Corus Group B 2002

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Corus Group B 2002
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Played in the De Moriaan community centre, Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands from January 15 (Round 1) to January 27 (Round 11), with rest days on January 18 and 23. In addition to teenager Werle and the other IM's and GM's, there were three female players: Stefanova, Zhaoqin Peng, and Skripchenko. The event was won by Krasenkow with 8/11. Krasenkow had a 2702 rating only a few years earlier. He had been one of the world's top 10 players and a FIDE World Championship quarterfinalist, but he was now second seed behind Sokolov. The quiet-spoken Russian émigré went from a high of 2731 into a freefall with a drop to 2573 and obscurity by the July 2001 list. He had played very well in late 2001, however, and with this win he got another crack at the elite, as his victory guaranteed him an automatic placing in next year's Group A.

Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 15-27 January 2001

Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Krasenkow 38 2632 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 =2 Nijboer 36 2574 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 7 =2 Sokolov 33 2659 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 4 Tregubov 30 2626 ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 6½ =5 Van der Wiel 42 2501 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 =5 Jonkman 26 2498 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 =7 Stefanova 22 2451 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 5½ =7 Yu Shaoteng 22 2522 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ =9 Cuijpers 39 2458 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 0 4 =9 Zhaoqin Peng 33 2460 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 11 Skripchenko 25 2498 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 3½ 12 Werle 18 2481 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * 3

Category: XII (2530). Krasenkow qualified for Corus Group A (2003)

Wikipedia article: Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2002
TWIC #377 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...)
Chess.gr website (http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2002/coru...)
Szachowa Vistula website (http://szachowavistula.pl/vistula/w...)
John B Henderson in The Scotsman, January 2002 (http://www.scrkuppenheim.de/heco/ar...)

Previous edition: Corus Group B (2001). Next: Corus Group B (2003). See also Corus Group A (2002) and Corus Invitation Tens (2002).

Original collections: Game Collection: 2002 Corus (group B) by User: gauer and Game Collection: Corus Group B 2002 by User: Tabanus. Round dates are from Leidsch Dagblad.

Round 1 January 15 (Tuesday)
A Skripchenko vs A Stefanova, 2002
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nijboer vs H Jonkman, 2002
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0
Van der Wiel vs Krasenkow, 2002
(B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
P Tregubov vs F A Cuijpers, 2002
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1-0
S Yu vs Z Peng, 2002
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Werle vs I Sokolov, 2002
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 26 moves, 0-1
Round 2 January 16 (Wednesday)
Nijboer vs P Tregubov, 2002
(B32) Sicilian, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
H Jonkman vs Z Peng, 2002
(C02) French, Advance, 26 moves, 1-0
F A Cuijpers vs Van der Wiel, 2002
(B58) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Stefanova vs S Yu, 2002
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 1-0
I Sokolov vs A Skripchenko, 2002
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Krasenkow vs J Werle, 2002
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 39 moves, 1-0
Round 3 January 17 (Thursday)
P Tregubov vs H Jonkman, 2002
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 0-1
Van der Wiel vs Nijboer, 2002
(B33) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Z Peng vs A Stefanova, 2002
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Skripchenko vs Krasenkow, 2002
(B06) Robatsch, 37 moves, 0-1
S Yu vs I Sokolov, 2002
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Werle vs F A Cuijpers, 2002
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 1-0
Round 4 January 19 (Saturday)
H Jonkman vs A Stefanova, 2002
(C48) Four Knights, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nijboer vs J Werle, 2002
(C18) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 1-0
F A Cuijpers vs A Skripchenko, 2002
(B32) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0
P Tregubov vs Van der Wiel, 2002
(E15) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0
Krasenkow vs S Yu, 2002
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Sokolov vs Z Peng, 2002
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Round 5 January 20 (Sunday)
Van der Wiel vs H Jonkman, 2002
(C45) Scotch Game, 34 moves, 1-0
A Skripchenko vs Nijboer, 2002
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 78 moves, 0-1
A Stefanova vs I Sokolov, 2002
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 111 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Werle vs P Tregubov, 2002
(A04) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 0-1
Z Peng vs Krasenkow, 2002
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 39 moves, 0-1
S Yu vs F A Cuijpers, 2002
(B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0
Round 6 January 21 (Monday)
Nijboer vs S Yu, 2002
(C10) French, 41 moves, 1-0
H Jonkman vs I Sokolov, 2002
(C49) Four Knights, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel vs J Werle, 2002
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Krasenkow vs A Stefanova, 2002
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 50 moves, 1-0
P Tregubov vs A Skripchenko, 2002
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
F A Cuijpers vs Z Peng, 2002
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 7 January 22 (Tuesday)
A Stefanova vs F A Cuijpers, 2002
(A06) Reti Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
J Werle vs H Jonkman, 2002
(D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 39 moves, 0-1
Z Peng vs Nijboer, 2002
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 27 moves, 1-0
A Skripchenko vs Van der Wiel, 2002
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Yu vs P Tregubov, 2002
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
I Sokolov vs Krasenkow, 2002
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 8 January 24 (Thursday)
H Jonkman vs Krasenkow, 2002
(C46) Three Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel vs S Yu, 2002
(C14) French, Classical, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nijboer vs A Stefanova, 2002
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Werle vs A Skripchenko, 2002
(D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 24 moves, 0-1
P Tregubov vs Z Peng, 2002
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 28 moves, 1-0
F A Cuijpers vs I Sokolov, 2002
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 0-1
Round 9 January 25 (Friday)
Krasenkow vs F A Cuijpers, 2002
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
Z Peng vs Van der Wiel, 2002
(E17) Queen's Indian, 60 moves, 0-1
A Skripchenko vs H Jonkman, 2002
(C45) Scotch Game, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Sokolov vs Nijboer, 2002
(D85) Grunfeld, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Stefanova vs P Tregubov, 2002
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 47 moves, 1-0
S Yu vs J Werle, 2002
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 10 January 26 (Saturday)
H Jonkman vs F A Cuijpers, 2002
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel vs A Stefanova, 2002
(C45) Scotch Game, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nijboer vs Krasenkow, 2002
(B33) Sicilian, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Skripchenko vs S Yu, 2002
(C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
P Tregubov vs I Sokolov, 2002
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
J Werle vs Z Peng, 2002
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 11 January 27 (Sunday)
S Yu vs H Jonkman, 2002
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Stefanova vs J Werle, 2002
(A14) English, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Z Peng vs A Skripchenko, 2002
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 51 moves, 1-0
Krasenkow vs P Tregubov, 2002
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Sokolov vs Van der Wiel, 2002
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
F A Cuijpers vs Nijboer, 2002
(B30) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
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