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Corus Group A (2007) Played in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 13-28 January 2007. Rest days: 17, 22 and 25 January. The rounds began at 1:30 pm, except the last round which began at 0:30 pm. Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 60 more minutes for the next 20 moves, followed by 30 more minutes to finish the game. Tournament category: XIX (2719). Chief arbiter: Thomas van Beekum. Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov shared the win with 8.5/13. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 =1 Aronian 24 2744 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8½ =1 Topalov 31 2783 ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8½ =1 Radjabov 19 2729 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 4 Kramnik 31 2766 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8 5 Anand 37 2779 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ 6 Svidler 30 2728 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 7 =7 Navara 21 2719 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 6½ =7 Karjakin 17 2678 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 9 Ponomariov 23 2723 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 =10 Motylev 27 2647 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 =10 Tiviakov 33 2682 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 5 =10 Van Wely 34 2683 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 5 =13 Carlsen 16 2690 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4½ =13 Shirov 34 2715 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 4½ Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2007020... Crosstable: https://history.tatasteelchess.com/... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/wijk-... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Russian report: https://e-nautia.com/erich.g/disk/L... Previous: Corus Group A (2006). Next: Corus Group A (2008). See also Corus Group B (2007) and Corus Group C (2007)  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Karjakin vs Kramnik ½-½ 33 2007 Corus Group A C42 Petrov Defense 2. Topalov vs Motylev ½-½ 24 2007 Corus Group A D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Van Wely vs Radjabov 0-1 40 2007 Corus Group A E97 King's Indian 4. Shirov vs Svidler ½-½ 26 2007 Corus Group A D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 5. Tiviakov vs Carlsen ½-½ 24 2007 Corus Group A B22 Sicilian, Alapin 6. Navara vs Aronian ½-½ 22 2007 Corus Group A D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 7. Ponomariov vs Anand ½-½ 22 2007 Corus Group A E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 8. Radjabov vs Karjakin ½-½ 78 2007 Corus Group A E15 Queen's Indian 9. Svidler vs Tiviakov 1-0 65 2007 Corus Group A B01 Scandinavian 10. Aronian vs Ponomariov 1-0 39 2007 Corus Group A E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 11. Topalov vs Van Wely 1-0 35 2007 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 12. Kramnik vs Shirov 1-0 34 2007 Corus Group A A15 English 13. Motylev vs Anand 0-1 31 2007 Corus Group A B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Carlsen vs Navara 0-1 50 2007 Corus Group A D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 15. Anand vs Aronian ½-½ 32 2007 Corus Group A C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 16. Karjakin vs Topalov ½-½ 54 2007 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. Shirov vs Radjabov 0-1 47 2007 Corus Group A E97 King's Indian 18. Tiviakov vs Kramnik ½-½ 28 2007 Corus Group A C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 19. Navara vs Svidler ½-½ 27 2007 Corus Group A A15 English 20. Ponomariov vs Carlsen 1-0 30 2007 Corus Group A D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. Van Wely vs Motylev ½-½ 53 2007 Corus Group A A20 English 22. Radjabov vs Tiviakov 1-0 75 2007 Corus Group A B32 Sicilian 23. Kramnik vs Navara ½-½ 63 2007 Corus Group A A15 English 24. Carlsen vs Anand ½-½ 20 2007 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 25. Motylev vs Aronian ½-½ 22 2007 Corus Group A C87 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 101 OF 367 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-16-07    stefan1967: Topaaaaaaaa!!! Jan-16-07    cannibal: Shirov resigned. Not exactly a good start for him (though he very strong opponents in the first rounds). Jan-16-07    zluria: Shirov resigns. Jan-16-07    Pounamu Knight: Topa wins! Jan-16-07    acirce: Kramnik is playing to utilize the fact that the c1-knight has nowhere to go, but 29..Rb8 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Ra1 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 and I don't know how he is supposed to make progress. Jan-16-07    jhoro: [Event "Corus Chess 2007"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007/1/16"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov"] [Black "Shirov"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteClock "0:32"] [BlackClock "0:08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 Bf7 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb5 e5 19. Qf2 Re7 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxb5 24. Qxf6 Qe8 25. Qd4 Rd8 26. h3 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qc3 b6 29. Ng3 Nb7 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Nxh7 Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Ng4 Kg8 35. Qd2 Re8 36. Qf4 Qd6 37. Qf2 Qc5 38. Qg3 Qd4 39. Kh2 Nd8 40. Qd6 Ne6 41. Be3 1-0 Jan-16-07    Ashram64: 1-0 for topa, couldnt save the one piece shirov was ****** Jan-16-07    sitzkrieg: Kramnik has Ra1!? Jan-16-07    sitzkrieg: <Su> im leaving now but engine gives already more of an advantage; +0.87 Jan-16-07    zluria: How could Navara lose a piece here? It's true that he's a little tied up at the moment, but the c1 knight is solidly defended. Jan-16-07    Pounamu Knight: Tho Kramnik looks in time trouble, he also looks winning 2 me... Jan-16-07    stefan1967: Notkin sais:Topalov-this is nowerdays' Kasparov! (about 39.Kh2) Jan-16-07    virginmind: zluria, cannibal: yea, bad calculus of mine, sorry, just deleted that Jan-16-07    Gnappo: well done by Topa. When I saw 14.d5 I thought he's crazy. Sure he was brave...Maybe Shirov could have avoid 22....Bxd5 with 22....Rd8, but the situation would have been very sharp even in this case. Amazing the way Topalov brought Shirov to play f6, then e5 and then after Topa's f4(!) -and the change- the attack on f6 pawn was decisive Jan-16-07    cannibal: <virginmind> Yep, saw that and already deleted mine :-) Jan-16-07    Pounamu Knight: "Notkin sais:Topalov-this is nowerdays' Kasparov" Big call! Dunno if even Topalov would like that call... Jan-16-07    TylerD: Sjirov 0,5/4... Cannbibal pointed out that he has faced strong opponents... well, yes, but he used to BE (one of)those "strong opponents"... His win last year in the Karpov tournament (Poigovsky or something similar) seem more and more like a one time happening - a short comeback in the winner s circle... He is all gone as far as supertournaments are concerned. I d love to be wrong, but I think that, as far as results goes, beauty of play and occasional masterpieces aside, S is an has-been. I ve been hesitating to use words such as these about Sjirov, even though other kibitzers have been doing it for a long time... But 0,5/4 in Corus... well... It is just too bad for me to keep hoping... Maybe he can still do well in matches though, who knows? Jan-16-07    virginmind: actually i was referring only to navara's Rd1+ Jan-16-07    Caloy: They should have invited Kamsky, I'm sure he would perform much better than some of the players here. Jan-16-07    cannibal: So Karjakin is this year's drawmaster so far. A little odd, cause his games were not really the most "drawish" ones. Jan-16-07    suenteus po 147: Just got here. Who was it who didn't believe me that Carlsen-Anand would be a short draw and Topalov-Shirov would be long and exciting? ;) Jan-16-07    positionalgenius: svidler and ponomariov drew. Jan-16-07    Lt. Col. Majid: Shiroz can join the seniors tour now. Jan-16-07    gus inn: a topplayer in the german bundesliga told me that in his opinion Shirov is too tied up with women from former relations.Too much obligation(s)- not enough power for topchess. Jan-16-07    s4life: <Caloy: They should have invited Kamsky, I'm sure he would perform much better than some of the players here.> Definitely! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 367) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 101 OF 367 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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