Corus A
S. Movsesian – Y. Wang ½-½
T. Radjabov – J. Smeets ½-½
D. Stellwagen – A. Morozevich ½-½
M. Carlsen – L. Dominguez 1-0
L. Aronian – M. Adams 1-0
V. Ivanchuk – G. Kamsky ½-½
S. Karjakin – L. van Wely ½-½
Corus B
R. Kasimdzhanov – F. Vallejo Pons 1-0
E. l’Ami – J. Werle 1-0
Y. Hou – F. Caruana ½-½
K. Sasikiran – Z. Efimenko 0-1
D. Reinderman – D. Navara ½-½
N. Short – A. Motylev ½-½
A. Volokitin – H. Mecking ½-½
Corus C
R. Pruijssers – W. So 0-1
M. Bosboom – A. Bitalzadeh 1-0
T. Hillarp Persson – F. Holzke 1-0
D. Howell – D. Harika 0-1
F. Nijboer – M. Leon Hoyos 0-1
O. Romanishin – E. Iturrizaga 0-1
A. Giri – A. Gupta 1-0
Official website: www.coruschess.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Giri is slowly but surely moving up the ranks. He has the easier matchups in the last 3 rounds, while So and Persson have to face each other.
Sasikiran lost again. Burnout City. He needs a long chess-free vacation to recharge.
Rajabov v Smeets turned into a strange draw with flags falling and arbiters deciding. I was hoping to get some more on it here.
I reckon Carlsen’s gonna do it. Reason being, he’s playing a non-cheating Morozevich tomorrow, while Dominguez will try not to lose against Aronian, rather than go for it and lose 2 games in a row. And I just can’t see Karjakin or Movsesian winning a tournament of this calibre (well, not yet for Karjakin; perhaps he might change his style to somehthing a bit more effective)
Aronian’s been playing too well. It’ll be difficult for Carlsen to catch up. Moro still has to play those two though. Perhaps he’ll be the spoiler.
Radjabov-Smeets 0.5-0.5;Short-Motylev 0.5-P0.5;Kasimdjhanov-Vallejo Pons 1-0;
Profujissera-So 0-1;Howel-Harika 0-1;Other games are going on.
Hillarp Persson-Holzke;1-0.
All The above results submitted as per Susan’s request as she is on the way for a social service.
Ivanchuk-Kamsky game ended in draw.Hou-Fan vs Caruna Also draw.
Leon Hoyos beat Nijober as Black in the last game of the day.
Next year’s edition should have Caruana, Hou, So, Giri, Humpy, Harika, and Gupta in the same group. That’ll be some tournament.
@ anon 1:06pm – hope you were just kidding here. It’s sure nice to have some talent here but they defintiely do not belong (yet) in one group.
As nice as it is to have young players around why not invite some established but currently neglected players, e.g. Ponomariov, Gustafsson, Meier, Avrukh, Shirov, etc.?
@1:51
I’m sorry, but I can’t agree with you there. If chess wants to break into the public consciousness at all (which I’m sure any chess fan would want), then it’s logical to culture personas in the sport. That means young TALENT. Emphasis on the talent. When they stop winning, they don’t have any excuse for being dropped.
I couldn’t agree with you more, Grobsy-Cat. Caruana, et al. have the talent and they are generating a lot of excitement, which is good for chess. Anon 1:06 seems to be suggesting some sort of world junior championship, but without gender barriers. It’s an interesting concept for a tournament and should be quite exciting, if it materializes.
Actually I like the idea of the “young guns” getting together for a nice little tournament, regardless of whether it is part of Corus or not. So, Caruana, Gupta, Hou Yifan, Humpy, etc. Carlsen would be nice but I think he just might be too good.
How much do you think it would cost a sponsor or sponsors to put something like that together?
Did anyone notice how Stellwagen – Morozevich was a complete copy of Volokitin – Kasimdzhanov in round 9!
How is this “young guns” tournament different from the Junior WC that has been held for decades? Is there some reason the young women are not allowed to play in the real World Junior Championship?
@5:53
The difference is that the junior WC that has been held for years is that:
1) The numbers of players involved are massive, so the players with the most potential don’t generally win, thanks to the law of averages.
2) They’re usually held in some remote part of the world (OK, the last one was in Turkey, but who’s heard of Gaziantep?)
I have to reiterate my last point; that the only that can possibly make chess newsworthy in the eyes of the general public is the cultivation of personalities and rivalries. An all-play-all junior superstar tournament would be a good start towards that goal.
Are Anand, Carlsen, Ivanchuk, Topalov and others not characters who should be promoted the right way? Why must be new faces when the wellknown (for us) would produce even more than the young and growing talents?
So it is real fine that susan will be active: She is the example of a player that makes chess popular all over the world.
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