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      Home  >  Daily News • General News  >  Corus fields set

      Corus fields set

      Corus, Holland


      Participants grandmaster group A

      Name Country Rating Position

      GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2787 2
      GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2786 3-4
      GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2786 3-4
      GM Levon Aronian ARM 2757 7
      GM Teymour Radjabov AZE 2751 8
      GM Wang Yue CHN 2736 11
      GM Michael Adams ENG 2734 12
      GM Sergei Movsesian SVK 2732 13
      GM Sergei Karjakin UKR 2730 15
      GM Gata Kamsky USA 2729 16
      GM Leinier Dominguez CUB 2719 21
      GM Loek van Wely NED 2618
      GM Daniel Stellwagen NED 2605
      GM Jan Smeets NED 2604

      Average rating : 2720
      Category : 19


      Participants grandmaster group B
      Name Country Rating Position

      GM Krishnan Sasikiran IND 2694 35
      GM Zahar Efimenko UKR 2680 41
      GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB 2672 49-50
      GM Alexander Motylev RUS 2672 49-50
      GM Francisco Vallejo Pons ESP 2664 55
      GM Andrei Volokitin UKR 2659 61
      GM Nigel Short ENG 2642 85
      GM Fabiano Caruana ITA 2640 87
      GM David Navara CZE 2633 99
      GM Erwin l’Ami NED 2610
      GM Jan Werle NED 2582
      WGM Hou Yifan CHN 2578
      GM Henrique Mecking BRA 2567
      GM Dimitri Reinderman NED 2543

      Average rating : 2631
      Category : 16


      Participants grandmaster group C
      Name Country Rating

      GM Wesley So PHI 2610
      GM David Howell ENG 2593
      GM Abhijeet Gupta IND 2580
      GM Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 2543
      GM Friso Nijboer NED 2540
      GM Eduardo Iturrizaga VEN 2538
      IM Manuel Leon Hoyos MEX 2535 (GM officially)
      GM Oleg Romanishin UKR 2532
      GM Frank Holzke GER 2524
      FM Anish Giri RUS 2466
      WGM Dronavalli Harika IND 2462
      IM Roeland Pruijssers NED 2458
      IM Manuel Bosboom NED 2416
      FM Ali Bitalzadeh NED 2370

      Average rating : 2512
      Category : 11


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      6 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        December 4, 2008 at 1:08 am

        Smeets and Stellwagen are going to get killed in group A.

      2. Rob Reply
        December 4, 2008 at 3:57 am

        Leon Hoyos from Mexico is a GM!

      3. SCUGrad Reply
        December 4, 2008 at 5:10 am

        Go Wesley!!

      4. Anonymous Reply
        December 4, 2008 at 7:54 am

        Groups B and C are the more interesting ones!

      5. Gonzo Reply
        December 4, 2008 at 8:47 am

        I am glad that there still are tournaments as Corus (Hoogovens). It is the best place to be for chess fans. Jan and Daniel will do the best they can, go boys. Ram ze van het bord !

      6. Ogion The Silent Reply
        December 4, 2008 at 9:34 am

        I bet my boots on Teymor Radjabov taking 1st or 2nd at Corus this year.
        Go Teymor!

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