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🏆 Corsica Masters (2007)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Hikaru Nakamura, Anatoly Karpov, Evgeny Bareev, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Loek van Wely, Vadim Milov, Artur Yusupov, Konstantin Landa, Daniel Fridman, Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Victor Mikhalevski, Hichem Hamdouchi, Namig Guliyev, Ognjen Cvitan, Leonid Milov, Eric Prie

Corsica Masters (2007) The 11th Corsica Masters was a knockout tournament with Rapid time control played in Bastia, Corsica, France, 29-30 October 2007. The field consisted of the top 14 players of the Corsica Masters Open (2007) (28 October, 10 rounds, 10 min + 3 sec), and two seeded players (Karpov and Kasimdzhanov). The four knockout rounds had two games each, plus tiebreak games if necessary. Time control: 10 minutes for the whole game, with 3 seconds added per move from move 1. If 1-1, then two more games (details not known, but probably Blitz). The prize fund was 100,000 euros, with 20,000 euros to the winner. Chief organizer: Léo Battesti and the Corsica Chess Club. Chief arbiter: Stéphane Escafre. N games played: 40. Hikaru Nakamura beat Kasimdzhanov 2-0 in the final. Eighthfinals (Oct 29) Quarterfinals (Oct 29) Semifinals (Oct 30) Final (Oct 30) Nakamura 01 ½1 2½ Mikhalevski 10 ½0 1½ Nakamura 10 11 3 Van Wely 01 00 1 Van Wely 1½ -- 1½ Prie 0½ -- ½ Nakamura 01 11 3 Bareev 10 00 1 Bareev 11 -- 2 Yusupov 00 -- 0 Bareev ½½ 11 3 Milov, V ½½ 00 1 Milov, V 11 -- 2 Cvitan 00 -- 0 Nakamura 11 -- 2 Kasimdzhanov 00 -- 0 Kasimdzhanov 1½ -- 1½ Milov, L 0½ -- ½ Kasimdzhanov 1½ -- 1½ Fridman 0½ -- ½ Fridman ½1 -- 1½ Mchedlishvili ½0 -- ½ Kasimdzhanov 10 11 3 Karpov 01 00 1 Karpov 11 -- 2 Hamdouchi 00 -- 0 Karpov 11 -- 2 Guliyev 00 -- 0 Guliyev ½1 -- 1½ Landa ½0 -- ½ Nakamura also won the Corsica Masters Open (2007) with 8/10. Twelve of the 16 players had participated in the European Blitz Championship (2007) in Ajaccio (25-26 October, 340 players, 32 rounds, 3 min + 2 sec). This was won by Vladislav Tkachiev with 25.5/32. There was also a Junior tournament, and a Blitz tournament on 30 October. All part of the "Corsican Circuit" 2007. Official site: not archived FFE: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/(hhwxwqmb... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/hikar... Corsica Masters Open: http://www.echecs.asso.fr/(hhwxwqmb... European Blitz Championship: https://web.archive.org/web/2007103... European Blitz Ch video Tkachiev vs Bareev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xf... Previous: Corsica Masters (2006). Next: Corsica Masters (2008)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Landa vs N Guliyev   ½-½ 51 2007 Corsica Masters A15 English 2. Milov vs Bareev   0-1 30 2007 Corsica Masters D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. Van Wely vs Nakamura 0-1 34 2007 Corsica Masters D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. Bareev vs Milov   1-0 39 2007 Corsica Masters A15 English 5. Nakamura vs Van Wely 1-0 29 2007 Corsica Masters D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Bareev vs Milov   ½-½ 42 2007 Corsica Masters A15 English 7. Nakamura vs Van Wely 0-1 40 2007 Corsica Masters B89 Sicilian 8. Fridman vs Kasimdzhanov   ½-½ 50 2007 Corsica Masters D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. N Guliyev vs Karpov   0-1 64 2007 Corsica Masters C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Milov vs Bareev   ½-½ 50 2007 Corsica Masters D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. Van Wely vs Nakamura 0-1 33 2007 Corsica Masters D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. Kasimdzhanov vs Fridman   1-0 44 2007 Corsica Masters D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. Karpov vs N Guliyev 1-0 37 2007 Corsica Masters D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Nakamura vs Mikhalevski 1-0 40 2007 Corsica Masters A15 English 15. Mikhalevski vs Nakamura   ½-½ 112 2007 Corsica Masters E00 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Fridman vs M Mchedlishvili   1-0 52 2007 Corsica Masters D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 17. Milov vs O Cvitan   1-0 79 2007 Corsica Masters E70 King's Indian 18. Van Wely vs E Prie 1-0 38 2007 Corsica Masters D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. Nakamura vs Mikhalevski   0-1 58 2007 Corsica Masters A15 English 20. Kasimdzhanov vs L Milov   1-0 46 2007 Corsica Masters B01 Scandinavian 21. Bareev vs A Yusupov   1-0 46 2007 Corsica Masters A90 Dutch 22. M Mchedlishvili vs Fridman   ½-½ 74 2007 Corsica Masters D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. Karpov vs H Hamdouchi 1-0 51 2007 Corsica Masters A56 Benoni Defense 24. N Guliyev vs Landa   1-0 69 2007 Corsica Masters B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 25. E Prie vs Van Wely ½-½ 63 2007 Corsica Masters D00 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Nov-13-07    Riverbeast: Somebody should check Nakamura's head for chips, this kid plays like a machine Dec-07-07    661973: who is the winner ? Dec-20-07    timhortons: i started admiring nakamura when i seen him beating the "beast"(crafty rated 3000 elo) at icc...these boy is smart...either he would tactically defeat the beast in a 3 minute game or beat him on time...he calculate so fast fast...even his fellow grandmasters go and see him slay these computer....its so fun watching his game Dec-20-07    Strongest Force: i envy Nakamura because he can play any opening against the top engines and win. I personally had to play simi-closed positions: lock the center, make sure the comp had insufficient counter-play on the q-side, then push the k-side pawns (in-a-storm) that were backed by my heavy-pieces inorder to compromise the engine's king position: this often made the program give-up extra pieces like a brokened ATM machine! ;) Jul-02-09    Knight13: WOW Karpov lost 3 games against Kasimdzhanov!! Nov-28-23    macer75: <Riverbeast: Somebody should check Nakamura's head for chips, this kid plays like a machine> Hi Vlad! 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