Corus Chess 2009: Karjakin wins! 14 January 2009
The 71st traditional Corus Chess tournament will take part in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands from Jan 16th to Feb 1st. Players: Ivanchuk (UKR, 2779), Carlsen (NOR, 2776), Morozevich (RUS, 2771), Radjabov (AZE, 2761), Movsessian (SLK, 2751), Aronian (ARM, 2750), Wang Yue (CHN, 2739), Kamsky (USA, 2725), Dominguez Perez (CUB, 2717), Adams (ENG, 2712), Karjakin (UKR, 2706), van Wely (NED, 2625), Stellwagen (NED, 2612), Smeets (NED, 2601). Average ELO is 2716. It is 19th FIDE tournament category. All rounds except for the final round start at 12:30 GMT. The Final round will start at 11:30 GMT. ChessOK is going to broadcast all games of this tournament with Rybka Aquarium commentary. Games: Round 1 [ PGN], Round 2 [ PGN], Round 3 [ PGN], Round 4 [ PGN], Round 5 [ PGN], Round 6 [ PGN], Round 7 [ PGN], Round 8 [ PGN], Round 9 [ PGN], Round 10 [ PGN], Round 11 [ PGN], Round 12 [ PGN], Round 13 [ PGN]

Round 13 (Final) – 1st Feb. Gata Kamsky – Sergei Movsesian ½ – ½ Michael Adams – Loek van Wely ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez Perez – Sergey Karjakin 0-1 Alexander Morozevich – Vassily Ivanchuk 1-0 Jan Smeets – Levon Aronian ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Teimour Radjabov – Daniel Stellwagen ½ – ½ Round 13 games [ PGN]

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Below are the pairings:

Round 1 – 17th Jan.

Daniel Stellwagen – Sergei Movsesian ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Levon Aronian – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Vassily Ivanchuk – Jan Smeets 0-1 Sergey Karjakin – Alexander Morozevich 1-0 Loek van Wely – Lenier Dominguez Perez ½ – ½ Gata Kamsky – Michael Adams ½ – ½ Round 1 games [ PGN]

Round 2 – 18th Jan.

Sergei Movsesian – Michael Adams 1-0 Lenier Dominguez Perez – Gata Kamsky ½ – ½ Alexander Morozevich – Loek van Wely 1-0 Jan Smeets – Sergey Karjakin ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Vassily Ivanchuk 0-1 Teimour Radjabov – Levon Aronian ½ – ½ Daniel Stellwagen – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Round 2 games [ PGN]

Round 3 – 19th Jan.

Magnus Carlsen – Sergei Movsesian ½ – ½ Levon Aronian – Daniel Stellwagen ½ – ½ Vassily Ivanchuk – Teimour Radjabov 0-1 Sergey Karjakin – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Loek van Wely – Jan Smeets ½ – ½ Gata Kamsky – Alexander Morozevich 1-0 Michael Adams – Lenier Dominguez Perez ½ – ½ Round 3 games [ PGN]

Round 4 – 20th Jan.

Sergei Movsesian – Lenier Dominguez Perez ½ – ½ Alexander Morozevich – Michael Adams ½ – ½ Jan Smeets – Gata Kamsky ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Loek van Wely ½ – ½ Teimour Radjabov – Sergey Karjakin ½ – ½ Daniel Stellwagen – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Levon Aronian ½ – ½ Round 4 games [ PGN]

Round 5 – 22nd Jan.

Levon Aronian – Sergei Movsesian 1-0 Vassily Ivanchuk – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Sergey Karjakin – Daniel Stellwagen 1-0 Loek van Wely – Teimour Radjabov 1-0 Gata Kamsky – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Michael Adams – Jan Smeets ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez Perez – Alexander Morozevich Round 5 games [ PGN]

Round 6 – 23rd Jan.

Sergei Movsesian – Alexander Morozevich 1-0 Jan Smeets – Lenier Dominguez Perez ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Michael Adams 0-1 Teimour Radjabov – Gata Kamsky 1-0 Daniel Stellwagen – Loek van Wely ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Sergey Karjakin ½ – ½ Levon Aronian – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Round 6 games [ PGN]

Round 7 – 24th Jan.

Vassily Ivanchuk – Sergei Movsesian 0-1 Sergey Karjakin – Levon Aronian ½ – ½ Loek van Wely – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Gata Kamsky – Daniel Stellwagen ½ – ½ Michael Adams – Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez Perez – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Alexander Morozevich – Jan Smeets 1-0 Round 7 games [ PGN]

Round 8 – 25th Jan.

Sergei Movsesian – Jan Smeets ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Alexander Morozevich 1-0 Teimour Radjabov – Lenier Dominguez Perez ½ – ½ Daniel Stellwagen – Michael Adams ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Gata Kamsky ½ – ½ Levon Aronian – Loek van Wely ½ – ½ Vassily Ivanchuk – Sergey Karjakin 1-0 Round 8 games! [ PGN]

Round 9 – 27th Jan.

Sergey Karjakin – Sergei Movsesian 1-0 Loek van Wely – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Gata Kamsky – Levon Aronian 0-1 Michael Adams – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez Perez – Daniel Stellwagen 1-0 Alexander Morozevich – Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Jan Smeets – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Round 9 games[ PGN]

Round 10 – 28th Jan.

Sergei Movsesian – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Teimour Radjabov – Jan Smeets ½ – ½ Daniel Stellwagen – Alexander Morozevich ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Lenier Dominguez Perez 1-0 Levon Aronian – Michael Adams 1-0 Vassily Ivanchuk – Gata Kamsky ½ – ½ Sergey Karjakin – Loek van Wely ½ – ½ Round 10 games [ PGN]

Round 11 – 30th Jan.

Loek van Wely – Sergei Movsesian 0-1 Gata Kamsky – Sergey Karjakin 1-0 Michael Adams – Vassily Ivanchuk ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez Perez – Levon Aronian 1-0 Alexander Morozevich – Magnus Carlsen ½ – ½ Jan Smeets – Daniel Stellwagen ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Teimour Radjabov 0-1 Round 11 games [ PGN]

Round 12 – 31st Jan.

Sergei Movsesian – Teimour Radjabov ½ – ½ Daniel Stellwagen – Wang Yue ½ – ½ Magnus Carlsen – Jan Smeets 1-0 Levon Aronian – Alexander Morozevich ½ – ½ Vassily Ivanchuk – Lenier Dominguez Perez ½ – ½ Sergey Karjakin – Michael Adams 1-0 Loek van Wely – Gata Kamsky ½ – ½ Round 12 games [ PGN]

Round 13 – 1st Feb.

Gata Kamsky – Sergei Movsesian ½ – ½ Michael Adams – Loek van Wely ½ – ½ Lenier Dominguez Perez – Sergey Karjakin 0-1 Alexander Morozevich – Vassily Ivanchuk 1-0 Jan Smeets – Levon Aronian ½ – ½ Wang Yue – Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Teimour Radjabov – Daniel Stellwagen ½ – ½ Round 13 games [ PGN]