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Corus Group B (2005) Played in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands 15-30 January 2005. The world's youngest GM's Carlsen and Karjakin competed with women's world champion Stefanova and eleven other players. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Karjakin 15 2599 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9½ 2 Smeets 19 2475 ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8½ 3 Mamedyarov 19 2657 ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 4 Nielsen 31 2648 1 1 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 5 Cheparinov 18 2572 0 ½ 1 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ 6 Onischuk 29 2652 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 7 Carlsen 14 2553 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 7 8 Stellwagen 17 2524 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 9 Stefanova 25 2491 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 1 6 10 Kosteniuk 20 2490 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 11 Ernst 26 2509 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 1 1 5 12 Nijboer 39 2549 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 4½ 13 Nikolic 44 2676 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 4 14 Ramirez 16 2507 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 3 Category: XIII (2564). Sergey Karjakin qualified for Corus Group A (2006). Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2005020... TWIC 534 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...) Wikipedia article: Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2005 Chesspics photos (http://www.chesspics.com/index.php?...) Atle Groenn in Norsk Sjakkblad, nr. 2 2005, pp. 10-11 (http://folk.uio.no/atleg/nsb0205_la...) Previous: Corus Group B (2004). Next: Corus Group B (2006). See also Corus Group A (2005) and Corus Group C (2005)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Ramirez Alvarez vs Carlsen ½-½ 40 2005 Corus Group B E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 2. P H Nielsen vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 64 2005 Corus Group B D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Smeets vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 66 2005 Corus Group B B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 4. Onischuk vs P H Nielsen   ½-½ 50 2005 Corus Group B D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 5. A Stefanova vs Karjakin   ½-½ 26 2005 Corus Group B A30 English, Symmetrical 6. P Nikolic vs Smeets   ½-½ 38 2005 Corus Group B D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 7. Karjakin vs Onischuk   ½-½ 30 2005 Corus Group B C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. Smeets vs Stellwagen   ½-½ 27 2005 Corus Group B C11 French 9. P H Nielsen vs Carlsen ½-½ 30 2005 Corus Group B D85 Grunfeld 10. A Ramirez Alvarez vs I Cheparinov   ½-½ 52 2005 Corus Group B C67 Ruy Lopez 11. Mamedyarov vs P H Nielsen   ½-½ 34 2005 Corus Group B D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 12. Onischuk vs S Ernst   ½-½ 82 2005 Corus Group B D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 13. I Cheparinov vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 35 2005 Corus Group B C42 Petrov Defense 14. P Nikolic vs A Ramirez Alvarez   ½-½ 32 2005 Corus Group B A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 15. Stellwagen vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 41 2005 Corus Group B C78 Ruy Lopez 16. Carlsen vs Karjakin ½-½ 40 2005 Corus Group B A30 English, Symmetrical 17. Smeets vs Nijboer   ½-½ 18 2005 Corus Group B B30 Sicilian 18. Kosteniuk vs P Nikolic   ½-½ 36 2005 Corus Group B C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. A Stefanova vs Onischuk   ½-½ 78 2005 Corus Group B A47 Queen's Indian 20. Karjakin vs Mamedyarov   ½-½ 23 2005 Corus Group B C42 Petrov Defense 21. S Ernst vs Carlsen ½-½ 37 2005 Corus Group B E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 22. Nijboer vs Stellwagen   ½-½ 86 2005 Corus Group B B72 Sicilian, Dragon 23. Nijboer vs A Ramirez Alvarez   ½-½ 20 2005 Corus Group B B30 Sicilian 24. Carlsen vs A Stefanova ½-½ 73 2005 Corus Group B D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. P Nikolic vs P H Nielsen   ½-½ 19 2005 Corus Group B D02 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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