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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Eljanov vs Leko |
 | ½-½ | 27 | 2008 | Corus Group A | E15 Queen's Indian |
2. Kramnik vs Van Wely |
  | ½-½ | 25 | 2008 | Corus Group A | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
3. Ivanchuk vs J Polgar |
 | ½-½ | 24 | 2008 | Corus Group A | E15 Queen's Indian |
4. Adams vs Gelfand |
 | ½-½ | 21 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C42 Petrov Defense |
5. Topalov vs Ivanchuk |
 | ½-½ | 36 | 2008 | Corus Group A | A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 |
6. Van Wely vs J Polgar |
 | ½-½ | 37 | 2008 | Corus Group A | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
7. Anand vs Mamedyarov |
 | ½-½ | 36 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
8. Kramnik vs Radjabov |
 | ½-½ | 79 | 2008 | Corus Group A | E97 King's Indian |
9. Leko vs Adams |
 | ½-½ | 98 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
10. Aronian vs Leko |
 | ½-½ | 28 | 2008 | Corus Group A | E15 Queen's Indian |
11. Ivanchuk vs Gelfand |
 | ½-½ | 22 | 2008 | Corus Group A | A20 English |
12. Radjabov vs Van Wely |
 | ½-½ | 85 | 2008 | Corus Group A | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
13. Eljanov vs Anand |
 | ½-½ | 17 | 2008 | Corus Group A | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
14. Mamedyarov vs Kramnik |
 | ½-½ | 23 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C43 Petrov, Modern Attack |
15. J Polgar vs Topalov |
 | ½-½ | 45 | 2008 | Corus Group A | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
16. Adams vs Carlsen |
 | ½-½ | 38 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
17. Radjabov vs Mamedyarov |
 | ½-½ | 28 | 2008 | Corus Group A | D97 Grunfeld, Russian |
18. Leko vs Ivanchuk |
 | ½-½ | 42 | 2008 | Corus Group A | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
19. Anand vs Adams |
 | ½-½ | 56 | 2008 | Corus Group A | E15 Queen's Indian |
20. Carlsen vs Aronian |
 | ½-½ | 36 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C78 Ruy Lopez |
21. Aronian vs Anand |
 | ½-½ | 20 | 2008 | Corus Group A | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
22. Ivanchuk vs Carlsen |
 | ½-½ | 19 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange |
23. Adams vs Kramnik |
 | ½-½ | 25 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C42 Petrov Defense |
24. J Polgar vs Leko |
 | ½-½ | 35 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
25. Radjabov vs Adams |
 | ½-½ | 25 | 2008 | Corus Group A | C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation |
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Feb-03-08 | | minasina: User: ahmadov 's post at The Kibitzer's Café (Feb-01-08): <"Some pictures from Corus 2008 User: lostemperor sent me kindly http://picasaweb.google.com/zahirah... "> |
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Feb-07-08 | | LKor: I’m a bit surprised by the organizers’ choice for single round robin tournaments with even number of participants. I saw it at Corus and Tal Memorial. That makes some players to have more games with black than others, which is unfair in my opinion. At Corus that did not even count as tiebreak criteria (Aronian played 7 games as white, Carlsen only 6). Are you OK with it? |
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Feb-07-08 | | Eyal: <LKor> Perhaps organizers of single round-robin tournaments tend to avoid an odd number of participants because of the awkwardness that would result in the pairings - one player being left out each round. That would also make it somewhat less comfortable to follow the development of the standings along the tournament, because you'd have to take into consideration not only the number of points but also the number of games played by each participant (e.g., after round 4 you'd have 4 players with only 3 games etc.). But on the other hand, it would indeed eliminate the element of unfairness or inequality that you mention, which is built into single round-robin tournaments with an even number of players. Btw, do you know of any tournament where having one more game to play with Black DID count as a tiebreak criterion? I don't think it makes such a good criterion - among other things, because this is supposed to be completely a matter of luck and out of the players' control. If you want to reward a greater effort with Black, there's the criterion sometimes used of greater number of wins with Black (and by that Carlsen would have the advantage over Aronian). |
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Feb-07-08 | | LKor: Thanks, <Eyal>, for the clarification! I just think that rewarding only wins with black is still not enough: managing a draw with black is more respectable than the same "achievement" with white! |
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Feb-08-08 | | percyblakeney: Wijk aan Zee (A) statistics 1996-2008 for the participants of the latest edition of the tournament: Anand +50 -9 =84
Topalov +36 -25 =69
Kramnik +30 -12 =75
Adams +28 -13 =77
van Wely +23 -56 =90
Ivanchuk +18 -6 =54
Leko +17 -6 =81
Polgar +12 -12 =41
Aronian +11 -4 =24
Radjabov +11 -5 =23
Gelfand +9 -14 =42
Carlsen +5 -6 =15
Eljanov +2 -5 =6
Mamedyarov +1 -6 =19
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Feb-08-08 | | adair10: Thank you, <percyblakeney>. I took the liberty to use your statistics in rearranged form showing overal plus or minus (number of wins minus number of losses) and total number of games played. Anand +41/143
Kramnik +18/117
Adams +15/118
Ivanchuk +12/78
Topalov +11/130
Leko +11/114
Aronian +7/39
Radjabov +6/39
Polgar 0/65
Carlsen -1/26
Eljanov -3/13
Gelfand -5/65
Mamedyarov -5/26
van Wely -33/169
The most games were played by Anand and van Wely with strikingly different outcomes |
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Feb-08-08 | | percyblakeney: <adair10> Interesting, and if Kasparov is added his score would be +18/39. Players like Aronian and Radjabov have good chances to advance in these statistics if they can keep playing anything similar to their latest starts. |
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Feb-08-08 | | Eyal: <Players like Aronian and Radjabov have good chances to advance in these statistics if they can keep playing anything similar to their latest starts.> And so does Carlsen, of course... His overall score doesn't look very impressive yet (still "suffering" from the weak performance of last year), but he's already won a tournament - something which a player like Adams, with his supposedly more impressive score, never managed to do (though he came quite close at 2004) and probably never will. |
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Feb-08-08 | | slomarko: <-33> omg |
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Feb-08-08 | | percyblakeney: <And so does Carlsen, of course...> Indeed. At the same time the results show that it's not easy to line up the wins in a tournament like Wijk. Pono has never had a plus score, also Svidler has a career minus. I think Shirov has in total +1 after many starts. Carlsen, Radjabov and Aronian are probably able to get a plus many years in a row, but not many other players will be able to do it. |
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Feb-08-08
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Feb-08-08 | | percyblakeney: <Adams having 118 games also looks a bit strange, given that this number is not divisible by 13... perhaps there's one draw too many or something?> Correct, it should be +28 -13 =76 for him. Link worth reposting: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/eric.de... |
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Feb-08-08 | | adair10: Leko's score should be as <SwitchingQuylthulg> corrected me +11/104, not +11/114. As much as we think Aronian, Radjabov and Carlsen have the best chance to get to the top, it still will be very difficult. For example, Aronian needs to participate (or more accurately needs to be invited) in 8 more tournaments and produce an astonishing average score of +4.25 to catch present Anand. Only now I realized how good a record Anand has. <SwitchingQuylthulg> please correct me if my math has failed me again |
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Feb-09-08 | | percyblakeney: <Only now I realized how good a record Anand has> Anand's eleven latest scores in Wijk: +3 +4 +6 +3 +4 +4 +4 +3 +5 +2 +2. Not easy to ever get comparable results for anyone. But apart from Anand (and of course Kasparov in his three starts) the other top players have scores that look very possible to reach. |
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Feb-09-08 | | sapfy: Carlsen will probably beat Anand's record. Barring the unforseen, he is likely to play every single WaZ for the next 20+ years. |
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Feb-15-08 | | hitman84: Nursery pot from chessbase :
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
Finally we get to know more about the writers and journalists whose contributions are overlooked by many chess fans. This is just hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGRX...
Chess players are better footballers :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJKz... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
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Feb-15-08 | | Red October: Vladimir Potkin looks like Shirov's brother |
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Feb-15-08 | | hitman84: I wonder who is the better chess player among the trio Aruna Anand, Sofi Leko and Pilar Molina :) |
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Feb-15-08 | | slomarko: <I wonder who is the better chess player among the trio Aruna Anand, Sofi Leko and Pilar Molina> who the cares who is the better chess player question is which of the 3 looks best. i vote for Pilar. |
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Feb-15-08 | | hitman84: umm.. slo, looks like santa disappointed you :p |
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Feb-15-08
 | | Open Defence: I have an Iraninan friend who looks a bit like Sofia Leko |
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Jan-25-09 | | notyetagm: <Open Defence: I have an Iraninan friend who looks a bit like Sofia Leko> Lucky you. |
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Jan-25-09
 | | Open Defence: <notyetagm> I am a mother lol |
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Jan-25-09 | | whiteshark: Oops! Wrong year... :D |
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Jan-25-09 | | NakoSonorense: <whitesshark> Got lost? Here are the directions: Corus (2009) xD |
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