There are a number of exciting game in Corus right now. Aronian just defeated Tiviakov to join Topalov and Radjabov for 1st place. Svidler, who got a gift from Topalov, lost his last 2 games. Today he lost to Karjakin with the White pieces. Anand drew Navara. Motylev is engaging in an interesting position against Ponomariov. Carlsen and Shirov are locking in a wild game. Kramnik in his typical style is trying to suffocate VanWely.
GM Aronian – GM Tiviakov [E17] 28.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 c6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Nd2 0-0 9.e4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Ba6 11.b3 b5 12.Ne3 b4 13.Ne2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Qxd4 15.Bb2 Qb6 16.Nc4 Qb5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.e5 Be7 19.Rad1 a5 20.Be4 Ra7 21.h4 Nd7 22.h5 Nxe5 23.Qe3 Ng4 24.Qxa7 Qxh5 25.Kg2 Bc5 26.Qxa5 Qh2+ 27.Kf3 Bxf2 28.Rd8 Qxg3+ 29.Ke2 Bc5 30.Rxf8+ Bxf8 31.Qa7 Qh2+ 32.Kd1 f6 33.Qd7 Nf2+ 34.Ke1 Nxe4 35.Qxe6+ Kh8 36.Qxe4 Qxa2 37.Qe8 Kg8 38.Rf3 Qb1+ 39.Kf2 c5 40.Qe6+ Kh8 41.Ne5 h6 42.Nd7 Qc2+ 43.Qe2 White wins 1-0
GM Svidler – GM Karjakin [B90] 28.01.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0-0-0 Be7 10.f3 b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Na5 Nbxd5 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Nxb4 Nxb4 17.Qxb4 0-0 18.g5 Rfc8 19.Qa4 Rab8 20.Bd3 Nd7 21.Qe4 g6 22.Bxa6 Rb4 23.Qd3 Rcb8 24.b3 Nc5 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.Qd5 Qa7 27.Bc4 Bxg5+ 28.Kb2 Ra4 29.a3 Ra5 30.Qe4 Be3 31.c3 Rxa3 32.Ra1 Ra8 Black wins 0-1
GM Anand – GM Navara [C88] 28.01.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 Rfe8 12.c3 Bf8 13.Ba2 Nd8 14.Nf1 Ne6 15.Ng3 c5 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 d5 18.dxc5 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Qxd1 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Rxd1 Rad8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.b4 Rd1+ 24.Kh2 Bh6 25.Bb2 Bf4+ 26.g3 Rd3 27.gxf4 Game drawn 1/2-1/2
Kramnik is winning !, a good result he was too much black to win the tournament.
Undefeated btw !.
Kramnik wins! A solid tournament performance for the world champion. Unfortunately 0.5 behind the 3 winners.
Carlsen-Shirov game is very exciting
Is Carlsen going to get his first Win in this tournament or can Shirov hold?