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Gibraltar 2010
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Sunday, 31 January 2010

Michael Adams wins Gibraltar 2010!

The 8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival took place from January 26th until February 4th 2010. Jan Gustafsson, Michael Adams, Francisco Vallejo and Sandipan Chanda met in play-offs. Adams and Vallejo beat their opponents, Gustafsson and Chanda respectively, and thus met in the final where Adams came out victorious.  

Leading final standings after round 10 (Masters' tournament):
1. GM Gustafsson, Jan GER 2627 7.5
2. GM Adams, Michael ENG 2694 7.5
3. GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2705 7.5
4. GM Sandipan, Chanda IND 2622 7.5
5. GM Kamsky, Gata USA 2693 7.5
6. GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2713 7.5
7. GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2708 7.5
8. GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal IND 2584 7.5
9. IM Lenderman, Alex USA 2560 7.5
10. WGM Zhukova, Natalia UKR 2462 7.0
11. GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2670 7.0
12. GM Koneru, Humpy IND 2614 7.0
13. GM Halkias, Stelios GRE 2566 7.0
14. GM Hoffmann, Michael GER 2508 7.0
15. GM Malakhatko, Vadim BEL 2549 7.0
16. GM Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2660 7.0
17. GM Istratescu, Andrei ROU 2607 7.0
18. GM Speelman, Jon S ENG 2525 7.0
19. IM Boskovic, Drasko SRB 2454 7.0
20. GM Guliyev, Namig AZE 2516 7.0


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Last Updated ( Friday, 05 February 2010 )
 
Corus 2010
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Friday, 01 January 2010

 

Magnus Carlsen wins Corus 2010!

The 72nd Corus chess tournament was held from January 15th until January 31st 2010 in Wijk aan Zee. Magnus Carlsen won clearly first place in Group A' finishing on 8.5/13, while Shirov and Kramnik follow with half a point less.

The 15 year old Anish Giri from India and the Chinese Li Chao are the sole winners of Group B' and Group C' respectively. Giri qualifies for next year's Group A' and Li Chao for next year's Group B'.

- Download the games (Groups A, B & C): Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 | Round 11 | Round 12 | Round 13
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Final standings (Group A') :
1. M. Carlsen 8½
2. A. Shirov, V. Kramnik 8.0
4. H. Nakamura, V. Anand 7½
6. S. Karjakin, V. Ivanchuk 7.0
8. L. Dominguez, P. Leko 6½
10. F. Caruana 5½
11. L. van Wely, N. Short 5.0
13. S. Tiviakov, J. Smeets 4½


Grandmaster Group A'

Round 1 - 16.01.2010
S. Karjakin - V. Anand 1/2  
L. Dominguez - V. Kramnik 1/2  
P. Leko - A. Shirov 0-1  
F. Caruana - V. Ivanchuk 1/2  
S. Tiviakov - M. Carlsen 1/2  
J. Smeets - H. Nakamura 1/2  
L. van Wely - N. Short 1-0  
Round 2 - 17.01.2010
V. Anand - N. Short 1/2  
H. Nakamura - L. van Wely 1-0  
M. Carlsen - J. Smeets 1-0  
V. Ivanchuk - S. Tiviakov 1/2  
A. Shirov - F. Caruana 1-0  
V. Kramnik - P. Leko 1/2  
S. Karjakin - L. Dominguez 1/2  

 
Round 3 - 18.01.2010
L. Dominguez - V. Anand 1/2  
P. Leko - S. Karjakin 1/2  
F. Caruana - V. Kramnik 1/2  
S. Tiviakov - A. Shirov 0-1  
J. Smeets - V. Ivanchuk 0-1  
L. van Wely - M. Carlsen 0-1  
N. Short - H. Nakamura 0-1  

 
Round 4 - 19.01.2010
V. Anand - H. Nakamura 1/2  
M. Carlsen - N. Short 1/2  
V. Ivanchuk - L. van Wely 1-0  
A. Shirov - J. Smeets 1-0  
V. Kramnik - S. Tiviakov 1/2  
S. Karjakin - F. Caruana 1/2  
L. Dominguez - P. Leko 1/2  

 
Round 5 - 21.01.2010
P. Leko - V. Anand 1/2  
F. Caruana - L. Dominguez 1/2  
S. Tiviakov - S. Karjakin 1/2  
J. Smeets - V. Kramnik 0-1  
L. van Wely - A. Shirov 0-1  
N. Short - V. Ivanchuk 1/2  
H. Nakamura - M. Carlsen 1/2  

 
Round 6 - 22.01.2010
V. Anand - M. Carlsen 1/2  
V. Ivanchuk - H. Nakamura 1/2  
A. Shirov - N. Short 1/2  
V. Kramnik - L. van Wely 1-0  
S. Karjakin - J. Smeets 1/2  
L. Dominguez - S. Tiviakov 1-0  
P. Leko - F. Caruana 1-0  

 
Round 7 - 23.01.2010
F. Caruana - V. Anand 1/2  
S. Tiviakov - P. Leko 1/2  
J. Smeets - L. Dominguez 1/2  
L. van Wely - S. Karjakin 1/2  
N. Short - V. Kramnik 1/2  
H. Nakamura - A. Shirov 1-0  
M. Carlsen - V. Ivanchuk 1-0  

 
Round 8 - 24.01.2010
V. Anand - V. Ivanchuk 1/2  
A. Shirov - M. Carlsen 1/2  
V. Kramnik - H. Nakamura 1-0  
S. Karjakin - N. Short 1-0  
L. Dominguez - L. van Wely 1/2  
P. Leko - J. Smeets 1-0  
F. Caruana - S. Tiviakov 1-0  

 
Round 9 - 26.01.2010
S. Tiviakov - V. Anand 1/2  
J. Smeets - F. Caruana 1-0  
L. van Wely - P. Leko 1-0  
N. Short - L. Dominguez 1/2  
H. Nakamura - S. Karjakin 0-1  
M. Carlsen - V. Kramnik 0-1  
V. Ivanchuk - A. Shirov 1/2  

 
Round 10 - 27.01.2010
V. Anand - A. Shirov 1-0  
V. Kramnik - V. Ivanchuk 1/2  
S. Karjakin - M. Carlsen 0-1  
L. Dominguez - H. Nakamura 1/2  
P. Leko - N. Short 1/2  
F. Caruana - L. van Wely 1/2  
S. Tiviakov - J. Smeets 1-0  

 
Round 11 - 29.01.2010
J. Smeets - V. Anand 1/2  
L. van Wely - S. Tiviakov 1-0  
N. Short - F. Caruana 1/2  
H. Nakamura - P. Leko 1/2  
M. Carlsen - L. Dominguez 1-0  
V. Ivanchuk - S. Karjakin 1/2  
A. Shirov - V. Kramnik 1/2  

 
Round 12 - 30.01.2010
V. Anand - V. Kramnik 1-0  
S. Karjakin - A. Shirov 1/2  
L. Dominguez - V. Ivanchuk 1/2  
P. Leko - M. Carlsen 1/2  
F. Caruana - H. Nakamura 1/2  
S. Tiviakov - N. Short 1/2  
J. Smeets - L. van Wely 1-0  

 
Round 13 - 31.01.2010
L. van Wely - V. Anand 1/2  
N. Short - J. Smeets 1/2  
H. Nakamura - S. Tiviakov 1-0  
M. Carlsen - F. Caruana 1/2  
V. Ivanchuk - P. Leko 1/2  
A. Shirov - L. Dominguez 1/2  
V. Kramnik - S. Karjakin 1/2  

 


 

Last Updated ( Sunday, 31 January 2010 )
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World Team Championship 2010
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Wednesday, 06 January 2010

Russia wins World Team Championship 2010!

The World Team Championship took place in Bursa, Turkey, from January 3rd to January 14th 2010 (1st round on January 5th). The following 10 teams competed: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, India (instead of China), USA, Israel, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and Brazil.

Final ranking

Rank Team Games + = - MP Pts. Res. SB.
1 RUSSIA 9 7 1 1 15 24 0 127,75
2 USA 9 6 1 2 13 21½ 0 103,00
3 INDIA 9 6 1 2 13 21 0 103,25
4 AZERBAIJAN 9 5 2 2 12 22 0 93,75
5 ARMENIA 9 5 2 2 12 20½ 0 97,00
6 GREECE 9 4 0 5 8 18 0 68,50
7 ISRAEL 9 3 1 5 7 17 0 53,50
8 BRAZIL 9 2 0 7 4 12½ 0 23,50
9 EGYPT 9 1 1 7 3 12 0 23,75
10 TURKEY 9 1 1 7 3 11½ 0 23,00


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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 January 2010 )
 
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