bf6 20.Ng4 Nd3+ 21.Qxd3 Bxa1 22.0–0 f5 23.Nf4 Kg8 24.Ng6 Re8 25.Rxa1 fxg4 26.hxg4 a6 27.Rc1 axb5 28.Rc3 b4 29.axb4 Qb8 30.Qd4 d6

 31.Rh3 e5 32.Qd5+ Be6 33.Qf3 1-0.

Korchnoi could have shared first by beating Timman with black, but that never looked remotely likely.


Dutch veteran GM Jan Timman beat Viktor Korchnoi to take second place

Timman,J (2561) - Korchnoi,V (2605) [C45]
Corus Honarory Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 26.01.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 bxc6 7.Nd2 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Be2 Qxf3 12.Bxf3 Nf6 13.Nb3 Bd6 14.Be3 a6 15.Ba7 Rb4 16.c3 Rb7 17.Bd4 Bg4 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.h3 Nf6 20.Rad1 Nd7 21.Rd2 Rb5 22.Rfd1 f5 23.f3 Bf4 24.Rc2 Bd6 25.Bf2 g6 26.Nd4 Rb7 27.Nc6 Nf6 28.Nd8 Rb5 29.a4 Rb3 30.Bd4 Kg7

31.Ne6+ Kf7 32.Ng5+ Kg7 33.Re1 h6 34.Re6 Rf8 35.Rxd6 hxg5 1-0.

Honorary group standings

Report by Steve Giddins, pictures Jeroen van den Belt

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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
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov - Vladimir Kramnik
½-½
Pavel Eljanov - Vishy Anand
½-½
Michael Adams - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Levon Aronian - Peter Leko
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Judit Polgar - Veselin Topalov
½-½
Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 15th
Loek van Wely - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Boris Gelfand - Judit Polgar
0-1
Peter Leko - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian
½-½
Vishy Anand - Michael Adams
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Pavel Eljanov
1-0
Teimour Radjabov - Shak. Mamedyarov
½-½
Wednesday, January 16th – Free day
Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 17th
Shak. Mamedyarov - Loek van Wely
1-0
Pavel Eljanov - Teimour Radjabov
0-1
Michael Adams - Vladimir Kramnik
½-½
Levon Aronian - Vishy Anand
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Judit Polgar - Peter Leko
½-½
Veselin Topalov - Boris Gelfand
1-0
Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Loek van Wely - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Peter Leko - Veselin Topalov
0-1
Magnus Carlsen - Judit Polgar
1-0
Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Levon Aronian
1-0
Teimour Radjabov - Michael Adams
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov - Pavel Eljanov
½-½
Group A: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 19st
Pavel Eljanov - Loek van Wely
½-½
Michael Adams - Shak. Mamedyarov
½-½
Levon Aronian - Teimour Radjabov
1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk - Vladimir Kramnik
½-½
Judit Polgar - Vishy Anand
0-1
Veselin Topalov - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Boris Gelfand - Peter Leko
½-½
Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 20nd
Loek van Wely - Peter Leko
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Vishy Anand - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Vladimir Kramnik - Judit Polgar
½-½
Teimour Radjabov - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov - Levon Aronian
½-½
Pavel Eljanov - Michael Adams
½-½
Monday, January 21st – Free day
Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 22th
Michael Adams - Loek van Wely
1-0
Levon Aronian - Pavel Eljanov
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Shak. Mamedyarov
½-½
Judit Polgar - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
Veselin Topalov - Vladimir Kramnik
1-0
Boris Gelfand - Vishy Anand
½-½
Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen
1-0
Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 23th
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen
0-1
Vishy Anand - Peter Leko
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Teimour Radjabov - Veselin Topalov
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov - Judit Polgar
½-½
Pavel Eljanov - Vassily Ivanchuk
0-1
Michael Adams - Levon Aronian
½-½
Thursday, January 24th – Free day
Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 25th
Levon Aronian - Loek van Wely
1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk - Michael Adams
½-½
Judit Polgar - Pavel Eljanov
0-1
Veselin Topalov - Shak. Mamedyarov
½-½
Boris Gelfand - Teimour Radjabov
0-1
Peter Leko - Vladimir Kramnik
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Vishy Anand
0-1
Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Loek van Wely - Vishy Anand
½-½
Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen
0-1
Teimour Radjabov - Peter Leko
½-½
Shak. Mamedyarov - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Pavel Eljanov - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Michael Adams - Judit Polgar
0-1
Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
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
1-0
Daniël Stellwagen - P. Harikrishna
½-½
Wouter Spoelman - Etienne Bacrot
0-1
Sergei Movsesian - Michal Krasenkow
1-0
Jan Smeets - Ivan Cheparinov
1-0
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Gabriel Sargissian
1-0
Erwin L’Ami - Koneru Humpy
1-0
Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 15th
Nigel Short - Koneru Humpy
½-½
Gabriel Sargissian - Erwin L’Ami
½-½
Ivan Cheparinov - Ian Nepomniachtchi
1-0
Michal Krasenkow - Jan Smeets
½-½
Etienne Bacrot - Sergei Movsesian
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Wouter Spoelman
1-0
Hou Yifan - Daniël Stellwagen
½-½
Wednesday, January 16th – Free day
Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 17th
Daniël Stellwagen - Nigel Short
½-½
Wouter Spoelman - Hou Yifan
½-½
Sergei Movsesian - P. Harikrishna
½-½
Jan Smeets - Etienne Bacrot
0-1
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Michal Krasenkow
½-½
Erwin L’Ami - Ivan Cheparinov
1-0
Koneru Humpy - Gabriel Sargissian
½-½
Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Nigel Short - Gabriel Sargissian
1-0
Ivan Cheparinov - Koneru Humpy
½-½
Michal Krasenkow - Erwin L’Ami
1-0
Etienne Bacrot - Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Jan Smeets
0-1
Hou Yifan - Sergei Movsesian
0-1
Daniël Stellwagen - Wouter Spoelman
1-0
Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 29st
Wouter Spoelman - Nigel Short
½-½
Sergei Movsesian - Daniël Stellwagen
1-0
Jan Smeets - Hou Yifan
0-1
Ian Nepomniachtchi - P. Harikrishna
½-½
Erwin L’Ami - Etienne Bacrot
½-½
Koneru Humpy - Michal Krasenkow
1-0
Gabriel Sargissian - Ivan Cheparinov
½-½
Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 20nd
Nigel Short - Ivan Cheparinov
1-0
Michal Krasenkow - Gabriel Sargissian
½-½
Etienne Bacrot - Koneru Humpy
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Erwin L’Ami
½-½
Hou Yifan - Ian Nepomniachtchi
½-½
Daniël Stellwagen - Jan Smeets
½-½
Wouter Spoelman - Sergei Movsesian
0-1
Monday, January 21st – Free day
Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 22th
Sergei Movsesian - Nigel Short
½-½
Jan Smeets - Wouter Spoelman
0-1
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Daniël Stellwagen
1-0
Erwin L’Ami - Hou Yifan
1-0
Koneru Humpy - P. Harikrishna
½-½
Gabriel Sargissian - Etienne Bacrot
½-½
Ivan Cheparinov - Michal Krasenkow
1-0
Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 23th
Nigel Short - Michal Krasenkow
1-0
Etienne Bacrot - Ivan Cheparinov
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Gabriel Sargissian
½-½
Hou Yifan - Koneru Humpy
½-½
Daniël Stellwagen - Erwin L’Ami
½-½
Wouter Spoelman - Ian Nepomniachtchi
0-1
Sergei Movsesian - Jan Smeets
1-0
Thursday, January 24th – Free day
Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 25th
Jan Smeets - Nigel Short
0-1
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Sergei Movsesian
½-½
Erwin L’Ami - Wouter Spoelman
0-1
Koneru Humpy - Daniël Stellwagen
½-½
Gabriel Sargissian - Hou Yifan
0-1
Ivan Cheparinov - P. Harikrishna
0-1
Michal Krasenkow - Etienne Bacrot
0-1
Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Nigel Short - Etienne Bacrot
½-½
P. Harikrishna - Michal Krasenkow
½-½
Hou Yifan - Ivan Cheparinov
½-½
Daniël Stellwagen - Gabriel Sargissian
½-½
Wouter Spoelman - Koneru Humpy
1-0
Sergei Movsesian - Erwin L’Ami
1-0
Jan Smeets - Ian Nepomniachtchi
1-0
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
½-½
Friso Nijboer - Li Shilong
1-0
Parimarjan Negi - John van der Wiel
1-0
Peng Zhaoqin - Arik Braun
0-1
Mark van der Werf - Pontus Carlsson
½-½
Dennis Ruijgrok - Fabiano Caruana
0-1
Dimitri Reinderman - Efstratios Grivas
½-½
Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 15th
Irina Krush - Efstratios Grivas
0-1
Fabiano Caruana - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
Pontus Carlsson - Dennis Ruijgrok
1-0
Arik Braun - Mark van der Werf
1-0
John van der Wiel - Peng Zhaoqin
½-½
Li Shilong - Parimarjan Negi
0-1
Anna Ushenina - Friso Nijboer
0-1
Wednesday, January 16th – Free day
Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 17th
Friso Nijboer - Irina Krush
1-0
Parimarjan Negi - Anna Ushenina
1-0
Peng Zhaoqin - Li Shilong
½-½
Mark van der Werf - John van der Wiel
½-½
Dennis Ruijgrok - Arik Braun
½-½
Dimitri Reinderman - Pontus Carlsson
1-0
Efstratios Grivas - Fabiano Caruana
½-½
Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 18th
Irina Krush - Fabiano Caruana
1-0
Pontus Carlsson - Efstratios Grivas
½-½
Arik Braun - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
John van der Wiel - Dennis Ruijgrok
½-½
Li Shilong - Mark van der Werf
0-1
Anna Ushenina - Peng Zhaoqin
1-0
Friso Nijboer - Parimarjan Negi
1-0
Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 19st
Parimarjan Negi - Irina Krush
1-0
Peng Zhaoqin - Friso Nijboer
½-½
Mark van der Werf - Anna Ushenina
0-1
Dennis Ruijgrok - Li Shilong
½-½
Dimitri Reinderman - John van der Wiel
½-½
Efstratios Grivas - Arik Braun
1-0
Fabiano Caruana - Pontus Carlsson
1-0
Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 20nd
Irina Krush - Pontus Carlsson
1-0
Arik Braun - Fabiano Caruana
0-1
John van der Wiel - Efstratios Grivas
1-0
Li Shilong - Dimitri Reinderman
0-1
Anna Ushenina - Dennis Ruijgrok
1-0
Friso Nijboer - Mark van der Werf
0-1
Parimarjan Negi - Peng Zhaoqin
1-0
Monday, January 21st – Free day
Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 22th
Peng Zhaoqin - Irina Krush
½-½
Mark van der Werf - Parimarjan Negi
½-½
Dennis Ruijgrok - Friso Nijboer
0-1
Dimitri Reinderman - Anna Ushenina
1-0
Efstratios Grivas - Li Shilong
0-1
Fabiano Caruana - John van der Wiel
1-0
Pontus Carlsson - Arik Braun
1-0
Group C: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 23th
Irina Krush - Arik Braun
1-0
John van der Wiel - Pontus Carlsson
½-½
Li Shilong - Fabiano Caruana
1-0
Anna Ushenina - Efstratios Grivas
1-0
Friso Nijboer - Dimitri Reinderman
1-0
Parimarjan Negi - Dennis Ruijgrok
1-0
Peng Zhaoqin - Mark van der Werf
½-½
Thursday, January 24th – Free day
Group C: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 25th
Mark van der Werf - Irina Krush
½-½
Dennis Ruijgrok - Peng Zhaoqin
0-1
Dimitri Reinderman - Parimarjan Negi
½-½
Efstratios Grivas - Friso Nijboer
½-½
Fabiano Caruana - Anna Ushenina
1-0
Pontus Carlsson - Li Shilong
½-½
Arik Braun - John van der Wiel
½-½
Group C: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 26th
Irina Krush - John van der Wiel
1-0
Li Shilong - Arik Braun
½-½
Anna Ushenina - Pontus Carlsson
0-1
Friso Nijboer - Fabiano Caruana
0-1
Parimarjan Negi - Efstratios Grivas
1-0
Peng Zhaoqin - Dimitri Reinderman
½-½
Mark van der Werf - Dennis Ruijgrok
½-½
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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