Ponomariov,R (2723) – Anand,V (2779) [E05]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 13.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Ra7 11.Rc1 Be4 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.e3 Qa8 14.Qd1 Nb8 15.Ba5 Rc8 16.Bb6 Rb7 17.Bc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 Ra7 19.Nbd2 Bd5 20.Qc2 a5 21.a3 a4 22.Qd3 1/2-1/2
Navara,D (2719) – Aronian,L (2744) [D38]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 13.01.2007
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.e3 Qa5 9.Bd3 Qxa2 10.0-0 Qa5 11.Ne5 0-0 12.Qf3 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.Qg3 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 f6 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Qe8+ Rf8 18.Qh5 h6 19.Qg6 Rf6 20.Qe8+ Rf8 21.Qg6 Rf6 22.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2
Topalov,V (2783) – Motylev,A (2647) [D12]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 13.01.2007
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Bd2 Ne4 9.Nxg6 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 hxg6 11.Rc1 Qb6 12.c5 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nd7 14.b4 a6 15.Ra1 Rb8 16.Kc2 Be7 17.Be2 f5 18.h3 Kf7 19.f3 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.f4 Nd7 22.Bd3 Rbe8 23.Rhf1 Bf6 24.Kd2 Re7 1/2-1/2
Karjakin,Sergey (2678) – Kramnik,V (2766) [C42]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 13.01.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd3 Qc6 15.Qf5 Qc4 16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.hxg5 Nf8 18.Kb1 Re5 19.Qd3 Qxd3 20.cxd3 Rae8 21.Rh3 b6 22.Kc2 R5e6 23.Rdh1 f6 24.gxf6 Rxf6 25.d4 d5 26.Kd3 h6 27.Rh5 c6 28.b3 Rg6 29.Rg1 Nd7 30.g4 Nf6 31.Rh4 Ne4 32.Rh5 Nf6 33.Rh4 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2715) – Svidler,P (2728) [D87]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 13.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bd3 Rad8 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.d5 Ne5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5 16.f4 Bg7 17.c4 e6 18.f5 exf5 19.exf5 b5 20.f6 Bh6 21.Nc3 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Bf5 23.Bd3 Bg4 24.Be2 Bf5 25.Bd3 Bg4 26.Be2 Bf5 1/2-1/2
Tiviakov,S (2667) – Carlsen,M (2690) [B22]
Corus A Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 13.01.2007
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Na3 a6 9.0-0 Bf5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 e6 13.Qf3 Qd7 14.d5 Nxd5 15.Rd1 Bxa3 16.bxa3 0-0 17.h4 Rac8 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Rxd5 Qe6 20.Rxf5 Qe1+ 21.Kh2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Qxc1 23.Qxb7 Qxa3 24.Qd5 1/2-1/2
Boring day in Corus A group!
You know something…this is why I’m gravitating to watching women play chess online.
For reasons not fully explained…women chess players seem less likely to go for quick draws like their male counterparts.
I watched the women playing chess online. I didn’t have to think TWICE before choosing to watch them play instead of the “giants” like Kramnik, Ponomariov, etc.
I was right in my choice. The women played exciting chess and fought to the finish over the board. Very Bobby Fischer like.
This must be annoying the organizers to no end.
I am mostly hoping to see Magnus have a good tournament and for that I would probably be happy with 50%. Therefore I am not disappointed in Magnus. Last tournament he tried to win in the first game and lost. It put him in the hole for the tournament. This time he shows he is maturing in his approach which is good.
I view the tournament for Magnus differently than for the big stars. Magnus is now just moving up to this level for the 2nd time. He has had a fast rise from much lower. He needs to consolidate his chess play. Therefore I am willing to see him hold his own at this level. After he shows he can hold the level then I will expect to see him push to win more.
Topalov giving a draw to the lowest rated player in the tournament was not so good. He should have pressed on more.
I was thinking today that the fans would get more fun out of watching my ICC blitz games then from these top guys. I have very few draws and lots of wins and losses. Of course there are tons of mistakes on both sides but at least the games are exciting to me.
these short draws are ridicluous. like a boxing match and the two fighters agreeing to a draw after the first three rounds.
wolverine
I was thinking today that the fans would get more fun out of watching my ICC blitz games then from these top guys.
Kramnik once said he’d rather see a 0:0 soccer match between Italy and France than a 7:6 match in an amateuer league. I agree with him.
I have very few draws and lots of wins and losses.
This is expected. Whoever commits the penultimate mistake usually wins.
Of course there are tons of mistakes on both sides but at least the games are exciting to me.
Start taking chess more seriously. It has elements of art, of beauty, and of logic. If you just want to fuck around that’s your problem.
“Kramnik once said he’d rather see a 0:0 soccer match between Italy and France than a 7:6 match in an amateuer league. I agree with him”
O.K. but match should be 90 min not 30!!!