Wijk aan Zee 2010 – Round six report
Report by Steve Giddins
Photos by Nadja Woisin and Gallina Tiviakova
On paper, round six should have been one of the most exciting so far, since
it featured two mouth-watering clashes between the favourites: Anand-Carlsen
and Ivanchuk-Nakamura. Sad to relate, though, both turned out to be what Harry
Golombek once described as "games not calculated to add greatly to the
sum total of human happiness". The latter was the first real GM-draw of
the event, lasting just 16 theoretical moves and barely 30 minutes' playing
time, whilst the former was a 26-move draw in a theoretical Dragon Sicilian.
Results of the day
| Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
| Vishy Anand - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Alexei Shirov - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Sergey Karjakin - Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Sergey Tiviakov |
1-0 |
Peter Leko - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
|
| Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Erwin l'Ami - Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
Pentala Harikrishna - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Wesley So |
0-1 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
Ni Hua - Anna Muzychuk |
1-0 |
Emil Sutovsky - David Howell |
1-0 |
Tomi Nyback - Anish Giri |
0-1 |
|
| Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Soumya Swaminathan - Robin v. Kampen |
0-1 |
Kjetil Lie - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Nils Grandelius - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Daniele Vocaturo |
1-0 |
Ray Robson - Benjamin Bok |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Peng Zhaoqin |
½-½ |
Mariya Muzychuk - Stefan Kuipers |
0-1 |
|
|
Shirov's 100% start was finally ended by Nigel Short, who chose a favourite
variation of the main line Spanish, and held a comfortable draw.
Shirov,A (2723) - Short,N (2696) [C96]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 22.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–0
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Re8
14.b3. 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.e5 lead to a white brilliancy in Smeets-Short,
Staunton Memorial 2008: 15...Nf8 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Ne4 Ne6 18.h4 Qc7 19.Neg5 Bxg5
20.Nxg5 Nxg5 21.Bxg5 h6 22.Qd3 hxg5 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qxg7 Rg8 26.Qf6+
Kf8 27.e6 Nc6 28.hxg5 Rd8 29.Qh6+ Rg7 30.g6 fxg6 31.Qh8+ Rg8 32.Qf6+ Ke8 33.Bxg6+
Rxg6 34.Qxg6+ Kf8 35.Re3 1–0 However, Short has repeated the opening at least
twice since then, so he is clearly confident in an improvement, and Shirov presumably
agrees with him.
14...Nc6 15.Bb2 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bb7 18.a4 Bf6 19.Nf3 bxa4 20.Rxa4
Rc8 21.Bd3 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Rxc5 23.Bxa6 Bc6 24.Rc4 Rxc4 25.Bxc4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Bxe4
27.Bd5 Bxf3 28.Qxf3 Qe7 29.g3 g6 30.b4 Bd4 31.Kg2 ½-½. [Click
to replay]
Lenier Dominguez has been less conspicuous in this event than last year, but
today he heaped more misery on the Dutch contingent, by opening his winning
account at the expense of Tiviakov.
Dominguez Perez,L (2712) - Tiviakov,S (2662) [E00]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 22.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.0–0 dxc4
9.a4 Nd5 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Nd2 Bb4 12.Nxc4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bxc3 14.Rc1 Bb4 15.Qb3 a5
16.e4
White has a large space advantage for his pawn, and Black is passive, if very
solid. Such pawn sacrifices are standard in the Catalan, and in this game, Black
never solves his queenside development problems. 16...Nb6 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Nd3
Qb6 19.Be3 Be7 20.Qc2 Qd8 21.Rfd1 Nf6 22.h3 Ne8 23.Qb3 Nc7 24.Ne5 Bb4 25.Nd3
Qe7 26.Nxb4 Qxb4 27.Qc2
27...Re8? 27...Na6 seems essential. The text allows a decisive breakthrough.
28.d5 exd5 29.exd5 Na6 30.dxc6 bxc6 31.Qxc6 Bf5 32.Qb5 Be4 33.Rc4 Qxb5 34.axb5
Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Nb4 36.b6 Rab8 37.Rd7 h6 38.b7 1-0. [Click
to replay]
Peter Leko also opened his winning account, at the expense of Caruana. Obscure
complications left the Hungarian with a piece for several pawns, and he eventually
managed to consolidate everything and win.
Leko,P (2739) - Caruana,F (2675) [C78]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 22.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8
9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 0–0 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.Re1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nh5 15.Kh1
Qf6 16.Rg1
Thus far all theory, 16...Nf4 being usual here. 16...exd4 17.Bg5
Qe5 18.Bd5 dxc3 19.Bxc6 cxb2 20.Rb1 Bxf2 21.Rg2 Rb6 22.Rxf2 Qxg5 23.Rc2 Nf4
24.Qf1 d5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Rcxb2 Qc5 28.Rc1 Qe5 29.Rbb1 Rfb8 30.Na3
Rb2 31.Rxb2 Rxb2
32.Rc2 Rb8 33.Nc4 Qf4 34.Nd2 h5 35.Qe2 Ra8 36.Rc4 Qd6 37.Nf1 f5 38.Ng3 Ra1+
39.Kg2 f4 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qxh5+ Kg8 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qe4+ Kg8 44.Qxf4 Ra2+ 45.Kh3
1-0. [Click to replay]
Finally, in the day's longest game, Kramnik won again, ain the process condemning
his sometime second Loek van Wely, to his fifth straight loss. In a typical
KID structure, the Dutchman's 39th allowed a thematic piece sacrifice on c5,
and then failed to find a way to stop the pawns.
Kramnik,V (2788) - Van Wely,L (2641) [E92]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 22.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 Ng4 9.Bg5
f6 10.Bh4 c5 11.0–0 Nh6 12.a3 Na6 13.Ne1 Qe7 14.Nd3 g5 15.Bg3 f5 16.f3 f4 17.Bf2
Rf6 18.b4 b6 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Rb1 Nf7 21.Qa4 Nd8 22.Rb2 h5 23.Rfb1 Rg6 24.h3
Bf6 25.Kf1 Qd7 26.Bd1 g4 27.fxg4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Qxa4 29.Bxa4 Bxg4 30.Bb5 Nc7 31.Bc6
Rc8 32.Rb8 Rxb8 33.Rxb8 Kh7 34.Ba4 Rg7 35.Bd1 Na6 36.Ra8 Bxd1 37.Nxd1 Rb7 38.Nc3
Nc7 39.Rc8 Nf7? 39...Ne8 would prevent what follows.
40.Bxc5! dxc5 41.Nxc5 Nd6 42.Nxb7 Nxc8 43.c5 Na6 44.Ke2 Kg6 45.Kd3 Be7 46.Na4
Kg5 47.Kc4 Bxc5 48.Naxc5 Nxc5 49.Kxc5 Kg4 50.d6 Nb6 51.Kc6 Kg3 52.Nc5 Kxg2 53.d7
Nxd7 54.Nxd7 f3 55.Nxe5 f2 56.Ng4 1-0. [Click
to replay]
Loek van Wely
With play being relatively quiet in the A Group, the two young guns of the
B and C Groups can take centre stage. Both Giri and Robson won, taking their
scores to 5/6 and 5.5/6 respectively. Giri showed considerable audacity and
should probably have been punished, but his opponent 's position collapsed completely,
in the run up to the time control.
Anish Giri, 15, Dutch Champion 2010, who has now scored 5.0/6 with a 2926
performance
Nyback,T (2643) - Giri,A (2588) [D12]
Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 22.01.2010
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.0–0–0 Qb6 14.Qa4 a5 15.e4
dxe4 16.fxe4 Bb4 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Qa3+ Qb4 20.Qe3 c5 21.d5 Kd6
Full marks for creativity. This looks very risky, but Black manages to shelter
his king behind the dark-square central blockade, whilst it is the white monarch
which comes under deadly attack. 22.a3 Qa4 23.Rd3 b5 24.Rc3 Rhc8 25.Be2 Ne5
26.Kd2 b4 27.Rc2 bxa3 28.bxa3 Rab8 29.Rhc1 c4 30.Rc3 Rb2+ 31.R1c2 Qb5 32.Rxb2
Qxb2+ 33.Rc2 Qb1 34.Qc3 Rc5 35.g3 f5 36.Rb2 Qxe4 37.Kc1 Nd3+
0-1. [Click to replay]
Anish Giri discusses his game in the press center
Ray Robson's win was the result of a sharp tactical eye.
Robson,R (2570) - Bok,B (2322) [C78]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 22.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Qd3 0–0 12.Bg5 exd4 13.cxd4 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Nh5
16.Nc3 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Ne5 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.Rad1 c6 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Kh1 Qg7
22.e5. The engines are initially very sceptical of this double pawn
sacrifice, clearly believing, along with the poet John
Keats, that "a thing of booty is a joy forever". However, they
start to change their view, after White's 25th move. 22...dxe5 23.Ne4 Bxd4
24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Bc2 g4 26.Nh7 f5. 26...Rd8 27.Rxf7 Qxf7 28.Qxh6 Qg7 29.Qh4
wins. 27.Nxf8 Qxf8 28.Be4 c5 29.Qc2 f4 30.gxf4 exf4
31.Rxd4! cxd4 32.Qc7 Bf5 33.Bxf5 Qxf5 34.Qxb8+ Kg7 35.Qxf4 1-0. [Click
to replay]
The Hotel-Restaurant Zeeduin, where all the Group A players stay, is
located...
... just 50 metres from the beach, which in January is cold, windswept and
empty
The village of Wijk aan Zee, host to one of the great chess tournaments in the
world
The De Moriaan Community Centre, where all three groups (and the amateur events)
take place
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Video reports by Europe Echecs
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report by GM Robert Fontaine
Schedule of commentators live on Playchess
| 16th Jan |
FM Valeri Lilov |
5:00 p.m. |
| 17th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
5:00 p.m. |
| 18th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 19th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 20th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 21st Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
| 22nd Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
| 23rd Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
|
| 24th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 25th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 26th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 27th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
| 28th Jan |
Free Day |
|
| 29th Jan |
GM Daniel King |
3:30 p.m. |
| 30th Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
2:15 p.m. |
| 31st Jan |
GM Yasser Seirawan |
1:00 p.m. |
|
Friday's commentator on Playchess was GM Daniel King
Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group A
| Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16th |
| Sergey Karjakin - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Peter Leko - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Fabiano Caruana - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely - Nigel Short |
1-0 |
|
| Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
| Vishy Anand - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Magnus Carlsen - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Alexei Shirov - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
|
| Group A: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
| Leinier Dominguez - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Peter Leko - Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Jan Smeets - Vassily Ivanchuk |
0-1 |
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Hikaru Nakamura |
0-1 |
|
| Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
| Vishy Anand - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Alexei Shirov - Jan Smeets |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Tiviakov |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin - Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Peter Leko |
½-½ |
|
| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
| Peter Leko - Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana - Leinier Dominguez |
½-½ |
Sergey Tiviakov - Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets - Vladimir Kramnik |
0-1 |
Loek van Wely - Alexei Shirov |
0-1 |
Nigel Short - Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
|
| Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
| Vishy Anand - Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk - Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Alexei Shirov - Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik - Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Sergey Karjakin - Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Leinier Dominguez - Sergey Tiviakov |
1-0 |
Peter Leko - Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
|
| Group A: Round 7- Sat. Jan. 23rd |
| Fabiano Caruana - Vishy Anand |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Peter Leko |
|
Jan Smeets - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Loek van Wely - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Nigel Short - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Alexei Shirov |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
|
| Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
| Vishy Anand - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Alexei Shirov - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Nigel Short |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Loek van Wely |
|
Peter Leko - Jan Smeets |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
|
| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
| Sergey Tiviakov - Vishy Anand |
|
Jan Smeets - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Loek van Wely - Peter Leko |
|
Nigel Short - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexei Shirov |
|
|
| Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
| Vishy Anand - Alexei Shirov |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Peter Leko - Nigel Short |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Loek van Wely |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Smeets |
|
|
| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
| Jan Smeets - Vishy Anand |
|
Loek van Wely - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
Nigel Short - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Peter Leko |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Karjakin |
|
Alexei Shirov - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
|
| Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
| Vishy Anand - Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Sergey Karjakin - Alexei Shirov |
|
Leinier Dominguez - Vassily Ivanchuk |
|
Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen |
|
Fabiano Caruana - Hikaru Nakamura |
|
Sergey Tiviakov - Nigel Short |
|
Jan Smeets - Loek van Wely |
|
|
| Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
| Loek van Wely - Vishy Anand |
|
Nigel Short - Jan Smeets |
|
Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Tiviakov |
|
Magnus Carlsen - Fabiano Caruana |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk - Peter Leko |
|
Alexei Shirov - Leinier Dominguez |
|
Vladimir Kramnik - Sergey Karjakin |
|
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Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group B
| Group B: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16th |
Ni Hua - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Dimitri Reinderman |
1-0 |
Tomi Nyback - Liviu Nisipeanu |
0-1 |
Anish Giri - Pentala Harikrishna |
1-0 |
David Howell - Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Anna Muzychuk - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Wesley So |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
Erwin l'Ami - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Arkadij Naiditsch |
0-1 |
Parimarjan Negi - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Pentala Harikrishna - David Howell |
½-½ |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Anish Giri |
0-1 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Tomi Nyback |
0-1 |
Ni Hua - Emil Sutovsky |
1-0 |
|
| Group B: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
Emil Sutovsky - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Tomi Nyback - Ni Hua |
0-1 |
Anish Giri - Dimitri Reinderman |
½-½ |
David Howell - Liviu Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Anna Muzychuk - Pentala Harikrishna |
0-1 |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Wesley So - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
|
| Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Erwin l'Ami - Varuzhan Akobian |
1-0 |
Parimarjan Negi - Wesley So |
½-½ |
Pentala Harikrishna - Arkadij Naiditsch |
1-0 |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Anna Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Dimitri Reinderman - David Howell |
0-1 |
Ni Hua - Anish Giri |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky - Tomi Nyback |
0-1 |
|
| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Tomi Nyback - Erwin l'Ami |
½-½ |
Anish Giri - Emil Sutovsky |
1-0 |
David Howell - Ni Hua |
1-0 |
Anna Muzychuk - Dimitri Reinderman |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Liviu Nisipeanu |
1-0 |
Wesley So - Pentala Harikrishna |
½-½ |
Varuzhan Akobian - Parimarjan Negi |
0-1 |
|
| Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Erwin l'Ami - Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
Pentala Harikrishna - Varuzhan Akobian |
½-½ |
Liviu Nisipeanu - Wesley So |
0-1 |
Dimitri Reinderman - Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
Ni Hua - Anna Muzychuk |
1-0 |
Emil Sutovsky - David Howell |
1-0 |
Tomi Nyback - Anish Giri |
0-1 |
|
| Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 23rd |
Anish Giri - Erwin l'Ami |
|
David Howell - Tomi Nyback |
|
Anna Muzychuk - Emil Sutovsky |
|
Arkadij Naiditsch - Ni Hua |
|
Wesley So - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Varuzhan Akobian - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Parimarjan Negi - Pentala Harikrishna |
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| Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
Erwin l'Ami - Pentala Harikrishna |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Parimarjan Negi |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
Ni Hua - Wesley So |
|
Emil Sutovsky - Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
Tomi Nyback - Anna Muzychuk |
|
Anish Giri - David Howell |
|
|
| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
David Howell - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Anna Muzychuk - Anish Giri |
|
Arkadij Naiditsch - Tomi Nyback |
|
Wesley So - Emil Sutovsky |
|
Varuzhan Akobian - Ni Hua |
|
Parimarjan Negi - Dimitri Reinderman |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Liviu Nisipeanu |
|
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| Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Erwin l'Ami - Liviu Nisipeanu |
|
Dimitri Reinderman - Pentala Harikrishna |
|
Ni Hua - Parimarjan Negi |
|
Emil Sutovsky - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
Tomi Nyback - Wesley So |
|
Anish Giri - Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
David Howell - Anna Muzychuk |
|
|
| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
Anna Muzychuk - Erwin l'Ami |
|
Arkadij Naiditsch - David Howell |
|
Wesley So - Anish Giri |
|
Varuzhan Akobian - Tomi Nyback |
|
Parimarjan Negi - Emil Sutovsky |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Ni Hua |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Dimitri Reinderman |
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| Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
Erwin l'Ami - Dimitri Reinderman |
|
Ni Hua - Liviu Nisipeanu |
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Emil Sutovsky - Pentala Harikrishna |
|
Tomi Nyback - Parimarjan Negi |
|
Anish Giri - Varuzhan Akobian |
|
David Howell - Wesley So |
|
Anna Muzychuk - Arkadij Naiditsch |
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| Group B: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
Arkadij Naiditsch - Erwin l'Ami |
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Wesley So - Anna Muzychuk |
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Varuzhan Akobian - David Howell |
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Parimarjan Negi - Anish Giri |
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Pentala Harikrishna - Tomi Nyback |
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Liviu Nisipeanu - Emil Sutovsky |
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Dimitri Reinderman - Ni Hua |
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Schedule and results of Grandmaster Group C
| Group C: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 16th |
Ray Robson - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Abhijeet Gupta |
½-½ |
Mariya Muzychuk - Nils Grandelius |
0-1 |
Stefan Kuipers - Kjetil Lie |
½-½ |
Peng Zhaoqin - Robin van Kampen |
½-½ |
Benjamin Bok - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Daniele Vocaturo - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
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| Group C: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 17th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Sjoerd Plukkel |
½-½ |
Li Chao - Daniele Vocaturo |
½-½ |
Robin van Kampen - Benjamin Bok |
½-½ |
Kjetil Lie - Peng Zhaoqin |
0-1 |
Nils Grandelius - Stefan Kuipers |
0-1 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Mariya Muzychuk |
½-½ |
Ray Robson - Robin Swinkels |
1-0 |
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| Group C: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 18th |
Robin Swinkels - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Mariya Muzychuk - Ray Robson |
½-½ |
Stefan Kuipers - Abhijeet Gupta |
0-1 |
Peng Zhaoqin - Nils Grandelius |
½-½ |
Benjamin Bok - Kjetil Lie |
0-1 |
Daniele Vocaturo - Robin van Kampen |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Li Chao |
0-1 |
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| Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 19th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Robin van Kampen - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
Kjetil Lie - Daniele Vocaturo |
1-0 |
Nils Grandelius - Benjamin Bok |
0-1 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Peng Zhaoqin |
½-½ |
Ray Robson - Stefan Kuipers |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Mariya Muzychuk |
1-0 |
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| Wednesday, January 20th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 21st |
Mariya Muzychuk - Soumya Swaminathan |
1-0 |
Stefan Kuipers - Robin Swinkels |
½-½ |
Peng Zhaoqin - Ray Robson |
0-1 |
Benjamin Bok - Abhijeet Gupta |
½-½ |
Daniele Vocaturo - Nils Grandelius |
1-0 |
Sjoerd Plukkel - Kjetil Lie |
½-½ |
Li Chao - Robin van Kampen |
½-½ |
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| Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 22nd |
Soumya Swaminathan - Robin v. Kampen |
0-1 |
Kjetil Lie - Li Chao |
0-1 |
Nils Grandelius - Sjoerd Plukkel |
1-0 |
Abhijeet Gupta - Daniele Vocaturo |
1-0 |
Ray Robson - Benjamin Bok |
1-0 |
Robin Swinkels - Peng Zhaoqin |
½-½ |
Mariya Muzychuk - Stefan Kuipers |
0-1 |
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| Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 23rd |
Stefan Kuipers - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Benjamin Bok - Robin Swinkels |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Ray Robson |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Li Chao - Nils Grandelius |
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Robin van Kampen - Kjetil Lie |
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| Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 24th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Kjetil Lie |
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Nils Grandelius - Robin van Kampen |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Li Chao |
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Ray Robson - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Robin Swinkels - Daniele Vocaturo |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Benjamin Bok |
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Stefan Kuipers - Peng Zhaoqin |
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| Monday, January 25th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 26th |
Peng Zhaoqin - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Benjamin Bok - Stefan Kuipers |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Robin Swinkels |
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Li Chao - Ray Robson |
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Robin van Kampen - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Kjetil Lie - Nils Grandelius |
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| Group C: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 27th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Nils Grandelius |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Kjetil Lie |
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Ray Robson - Robin van Kampen |
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Robin Swinkels - Li Chao |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Stefan Kuipers - Daniele Vocaturo |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Benjamin Bok |
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| Thursday, January 28th –
Free day |
| Group C: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 29th |
Benjamin Bok - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Daniele Vocaturo - Peng Zhaoqin |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Stefan Kuipers |
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Li Chao - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Robin van Kampen - Robin Swinkels |
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Kjetil Lie - Ray Robson |
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Nils Grandelius - Abhijeet Gupta |
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| Group C: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 30th |
Soumya Swaminathan - Abhijeet Gupta |
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Ray Robson - Nils Grandelius |
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Robin Swinkels - Kjetil Lie |
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Mariya Muzychuk - Robin van Kampen |
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Stefan Kuipers - Li Chao |
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Peng Zhaoqin - Sjoerd Plukkel |
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Benjamin Bok - Daniele Vocaturo |
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| Group C: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 31st |
Daniele Vocaturo - Soumya Swaminathan |
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Sjoerd Plukkel - Benjamin Bok |
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Li Chao - Peng Zhaoqin |
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Robin van Kampen - Stefan Kuipers |
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Kjetil Lie - Mariya Muzychuk |
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Nils Grandelius - Robin Swinkels |
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Abhijeet Gupta - Ray Robson |
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Schedule (playing days)
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Games begin at 13:30h local time (15:30 Moscow, 12:30 London, 7:30 a.m. NY),
except for the last round on January 31st, which begins at 12:30h. There are
three rest days, on January 20th, 25th, and 28th. For all three groups the rate
of play is 100 minutes/40 moves + 50 minutes/20 moves + 15 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Location: The tournament takes place in the De Moriaan Community
Centre (Dorpsduinen 4, 1949 EG Wijk aan Zee). There is running commentary on
the games of the Grandmaster Groups in a special Chess Pavilion, on the Village
Green in Wijk aan Zee (one minute walk from De Moriaan).
Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase
Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program
to read, replay and analyse PGN games. New and enhanced: CB Light 2009!
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