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Corus Group B Tournament

Anish Giri9/13(+6 -1 =6)[games]
Arkadij Naiditsch8.5/13(+5 -1 =7)[games]
Hua Ni8/13(+4 -1 =8)[games]
Erwin L'Ami7.5/13(+3 -1 =9)[games]
Wesley So7.5/13(+3 -1 =9)[games]
Pentala Harikrishna6.5/13(+2 -2 =9)[games]
Parimarjan Negi6.5/13(+2 -2 =9)[games]
David Howell6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
Emil Sutovsky6/13(+2 -3 =8)[games]
Anna Muzychuk5.5/13(+1 -3 =9)[games]
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu5.5/13(+1 -3 =9)[games]
Dimitri Reinderman5/13(+2 -5 =6)[games]
Tomi Nyback5/13(+3 -6 =4)[games]
Varuzhan Akobian4.5/13(+1 -5 =7)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Corus Group B (2010)

Played in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands 16-31 January 2010.

Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Giri 15 2588 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 9 2 Naiditsch 24 2687 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 3 Ni Hua 26 2657 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8 4 L'Ami 24 2615 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ 5 So 16 2656 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 6 Harikrishna 23 2672 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 6½ 7 Negi 18 2621 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 6½ 8 Howell 19 2606 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 6 9 Sutovsky 32 2657 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 6 10 Muzychuk 19 2523 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 11 Nisipeanu 33 2681 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 5½ 12 Reinderman 37 2573 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 5 13 Nybäck 24 2643 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 * ½ 5 14 Akobian 26 2628 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 4½

The winner Anish Giri qualified for participation in Tata Steel Group A (2011).

Previous: Corus Group B (2009). Next: Tata Steel Group B (2011). See also Corus Group A (2010) and Corus Group C (2010)

 page 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. H Ni vs So ½-½172010Corus Group BB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
52. Giri vs D Howell 1-0402010Corus Group BD85 Grunfeld
53. D Reinderman vs V Akobian 1-0392010Corus Group BD33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
54. Nyback vs A Muzychuk  ½-½432010Corus Group BE10 Queen's Pawn Game
55. Sutovsky vs Naiditsch ½-½492010Corus Group BC48 Four Knights
56. L'Ami vs Harikrishna ½-½1272010Corus Group BA14 English
57. Naiditsch vs Nyback 1-0402010Corus Group BC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
58. D Howell vs L'Ami 0-1612010Corus Group BC05 French, Tarrasch
59. V Akobian vs H Ni 0-1502010Corus Group BD85 Grunfeld
60. A Muzychuk vs Giri 1-0552010Corus Group BB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
61. Harikrishna vs Nisipeanu  ½-½242010Corus Group BE61 King's Indian
62. Negi vs D Reinderman  1-0402010Corus Group BB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
63. So vs Sutovsky ½-½422010Corus Group BD83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit
64. D Reinderman vs Harikrishna 1-0562010Corus Group BA20 English
65. Nyback vs So 0-1462010Corus Group BD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
66. D Howell vs A Muzychuk  ½-½472010Corus Group BB30 Sicilian
67. H Ni vs Negi  ½-½512010Corus Group BD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
68. Giri vs Naiditsch ½-½222010Corus Group BD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
69. L'Ami vs Nisipeanu ½-½212010Corus Group BE98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
70. Sutovsky vs V Akobian ½-½342010Corus Group BB07 Pirc
71. So vs Giri 0-1362010Corus Group BC42 Petrov Defense
72. A Muzychuk vs L'Ami  ½-½532010Corus Group BC01 French, Exchange
73. V Akobian vs Nyback  ½-½472010Corus Group BD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
74. Harikrishna vs H Ni  ½-½592010Corus Group BD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
75. Naiditsch vs D Howell  ½-½612010Corus Group BC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
 page 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 91  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Jan-30-10  jurado96: it happen to korchnoi against juan
carlos gonzalez he lost it and lost the game after having a piece up when this happens you are supposed to play your best and leave the personal feeling for after the game
Jan-30-10  machess: Is this So's worst game ever?
Jan-30-10  dakgootje: <machess: Is this So's worst game ever?>

Maybe worst move, but certainly not worst game; he had a winning advantage at certain points.

Jan-30-10  MaxxLange: So played a bad mistake, it happens to everyone
Jan-30-10  Everyone: <MaxxLange> How do you know?
Jan-30-10  MaxxLange: I was taking the position above, where SO should have played RxN, as true

I do not "know"

Jan-31-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Troller: Negi-Giri drawn. Congrats to Giri!
Jan-31-10  achieve: Next year the A-group awaits Giri, whooo.... Congrats Anish!
Jan-31-10  seagull1756: Giri wins! - and online blitz addicts can happily continue doing what they are doing: in his interview Anish said playing 3 min games was his main form of training on his way to becoming a GM
Jan-31-10  dakgootje: Congrats Anish!! :D

It is going to be interesting to see how he will do next year in group A, obviously it is a lot tougher.. A well, a year to improve :)

Jan-31-10  wolfmaster: Well, Giri will play at Corus A next year... He should be at least 2650 and still improving.
Jan-31-10  manakin: Anyone knows what's this kid's rating performance and live rating?
Jan-31-10  Bdellovibrio: Will Naiditsch also appear in Group A next year?
Jan-31-10  pinoy gramps: seagull is mysql's boyfriend
Jan-31-10  rafnoc22: Against Anna..I think Wesly So had better winning chances had he played #32.Rc2( cover his K from rook check), so that #32..Rbd7 #33.Qc3...R7d3 #34.Qc4ch (force exchange of queens)thus weakenning black's powerful attacks.
Jan-31-10  rangek: Giri's performance rating is 2760 I think.
Jan-31-10  Thrajin: I'm very disappointed with Nisipeanu's performance. He's one of my favorites and I thought he would certainly get more than one win in this group.
Feb-01-10  Bradah: <Bdellovibrio: Will Naiditsch also appear in Group A next year?>

Probably not, but my bet is that group A will include Giri, Van Wely and Smeets.:o)

Feb-01-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: So, with relegation, the winner moves up to Group A, and losers moves to Group C (??)

:-))

Feb-01-10  Billy Vaughan: That means van Wely doesn't move to group B ;)
Feb-01-10  virginmind: congratulations to anish giri!

...and disappointment for nisipeanu's weak performance.

Feb-01-10  mysql: <pinoy gramps: seagull is mysql's boyfriend>

Now you're acting gay also? :o)

Feb-01-10  timhortons: ok giri won, but im not so well satified by it since he just swindle that win against wesley.

anyways theres more game to come between this two lad, i hope wesley and nige play in corus A next year, though i doubt of wesleys chances, he might be back in corus B, or if he show great chess this year im sure they wont hesitate to invite him in corus A.

Feb-02-10  falso contacto: So was playing top form chess all year long. He definitely could have the chance of returning. I thought that all the enthusiasm was just chauvinism but the guy can really play.
Feb-02-10  falso contacto: Disappointing performance by Parimaryan i think.
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