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Corus Group B (2009) Played in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands 17 January - 1 February 2009. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Caruana 16 2646 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 2 Short 43 2663 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 8 3 Motylev 29 2676 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 4 Kasimdzhanov 29 2687 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 5 Volokitin 22 2671 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½ 6 Vallejo 26 2702 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7½ 7 Efimenko 23 2688 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7 8 Navara 23 2638 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 9 Reinderman 36 2549 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 10 Yifan Hou 14 2571 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 6 11 L'Ami 23 2603 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 5½ 12 Mecking 57 2567 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 4½ 13 Werle 25 2607 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 4 14 Sasikiran 28 2711 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 4 Category: XVI (2641). Fabiano Caruana qualified for Corus Group A (2010). Previous: Corus Group B (2008). Next: Corus Group B (2010). See also Corus Group A (2009) and Corus Group C (2009)  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Reinderman vs F Vallejo Pons 0-1 59 2009 Corus Group B C67 Ruy Lopez 2. Sasikiran vs L'Ami   ½-½ 28 2009 Corus Group B D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Mecking vs Efimenko 0-1 58 2009 Corus Group B D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 4. Y Hou vs Kasimdzhanov 0-1 77 2009 Corus Group B C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. A Volokitin vs Caruana ½-½ 42 2009 Corus Group B C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 6. Motylev vs Navara 0-1 30 2009 Corus Group B C41 Philidor Defense 7. Short vs J Werle ½-½ 44 2009 Corus Group B C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. Caruana vs Mecking 1-0 49 2009 Corus Group B C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 9. Kasimdzhanov vs Navara   ½-½ 26 2009 Corus Group B D85 Grunfeld 10. Efimenko vs Motylev   ½-½ 26 2009 Corus Group B C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 11. J Werle vs A Volokitin   ½-½ 43 2009 Corus Group B D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. F Vallejo Pons vs Short 0-1 62 2009 Corus Group B D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. L'Ami vs D Reinderman   ½-½ 52 2009 Corus Group B A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 14. Y Hou vs Sasikiran 1-0 68 2009 Corus Group B B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 15. Short vs L'Ami 1-0 19 2009 Corus Group B C48 Four Knights 16. Navara vs Efimenko 1-0 69 2009 Corus Group B E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 17. Motylev vs Caruana   ½-½ 45 2009 Corus Group B C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 18. Mecking vs J Werle ½-½ 46 2009 Corus Group B E15 Queen's Indian 19. D Reinderman vs Y Hou 1-0 56 2009 Corus Group B A20 English 20. A Volokitin vs F Vallejo Pons ½-½ 26 2009 Corus Group B C12 French, McCutcheon 21. Sasikiran vs Kasimdzhanov 0-1 35 2009 Corus Group B D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. L'Ami vs A Volokitin   ½-½ 93 2009 Corus Group B E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. Sasikiran vs D Reinderman   ½-½ 48 2009 Corus Group B A81 Dutch 24. Y Hou vs Short ½-½ 27 2009 Corus Group B B03 Alekhine's Defense 25. J Werle vs Motylev 0-1 56 2009 Corus Group B D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 14 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-01-09    sisyphus: Caruana has two minutes for the last five moves before the second time control. Feb-01-09    radu stancu: Short missed a perpetual at move 57 (Qd3+ instead of Qb5+) and now Caruana should win. Feb-01-09    Willem Wallekers: I think Short missed 47 ... cxd2 48. Rxc6 cxe1<N>+. Feb-01-09    sheaf: caruana should win this.. Feb-01-09    laserlight: I think that Short should never have allowed Caruana's king to get to e4. It looked like perpetual check was possible by shuffling the queen between d3 and e2, and only moving to b5 if the king goes to g5. Feb-01-09    KingG: What a disaster for Short. Feb-01-09    parmetd: yea this is sad... A was looking exciting next year with Short now it looks boring with everyone getting free points off Caruana Feb-01-09    unsound: Yes, like they all got free points off Smeets this year. Feb-01-09    kevinatcausa: And like Short got free points off Caruana in group B this year... Feb-01-09    gmgomes: Short has just resigned. So Caruana will face the elite next year. Congratulations Caruana! Feb-01-09    unsound: Nevertheless, it was an unfortunate loss for Short--it would be harsh to say he didn't deserve to win the tournament. Feb-01-09    shintaro go: I didn't think Fabiano would win this B group but I'm glad to be corrected. What a heart this kid has. And he will rightfully join the A group next year. What a performance. Feb-01-09    dumbgai: What a finish. Both co-leaders lost, as did one of their nearest pursuers - but the other one wins and leaps over them both for clear first place! Feb-01-09    percyblakeney: Rating favourite Sasikiran went -5 and performed below 2500... Feb-01-09    Eyal: So we wouldn't get to see if Short was serious about what he said concerning participation in the A-Group after all... as was pointed out, he had a draw by perpetual check as late as move 57 (Qd3+, denying the e4 square from the white king, rather than Qb5+??) Feb-01-09    shintaro go: The important thing is that Fabiano didn't lose too many games. We all know he can win games like crazy, but he can lose quite a bit too. This time around, he played solid chess and got a <tough> victory and marches on to the "A" group. Not even Carlsen won Corus B on the first try. Feb-01-09    shintaro go: Undefeated Volokitin loses in the final round! Feb-01-09    shintaro go: Hou Yifan still a negative score for the second year. Feb-01-09    Lupara: Wow, according to some of the kibitzers here it sounds as though Caruana will just be a fish in Corus A 2010 and that he is not deserving. According to his FIDE profile, since January 2007 to the present (may not include Corus 2009) Caruana has won 59% of 142 games with white and 50% of 128 games with black. That is simply astounding when compared to most other players at his level. Surely, Caruana's statistics and his play bear out that his climb to this level has been steady and well earned. Kudos to Caruana for his win in Corus B. I think he should be able to hold his own next year in Corus A. Feb-01-09    dumbgai: I don't think Caruana will simply get kicked around. His rating was 2646 coming into here, and obviously he's gaining quite a few more points here. If he keeps improving he could be close to 2700 by the time next year's tournament rolls around. I think he'll do better than Van Wely and Smeets/Stellwagen (if they're invited again). Feb-01-09    Eyal: Maybe the rest day Caruana took yesterday with his 11 move draw against Reinderman helped him today (though he actually had a losing position at a certain stage in today's game, and benefited form several blunders by Short - first to equalize and then to win). At any rate, winning two years in a row first the C group and then the B group is an impressive achievement. And I also wouldn't knock down in advance his chances for at least a respectable performance in the A group next year. He's improving very rapidly and by then he'll probably be considerably better than he is right now. Feb-01-09    shintaro go: I wonder what kind of preparation Sasikiran made for this Corus to lose seven (7!) games. Forgettable tournament for him. Feb-01-09    percyblakeney: If Caruana can finish ahead of seven players rated 2663-2711 this year, he will surely be even better next year as fast as he is improving. This was the strongest Corus B ever with lots of very experienced participants. Kasimdzhanov finished even with Leko and Wang Yue in Elista, and was still just ranked fourth here. Feb-01-09    Karpova: <percyblakeney: This was the strongest Corus B ever with lots of very experienced participants.> Last year it was not bad either: Corus (Group B) (2008) With Movsesian, Bacrot, Short, Harikrishna, Cheparinov, etc. Feb-01-09    acirce: Yes, I'm not sure why Caruana is supposed to do so much worse in the A-group next year than Short would have. Maybe people need to be reminded that he is 20 months younger than Carlsen and steadily on the rise, while Short has seen his best days. Last time Short played in the A-group he finished 12th. I think Caruana will do better than that, even if Anand & c:o returns next year. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 14) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 14 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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