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Corus Group A (2009) Played at the De Moriaan Community Centre in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 17 January - 1 February 2009. Rest days: 21, 26 and 29 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 15 more minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 61. Tournament category: XIX (2716). Chief arbiter: Pavel Votruba. Sergey Karjakin won with 8/13. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Karjakin 19 2706 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8 =2 Aronian 26 2750 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ =2 Radjabov 21 2761 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½ =2 Movsesian 30 2751 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ =5 Carlsen 18 2776 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 =5 Dominguez 25 2717 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 7 Kamsky 34 2725 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ =8 Van Wely 36 2625 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 6 =8 Wang Yue 21 2739 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 6 =8 Smeets 23 2601 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 6 =11 Ivanchuk 39 2779 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 5½ =11 Stellwagen 21 2612 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 5½ =11 Adams 37 2712 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 5½ =11 Morozevich 31 2771 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ * 5½ Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2009020... Crosstable: https://history.tatasteelchess.com/... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/kar... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/wijk-... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Corus Group A (2008). Next: Corus Group A (2010). See also Corus Group B (2009) and Corus Group C (2009)  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Y Wang vs Van Wely ½-½ 46 2009 Corus Group A E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 27. Radjabov vs Karjakin ½-½ 21 2009 Corus Group A D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 28. Stellwagen vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 32 2009 Corus Group A C11 French 29. Karjakin vs Stellwagen 1-0 52 2009 Corus Group A B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 30. Dominguez Perez vs Morozevich 1-0 36 2009 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 31. Adams vs Smeets ½-½ 39 2009 Corus Group A C42 Petrov Defense 32. Kamsky vs Y Wang ½-½ 24 2009 Corus Group A C42 Petrov Defense 33. Van Wely vs Radjabov 1-0 31 2009 Corus Group A E97 King's Indian 34. Ivanchuk vs Carlsen ½-½ 24 2009 Corus Group A C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 35. Aronian vs Movsesian 1-0 58 2009 Corus Group A D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 36. Movsesian vs Morozevich 1-0 34 2009 Corus Group A B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 37. Carlsen vs Karjakin ½-½ 79 2009 Corus Group A D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 38. Smeets vs Dominguez Perez ½-½ 23 2009 Corus Group A B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 39. Y Wang vs Adams 0-1 65 2009 Corus Group A D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 40. Radjabov vs Kamsky 1-0 41 2009 Corus Group A B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 41. Stellwagen vs Van Wely ½-½ 43 2009 Corus Group A B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 42. Aronian vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 56 2009 Corus Group A E16 Queen's Indian 43. Van Wely vs Carlsen ½-½ 37 2009 Corus Group A A17 English 44. Kamsky vs Stellwagen ½-½ 71 2009 Corus Group A B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 45. Morozevich vs Smeets 1-0 49 2009 Corus Group A D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 46. Dominguez Perez vs Y Wang ½-½ 35 2009 Corus Group A C67 Ruy Lopez 47. Adams vs Radjabov ½-½ 15 2009 Corus Group A B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 48. Ivanchuk vs Movsesian 0-1 35 2009 Corus Group A B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 49. Karjakin vs Aronian ½-½ 18 2009 Corus Group A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 50. Ivanchuk vs Karjakin 1-0 41 2009 Corus Group A B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 120 OF 120 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-03-09    znprdx: correction of my post while this game was in process: Feb-01-09 no Rybka 25.Rh4 does not deserve a “? “After Nh7 26.Rx[N]h7 and the Bishop cannot re-capture so Kx[R] h7 and 0-0-0 gets the brilliancy prize. I was actually looking at Rh4 when LDP played it... 42:02 | 0:22:24 addendum: What a tragic irony that the post mortem shows that 0-0-0 could have been played as early as move 24. This game is a gem as it represents the intangible nuances of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, proving once again that there is an element of “luck” in chess...in that winning vs. losing somehow seems momentarily at least, somehow beyond the players themselves.... Feb-08-09    WhiteRook48: is the tournament over? Feb-10-09    Dredge Rivers: <WhiteRook48> Yes. Also, Elvis is dead. Feb-12-09    wolfmaster: Anybody have the rating changes for all the players? Feb-16-09    amadeus: Nice article: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Feb-24-09    Dredge Rivers: Last! Feb-24-09    tamar: Congratulations! Feb-24-09    Dredge Rivers: <tamar> Arrrgh!! You're messing up my system! Feb-24-09    tamar: You're Aron Nimzovich? :-) Feb-28-09    Dredge Rivers: <tamar> No. Are you the Interruptor? P.S. <<<<<<<<<<<LAST!!!>>>>>>>>>>> Feb-28-09    whiteshark: Do you mean <CASE CLOSED> now? Feb-28-09    tamar: I do concede you were last. CASE CLOSED! Feb-28-09    whiteshark: <Hooray! <Hooray! <I'm <last <!<!<!>>>>>>> Feb-28-09    tamar: It was a hard fought battle and I extend my hand in recognition of your well-earned triumph. Feb-28-09    khursh: The last is Michael Adams, isn't he? Feb-28-09    whiteshark: Is it possible to change my username in <notyetthelast>? Mar-02-09    Dredge Rivers: First! (This month, at least!) :) Mar-14-09    WhiteRook48: second! (This month, at least) :D Apr-03-09    Dredge Rivers: Is this the last one? Oct-18-09    shintaro go: Corus 2010 promises to be a stronger one with the return of Anand and Kramnik to the roster. Caruana and Nakamura are the new players to watch. Nov-01-10    Billy Vaughan: <Last> :) Nov-02-10    radicalcation: First! :) Maybe the last silly billy. :) Nov-02-10    Billy Vaughan: Bleah :( Nov-02-10    acirce: Last but not least! Jan-18-13    Refused: I wonder why movsesian was not reinvited. Afterall a second place was not that bad. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 120) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 120 OF 120 ·  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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