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Corus Group C (2004) The event was held as part of the Corus/Wijk aan Zee annual tournaments (later sponsored by Tata Steel and other companies). Category: IX (2454). Magnus Carlsen won with 10.5/13 and qualified for Corus Group B (2005). Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 10-25 January 2004 Age Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Carlsen 13 2484 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10½ 2 Ernst 25 2474 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 Smeets 18 2505 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 4 Pavlovic 40 2548 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8 5 Werle 20 2407 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 6 Gagunashvili 19 2583 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 7½ 7 Lanchava 29 2323 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7½ 8 Pavasovic 27 2615 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 9 Lagno 14 2493 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 1 6½ 10 Janssen 24 2489 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 1 6 11 Popov 29 2580 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 1 6 12 Zhaoqin Peng 35 2419 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 * ½ 1 3½ 13 Etmans 64 2225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 14 Barendse 47 2206 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½ Carlsen thus earned his first of three GM norms here. The Aeroflot Open (2004) awarded him the second norm, and he achieved his final norm at the Dubai Open (2004) by the end of April. Along with many other news sources, the Washington Post featured Carlsen's Round 12 mating attack in Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004. The Dutchman Sipke Ernst placed second overall, followed by Jan Smeets in third place. Ian Rogers in Tidskrift för Schack, 2/2004, pp. 68-86: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2004... Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2004111... (click on 2004 then left menu) Jaque 576, March 2004, pp. 33-35: https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-m... PlayChess: http://www.playchess.de/blog/diary/... Euronet: http://www.euronet.nl/users/cor/hos... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Wikipedia article: Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2004 Previous: Corus Invitation Tens (2003). Next: Corus Group C (2005). See also Corus Group A (2004) and Corus Group B (2004)  page 4 of 4; games 76-91 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 76. R Janssen vs Lagno   ½-½ 26 2004 Corus Group C E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 77. M Etmans vs Z Peng   ½-½ 38 2004 Corus Group C B30 Sicilian 78. V Popov vs D Pavasovic   ½-½ 5 2004 Corus Group C D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 79. Lagno vs Smeets   0-1 36 2004 Corus Group C C18 French, Winawer 80. R Janssen vs M Gagunashvili   1-0 75 2004 Corus Group C D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 81. M Pavlovic vs M Etmans 1-0 29 2004 Corus Group C C10 French 82. Carlsen vs S Ernst 1-0 29 2004 Corus Group C B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 83. T Lanchava vs J Werle   ½-½ 11 2004 Corus Group C E15 Queen's Indian 84. Z Peng vs T Barendse   1-0 33 2004 Corus Group C A56 Benoni Defense 85. S Ernst vs Z Peng   1-0 77 2004 Corus Group C D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 86. M Gagunashvili vs Lagno   ½-½ 56 2004 Corus Group C C07 French, Tarrasch 87. M Etmans vs V Popov   0-1 61 2004 Corus Group C B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 88. Smeets vs Carlsen ½-½ 32 2004 Corus Group C B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 89. J Werle vs R Janssen   1-0 40 2004 Corus Group C A04 Reti Opening 90. D Pavasovic vs T Lanchava   0-1 45 2004 Corus Group C B06 Robatsch 91. T Barendse vs M Pavlovic   0-1 46 2004 Corus Group C B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer  page 4 of 4; games 76-91 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-19-20    ndg2: The rise of Carlsen Mar-02-20    Sally Simpson: *** A picture of Magnus on the cover of the April 2004 CHESS. https://www.redhotpawn.com/imgu/blo... *** Jan-16-24    Raginmund: Very nice tournament, I'm watching here because only now I saw the article Carlsen wrote for The Week in Chess.... 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