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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 3; games 1-25 of 51  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Mamedyarov vs Bacrot ½-½ 24 2006 Corus Group A D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 2. Tiviakov vs Adams ½-½ 72 2006 Corus Group A C77 Ruy Lopez 3. Van Wely vs I Sokolov ½-½ 41 2006 Corus Group A D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 4. Gelfand vs Leko ½-½ 37 2006 Corus Group A E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 5. Van Wely vs Mamedyarov ½-½ 49 2006 Corus Group A E91 King's Indian 6. Leko vs Karjakin ½-½ 29 2006 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Anand vs Aronian ½-½ 66 2006 Corus Group A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. Tiviakov vs Van Wely ½-½ 25 2006 Corus Group A B22 Sicilian, Alapin 9. Mamedyarov vs I Sokolov ½-½ 26 2006 Corus Group A D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. Aronian vs Leko ½-½ 31 2006 Corus Group A E15 Queen's Indian 11. I Sokolov vs Anand ½-½ 15 2006 Corus Group A D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 12. Leko vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 27 2006 Corus Group A C11 French 13. Mamedyarov vs Tiviakov ½-½ 52 2006 Corus Group A E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 14. Adams vs Karjakin ½-½ 24 2006 Corus Group A B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 15. Topalov vs Mamedyarov ½-½ 46 2006 Corus Group A C87 Ruy Lopez 16. Gelfand vs Van Wely ½-½ 26 2006 Corus Group A D85 Grunfeld 17. Tiviakov vs I Sokolov   ½-½ 34 2006 Corus Group A C77 Ruy Lopez 18. Aronian vs Adams ½-½ 57 2006 Corus Group A E46 Nimzo-Indian 19. Bacrot vs Aronian   ½-½ 29 2006 Corus Group A D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 20. Tiviakov vs Topalov ½-½ 61 2006 Corus Group A B22 Sicilian, Alapin 21. Van Wely vs Karjakin ½-½ 80 2006 Corus Group A E15 Queen's Indian 22. Mamedyarov vs Gelfand ½-½ 35 2006 Corus Group A E15 Queen's Indian 23. I Sokolov vs Leko ½-½ 31 2006 Corus Group A E12 Queen's Indian 24. Anand vs Adams ½-½ 23 2006 Corus Group A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. Ivanchuk vs Bacrot ½-½ 43 2006 Corus Group A D52 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 176 OF 177 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-31-06    Reisswolf: Thanks Jeff. And thanks to Bobak too. Jan-31-06    CowardlyKnight: <If Carlsen was in the A group instead of Karjakin, how do you people think he would have done in comparison?> Just look at his games on the B group... He was extremely lucky to have won. Jan-31-06    LancelotduLac: My vote for best games (in order): 1. Topalov-Aronian 2. Anand-Gelfand 3. Topalov-Mamedyarov Jan-31-06    madserg: The best game: Topalov-Aronian. Second best game: Anand-Gelfand Jan-31-06    sheaf: my vote for the best game Karjakin vs Anand, 2006 Anand vs Gelfand, 2006 and Topalov vs Aronian, 2006 tied for the second best place although all three of these games were home prepared novelties Jan-31-06    Bobak Zahmat: <CowardlyKnight> We never can predict what 'could'happen if Carlsen was playing in Group A. Because be honest: who had predicted such a wonderfull tournament for Karjakin? None! Carlsen will surely be ready next year to compete with the best players! Jan-31-06    KingG: <Because be honest: who had predicted such a wonderfull tournament for Karjakin?> Actually, i expected Karjakin to do quite well. I was more surprised by Carlsen finishing joint first in the B group. Jan-31-06    peabody88: <plang> In the official web site it states that the Open International has been cancelled, there is no such indication on the Linares part on the same page http://www.moreliachess.com/eng/;. Jan-31-06    MeatGrinder: The 3 best games imo: 1. Topalov - Aronian 2. Van Vely - Topalov 3. Karjakin - Anand Jan-31-06    lostemperor: Ok here the results of the predictioncontest on final standings for Corus 2006. The contest is held at my chess forum. But a part of the result is posted here. Also thanks to YouRang who makes calculating things easier. The tournament was exciting till the end! Two winners: 170 points: <Ezzy> and <percyblakeney> Congratulations guys! 3. 169 points <Tassadar> 4. 167 points <dimradil> 5. 166 points <LancelotduLac> 6. 165 points <AdrianP>, <kolobok> 8. 163 points <larsker>, <lostemperor> 10. 162 points <twinlark> 11. 161 points <chessmaster pro>, <cu8sfan>, <pim>, <suenteus po 147>, <Where is my mind>. Jan-31-06    YouRang: I posted some experimental results of the chess games prediction contest in my chessforum at User: YouRang These results consider the idea of weighting decided games more than drawn games. Feb-01-06    Ezzy: Wow! Joint winner of <lostemperors> famous final standings prediction contest. Congratulations to <percyblakeny> for his winning performance! This is my first win and I am so pleased, because this year did seem to be a difficult task. I will definately have a few beers tonight! Thanks <lostemperor> for providing a competition which enhances our enjoyment of these major super tournaments. Corus 2006 was absolutely enthralling, with an exciting race to the finishing line. Topalov and Anand are proving to be the dominant force in world chess, and it will be fascinating to see their struggle for dominance over the next few years. Adams return to form is encouraging for us Brits. Also thanks to Adams for returning to form and giving my prediction points a boost, which I am sure did help me in doing so well in the prediction contest. Karjakin was magnificent and should be invited back next year! Best game of the tournament was - Topalov vs Aronian, 2006 - Which is an early contender for game of the year. There were many fantastic games in a fantastic tournament. Corus is a special tournament, so thanks to everyone who kibitzed on this page, because as always it is great fun and informative to read everyones comments. It all adds to the enjoyment of the tournament. Cheers! Feb-01-06    svbabu: <Reisswolf: Can someone please help me? I have a question. If you go to> Thats points in case of tie breaks. Feb-02-06    badest: An interview with Topalov about Corus (http://topsport.bg/article.php?cid=...) A quick translation: Q: Happy with your own performance? Topa: Yes, I was +2 last year, this year +5. I was also able to use some variations developed for San Luis (doesn't say which games). Q: Your best games? Topa: Aronian and Van Wely. Q: Performance of other players? Topa: Anand solid as usual, Karjakin also impressive. Q: Next competitions? Topa: Linares, Monaco and MTel. Q: Why play Linares, Anand is not? Topa: People expect the World Champion to play in the big tournaments. Q: Who would you play for a title match? Topa: Anyone that can raise 2M USD and is ranked over 2700. Feb-03-06    walker: funny... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Feb-03-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <Q: Next competitions? Topa: Linares, Monaco and MTel.> Monaco, that's the blindfold tournament, right? Feb-03-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <funny... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...; <walker> Yeah, I saw that on television. :) She's gorgeous, by the way. Feb-03-06    jhoro: <walker: funny... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... > under this picture http://www.chessbase.com/news/2006/... it reads <She asks a somewhat flabbergasted Topalov if she can smoke...>. And he answers <Nee hoor.>. I guess "Nee" is not, but what is "hoor"? Feb-03-06    jhoro: btw http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr translates <Vind je het erg als ik rook?> as <Do you find it terrible if I smelled?> Feb-03-06    monad: < jhoro: babelfishtranslates <Vind je het erg als ik rook?> as <Do you find it terrible if I smelled?> LOL. Very apt indeed! I would have answered: "Would you mind if I broke wind ?" Feb-03-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <translates <Vind je het erg als ik rook?> as <Do you find it terrible if I smelled?>> <jhoro> LOL!!!!!!! Stupid online translators.... "Vind je het erg als ik rook?" is supposed to translate as "Do you mind if I smoke?" :) by the way "nee hoor" loosely translates as "no, not at all". Feb-03-06    EmperorAtahualpa: <jhoro> Oh oops, I see now you already figured out yourself what the correct translation is....never mind. Feb-05-06    DeepBlade: hahahah verry funny! My maths teacher says ''Computers are stupid things, they do what you want them to do, they do what they were programmed to do. If you say ''Jump off a cliff'' he would probably do that too.'' Dutch math teachers are the bestest! Feb-04-06    notsodeepthought: <monad: < jhoro: Do you find it terrible if I smelled?> LOL. Very apt indeed! I would have answered: "Would you mind if I broke wind ?"> Reminds me of the old limerick - in which the fourth line below gets censored by <cg.com>, but you'll have no trouble figuring out the "bleeped" word: Said the duchess, while having some tea, "My dear sir, do you fart when you pee?" I replied with some wit "Do you belch when you @#$%?" And I think that was one up by me. Feb-06-06    Bobak Zahmat: On saturday 28th I played in Wijk Aan Zee the SUPERCHESS. I had never before played this variation of chess, but I did enjoy to participate. In SUPERCHESS you have to replace 4 pieces by 4 SUPER pieces. Amazone: moves like Knight & Queen Veteran: moves like Knight & King Princess: moves like Knight & Bishop Empress: moves like Knight & Rook This sort of chess is great, because each player have equal chances in the opening. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 177) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 176 OF 177 ·  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. 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