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🏆 Corus Group A (2006)

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Levon Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Sergey Karjakin, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Peter Leko, Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams, Etienne Bacrot, Loek van Wely, Ivan Sokolov, Sergei Tiviakov

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Corus Group A (2006)

Played in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 14-29 January 2006. Rest days: 18, 23 and 26 January. The rounds began at 1:30 pm, except the last round which began at 0:30 pm. Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 60 more minutes for the next 20 moves, followed by 30 more minutes to finish the game. Tournament category: XIX (2716). Tournament director: Jeroen van den Berg. Chief arbiter: Thomas van Beekum.

Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov shared the win with 9/13.

               Age Elo   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
 =1 Anand       36 2792  * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½  9
 =1 Topalov     30 2801  ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1  9
 =3 Adams       34 2707  ½ 1 * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½  7½
 =3 Ivanchuk    36 2729  0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1  7½
 =5 Gelfand     37 2723  0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1  7
 =5 Karjakin    16 2660  0 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1  7
 =7 Tiviakov    32 2669  ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½  6½
 =7 Leko        26 2740  0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½  6½
 =7 Aronian     23 2752  ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1  6½
 10 Van Wely    35 2647  0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½  6
 11 Bacrot      23 2717  0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½  5½
=12 Mamedyarov  20 2709  ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½  4½
=12 Kamsky      31 2686  1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * ½  4½
 14 Sokolov     37 2689  ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ *  4
Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2006020...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/corus...
Crosstable: https://history.tatasteelchess.com/...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...
Johan Sigeman in Tidskrift för Schack, 2/2006, pp. 6-10: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2006...
Jonathan Speelman in The Observer, 29 January 2006: https://web.archive.org/web/2014092...

Previous: Corus Group A (2005). Next: Corus Group A (2007). See also Corus Group B (2006) and Corus Group C (2006)

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Tiviakov vs Adams ½-½722006Corus Group AC77 Ruy Lopez
2. Aronian vs Ivanchuk 0-1452006Corus Group AE60 King's Indian Defense
3. Gelfand vs Leko ½-½372006Corus Group AE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
4. Van Wely vs I Sokolov ½-½412006Corus Group AD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
5. Karjakin vs Anand 0-1372006Corus Group AB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. Topalov vs Kamsky 1-0252006Corus Group AB01 Scandinavian
7. Mamedyarov vs Bacrot ½-½242006Corus Group AD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
8. Kamsky vs Gelfand 1-0412006Corus Group AD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
9. Anand vs Aronian ½-½662006Corus Group AC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
10. Leko vs Karjakin ½-½292006Corus Group AB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
11. Bacrot vs Tiviakov 1-0412006Corus Group AB32 Sicilian
12. Van Wely vs Mamedyarov ½-½492006Corus Group AE91 King's Indian
13. Adams vs Topalov 1-0422006Corus Group AB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
14. I Sokolov vs Ivanchuk 0-1732006Corus Group AE12 Queen's Indian
15. Tiviakov vs Van Wely ½-½252006Corus Group AB22 Sicilian, Alapin
16. Ivanchuk vs Anand 0-1282006Corus Group AA35 English, Symmetrical
17. Gelfand vs Adams 1-0392006Corus Group AE09 Catalan, Closed
18. Mamedyarov vs I Sokolov ½-½262006Corus Group AD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
19. Karjakin vs Kamsky 1-0322006Corus Group AB42 Sicilian, Kan
20. Topalov vs Bacrot 1-0442006Corus Group AC42 Petrov Defense
21. Aronian vs Leko ½-½312006Corus Group AE15 Queen's Indian
22. Van Wely vs Topalov 0-1432006Corus Group AD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
23. I Sokolov vs Anand ½-½152006Corus Group AD26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
24. Leko vs Ivanchuk ½-½272006Corus Group AC11 French
25. Mamedyarov vs Tiviakov ½-½522006Corus Group AE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
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Jan-01-06  hitman84: 2005 (C)
1. V. Georgiev 10½
2. N. Zhukova
A. Korotylev 10
4. E. Alekseev
E. L' Ami 9
6. W. Spoelman
H. Jonkman 6½
8. P. Negi 5½
9. M. Bosboom
L. Pliester 5
11. T. Lanchava
Z. Mamedyarova 4
13. B. Muhren 3½
14. J. Wempe 2½
Jan-01-06  zarra: <Bobak Zahmat> My predictions:

1. Topalov
2. Aronian
3. Anand
4. Kamsky
5. Bacrot
6. Gelfand
7. Kramnik
8. Ivanchuk
9. Leko
10. Karjakin
11. Adams
12. Tiviakov
13. Sokolov
14. Van Wely

Allow me to propose an addition to your simple rules. I think you should tell us how are you going to count the points that we get for our predictions. Even if you are going to use the standard method that is based on differences between predicted and true standings, you'd better say it in advance.

Jan-01-06  KingG: <hitman84> Karjakin is in the A group.

<everyone> As for prediction contest, <chessgames.com> have already announced that they will introduce a new feature in time for Corus to deal with this, so please refrain from posting predictions until then.

Jan-01-06  Bobsterman3000: Kramnik will be -1 for this tournament.
Jan-01-06  babakova: <KingG> But... Arent those the results from last year? Karjakin played in the B-tournament then.
Jan-01-06  KingG: <babakova> Yes, sorry about that, i thought they were pridictions for this year.
Jan-01-06  LancelotduLac: Here are my predictions:

1. Topalov
2. Ivanchuk
3. Anand
4. Aronian
5. Leko
6. Kramnik
7. Gelfand
8. Adams
9. Bacrot
10.Kamsky
11.Van Wely
12.Tiviakov
13.Karjakin
14.Sokolov

Jan-01-06  Udit Narayan: Dark horses for this tournament:

Kamsky, Tiviakov, Aronian, Bacrot, Ivanchuk (depends on your perspective), and Karjakin.

Karjakin is the youngest participant in Group A, so it will be interesting to see how he fares against the big boys.

Topalov and Kramnik will treat us to a great rivalry.

Anand is bitter (perhaps not?) after what Topalov did to him at San Luis.

In summation, this will be one hell of a tournament, perhaps even more spectacular than Corus 2005.

Jan-01-06  hidude: Anand: 2797
Topalov: 2801
Leko: 2763
Ivanchuk: 2752
Kramnik: 2811
Bacrot: 2781
Aronian: 2724
Adams: 2755
Gelfand: 2724
Tiviakov: 2724
Sokolov: 2706 (No picture in the database)
Kamsky: 2745
Karjakin: 2660 (He has one game in the database)
Van Wely: 2714
Those were highest rating achieved. And now for Records to break 2724 tie with Gelfand, Aronian, and Tivakov. 2724’s: Gelfand has a 3.5-2.5 career advantage against Aronian. Gelfand and Tiviakov are dead even. Aronian and Tiviakov are dead even. So my final crosstable guess is: 1. Topalov
2. Leko
3. Anand
4. Kramnik
5. Bacrot
6. Ivanchuk
7. Adams
8. Kamsky
9. Gelfand
10. Aronian
11. Tiviakov
12. Van Wely
13. Sokolov
14. Karjakin

(No offense, Karjakin) ;)
How come no one predicts Topalov will win?

Jan-01-06  hidude: All americans, Wouldnt it be a thing is Kamsky Won?
Too bad he needs to beat Toppy to do it! (And anand and leko)
Jan-01-06  Udit Narayan: If Kamsky wins, Bobby Fischer will play Karpov.
Jan-01-06  LancelotduLac: <hidude> I predicted a Topalov win
Jan-01-06  hidude: You think toppy too?
Jan-01-06  hidude: <LancelotduLac> you're great!!
Jan-01-06  Udit Narayan: Toppy is probably out of steam. In an effort to show that he is convincingly better than Kramnik, he will be his own worst enemy. Kramnik has his number, remember that!
Jan-01-06  LancelotduLac: Kramnik will be under at least as much pressure as Topalov... and he has more to prove, given his recent results.
Jan-01-06
Premium Chessgames Member		  cu8sfan: Here's what I think about the A group:

<Topalov>: 2005 was his year - beginning with Sofia. He'll be poised to show he really IS the champion. If his mindset ("I'm not afraid of losing") hasn't changed since San Luis he'll finish in the top 3. 1st - 3rd

<Anand>: Wijk aan Zee is his tournament, he always shows good results and his motivation will be to beat Topalov. 1st - 3rd

<Gelfand>: He's had a decent year but didn't have to face the highest rated players. He's my surprise pick for this tournament. 1st - 3rd

<Aronian>: The new World Cup Champion and number 5 on the rating list will continue his strong form. 4th - 6th

<Leko>: After winning last year's tournament things didn't seem to go as planned for him. His ego could use a boost so we'll see fighting chess by Leko - I hope. 4th - 6th.

<Ivanchuk>: He's had a dismal year and lost early at the World Cup. It will be interesting to see whether he can stop the fall or not. 4th - 6th.

<Karjakin>: His short outing at the World Cup doesn't mean anything. Young players improve on a daily basis. Karjakin will be strong and prepared but he's just not ready yet for the top places. 7th - 9th

<Kramnik>: He didn't seem strong at the Russian Championship. I think he's lost the interest in the game and his "illness" is purely his attitude and his approach. 7th - 9th

<Bacrot>: He's my surprise pick for underachiever. He'll probably be much better than that. 7th - 9th

<Kamsky>: Kamsky was surprisingly strong at the World Cup. The fact that I place him this low has more to do with the rest of the field than his own strengths. 10th - 12th

<Adams>: He's had a busy year and showed signs of fatigue towards the end of the year. 2005 will have taken its toll on him. 10th - 12th

<Tiviakov>: Honestly, I don't know this guy except his name. (-: 10th - 12th

<van Wely>: He keeps on surprising me. He gets invited to play the best and often seems to be able to stand his ground. But more than a finish in the lower third won't be possible. 13th - 14th

<Sokolov>: Well, someone needs to finish last... I think the field this year is very strong. 13th - 14th

Jan-01-06  LancelotduLac: This tournament will produce many beautiful and memorable games
Jan-01-06  Inf: wondering if granda-zuñiga is playing on thi tour? can someone give me feeback on that?
Jan-01-06
Premium Chessgames Member		  Ron: Anand-Topalov seems to be one of the great chess rivalries today. I would like to see their chess confrontation as a live feed here.
Jan-01-06  babakova: 1. Anand-- I think he´ll have a very strong showing and will be a very dangerous competitor for everyone else.

2. Leko-- He wont blunder much and will pounce on the weaker players.

3. Adams-- He always does well in wijk an zee and will be eager to redeem himself for 2005.

4.Topalov-- He is the champ and played great in San Luis, but I think some oversharp games in corus will prevent him from taking a higher spot.

5. Aronian-- He is a relatively new top-player which may be to his advantage. Maybe he´ll still be on a hot streak.

6. Kramnik-- He did poorly in the russian championship, either he finishes around here or he´ll crash in the bottom.

7. Gelfand-- He is very solid and did well in the FIDE world cup and is capable of beating anyone in the field.

8. Ivanchuk-- Unfortunately I think he will draw a large portion of his games.

9. Bacrot-- He went far in the world cup but hasnt been very impressive overall.

10. Karjakin-- Maybe a bit pessimistic to put him this far down since he has proved earlier that he is quite capable of swimming with the big fishies, but it will be tricky for him to do any better.

11. Kamsky-- I think his semi-retirement has taken a toll on his game. It will be a difficult tournament for him.

12.Van Wely-- Of the dutchies he has the most experience of playing top GM:s and this will gain him some point, as to not finish last.

13. Sokolov-- I think he will draw and lose a lot.

14. Tiviakov-- He played in the 2001 edition I believe and did not impress. This wont be his year either.

Jan-01-06  THE pawn: I'm not especially for Topalov, as I love almost all players on the field, but I think it would be great if 2006 proves to be another extremely successful year for him. It would reassure all of us, as we need a stable world champion that wins lots of tournaments!
Jan-01-06  like a GM: 1.Anand
2.Topalov
3.Aronian
4.Leko
5.ivanchuk

and the others :p

Jan-01-06  percyblakeney: Many interesting questions before Corus: How will Karjakin manage in such a strong field (he drew four classical games against Kramnik and Leko already in Dortmund 2004), can Kamsky show something of his strength from ten years ago, and what will Aronian's first tournament of this sort result in? Will Kramnik play better than in Moscow and Topalov worse than in San Luis (fairly probable in both cases), and what will Ivanchuk do? Has Adams found his form, will Bacrot get his revenge on Aronian, will Leko play well in Wijk once more, or disappoint again? Will the games Topalov-Anand and Topalov-Kramnik live up to the expectations? This tournament sure will be interesting to follow...
Jan-01-06  Whitehat1963: Rooting for Topalov and Ivanchuk, and I think they'll both do exceptionally well. I think Anand, Kramnik and Leko play just a bit too cautiously for tournament wins. They'll get a lot of draws.
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