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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. Ponomariov vs Anand ½-½ 22 2007 Corus Group A E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 2. Karjakin vs Kramnik ½-½ 33 2007 Corus Group A C42 Petrov Defense 3. Topalov vs Motylev ½-½ 24 2007 Corus Group A D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. Van Wely vs Radjabov 0-1 40 2007 Corus Group A E97 King's Indian 5. Navara vs Aronian ½-½ 22 2007 Corus Group A D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 6. Tiviakov vs Carlsen ½-½ 24 2007 Corus Group A B22 Sicilian, Alapin 7. Shirov vs Svidler ½-½ 26 2007 Corus Group A D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 8. Kramnik vs Shirov 1-0 34 2007 Corus Group A A15 English 9. Svidler vs Tiviakov 1-0 65 2007 Corus Group A B01 Scandinavian 10. Motylev vs Anand 0-1 31 2007 Corus Group A B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Carlsen vs Navara 0-1 50 2007 Corus Group A D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 12. Aronian vs Ponomariov 1-0 39 2007 Corus Group A E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 13. Radjabov vs Karjakin ½-½ 78 2007 Corus Group A E15 Queen's Indian 14. Topalov vs Van Wely 1-0 35 2007 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Van Wely vs Motylev ½-½ 53 2007 Corus Group A A20 English 16. Ponomariov vs Carlsen 1-0 30 2007 Corus Group A D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. Navara vs Svidler ½-½ 27 2007 Corus Group A A15 English 18. Shirov vs Radjabov 0-1 47 2007 Corus Group A E97 King's Indian 19. Karjakin vs Topalov ½-½ 54 2007 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. Tiviakov vs Kramnik ½-½ 28 2007 Corus Group A C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 21. Anand vs Aronian ½-½ 32 2007 Corus Group A C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 22. Motylev vs Aronian ½-½ 22 2007 Corus Group A C87 Ruy Lopez 23. Kramnik vs Navara ½-½ 63 2007 Corus Group A A15 English 24. Radjabov vs Tiviakov 1-0 75 2007 Corus Group A B32 Sicilian 25. Carlsen vs Anand ½-½ 20 2007 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  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 367 OF 367 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-05-07    JointheArmy: <Chess Classics> Note they cut alot of letters sent to them because they were excessively rude as they said. I guess I shouldn't have put, "It's official, chessbase is the worst news source for chess." Feb-05-07    percyblakeney: GM Sakaev's Corus summary: Topalov – played with an energy characteristic for him, showing his advantage in the knowledge of opening play almost in every game. If not for the accident against Peter Svidler, he would be the sole winner of the tournament. Aronian – Levon played very well, easily and strongly, with fantasy. His principal drawback is the opening repertoire, which needs to be still more widened and strengthened, although lately Levon's progress in this sphere has been obvious. Radjabov – a brilliant start, a good finish, but the burden of leadership has been hanging too heavily on Teimour's shoulders in the middle of the tournament. But it is no matter; for him the time of great achievements is still to come. Vladimir Kramnik – his play gave joy, his technique in some games was really something else. His victory over Anand is particularly impressive. Unfortunately, it is rather difficult to win the tournament with such kind of opening game for Black (I mean Petroff's Defense and his decision not to play for a win in some games). Vishi Anand – his defeat in the game against Kramnik has upset him a bit, and the rest of the tournament he played without fervor. It is common knowledge, that Anand can do better than this. Peter Svidler – a highly unstable play, in some games Peter just gave the points away (but, to tell the truth, he had also got a present from Veselin Topalov). I wish Peter would win some super-tournament at last, his potential is more than enough for that. Sergey Karjakin – Seriozha played not badly at all. It can be said that he is moving in the right direction. His time is surely to come soon. David Navara – a "shadow leader" of the tournament. Just like Peter Svidler, he had given away a whole lot of points as presents. David is young and has great potential. Ruslan Ponomariov – for some reasons he was not in the mood to play. Being at his best advantage, Ruslan is capable of playing much stronger. He had demonstrated this during the recent Tal Memorial in Moscow, where he shared the first place. Alexander Motylev – Sasha had been "cut down" by the game against Anand in the beginning of the tournament, after which he seemed to lose his self-confidence. Nevertheless, in some games he used to outplay his opponents showing fine opening preparation and interesting play. Sergei Tiviakov – being conscious of the fact that some participants of this tournament are better players, he made up his mind to play without ambitions, "drying up" the game in order to guarantee himself from a failure. He has succeeded in this, although his final result is not something to boast of anyway. Loek van Wely – played creatively, won a couple of games, but, with the tournament being as strong as it was, his negative result should not be something to grieve over for Loek. Alexey Shirov – sharing the last place is undeserved by him. I think that it would come as no surprise to anybody if he had finished in the upper part of the table. Magnus Carlsen – he is not a mature player yet, so it seems too early to talk about his great perspectives. To my mind, Magnus is, for the time being, weaker than every other participant of this tournament. http://www.e3e5.com/eng/petersburg/... Feb-11-07    rjsolcruz: As Lasker, the 2nd World Champion, said, "Chess is life." Most of us play chess to make friends and making friends is in essence the 2nd most important commandment; love your neigbors. God bless all who loves chess! check+ Feb-11-07    Dionyseus: <percy> Thanks, GM Sakaev's summary was an interesting read. Feb-11-07    Rolfo: <To my mind, Magnus is, for the time being, weaker than every other participant of this tournament.> True, but stronger than most of them not participating.. Feb-12-07    slomarko: <True, but stronger than most of them not participating..> Kramnik, Grischuk, Mamediarov, Adams, Navara, Ivanchuk, Gelfand etc, etc, etc.. are all stronger than him. Feb-12-07    Rolfo: <Kramnik, Grischuk, Mamediarov, Adams, Navara, Ivanchuk, Gelfand etc, etc, etc.. are all stronger than him.> Yes, they are all established players and higher rated as well. No surprise. I suppose you easily can count up a lot more Feb-13-07    percyblakeney: Wijk aan Zee stats for some players 1996-2007: Anand +46 -8 =76 Topalov +33 -21 =63 Kramnik +28 -10 =66 Kasparov +19 -1 =19 Ivanchuk +17 -6 =42 Leko +15 -5 =71 Morozevich +15 -12 =26 Svidler +9 -10 =21 Ponomariov +9 -11 =19 Radjabov +8 -4 =14 Aronian +7 -3 =16 Karjakin +7 -6 =13 Anand went +22 -0 =41 in Wijk from 1999 before losing to Topalov in round 12, 2004. Kasparov's only loss came after 7 wins in a row in 1999, when he blundered against Sokolov. Leko has a draw average just above 10 in 13 games a year. Morozevich had a disastruous 2005, going +2 -6 =5. Feb-13-07    percyblakeney: Svidler should be +9 -10 =33. Feb-13-07    percyblakeney: Adams definitely deserves to be included as well, he has had a plus score every year and in total +26 -12 =66. Feb-13-07    shintaro go: +19 -1 =19 is just insane. However, Anand owns Corus, everyone knows that. This year's result won't tarnish his wonderful run in Wijk. Feb-13-07    TylerD: if he "owns" it is only because Kasparov have given it to him by not showing up more often... Anand s record in Corus is fantastic, no argument there, but Kasparov s is even more impressive if one look at quality rather than quantity. BTW Kasparov s Linares stats... they are just unbelievable... as are all his stats, of course... Feb-23-07    Marvol: I posted this in the Morelinares page but it also fits here. Corus A: 1.e4 drawn 31 1.e4 decided 16 1.d4 drawn 19 1.d4 decided 18 1.other drawn 5 1.other decided 2 Interesting is the proportion of Najdorfs in 1.e4, 14 1-0 5 1/2 5 0-1 4 And whether white really profits from the high % of decided games after 1.d4 (these stats may be skewed because of Radjabov's high score in the KID) 1.d4 deciders: 1-0 10 KID 0-1 5 (4x Radja, 1x Topa) other 0-1 3 Very interesting. Mar-27-07    AAAAron: Great tourney by Drawnik.... He almost managed the amazing feat of all draws. Oh that Drawnik, always looking for the draw instead of the win. His games are sooo exciting!!! How will Krammy pull off the draw this week. Stay tuned.......... Mar-27-07    AAAAron: I admire Topalov greatly, he has that killer instinct. Unlike Kramnik who wets his pants in fear, opting for a draw instead of a fight. I hope Topalov knocks the socks off Drawnik the next time they meet. Jan-09-08    Akuni: <Unlike Kramnik who wets his pants in fear, opting for a draw instead of a fight> Looking at the Tal Memorial, it seems you're only about half right. ;) Sep-05-08    Whitehat1963: Using my scoring system (below), Radjabov would have been the clear winner: My scoring system Win with black = 1.10 Win with white = 1.00 Draw with black = .50 Draw with white = .45 Loss with either = 0 First four places: 1. Radjabov 8.70 3. Topalov 8.45 3. Aronian 8.45 4. Kramnik 7.85 I dare say, I think my way is better than FIDE's or the current system being used at Bilbao, which would still have yielded a tie at the top: 1. Radjabov 22 1. Topalov 22 3. Aronian 21 4. Kramnik 19 Sep-13-08    whiteshark: First ?? Oct-05-09    DeltaHawk: No comments on this tournament because Magnus Carlsen played extremely poorly. Oct-05-09    kurtrichards: Of Radjabov's 5 victories, 4 comes from King's Indian Defense.(One from Queen's Gambit Declined,Ragozin.) Maybe the reason why Radjabov is called the KID. Oct-06-09    DeltaHawk: LOL, what an error. Apparently, <whiteshark> also thought no comments were made on this tournament. Oct-06-09    8284: <DeltaHawk> LOL, the page counter shows < PAGE 365 OF 367 > for the last page/post. Maybe the admins have deleted some 50 posts without adjusting the total page numbers ? Nov-17-10    checkmateyourmove: i dont think we will ever see a standings like this again.. teimour with first and 5 wins with one loss. He draws to much for my liking now and magnus dead last with no wins. I love corus tourneys. Mar-30-13    perfidious: <checkmateyourmove: i dont think we will ever see....standings like this again....magnus dead last with no wins.> I'd say the odds are agin it. Then again, to hear some tell the sordid tale, a player is only as good as his/her last game. Sep-16-13    Kikoman: Magnus Carlsen 1st appearance in Corus (Group A). Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 367) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 367 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. 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