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Corus Group C (2008) Played in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands 12-27 January 2008. Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Caruana 15 2598 * ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 10 2 Reinderman 35 2533 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8 3 Negi 16 2526 0 ½ * 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8 4 Carlsson 25 2501 0 0 1 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 5 Krush 24 2473 1 ½ 0 1 * 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 7 6 Braun 19 2536 0 ½ 1 0 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 7 7 Van der Wiel 48 2490 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 8 Nijboer 42 2578 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 9 Van der Werf 39 2389 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 6½ 10 Li Shilong 30 2502 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 6 11 Grivas 41 2509 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 0 1 6 12 Zhaoqin Peng 39 2461 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 4½ 13 Ushenina 22 2484 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * 1 4½ 14 Ruijgrok 22 2329 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 2 Category: X (2494). Fabiano Caruana qualified for Corus Group B (2009). Previous: Corus Group C (2007). Next: Corus Group C (2009). See also Corus Group A (2008), Corus Group B (2008) and Corus Honorary Group (2008)  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Zhaoqin Peng vs Caruana 0-1 65 2008 Corus Group C D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. A Ushenina vs Van der Wiel 0-1 38 2008 Corus Group C E12 Queen's Indian 3. D Ruijgrok vs D Reinderman 0-1 43 2008 Corus Group C B40 Sicilian 4. Li Shilong vs I Krush 1-0 42 2008 Corus Group C E97 King's Indian 5. M van der Werf vs E Grivas   1-0 50 2008 Corus Group C E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 6. Nijboer vs A Braun 0-1 39 2008 Corus Group C C18 French, Winawer 7. Negi vs P Carlsson 0-1 36 2008 Corus Group C B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long 8. P Carlsson vs Zhaoqin Peng ½-½ 11 2008 Corus Group C B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 9. Caruana vs M van der Werf 1-0 27 2008 Corus Group C C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. E Grivas vs D Ruijgrok 1-0 35 2008 Corus Group C A10 English 11. Van der Wiel vs Nijboer 1-0 39 2008 Corus Group C C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 12. A Braun vs Negi 1-0 31 2008 Corus Group C A34 English, Symmetrical 13. I Krush vs D Reinderman ½-½ 41 2008 Corus Group C E73 King's Indian 14. Li Shilong vs A Ushenina 1-0 62 2008 Corus Group C D85 Grunfeld 15. Zhaoqin Peng vs A Braun 0-1 36 2008 Corus Group C A57 Benko Gambit 16. D Ruijgrok vs Caruana   0-1 50 2008 Corus Group C B40 Sicilian 17. D Reinderman vs E Grivas ½-½ 51 2008 Corus Group C A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 18. A Ushenina vs I Krush ½-½ 40 2008 Corus Group C B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 19. Nijboer vs Li Shilong 1-0 48 2008 Corus Group C B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 20. M van der Werf vs P Carlsson   ½-½ 36 2008 Corus Group C A30 English, Symmetrical 21. Negi vs Van der Wiel 1-0 29 2008 Corus Group C C16 French, Winawer 22. A Ushenina vs Nijboer   0-1 63 2008 Corus Group C B22 Sicilian, Alapin 23. I Krush vs E Grivas 0-1 70 2008 Corus Group C A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 24. Li Shilong vs Negi 0-1 48 2008 Corus Group C D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. A Braun vs M van der Werf 1-0 22 2008 Corus Group C D31 Queen's Gambit Declined  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 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-25-08    pawnofdoom: So far: Reinderman-Negi 1/2 Givas-Nijboer 1/2 Caruana-Ushenina 1-0 Braun-van der Weil 1/2 THree games left Jan-25-08    whiteshark: Drawgi weakens slightly. Jan-25-08    VishyFan: Up next... Round 12 - Saturday the 26th F. Nijboer - F. Caruana P. Negi - E. Grivas Z. Peng - D. Reinderman Round 13 - Sunday the 27th D. Reinderman - M. van der Werf F. Caruana - P. Negi P. Carlsson - F. Nijboer If Negi can win the Round 12 game, then the Round 13 game between Caruana & Negi would be a title decidng game... Jan-26-08    VishyFan: Negi won and is 8/12 now... It will be interesting to see what happens in Nijober - Caruana.. and it will be double interesting in the last round game of Caruana - Negi.., it will be a "winner takes it all" game.... Jan-26-08    VishyFan: Caruana won and is 9/12 now... Negi won and is 8/12... Nijober lost and is 7/12... Reinderman's game is still in progress, but he is pawn down in a R+N end-game... If Negi wins the last round game against Caruana, they will be tied for the number of points and number of wins and Negi might be declared the winner based on his win over Caruana and a berth in Corus 'B' in 2009... Jan-26-08    weisyschwarz: Reinderman should have lost. It seems Peng failed to attack his R with her K, and so just allowed for a draw. Jan-26-08    whiteshark: Standings <before! <final round <13>>>: GM group C 1. Caruana 9 2. Negi 8 3. Reinderman 7½ 4. Nijboer 7 5. Carlsson 6½ 6. Li, van der Werf, Braun, van der Wiel, Krush 6 11. Grivas 5 12. Ushenina, Peng 4½ 14. Ruijgrok 2 Jan-26-08    WhiteTanager: Does anyone know if Braun or Krush can get a GM norm? Jan-27-08    VishyFan: Have the games started yet? They were supposed to have started 5 mins ago... (2 hours earlier than the previous days) Group 'A' and Group 'B' games will start an hour later, that is 1 hour earlier than the previous days... Jan-27-08    VishyFan: The games have started... Caruana - Negi is a Ruy - strong point variation......., They have blitzed throuh 11 moves already... There is so much on stake in this game that i am expecting this to be an exciting one...... Jan-27-08    VishyFan: Negi already on the move...... Jan-27-08    vlado23: is Caruana's 18. f3 a book move? Jan-27-08    anandr: Negi is burning precious time. Caruana has spent only 3 min on this clock, and Negi already 38. click for larger view wKg1,Qf1,Nd2,Bb3,c1,Ra1,e1,Pa2,b2,c3,d4,f3,g3,h2/bKg8,- Qh5,Nd5,Bd6,g4,Re8,f8,Pa6,b5,c6,f7,g7,h7 Jan-27-08    anandr: <vlado23: is Caruana's 18. f3 a book move?> Yes, so far they seem to be following a game played by Motylev and Vajda. This game however does not seem to loaded in cg. Jan-27-08    anandr: Ok, now they have deviated from the said earlier game. That game went: 18. Bh3 19. Qf2 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nf6 21. Qf2 Re8 22. Nf1 Qg6 Jan-27-08    kasp: Caruana-Negi 1-0. Caruana the best,very very strong Jan-27-08    pawnofdoom: Looks like this is the only section that doesn't plan to have almost all draws today. only 1 draw and 6 games have been completed! Caruana beat Negi and Reinderman drew so he wins by 2 points!! Jan-27-08    keypusher: Caruana and Negi played a pretty game today. Congratulations to Caruana! Jan-27-08    kellmano: <whiteshark: Drawgi weakens slightly.> Not as bad as Drawnina. Jan-27-08    An Englishman: Good Morning: Does Corus have a promotion system similar to English football? In other words, having won Group C, will Caruana be invited to compete in Group B next year? Jan-27-08    Open Defence: it would seem so <An Englishman> Pavel Eljanov was invited this year into Group A having won Group B last year, so I make an educated guess that this applies between the other Groups as well Jan-27-08    weisyschwarz: So does Movsesian move into A, as well? Who would he replace? Jan-28-08    whiteshark: <<kellmano> Drawnina> I missed her badly. :D Corus (Group C) (2008) Jan-28-08    virginmind: congratulations caruana! Jan-28-08    sapfy: Rating changes for the C group: Caruana +15.5 Nijboer -10.8 Braun -2.9 Reinderman +7.7 Negi +9.1 Grivas -7.9 Li -6.7 Carlsson +8.5 van der Wiel +5.9 Ushenina -18.1 Krush +8.9 Peng -13.7 van der Werf +29.4 Ruijgrok -22.7 Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  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. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. 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