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Corus Group B (2003) Played in the De Moriaan Community Centre, Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, from January 11 (Round 1) to January 26 (Round 13), with rest days on January 13, 17 and 22. The drawing of lots took place in Velsen-Noord on January 10, with play to start at 1:30 pm the next day. First prize: 3,000 euros. A keen interest was taken in the play of Sergey Karjakin (the world's youngest GM), and Koneru Humpy (the world's youngest WGM). Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 11-26 January 2003 Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Zhong Zhang 24 2624 * 1 1 1 ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 11 2 Stellwagen 15 2427 0 * 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 3 Naiditsch 17 2585 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 ˝ 1 ˝ 1 1 0 1 8 4 Nijboer 37 2553 0 ˝ 0 * 0 0 1 1 ˝ ˝ 1 1 1 1 7˝ 5 Karjakin 13 2547 ˝ ˝ 0 1 * ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 0 7 6 De Vreugt 22 2504 0 ˝ 0 1 ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 0 0 1 1 6˝ 7 Acs 21 2623 ˝ ˝ 1 0 ˝ ˝ * 1 0 0 1 0 ˝ ˝ 6 8 Van der Wiel 43 2509 0 1 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 * ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 6 9 Koneru 15 2496 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ 0 1 ˝ * 1 0 ˝ 1 1 6 10 Rogers 42 2569 1 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 1 ˝ 0 * ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 5˝ 11 Hector 38 2570 0 0 0 0 ˝ 1 0 ˝ 1 ˝ * ˝ ˝ 1 5˝ 12 Kosteniuk 18 2456 0 0 0 0 ˝ 1 1 0 ˝ 1 ˝ * 0 ˝ 5 13 Jonkman 27 2436 0 0 1 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 * 1 5 14 Cmilyte 19 2452 0 1 0 0 1 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 ˝ 0 * 4 Category: XI (2525). Zhong Zhang qualified for Corus Group A (2004) Sources Wikipedia article: Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2003 Official website (https://www.tatasteelchess.com/arch...) Chess.gr website (http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2003/coru...) Ajedrez ND website (http://ajedreznd.com/2003/corus.html) Szachowa Vistula website (http://szachowavistula.pl/vistula/c...) TWIC report 27 January 2003 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...) ChessBase Chess News 10 January 2003 (https://en.chessbase.com/post/wijk-...) Malcolm Pein in The Telegraph, 31 January 2003 (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture...) Kjell Krantz in Tidskrift för Schack, March 2003, pp. 148-156 (http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/histo...) Previous edition: Corus Group B (2002). Next: Corus Group B (2004). See also Corus Group A (2003) and Corus Invitation Tens (2003). Original collections: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Group B 2003 by User: Chessdreamer and Game Collection: Corus Group B 2003 by User: Tabanus.  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Rogers vs Jonkman ½-½ 16 2003 Corus Group B C58 Two Knights 2. D de Vreugt vs Hector   0-1 25 2003 Corus Group B C78 Ruy Lopez 3. Nijboer vs Acs   1-0 48 2003 Corus Group B B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 4. V Cmilyte vs Naiditsch   0-1 39 2003 Corus Group B E12 Queen's Indian 5. Stellwagen vs Kosteniuk   1-0 32 2003 Corus Group B B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 6. Van der Wiel vs Koneru   ½-½ 26 2003 Corus Group B C42 Petrov Defense 7. Karjakin vs Zhong Zhang   ½-½ 25 2003 Corus Group B B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 8. Acs vs V Cmilyte ½-½ 51 2003 Corus Group B B44 Sicilian 9. Zhong Zhang vs Stellwagen   1-0 49 2003 Corus Group B C00 French Defense 10. Naiditsch vs I Rogers ½-½ 40 2003 Corus Group B C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 11. D de Vreugt vs Nijboer   1-0 40 2003 Corus Group B B33 Sicilian 12. Hector vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 61 2003 Corus Group B B89 Sicilian 13. Jonkman vs Van der Wiel   ½-½ 40 2003 Corus Group B B07 Pirc 14. Koneru vs Karjakin   ½-½ 42 2003 Corus Group B D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 15. I Rogers vs Acs 1-0 34 2003 Corus Group B A22 English 16. Nijboer vs Hector 1-0 28 2003 Corus Group B C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 17. Kosteniuk vs Zhong Zhang 0-1 32 2003 Corus Group B B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Stellwagen vs Koneru   1-0 53 2003 Corus Group B C42 Petrov Defense 19. Karjakin vs Jonkman   1-0 41 2003 Corus Group B C67 Ruy Lopez 20. Van der Wiel vs Naiditsch   ½-½ 39 2003 Corus Group B B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. V Cmilyte vs D de Vreugt   0-1 44 2003 Corus Group B D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. Hector vs Zhong Zhang   0-1 61 2003 Corus Group B B57 Sicilian 23. Naiditsch vs Karjakin   1-0 60 2003 Corus Group B C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Acs vs Van der Wiel 1-0 37 2003 Corus Group B B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 25. Nijboer vs V Cmilyte   1-0 70 2003 Corus Group B B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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