Corsica Masters (2004)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Alexey Shirov, Etienne Bacrot, Alexander Motylev, Sergei Rublevsky, Mikhail Gurevich, Csaba Balogh, Zhang Pengxiang, Alon Greenfeld, Nenad Sulava, Amir Bagheri

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Balogh vs Rublevsky   1-0 28 2004 Corsica Masters B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 2. Shirov vs Motylev 0-1 35 2004 Corsica Masters E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 3. Topalov vs Rublevsky 0-1 48 2004 Corsica Masters B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 4. Shirov vs Motylev   1-0 32 2004 Corsica Masters D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. Bacrot vs A Greenfeld   1-0 55 2004 Corsica Masters A05 Reti Opening 6. Anand vs M Gurevich 1-0 24 2004 Corsica Masters C11 French 7. Rublevsky vs Topalov 1-0 40 2004 Corsica Masters B40 Sicilian 8. Shirov vs Zhang Pengxiang 1-0 46 2004 Corsica Masters B30 Sicilian 9. Motylev vs Shirov 1-0 45 2004 Corsica Masters C48 Four Knights 10. A Greenfeld vs Bacrot   ½-½ 44 2004 Corsica Masters D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. M Gurevich vs Anand 0-1 60 2004 Corsica Masters E46 Nimzo-Indian 12. Zhang Pengxiang vs Shirov   ½-½ 54 2004 Corsica Masters B33 Sicilian 13. Motylev vs Shirov   ½-½ 38 2004 Corsica Masters B33 Sicilian 14. C Balogh vs Bacrot 0-1 70 2004 Corsica Masters C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 15. Zhang Pengxiang vs Shirov 1-0 48 2004 Corsica Masters B33 Sicilian 16. N Sulava vs Anand   ½-½ 19 2004 Corsica Masters E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 17. A Bagheri vs Topalov   0-1 34 2004 Corsica Masters A40 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Topalov vs A Bagheri   1-0 45 2004 Corsica Masters E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 19. Anand vs N Sulava 1-0 17 2004 Corsica Masters C10 French 20. Bacrot vs C Balogh 1-0 23 2004 Corsica Masters E13 Queen's Indian, 4.Nc3, Main line 21. Shirov vs Zhang Pengxiang   1-0 35 2004 Corsica Masters B30 Sicilian 22. Rublevsky vs Motylev   ½-½ 53 2004 Corsica Masters B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 23. Motylev vs Rublevsky   0-1 57 2004 Corsica Masters B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 24. Bacrot vs Anand 0-1 43 2004 Corsica Masters C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 25. Anand vs Bacrot 1-0 30 2004 Corsica Masters B27 Sicilian  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Nov-08-04    rndapology: What were the time controls? Nov-08-04    fgh: 25+10, if I'am not wrong. Nov-08-04    acirce: I think it was 15+3 for the most part, 20+5 in the two final games, and 5+5 in the two blitz tiebreak games between Shirov and Motylev Nov-08-04    rndapology: That explains some things, thanks. Nov-08-04    cuendillar: If those were the time controls, it seems like Anand was the obvious winner. Are there any stronger rapid players around at all? Nov-08-04    acirce: No. Not only is Anand the best rapid player, he is so by far, I'd say. He hasn't had much opposition in the latest tournaments, but he also won 13th Amber Rapid (2004) and all the tiebreaks in Dortmund and all the matches in Mainz since 2000 and.. Nov-08-04    cuendillar: I seemed to remember something of the like, but didn't want to sound too confident in case I was wrong... Nov-08-04    Knight13: Lots of high GMs in here. Why Kramnik, Leko and Kasparov are not in here? Nov-08-04    aw1988: <Anand won the final with 7.5 points out of 8!> Can someone say deja vu? Nov-08-04    tpstar: deja vu Nov-08-04    Knight13: deja vu. Alley op. Nov-09-04    themindset: <Knight13> Kramnik and Leko are probably still resting, and I would expect that Kasparov is busy with his book stuff and preparing for the Russian Championships. Although some might claim there is a degree of "fear"... Nov-10-04    garrry: nice tournament Nov-10-04    Discoalex: To save time shouldn't we just award Anand all the prize money and have a seperate tourney for 2nd place? Nov-10-04    YOUNG HAVOC: I would like to play a game of chess Nov-10-04    euripides: <YoungHavoc>: try visting a site such as www.chess.net, www.chessanytime.com, www.playchess.com, or the Internet Chess club. Dec-02-04    haha: <euripides: <YoungHavoc>: try visting a site such as www.chess.net, www.chessanytime.com, www.playchess.com, or the Internet Chess club.> What it's your username in chessanytime.com ? Dec-03-04    euripides: <haha> Same as here - euripides.

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