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Updated: January 2008  

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   70th Corus Tournament

   Wijk aan Zee 2008

Average rating: 2741 - Category: 20


The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 will be held from 11-27 January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee. The tournament venue is the De Moriaan Community Centre (Dorpsduinen 4, 1949 EG Wijk aan Zee) and the nearby bar de Zon. Commentators on the games in Grandmaster groups A, B and C will be based in the Corus Chess Pavilion, on the Village Green in Wijk aan Zee (one minute walking from De Moriaan, you will pass the Pavilion on your left side when driving into Wijk aan Zee).

In the following table you will find the list of participants grandmaster group A

Name Country Rating No Special Page
Anand, Vishy IND 2801 1    «Vishy Anand»
Ivanchuck, Vas. UKR 2787 2 No special page
Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2785 3    «Vladimir Kramnik»
Topalov, Veselin BUL 2769 4    «Veselin Topalov»
Leko, Peter HUN 2655 5 No special page
Shakhryar, M. AZE 2752 7 No special page
Radjabov, T. AZE 2742 8    «T. Radjabov»
Aronian, Levon ARM 2741 9 No special page
Gelfand, Boris ISR 2736 11 No special page
Adams, Michael ENG 2729 13 No special page
Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2714 17    «Magnus Carlsen»
Polgar, Judit HUN 2708 20    «Judit Polgar»
Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2681 30 No special page
van Wely, Loek NED 2680 32 No special page


  • Round No1
    • :


  • Round No2
    • :


    «Corus 2007, World Champion in Wijk:
    Vladimir Kramnik - ©Photo: ChessBase»
             Corus 2007, World Champion in Wijk: Vladimir Kramnik - ©Photo: ChessBase     


  • Round No3
    • :


    «Corus 2007, Former FIDE World Champion:
    Ruslan Ponomariov - ©Photo: ChessBase»
             Corus 2007, Former FIDE World Champion: Ruslan Ponomariov - ©Photo: ChessBase     


  • Round No4
    • :


    «Corus 2007, Radjabov and Tiviakov at the start
    of the longest game of the day - ©Photo: ChessBase»
            Corus 2007, Radjabov and Tiviakov at the start of the longest game of the day - ©Photo: ChessBase     


  • Round No5
    • :


    «Corus 2007, Viswanathan Anand, Second
    FIDE Chess Rating - ©Photo: Tentohammer.com»
            Corus 2007, Viswanathan Anand, Second FIDE Chess Rating - ©Photo: Tentohammer.com     


  • Round No6
    • :


    «Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 6 -
    Kramnik vs Anand - ©Photo: TWIC-The Week In Chess»
            Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 6 - Kramnik vs Anand - ©Photo: TWIC-The Week In Chess     


  • Round No7
    • :


    «Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 7 -
    Carlsen vs Svidler - ©Photo: ChessBase»
            Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 7 - Carlsen vs Svidler - ©Photo: ChessBase     


  • Round No8
    • :


    «Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 8 -
    Veselin Topalov analysing his win against
    Anand in the press room - ©Photo: ChessBase»
                  Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 8 -    Veselin Topalov analysing his win against Anand in the press room - ©Photo: ChessBase     


  • Round No9
    • :


    «Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 9 -
    Loek Van Wiely Top Dutch GM - Van Wiely
    in Corus Chess 2007 - ©Photo: ChessBase»
             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) ( + )
  • 2) ( + )
  • 3) ( + )
  • 4) ( + )
  • 5) ( + )



    • «Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 10 -
    Magnus Carlsen in 2006 - Magnus is the youngest
    GM in Corus Chess 2007 - ©Photo: ChessBase»
                 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 ..., in the temporary ranking:

  • 1) ( + )   -   */11
  • 2) ( + )   -   */11
  • 3) ( + )   -   */11
  • 4) ( + )   -   */11
  • 5) ( + )   -   */11



    • «Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 11 -
    GM Peter Svidler at the start of his game
    against Veselin Topalov - ©Photo: ChessBase»
                 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) ( + )   -   */12
  • 2) ( + )   -   */12
  • 3) ( + )   -   */12
  • 4) ( + )   -   */12
  • 5) ( + )   -   */12
  • 6) ( + )   -   */12



    • «Corus 2007, Wijk aan Zee, Round 12 -
    GM Teimour Radjabov at Corus Chess 2007:
    Only 19 years old! - ©Photo: ChessBase»
                 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) ( + )   -   */13
  • 2) ( + )   -   */13
  • 3) ( + )   -   */13
  • 4) ( + )   -   */13



    • «Corus Chess 2007, Wijk aan Zee -
    ©Photograph: by Fred Lukas (Netherlands)»
              Corus Chess 2007, Wijk aan Zee - ©Photograph: by Fred Lukas (Netherlands)     


    Corus Chess 2007 - Final standings -


    No Name Country Rating Perform. Score
    1 , 2... + */13
    2 , 2... + */13
    3 , 2... + */13
    4 , 2... + */13
    5 , 2... - */13
    6 , 2... + */13
    7 , 2... - */13
    8 , 2... + */13
    9 , 2... - */13
    10 , 2... - */13
    11 , 2... - */13
    12 , 2... - */13
    13 , 2... - */13
    14 , 2... - */13





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