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Corus Group A Tournament

Garry Kasparov9.5/13(+6 -0 =7)[games]
Vladimir Kramnik8/13(+3 -0 =10)[games]
Peter Leko8/13(+3 -0 =10)[games]
Viswanathan Anand8/13(+3 -0 =10)[games]
Alexander Morozevich7.5/13(+4 -2 =7)[games]
Michael Adams7/13(+3 -2 =8)[games]
Jeroen Piket6.5/13(+3 -3 =7)[games]
Jan Timman6.5/13(+3 -3 =7)[games]
Predrag Nikolic6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
Nigel Short5.5/13(+1 -3 =9)[games]
Judit Polgar5/13(+1 -4 =8)[games]
Viktor Korchnoi5/13(+2 -5 =6)[games]
Smbat Lputian4.5/13(+2 -6 =5)[games]
Loek van Wely4/13(+0 -5 =8)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Corus Group A (2000)

The inaugural Corus tournament (which resulted when the main sponsor Hoogovens merged with British Steel) was held in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands from January 15 (Round 1) to January 30 (Round 13). Rest days: January 17, 21 and 26. Fourteen top grandmasters, including the world champion Garry Kasparov, competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event. The participants were (in order of Elo): Garry Kasparov (Elo ranked as #1 in the world), Viswanathan Anand (#2), Vladimir Kramnik (#3), Alexander Morozevich (#5), Peter Leko (#6), Michael Adams (#7), Nigel Short (#15), Viktor Korchnoi (#28), Predrag Nikolic (#29), Judit Polgar (#30), Jan Timman (#32), Loek van Wely (#35), Jeroen Piket (#43), and Smbat Lputian (#79). Kasparov won his second Wijk aan Zee tournament in a row, undefeated with 9.5/13.

Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 15-30 January 2000

Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Kasparov 36 2851 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9½ =2 Kramnik 24 2758 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8 =2 Leko 20 2725 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 =2 Anand 30 2769 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 5 Morozevich 22 2748 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 6 Adams 28 2715 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7 =7 Piket 31 2633 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 6½ =7 Timman 48 2655 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 9 Nikolic 39 2659 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 10 Short 34 2683 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ =11 Polgar 23 2658 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 0 ½ 5 =11 Korchnoi 68 2659 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 0 1 5 13 Lputian 41 2605 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 • ½ 4½ 14 Van Wely 27 2646 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 4 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Category: XVIII (2697). First prize: 20,000 Dutch guilders.

Wikipedia article: Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2000
TWIC #273 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...)
FIDE rating list January 2000 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022092...)
Wijk aan Zee 2000: Corus at ChessGML (http://www.saremba.de/chessgml/samp...)
Kjell Krantz in Tidskrift för Schack, March 2000, pp. 172-177 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2000...)
Lubomir Kavalek in The Washington Post, 31 January 2000 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...)
Robert Byrne in New York Times, 13 February 2000 (https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/13/...)
Thomas Ernst in Tidskrift för Schack, February 2000, pp. 100-105 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2000...)

Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Corus 2000, by User: suenteus po 147.

Previous: Hoogovens Group A (1999). Next: Corus Group A (2001). See also Corus Group B (2000) and Corus Reserve Group (2000)

 page 4 of 4; games 76-91 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
76. Short vs Anand  ½-½232000Corus Group AC42 Petrov Defense
77. Van Wely vs P Nikolic ½-½942000Corus Group AE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
78. Leko vs Van Wely  ½-½282000Corus Group AB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
79. Timman vs Morozevich 1-0532000Corus Group AC05 French, Tarrasch
80. J Polgar vs Korchnoi  ½-½482000Corus Group AC12 French, McCutcheon
81. J Piket vs Anand ½-½172000Corus Group AD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
82. P Nikolic vs Adams  1-0452000Corus Group AE15 Queen's Indian
83. Lputian vs Short ½-½492000Corus Group AE12 Queen's Indian
84. Kramnik vs Kasparov ½-½372000Corus Group AD85 Grunfeld
85. Adams vs Leko  ½-½152000Corus Group AB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
86. Anand vs Lputian 1-0612000Corus Group AC18 French, Winawer
87. Kasparov vs J Polgar 1-0442000Corus Group AB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
88. Korchnoi vs J Piket  1-0602000Corus Group AD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
89. Morozevich vs P Nikolic 1-0442000Corus Group AC00 French Defense
90. Short vs Timman  ½-½422000Corus Group AC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
91. Van Wely vs Kramnik  ½-½222000Corus Group AE15 Queen's Indian
 page 4 of 4; games 76-91 of 91  PGN Download
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