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Wijk an Zee Corus Chess Tournament

Viswanathan Anand8.5/13(+5 -1 =7)[view games]
Peter Leko8/13(+3 -0 =10)[view games]
Michael Adams8/13(+4 -1 =8)[view games]
Veselin Topalov7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[view games]
Viktor Bologan7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[view games]
Vladimir Kramnik6.5/13(+3 -3 =7)[view games]
Loek Van Wely6.5/13(+2 -2 =9)[view games]
Evgeny Bareev6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[view games]
Vladimir Akopian6/13(+3 -4 =6)[view games]
Peter Svidler6/13(+2 -3 =8)[view games]
Alexey Shirov6/13(+2 -3 =8)[view games]
Zhong Zhang5/13(+1 -4 =8)[view games]
Ivan Sokolov5/13(+1 -4 =8)[view games]
Jan Timman4/13(+2 -7 =4)[view games]

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Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Timman vs Leko 0-160 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessA30 English, Symmetrical
2. Shirov vs Bologan  0-140 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessC42 Petrov Defense
3. Zhong Zhang vs Leko  0-156 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessB23 Sicilian, Closed
4. Topalov vs Bareev 0-149 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessC19 French, Winawer, Advance
5. Van Wely vs Bologan 0-125 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessE12 Queen's Indian
6. Bareev vs Timman 0-140 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
7. Timman vs Zhong Zhang  0-140 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessE15 Queen's Indian
8. Zhong Zhang vs Anand 0-140 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessB40 Sicilian
9. Bologan vs Timman 0-159 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessC00 French Defense
10. Timman vs Van Wely 0-140 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessA34 English, Symmetrical
11. Timman vs Topalov  0-157 2004 Wijk an Zee Corus ChessA04 Reti Opening
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Feb-03-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  technical draw: Are we talking about the same Polgar that WON Corus last year?
Feb-03-04  Benjamin Lau: Refutor, overall scores matter more IMO.
Feb-03-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  refutor: well look at the overall record since 1999 for instance then ;)
Feb-03-04  PinkPanther: <technical draw>
Probably not, since Polgar has never won Corus.
Feb-03-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  technical draw: <PinkPanther> You are right. I stand corrected. She came in second, undefeated, half a point behind Anand. A terrible showing.
Feb-04-04  PinkPanther: <technical draw>
There is a difference between coming in second and winning the tournament, which you felt compelled to put in all caps, by the way. Don't you think?
Feb-04-04  Kaspablanca: Didnt Macieja(spelling?)crushed Polgar in a match, i think 5-1 or something like that.
Feb-04-04  Zidane: ok why is Adams not playing? he sure seems to be neglected over Radjabov and Pons. and not having Svidler, Grischuk or Ponomariov is too much of farce they are trying to pull. If Linares has to stay as the top notch tournament they need to invite top tenners instead of local losers! I don't mind the field to be stretched but have some solid 2700+ players. radjabov is at 2650! which is not even in the top 35! some 15 yrs back it would've been ok but not anymore when there are almost 15 players at 2700 and above and the Linares field is restricted to only 6 players ! [with two of them at 2662 and 2650]
Feb-04-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Reisswolf: Hey, I just realised something. <A>nand was the winner of Group <A>, <B>ruzon of Group <B> and <C>arlsen of Group <C>.

I think this tournament was fixed!

Feb-04-04  Zidane: ok here is the latest list of all the players that have confirmed their participation. http://www.aeroflotchess.com/listco... As you can see none of the 2700+ players are in it !
Feb-04-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Reisswolf: I thought Anand was going to be there. What happened?

So Anand has not been invited to Aeroflot or to Linares? Sucks for him!

Feb-04-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: I'm sure Anand was invited but declined them both.

Sucks for them!

Feb-04-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  technical draw: <PinkPanther> Like I said, I stand corrected. I was just confusing Corus with other tournaments that she WON.
Feb-04-04  apple head: lol just cause a you Kramnik fans are dissapointed that Anand won its over, Vishy won this tournament 2 times in a row!!
Mar-30-04  solkrov: anand of india, asia's 1st world chess champion, is to chess as yao ming of china, asia's first nba top draft pick, is to basketball or as manny pacquiao of philippines is to boxing. shall we say that the eagles have landed? maybe yes, because it is in excellence where eagles dare.
May-01-04  ruylopez900: Does anyone know who has been invited to Wijk for next year's Group A (if such invites have gone out already??) I think Wijk has a better chance of producing exciting chess since there is a larger field (more likely someone will score 1/2 pt more if draw) and also it isn't a RR, so you could lose the tournament to some one you never play (unlikely though). Correct me if it actually is a RR, but I was under the impression that it is not.
Jun-10-04  salokin: It's actually Wijk AAN Zee (two a's!)
Sep-22-04  Phoenix: acirce has posted this link somewhere else, and it gives a list of participants so far (12 currently, need 2 more).

http://www.coruschess.com/article.p...
List of participants so far, include: Anand (2782), Kramnik (2770), Morozevich (2743), Leko (2741), Adams (2738), Topalov (2737), Svidler (2727), Ponomariov (2722), Grischuk (2705), Short (2684), Van Wely (2680), Sokolov (2679), average rating is 2726(!). IMHO this is an incredible lineup! Even if Kasparov doesn't show, this could be the strongest tournament in awhile. Lots to look forward to come January!

Sep-22-04  square dance: that is a tournament! any announcements on who will be at linares next year?
Sep-22-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Willem Wallekers: <It's actually Wijk AAN Zee (two a's!)> It's Wijk aan Zee with 2 lower case a's.
Nov-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: Funny how chessgames.com changes. Last year's Corus tournament has 11 pages of kibitzing and today we get this amount for ONE DAY of a tournament of that size!
Nov-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Reisswolf: Doesn't the name actually mean "Little Village on the Sea"?
Nov-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: According to http://babelfish.altavista.com/ "wijk" means "district" so it is the district by the sea.
Nov-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  suenteus po 147: <cu8sfan> This site has had quite a boon in the last year of increased user registration and participation. It will be interesting to see if that increase continues or if it will top off.
Mar-28-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Willem Wallekers: <Reisswolf: Doesn't the name actually mean "Little Village on the Sea"? > Yes it does, or settlement, neighbourhood, quarter, something like that,
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