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Corus Group A (2006) Played in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 14-29 January 2006. Rest days: 18, 23 and 26 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 (2716). Tournament director: Jeroen van den Berg. Chief arbiter: Thomas van Beekum. Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov shared the win with 9/13. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 =1 Anand 36 2792 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 9 =1 Topalov 30 2801 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9 =3 Adams 34 2707 ½ 1 * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ =3 Ivanchuk 36 2729 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ =5 Gelfand 37 2723 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 7 =5 Karjakin 16 2660 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 =7 Tiviakov 32 2669 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 6½ =7 Leko 26 2740 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ =7 Aronian 23 2752 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 10 Van Wely 35 2647 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 6 11 Bacrot 23 2717 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 5½ =12 Mamedyarov 20 2709 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ 4½ =12 Kamsky 31 2686 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 * ½ 4½ 14 Sokolov 37 2689 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 4 Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2006020... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/corus... Crosstable: https://history.tatasteelchess.com/... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Johan Sigeman in Tidskrift för Schack, 2/2006, pp. 6-10: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2006... Jonathan Speelman in The Observer, 29 January 2006: https://web.archive.org/web/2014092... Previous: Corus Group A (2005). Next: Corus Group A (2007). See also Corus Group B (2006) and Corus Group C (2006)  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tiviakov vs Adams ½-½ 72 2006 Corus Group A C77 Ruy Lopez 2. Aronian vs Ivanchuk 0-1 45 2006 Corus Group A E60 King's Indian Defense 3. Gelfand vs Leko ½-½ 37 2006 Corus Group A E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 4. Van Wely vs I Sokolov ½-½ 41 2006 Corus Group A D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 5. Karjakin vs Anand 0-1 37 2006 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Topalov vs Kamsky 1-0 25 2006 Corus Group A B01 Scandinavian 7. Mamedyarov vs Bacrot ½-½ 24 2006 Corus Group A D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 8. Kamsky vs Gelfand 1-0 41 2006 Corus Group A D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. Anand vs Aronian ½-½ 66 2006 Corus Group A C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Leko vs Karjakin ½-½ 29 2006 Corus Group A B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Bacrot vs Tiviakov 1-0 41 2006 Corus Group A B32 Sicilian 12. Van Wely vs Mamedyarov ½-½ 49 2006 Corus Group A E91 King's Indian 13. Adams vs Topalov 1-0 42 2006 Corus Group A B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 14. I Sokolov vs Ivanchuk 0-1 73 2006 Corus Group A E12 Queen's Indian 15. Tiviakov vs Van Wely ½-½ 25 2006 Corus Group A B22 Sicilian, Alapin 16. Ivanchuk vs Anand 0-1 28 2006 Corus Group A A35 English, Symmetrical 17. Gelfand vs Adams 1-0 39 2006 Corus Group A E09 Catalan, Closed 18. Mamedyarov vs I Sokolov ½-½ 26 2006 Corus Group A D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. Karjakin vs Kamsky 1-0 32 2006 Corus Group A B42 Sicilian, Kan 20. Topalov vs Bacrot 1-0 44 2006 Corus Group A C42 Petrov Defense 21. Aronian vs Leko ½-½ 31 2006 Corus Group A E15 Queen's Indian 22. Van Wely vs Topalov 0-1 43 2006 Corus Group A D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. I Sokolov vs Anand ½-½ 15 2006 Corus Group A D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 24. Leko vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 27 2006 Corus Group A C11 French 25. Mamedyarov vs Tiviakov ½-½ 52 2006 Corus Group A E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)  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 177 OF 177 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-06-06    hitman84: <Bobak Zahmat>yup i have tried it. its great! :-) Feb-06-06    Bobak Zahmat: <hitman84> Yeah. I have even beaten a player ELO 2250!!! hihi :) Feb-09-06    lostemperor: <Ezzy> if not a GM, you sure scored a GM result with your predictions! Linares predictions under way at my chessforum plus some statistics on Corus. Feb-10-06    John Abraham: A very good and exciting tourney this was, I felt sad when it came to a closure. Cheers! Feb-10-06    ughaibu: Get a hypnotist to erase your memories of the event then you can play through all the games for the first time, again. Feb-13-06    Bobak Zahmat: <ughaibu> Or you will play through this games till next year's Tournament:) Feb-28-06    Josiel: I wish Kasparov was back! Mar-12-06    EmperorAtahualpa: A nice summary article about the Corus tournament by Aviv Friedman: http://www.coruschess.com/article.p... Let's hope the Corus tournament next year will be just as spectacular! Aug-14-06    Bobak Zahmat: Next edition of Corus Tournament should be awesome. It is unbelievable, but the tournament is getting stronger each year. Possible participants Group A: Veselin Topalov Viswanthan Anand Levon Aronian Vladimir Kramnik Peter Svidler Peter Leko Vassily Ivanchuk Michael Adams Sergey Karjakin Magnus Carlsen Alexander Motylev Sergey Tiviakov Ivan Sokolov Aug-14-06    Bobak Zahmat: Other candidate participants for Group A: Alexander Morozevich Boris Gelfand Loek van Wely Friso Nijboer Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Judit Polgar Oct-19-06    WannaBe: Is this the same Corus that sponsored the tournaments? http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/19/new... Oct-19-06    paulalbert: Yes, The Corus steel company that is the object of the takeover bid by Mittal is the same company that sponsors the chess tournaments. Corus itself resulted from a merger, British Steel and Dutch steel companies. Paul Albert Oct-28-06    Bobak Zahmat: Wow! I almost had predicted the correct players of the entire inventation Group A. Except for Radjabov, Shirov and Ponomariov I had the whole field right. I have to say that I'm surprised to see that Peter Leko, the winner of 2004 CCT edition, isn't at the list of this super Tournament. Perhaps he declined the inventation, who knows? I also miss another great GM, who isn't invited. Vassily 'Chuky' Ivanchuk. He played last year some great games. But too bad he isn't here. Oct-28-06    Bobak Zahmat: Here is the complete field of inventation group A: Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, 2813, 1) Viswanathan Anand (India, 2779, 2) Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2750, 3) Peter Svidler (Russia, 2750, 4) Alexander Morozevich (Russia, 2747, 5) Levon Aronian (Armenië, 2741, 7) Teymour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2729, 11) Alexey Shirov (Spain, 2720, 14) Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine, 2703, 20) Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2698, 21) Sergey Tiviakov (The Netherlands, 2680, 27) Loek van Wely (The Netherlands, 2676, 29) Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine, 2672, 35) Alexander Motylev (Russia, 2662, 44) Oct-28-06    Bobak Zahmat: The favourites to win the tournament? Vishy Anand is like always a big favourite. Altough I'm huge Topalov supporter, I believe that Anand is the more stable player and thus my favourite to win the tournament. After Anand there are a few players who has got a big shot to victory. I think Topalov and Kramnik are both equally favourite. For one, Kramnik's confidince has rised to sky after his WC win over Topalov and Topalov most often is a slowly starter. The big outsiders are perhaps Levon Aronian and Peter Svidler. The suprise of the tournament: Magnus 'Mozart' Carlsen! Oct-29-06    Lt. Col. Majid: <Ezzy: Wow> <Corus 2006 was absolutely enthralling, with an exciting race to the finishing line. Topalov and Anand are proving to be the dominant force in world chess, and it will be fascinating to see their struggle for dominance over the next few years.> Really?? What a difference 9 months make. Oct-30-06    Bobak Zahmat: <Lt. Col. Majid> The next edition hasn't begun yet, what is your point? Oct-30-06    suenteus po 147: With the list for Corus 2007 we can see some interesting differences. Only 6 of the 14 participants are the same from last year: Topalov Anand Aronian Karjakin Van Wely Tiviakov That's less than half of last year's field! Who's out: Leko (had a bad run last year) Adams Ivanchuk Kamsky (decent run, but bad Corus) Gelfand Bacrot Mamedyarov (last minute replacement, poor showing) Sokolov Who's in: Kramnik (replacing Mamedyarov, also WC) Svidler Morozevich (amazing Biel, amongst others) Radjabov (nice showing at Linares, Biel) Shirov Ponomariov (he's Ukranian, so replacing Ivanchuk?) Carlsen (Group B winner) Motylev (Group B winner) Oct-30-06    Lt. Col. Majid: My gut tells me Svidler & Moro are ready to step up big time next year. Oct-30-06    suenteus po 147: Svidler has been ready to step up for a while now. He had some terrific games and tournaments in the late nineties and early 2000, but then he kind of sluffed off. Like a lot of other GMs who have real talent and promising starts but never quite make the big mark. Nov-06-06    Bobak Zahmat: There´s no way Svidler will finish first. This field is too strong. Dec-05-06    Whitehat1963: Here's the A group for 2007: Veselin Topalov Viswanathan Anand Vladimir Kramnik Peter Svidler David Navara Levon Aronian Teymour Radjabov Alexei Shirov Ruslan Ponomariov Magnus Carlsen Sergey Tiviakov Loek van Wely Sergey Karjakin Alexander Motylev Note that Carlsen has arrived! Should prove to be a great tournament. Dec-06-06    plang: Group B was the strongest ever (for a B) in 2006. For 2007 it is nowhere near as strong. Dec-06-06    percyblakeney: <Group B was the strongest ever (for a B) in 2006. For 2007 it is nowhere near as strong> Not a huge difference though, an average rating of 2589 instead of 2602. The other groups are stronger in 2007 than they were in 2006, group C is 2490 (2458 last year) while group A is 2721 instead of 2716. 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