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69th Corus Tournament
Wijk aan Zee 2007
Average rating: 2719 - Category: 19
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The
Corus Chess Tournament 2007 is taking place from 13 to 28 January
2007 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, at the De Moriaan Community Centre.
In
the following table you will find the list of participants grandmaster
group A
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Name
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Country
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Rating
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No
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Special Page
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Topalov, Veselin
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BUL
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2783
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1
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«Veselin Topalov»
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Anand, Vishy
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IND
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2779
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2
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«Vishy Anand»
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Kramnik, Vladimir
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RUS
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2766
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3
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«Vladimir Kramnik»
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Aronian, Levon
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ARM
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2744
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7
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No special page
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Radjabov, T.
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AZE
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2729
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11
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«T. Radjabov»
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Svidler, Peter
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RUS
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2728
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12
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No special page
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Ponomariov, R.
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UKR
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2723
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14
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No special page
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Navara, David
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CZE
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2719
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15
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No special page
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Shirov, Alexey
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ESP
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2715
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17
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No special page
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Carlsen, Magnus
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NOR
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2690
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24
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«Magnus Carlsen»
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van Wely, Loek
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NED
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2683
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26
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No special page
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Tiviakov, Sergey
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NED
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2682
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27
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No special page
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Karjakin, Sergey
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UKR
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2678
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29
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«Karjakin, Sergey»
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Motylev, Alex.
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RUS
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2647
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58
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No special page
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Round No1:
All games of the top group were drawn, excepted that Teimours Radjabov,
beginning very strong, beat Loek van Wely with Black. We have selected
here the two following games:
Karjakin, Sergey (2678) - Kramnik, Vladimir (2766)
½-½ (D89), Corus, Wijk aan Zee (NED) (1), 2007
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Van Wely, Loek (2683) - Radjabov, Teimour (2729)
0-1 (E97), Corus, Wijk aan Zee (NED) (1), 2007
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Round No2:
«Classical Bloodbath in Wijk Aan Zee!» is the title chosen by the
Official Corus Chess 2007 site for its report of round 2. Effectively
many games were strongly engaged and rather agressive, leading
sometimes to an indisputable victory of one of both players. In
particular, Topalov, versus van Wely with White, registered his first
victory. We may also notice the Kramnik's easy win over the Spanish
grandmaster Alexei Shirov.
«Corus 2007, World Champion in Wijk:
Vladimir Kramnik - ©Photo: ChessBase»
Round No3:
Many significant results were registered in this third round. Teymour
Radjabov obtain a new success with his famous King's Indian Defense,
this time against the hapless Alexei Shirov. Ruslan Ponomariov, developing
a faultless strategy beat Magnus Carlsen in a Slav new style (see the
game below). We notice equally the Najdorf (B90): Sergey Karjakin vs
Veselin Topalov ½-½.
«Corus 2007, Former FIDE World Champion:
Ruslan Ponomariov - ©Photo: ChessBase»
Round No4:
Like is said in the ChessBase report of the round 4: "A marathon
75-move game between the tournament leader Teimour Radjabov and
Dutch GM Sergey Tiviakov ended with a victory for the Azerbaijani,
who maintained his lead in the table...". We propose you a complet
analysis of this game and also of the brilliant Topalov's victory
against Alexei Shirov.
Topalov, Veselin (2783) - Shirov, Alexei (2715)
1-0 (D89), Corus, Wijk aan Zee (NED) (4), 2007
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Radjabov, Teimour (2729) - Tivlakov, Sergey (2682)
1-0 (B35), Corus, Wijk aan Zee (NED) (4), 2007
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«Corus 2007, Radjabov and Tiviakov at the start
of the longest game of the day - ©Photo: ChessBase»
Round No5:
A magnificent round in particular for Radjabov, Anand and van Wely,
which win brilliantly their games. Vishy Anand does not have always
been fortunate in Corus Chess 2007!... Also we focalize our attention
on his victory versus Peter Svidler.
«Corus 2007, Viswanathan Anand, Second
FIDE Chess Rating - ©Photo: Tentohammer.com»
Round No6:
The main event of this round is certainly the convincing World Chess
Champion's victory against Viswanathan Anand.
«Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 6 -
Kramnik vs Anand - ©Photo: TWIC-The Week In Chess»
Round No7:
In Corus 2007, facing the very high level of his adversaries, the young
chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen meets some difficulties to express his
will to win. But, we are sure this unkindly experience of the failure
will be profitable to him in the future.
«Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 7 -
Carlsen vs Svidler - ©Photo: ChessBase»
Round No8:
We are never disappointed by Corus Chess 2007! During the beginning
of this exceptional tournament many outstanding events happen. But, it
is specially wise to notice the brilliant start of four players:
Topalov, V (2783, +109), Radjabov, T (2729, +121), Aronian, L (2744,
+67) and Karjakin, S (2678, +124). Now, Chess-Theory propose you to
follow carefully the game Topalov-Anand:
«Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 8 -
Veselin Topalov analysing his win against
Anand in the press room - ©Photo: ChessBase»
Round No9:
Among the most interesting games in this transitory round, we propose
you to examine the following:
«Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 9 -
Loek Van Wiely Top Dutch GM - Van Wiely
in Corus Chess 2007 - ©Photo: ChessBase»
Round No10:
Whereas we are coming near the end of this famous tournament,
positions on the TOP of the table seems to be stabilized:
1) Topalov, Veselin (2783 + 112)
2) Radjabov, Teimour (2729 + 91)
3) Aronian, Levon (2744 + 51)
4) Anand, Viswanathan (2779 + 8)
5) Kramnik, Vladimir (2766 + 13)
Veselin Topalov, playing with White against the young Magnus Carlsen,
wins easily... But Magnus, in this Ragozin variation, experiments with
a risqued sacrifice to take the initiative.
«Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 10 -
Magnus Carlsen in 2006 - Magnus is the youngest
GM in Corus Chess 2007 - ©Photo: ChessBase»
Round No11:
We may observe that positions on the TOP of the table is narrowed, with
only a point between Topalov the first and Kramnik the fifth, in the
temporary ranking:
1) Topalov, Veselin (2783 + 56) - 7,5/11
2) Aronian, Levon (2744 + 73) - 7,0/11
3) Svidler, Peter (2728 + 93) - 7,0/11
4) Radjabov, Teimour (2729 + 85) - 7,0/11
5) Kramnik, Vladimir (2766 + 8) - 6,5/11
Veselin Topalov, playing with Black against the Russian GM Peter
Svidler, loses the opportunity of a new win and finally suffers his
first defeat in Corus Chess 2007!
«Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 11 -
GM Peter Svidler at the start of his game
against Veselin Topalov - ©Photo: ChessBase»
Round No12:
Only one round before the end of this tournament, positions on the TOP
of the table are always strangely narrowed:
1) Topalov, Veselin (2783 + 48) - 8,0/12
2) Radjabov, Teimour (2729 + 102) - 8,0/12
3) Aronian, Levon (2744 + 64) - 7,5/12
4) Kramnik, Vladimir (2766 + 9) - 7,0/12
5) Svidler, Peter (2728 + 50) - 7,0/12
6) Anand, Viswanathan (2779 - 7) - 7,0/12
Teimour Radjabov, playing again (with Black) the King's Indian Defense,
against Alexander Motylev, obtains a new brilliant success in Corus
Chess 2007!!... This game deserves now all our attention:
«Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 12 -
GM Teimour Radjabov at Corus Chess 2007:
Only 19 years old! - ©Photo: ChessBase»
Round No13:
This is the last round and the end of the Corus Chess 2007! At the TOP
of the final standings we find:
1) Aronian, Levon (2744 + 82) - 8,5/13
2) Topalov, Veselin (2783 + 40) - 8,5/13
3) Radjabov, Teimour (2729 + 98) - 8,5/13
4) Kramnik, Vladimir (2766 + 29) - 8,0/13
Sergey Karjakin beats, with Black, Peter Svidler, in a variation of
the Sicilian, Najdorf (B90), although the Russian GM is a specialist
of this one... Less spectacular is the relatively conventional draw,
by application of the three times repetition rule, between Veselin
Topalov and the young prodigy Teimour Radjabov!
Svidler, Peter (2728) - Karjakin, Sergey (2678)
0-1 (B90), Corus, Wijk aan Zee (NED) (13), 2007
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Radjabov, Teimour (2729) - Topalov, Veselin (2783)
½-½ (E08), Corus, Wijk aan Zee (NED) (13), 2007
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«Corus Chess 2007, Wijk aan Zee -
©Photograph: by Fred Lukas (Netherlands)»
Corus Chess 2007 - Final standings -
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No
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Name
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Country
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Rating
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Perform.
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Score
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1
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Aronian, L
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ARM
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2744
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+ 82
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8,5/13
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2
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Topalov, V
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BUL
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2783
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+ 40
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8,5/13
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3
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Radjabov, T
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AZE
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2729
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+ 98
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8,5/13
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4
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Kramnik, V
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RUS
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2766
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+ 29
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8.0/13
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5
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Anand, V
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IND
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2779
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- 11
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7,5/13
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6
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Svidler, P
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RUS
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2728
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+ 15
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7,0/13
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7
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Navara, D
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CZE
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2719
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- 1
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6,5/13
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8
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Karjakin, S
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UKR
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2678
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+ 43
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6,5/13
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9
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Ponomariov, R
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UKR
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2723
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- 32
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6,0/13
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10
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Motylev, A
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RUS
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2647
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- 5
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5,0/13
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11
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Tiviakov,S
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NED
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2682
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- 26
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5,0/13
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12
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Van Wely, L
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NED
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2683
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- 44
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5,0/13
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13
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Carlsen, M
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NOR
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2690
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- 80
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4,5/13
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14
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Shirov, A
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ESP
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2715
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- 107
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4,5/13
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