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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Corus Group C Tournament
Fabiano Caruana10/13(+9 -2 =2)[games]
Dimitri Reinderman8/13(+4 -1 =8)[games]
Parimarjan Negi8/13(+7 -4 =2)[games]
Pontus Carlsson7.5/13(+5 -3 =5)[games]
Irina Krush7/13(+5 -4 =4)[games]
Arik Braun7/13(+5 -4 =4)[games]
John van der Wiel7/13(+4 -3 =6)[games]
Friso Nijboer7/13(+6 -5 =2)[games]
Mark van der Werf6.5/13(+3 -3 =7)[games]
Shilong Li6/13(+4 -5 =4)[games]
Efstratios Grivas6/13(+4 -5 =4)[games]
Zhaoqin Peng4.5/13(+1 -5 =7)[games]
Anna Ushenina4.5/13(+4 -8 =1)[games]
Dennis Ruijgrok2/13(+0 -9 =4)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Corus Group C (2008)

Played in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands 12-27 January 2008.

                Age Elo   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
 1 Caruana       15 2598  * ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 10
 2 Reinderman    35 2533  ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1  8
 3 Negi          16 2526  0 ½ * 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1  8
 4 Carlsson      25 2501  0 0 1 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1  7½
 5 Krush         24 2473  1 ½ 0 1 * 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1  7
 6 Braun         19 2536  0 ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½  7
 7 Van der Wiel  48 2490  0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½  7
 8 Nijboer       42 2578  0 1 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1  7
 9 Van der Werf  39 2389  0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 ½  6½
10 Li Shilong    30 2502  1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½  6
11 Grivas        41 2509  ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 0 1  6
12 Zhaoqin Peng  39 2461  0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1  4½
13 Ushenina      22 2484  0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * 1  4½
14 Ruijgrok      22 2329  0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 *  2
Category: X (2494). Fabiano Caruana qualified for Corus Group B (2009).

Previous: Corus Group C (2007). Next: Corus Group C (2009). See also Corus Group A (2008), Corus Group B (2008) and Corus Honorary Group (2008)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M van der Werf vs E Grivas  1-0502008Corus Group CE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
2. S Li vs I Krush 1-0422008Corus Group CE97 King's Indian
3. Caruana vs M van der Werf 1-0272008Corus Group CC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
4. E Grivas vs D Ruijgrok 1-0352008Corus Group CA10 English
5. Van der Wiel vs Nijboer 1-0392008Corus Group CC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
6. A Braun vs Negi 1-0312008Corus Group CA34 English, Symmetrical
7. S Li vs A Ushenina 1-0622008Corus Group CD85 Grunfeld
8. Negi vs Van der Wiel 1-0292008Corus Group CC16 French, Winawer
9. Nijboer vs S Li 1-0482008Corus Group CB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
10. P Carlsson vs D Ruijgrok 1-0282008Corus Group CC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
11. A Braun vs M van der Werf 1-0222008Corus Group CD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. Negi vs A Ushenina 1-0282008Corus Group CD21 Queen's Gambit Accepted
13. Nijboer vs I Krush 1-0292008Corus Group CB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
14. D Reinderman vs P Carlsson 1-0672008Corus Group CB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
15. Nijboer vs Negi  1-0522008Corus Group CC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
16. A Ushenina vs Z Peng 1-0692008Corus Group CD22 Queen's Gambit Accepted
17. I Krush vs Caruana 1-0572008Corus Group CD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
18. Caruana vs P Carlsson 1-0362008Corus Group CB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
19. E Grivas vs A Braun 1-0242008Corus Group CD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
20. Negi vs I Krush 1-0392008Corus Group CB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
21. Negi vs Z Peng 1-0632008Corus Group CB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
22. A Ushenina vs D Ruijgrok 1-0382008Corus Group CD83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit
23. Van der Wiel vs E Grivas 1-0292008Corus Group CB32 Sicilian
24. I Krush vs P Carlsson 1-0332008Corus Group CE55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation
25. Caruana vs Van der Wiel 1-0442008Corus Group CB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Jan-20-08  capablancakarpov: Ushenina-Ruijgrok seems like an Anderssen romantic game.By the way, Ushenina has 3 minutes for 23 moves!
Jan-20-08  whiteshark: Ushenina-Ruijgrok 1:0
Jan-20-08  whiteshark: In today's top pairing <Braun vs Caruna> Caruana won and took the sole lead. Well played!
Jan-20-08  barbababa: In the official site http://www.coruschess.com/schedule....

Round 12 game Z. Peng - D. Reinderman 0-1

Jan-20-08  whiteshark: <Round 12 game Z. Peng - D. Reinderman 0-1> Strange, it's also in the crosstable:
http://www.coruschess.com/crosstabl...

Advanced forfeiting ??

Jan-20-08  whiteshark: Standings <after round <8>>: grandmaster group C

1. F. Caruana 6
2. D. Reinderman 5½
3. P. Negi, A. Braun, J. van der Wiel 5
6. F. Nijboer, E. Grivas 4½
8. M. van der Werf 4
9. A. Ushenina, P. Carlsson 3½
11. S. Li, I. Krush 3
13. Z. Peng 2
14. D. Ruijgrok 1½

Jan-20-08  whiteshark: <barbababa> They have already corrected it :D
Jan-20-08  pawnofdoom: Negi is still drawless! It's been eight rounds!
Jan-21-08  VishyFan: <pawnofdoom: Negi is still drawless! It's been eight rounds!> Well, Negi has been doing pretty well here except for his 2 losses in the first 2 rounds..., but he needs to learn to draw at this level, rather than going for the kill all the time...
Jan-22-08  whiteshark: Standings <after round <9>>: grandmaster group C

1. Caruana 7
2. Reinderman 6½
3. Nijboer, Negi 5½
5. Braun, van der Wiel 5
7. van der Werf, Grivas, Carlsson 4½
10. Li 4
11. Ushenina, Krush 3½
13. Peng 2½
14. Ruijgrok 1½

Jan-22-08  whiteshark: Round 9: Negi's first draw! :P
Jan-22-08  Shams: <<whiteshark>Round 9: Negi's first draw! :P>

drawgi.

Jan-22-08  whiteshark: <Shams> Let's keep <drawgi> under further observation. :D
Jan-22-08  Shams: <whiteshark> he drew a game. From now on, it's <drawgi>, at least until he tears off six wins in a row. ;)
Jan-23-08  gmgomes: Reinderman lost; Caruana will have at least one point advantage after this round.
Jan-23-08  VishyFan: <gmgomes: Reinderman lost; Caruana will have at least one point advantage after this round.> Caruana seems to be losin... R+p vs R+3p
Jan-23-08  VishyFan: Nijober, Negi & Reinderman are in joint 2nd place with 6.5/10...

The Group is still wide open..., here are the key pairings for the last 3 rounds..., The last round encounter between Negi & Caruana might well be a title decider...

Round 11 - Friday the 25th
D. Reinderman - P. Negi
E. Grivas - F. Nijboer
F. Caruana - A. Ushenina

Round 12 - Saturday the 26th
F. Nijboer - F. Caruana
P. Negi - E. Grivas
Z. Peng - D. Reinderman

Round 13 - Sunday the 27th
D. Reinderman - M. van der Werf
F. Caruana - P. Negi
P. Carlsson - F. Nijboer

Jan-23-08  scholes: drawgi won
Jan-23-08  whiteshark: Standings <after round <10>>: grandmaster group C

1. Caruana 7
2. Nijboer, Negi, Reinderman 6½
5. van der Wiel 5½
6. Li, van der Werf, Carlsson, Braun 5
10. Ushenina, Grivas, Krush 4½
13. Peng 3
14. Ruijgrok 1½

Jan-23-08  Harvestman: Arik Braun seems to be in free-fall after his good start. And Caruana must be wondering how he lost a level-looking ending in the 10th round.
Jan-23-08  pawnofdoom: 3 players in this who have only drawn 10% of their games! This is amazing. Congrats to Negi, Nijober, and Ushenina. But of course, avoiding draws by losing every game is something even I could do, but they actually have plenty of wins.

Poor Braun, he went from a +4 score to lose 4 games in a row!

Jan-23-08  Shams: <Poor Braun, he went from a +4 score to lose 4 games in a row!>

there's a brains vs. braun joke in here somewhere, but ESL forum members might mistake it for being offensive.

Jan-25-08  VishyFan: Reinderman - Negi would be crucial to the final placings...
Jan-25-08  minasina: http://www.chessdom.com/corus-chess...

***Caruana - Ushenina*** LIVE commentary with Alex Brunetti

Jan-25-08  gmgomes: Caruana wins again!
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