Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website Smeets, J (2657) – Caruana, F (2675) [B41]Corus A (9), 26.01.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 0–0 8.e5 Ne8 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2...
Carlsen wins again
van Wely (2641) – Carlsen (2810) [D37]Corus A Group (3), 18.01.2010 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 0–0 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Ne4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 Bf8 14.Bf4 Qf5...
And the Corus leader after 1 is …
With one game left (Leko – Shirov), the current leader of Corus A group is Loek van Wely. He defeated Short in the first round. Group A – Round 1 – Saturday the 16th S. Karjakin 1/2 V. Anand...
Van Wely tactic
White to move. How should White proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura 1/2 Van Wely at NH
Nakamura, Hikaru (2735) – Van Wely, Loek (2655) [B90]Rising Stars vs Experience, Amsterdam (2), 21.08.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 b5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.0–0 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Bxg2...
Van Wely scores against Radjabov
GM van Wely (2625) – GM Radjabov (2761) [E97]Corus A (5), 22.01.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.Rb1 h6 14.Ne6...
Morozevich 1-0 van Wely
GM Morozevich (2771) – GM van Wely (2625) [D97]Corus A (2), 18.01.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0–0 7.e4 a6 8.Qb3 c5 9.dxc5 Qc7 10.Qb6 Qxb6 11.cxb6 Nbd7 12.Be2 Nxb6 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.Nd4...
Adams leads, Van Wely 1/2 point back
Van Wely has narrowed Adams’ lead to just 1/2 point with a win against IM Wade. The top 2 leaders have yet faced each other at the 2008 Staunton Memorial. Round 8 results: Wells, Peter – Adams, Michael ½-½Van...
Another painful loss for Van Wely
This is certainly not Van Wely’s tournament. He inexplicably lost some games in horrendous fashion. He is certainly much stronger than his performance in this event. In this game, move 37 resulted in a loss almost immediately. GM van...
Kramnik in good form
GM Kramnik (2788) – GM Van Wely (2677) [D11]29.06.2008 / Dortmund – Round 2 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.Qf3 Rfd8 12.Qh3 h6 13.f4...