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Corus Invitation Tens (2002) Played in the De Moriaan community centre, Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands from January 18 (Round 1) to January 27 (Round 9), with a rest day on January 23. Ian Rogers and Andrei Istratescu achieved the prestigious first place (shared). Istratescu went through all the emotions in the last round with Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, who narrowly missed out on a second full GM norm and first place in the tournament by her loss. Van Blitterswijk and Smeets achieved IM norms. Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 18-27 January 2002 Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 =1 Rogers 41 2555 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ =1 Istratescu 26 2605 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 3 Iordachescu 24 2558 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 4 Arakhamia-Grant 33 2410 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5½ 5 Berkvens 20 2461 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 1 1 5 =6 Van Blitterswijk 25 2384 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ =6 Smeets 16 2327 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 4½ 8 Stellwagen 14 2377 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 3 9 Nep 42 2362 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 2 10 Klinova 33 2432 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1½ Category: VIII (2447). Ian Rogers qualified for Corus Group B (2003) Wikipedia article: Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2002 TWIC #378 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...) FIDE report April 2002 (http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_...) Leidsch Dagblad, 28 January 2002, p. 26 (https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/...) John B Henderson in The Scotsman, January 2002 (http://www.scrkuppenheim.de/heco/ar...) Mihail-Viorel Ghinda in Revista Romana de Sah, 2/2002, pp. 15-19 (http://www.stere.ro/wp-content/uplo...) Original collection: Game Collection: Corus Invitation Tens 2002 ny User: Tabanus. Round dates (January 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27) are from Leidsch Dagblad. Previous: Corus Reserve Group (2001). Next: Corus Invitation Tens (2003). See also Corus Group A (2002) and Corus Group B (2002)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Stellwagen vs R Nep   0-1 45 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 2. M Klinova vs V Iordachescu   ½-½ 49 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B30 Sicilian 3. S van Blitterswijk vs J Berkvens   1-0 25 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 4. A Istratescu vs Smeets   ½-½ 100 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 5. I Rogers vs K Arakhamia-Grant   1-0 35 2002 Corus Invitation Tens A45 Queen's Pawn Game 6. R Nep vs V Iordachescu   0-1 36 2002 Corus Invitation Tens A46 Queen's Pawn Game 7. J Berkvens vs M Klinova   1-0 39 2002 Corus Invitation Tens E90 King's Indian 8. K Arakhamia-Grant vs S van Blitterswijk   ½-½ 50 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 9. Smeets vs I Rogers ½-½ 18 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 10. Stellwagen vs A Istratescu   0-1 100 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B42 Sicilian, Kan 11. M Klinova vs K Arakhamia-Grant   0-1 58 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B40 Sicilian 12. V Iordachescu vs J Berkvens   1-0 71 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 13. S van Blitterswijk vs Smeets   ½-½ 22 2002 Corus Invitation Tens C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 14. I Rogers vs Stellwagen   ½-½ 31 2002 Corus Invitation Tens D02 Queen's Pawn Game 15. A Istratescu vs R Nep   1-0 30 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 16. R Nep vs J Berkvens   0-1 43 2002 Corus Invitation Tens D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. A Istratescu vs I Rogers   ½-½ 14 2002 Corus Invitation Tens A36 English 18. K Arakhamia-Grant vs V Iordachescu   ½-½ 54 2002 Corus Invitation Tens C42 Petrov Defense 19. Smeets vs M Klinova   ½-½ 27 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B07 Pirc 20. Stellwagen vs S van Blitterswijk 1-0 38 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 21. I Rogers vs R Nep 1-0 66 2002 Corus Invitation Tens D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. S van Blitterswijk vs A Istratescu   ½-½ 70 2002 Corus Invitation Tens B42 Sicilian, Kan 23. M Klinova vs Stellwagen 0-1 28 2002 Corus Invitation Tens C02 French, Advance 24. V Iordachescu vs Smeets   ½-½ 16 2002 Corus Invitation Tens C53 Giuoco Piano 25. J Berkvens vs K Arakhamia-Grant   ½-½ 61 2002 Corus Invitation Tens E90 King's Indian  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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