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Corus Group B Tournament

Zhong Zhang11/13(+10 -1 =2)[games]
Daniel Stellwagen8/13(+6 -3 =4)[games]
Arkadij Naiditsch8/13(+7 -4 =2)[games]
Friso Nijboer7.5/13(+6 -4 =3)[games]
Sergey Karjakin7/13(+3 -2 =8)[games]
Dennis de Vreugt6.5/13(+4 -4 =5)[games]
Peter Acs6/13(+3 -4 =6)[games]
John van der Wiel6/13(+2 -3 =8)[games]
Humpy Koneru6/13(+4 -5 =4)[games]
Ian Rogers5.5/13(+2 -4 =7)[games]
Jonny Hector5.5/13(+3 -5 =5)[games]
Alexandra Kosteniuk5/13(+3 -6 =4)[games]
Harmen Jonkman5/13(+3 -6 =4)[games]
Viktorija Cmilyte4/13(+2 -7 =4)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 11 2 Stellwagen 15 2427 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 3 Naiditsch 17 2585 0 0 * 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 8 4 Nijboer 37 2553 0 ½ 0 * 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 5 Karjakin 13 2547 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 7 6 De Vreugt 22 2504 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 6½ 7 Acs 21 2623 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 6 8 Van der Wiel 43 2509 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 9 Koneru 15 2496 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 1 6 10 Rogers 42 2569 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 5½ 11 Hector 38 2570 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 5½ 12 Kosteniuk 18 2456 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ * 0 ½ 5 13 Jonkman 27 2436 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * 1 5 14 Cmilyte 19 2452 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 4

Category: XI (2525). Zhong Zhang qualified for Corus Group A (2004)

Sources

Wikipedia article: Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2003
Official website (https://web.archive.org/web/2003020...)
Chess.gr website (https://web.archive.org/web/2003021...)
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 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2003...)

Original collections: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Group B 2003 by User: Chessdreamer and Game Collection: Corus Group B 2003 by User: Tabanus.

Previous: Corus Group B (2002). Next: Corus Group B (2004). See also Corus Group A (2003) and Corus Invitation Tens (2003)

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Nijboer vs P Acs  1-0482003Corus Group BB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
2. Karjakin vs Z Zhang  ½-½252003Corus Group BB61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2
3. Cmilyte vs Naiditsch  0-1392003Corus Group BE12 Queen's Indian
4. Stellwagen vs Kosteniuk  1-0322003Corus Group BB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
5. D de Vreugt vs J Hector  0-1252003Corus Group BC78 Ruy Lopez
6. I Rogers vs H Jonkman ½-½162003Corus Group BC58 Two Knights
7. Van der Wiel vs Koneru  ½-½262003Corus Group BC42 Petrov Defense
8. Naiditsch vs I Rogers ½-½402003Corus Group BC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
9. H Jonkman vs Van der Wiel  ½-½402003Corus Group BB07 Pirc
10. J Hector vs Kosteniuk  ½-½612003Corus Group BB89 Sicilian
11. Koneru vs Karjakin  ½-½422003Corus Group BD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
12. D de Vreugt vs Nijboer  1-0402003Corus Group BB33 Sicilian
13. P Acs vs Cmilyte ½-½512003Corus Group BB44 Sicilian
14. Z Zhang vs Stellwagen  1-0492003Corus Group BC00 French Defense
15. Cmilyte vs D de Vreugt  0-1442003Corus Group BD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
16. Van der Wiel vs Naiditsch  ½-½392003Corus Group BB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
17. Karjakin vs H Jonkman  1-0412003Corus Group BC67 Ruy Lopez
18. Stellwagen vs Koneru 1-0532003Corus Group BC42 Petrov Defense
19. Kosteniuk vs Z Zhang 0-1322003Corus Group BB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. Nijboer vs J Hector 1-0282003Corus Group BC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
21. I Rogers vs P Acs 1-0342003Corus Group BA22 English
22. D de Vreugt vs I Rogers  ½-½192003Corus Group BB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
23. Koneru vs Kosteniuk  ½-½302003Corus Group BD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
24. H Jonkman vs Stellwagen 0-1332003Corus Group BC02 French, Advance
25. Nijboer vs Cmilyte  1-0702003Corus Group BB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
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