Wijk aan Zee Corus (2000) The inaugural Corus Chess Tournament (which resulted when Hoogovens, the former sponser, merged with British steel) was a category XVIII event held in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands from January 14th to January 30th, 2000. 14 top grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in a round robin format in the prestigous A event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2851), Vishwanathan Anand (2769), Vladimir Kramnik (2758), Alexander Morozevich (2748), Peter Leko (2725), Michael Adams (2715), Nigel Short (2683), Viktor Korchnoi (2659), Predrag Nikolic (2659), Judit Polgar (2658), Jan Timman (2655), Loek Van Wely (2646), Jeroen Piket (2633), and Smbat Lputian (2605). Kasparov won his second Wijk aan Zee tournament in a row, undefeated with 9.5/13. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Kasparov 9.5/13 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 02 Kramnik 8.0/13 = * = = = 1 = = = 1 = = 1 = 03 Leko 8.0/13 = = * = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 04 Anand 8.0/13 = = = * = = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 05 Morozevich 7.5/13 0 = = = * = = 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 06 Adams 7.0/13 = 0 = = = * = 1 0 1 = = = 1 07 Piket 6.5/13 = = = = = = * 1 0 1 0 0 1 = 08 Timman 6.5/13 0 = = = 1 0 0 * = = = = 1 1 09 Nikolic 6.0/13 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 = * = = 1 = = 10 Short 5.5/13 = 0 = = = 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 11 Polgar 5.0/13 0 = = = 0 = 1 = = 0 * = 0 = 12 Korchnoi 5.0/13 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 = = * 0 1 13 Lputian 4.5/13 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 1 * = 14 Van Wely 4.0/13 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 = * Original collection: Game Collection: Wijk aan Zee Corus 2000, by User: suenteus po 147  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Korchnoi vs Kasparov 0-1 54 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus D85 Grunfeld 2. Timman vs Anand   ½-½ 42 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 3. Judit Polgar vs Van Wely   ½-½ 42 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 4. P Nikolic vs Short   ½-½ 35 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 5. Lputian vs Piket   0-1 46 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus E97 King's Indian 6. Leko vs Morozevich   ½-½ 31 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus B32 Sicilian 7. Kramnik vs Adams 1-0 49 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus E15 Queen's Indian 8. Van Wely vs Korchnoi   0-1 55 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 9. Short vs Leko   ½-½ 41 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus B24 Sicilian, Closed 10. Piket vs Kasparov ½-½ 41 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus D97 Grunfeld, Russian 11. Morozevich vs Kramnik   ½-½ 16 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus C42 Petrov Defense 12. Lputian vs Timman   0-1 61 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus A34 English, Symmetrical 13. Anand vs P Nikolic 1-0 40 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus A90 Dutch 14. Adams vs Judit Polgar   ½-½ 27 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 15. Timman vs Piket 0-1 28 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus A50 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Judit Polgar vs Morozevich 0-1 36 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus C11 French 17. P Nikolic vs Lputian   ½-½ 40 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Leko vs Anand   ½-½ 27 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus C42 Petrov Defense 19. Kramnik vs Short 1-0 32 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. Korchnoi vs Adams   ½-½ 22 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus E15 Queen's Indian 21. Kasparov vs Van Wely 1-0 25 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 22. Timman vs P Nikolic   ½-½ 27 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. Short vs Judit Polgar   1-0 40 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 24. Piket vs Van Wely ½-½ 11 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. Morozevich vs Korchnoi ½-½ 20 2000 Wijk aan Zee Corus C11 French  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)       There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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