Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website
After an incredible 5-0 start, Shirov has relinquished his lead after a loss to Anand in this round. In the mean time, Kramnik has been very steady and he has taken the overall lead with just 3 rounds to go.
Standings after 10 rounds
Group A
| 1. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2788 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2810 | 6½ | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2723 | 6½ | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2790 | 5½ | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2708 | 5½ | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Dominguez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2712 | 5½ | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2749 | 5½ | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2720 | 5½ | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2739 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 10. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2675 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 11. | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2662 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12. | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2696 | 3½ | |||||||||||||||
| 13. | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2641 | 3½ | |||||||||||||||
| 14. | Smeets, Jan | g | NED | 2657 | 2½ |
Group B
| 1. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2588 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | L’Ami, Erwin | g | NED | 2615 | 6½ | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Ni Hua | g | CHN | 2657 | 6½ | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | So, Wesley | g | PHI | 2656 | 6½ | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2687 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Negi, Parimarjan | g | IND | 2621 | 5½ | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Harikrishna, P | g | IND | 2672 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2606 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2523 | 4½ | |||||||||||||||
| 10. | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2657 | 4½ | |||||||||||||||
| 11. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2681 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12. | Reinderman, Dimitri | g | NED | 2573 | 3½ | |||||||||||||||
| 13. | Nyback, Tomi | g | FIN | 2643 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 14. | Akobian, Varuzhan | g | USA | 2628 | 2½ |
Group C
| 1. | Li Chao | g | CHN | 2604 | 7½ | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Vocaturo, Daniele | g | ITA | 2495 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Van Kampen, Robin | m | NED | 2456 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Robson, Ray | g | USA | 2570 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Swinkels, Robin | m | NED | 2495 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Grandelius, Nils | m | SWE | 2515 | 5½ | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Gupta, Abhijeet | g | IND | 2577 | 5½ | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Peng Zhaoqin | g | NED | 2402 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | Lie, Kjetil A | g | NOR | 2547 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 10. | Bok, Benjamin | f | NED | 2322 | 4½ | |||||||||||||||
| 11. | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2447 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12. | Kuipers, Stefan | f | NED | 2340 | 4½ | |||||||||||||||
| 13. | Soumya, Swaminathan | wg | IND | 2323 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 14. | Plukkel, Sjoerd | NED | 2279 | 1½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
So won over Nyback and should have 6.5 pts. He plays white vs. Giri tomorrow, and that may decide the winner in Group B. Can’t wait to watch that (hope the Corus server gets fixed).
Wow, what a turnaround!
ranking for group b is wrong..wesley in in share of 2nd – 4th place
If Carlsen had not lost to Kramnik, who do you think would be leading this tournament now? On top of that, a gift loss from Nakamura. Even if Corus 2010 goes as a win for Kramnik we all know that Carlsen was the real victor here. It is hard for talent to compete against luck.
To Anon 11:15
If Carlson hadn’t lost a game and Nakamura drew Kramnick, then Carlson would be in the lead.
Also, if Anand won every game then he would be in the lead.
Playing “what if” is silly.
What is, is.
Anon 11:27,
That is exactly what I was saying, Carlsen would be in the lead.
Anand is saving himself for Topalov so the idea of him using all his novelties is sillier than “what ifs”.
Carlsen should be theoretically speaking the tournament leader from a skill not luck point of veiw.
Harikrishna strangely blew it with 57…g5??. 57…Kf7 and he was doing fine.
As for Soumya Wow! What a terrific attack! Just when we were writing her off, that girl sure can play!!
Shirov missed his chance vs Anand. Was it time pressure? for both?
Yes Kramnik has gained from a bit of luck as all the players have. Perfection is a dream. He did play exceptionally well to find only moves in his games against Tiviakov and Short and his wins over Carlsen and Nakamura were fully deserved. I am pessimistic about him winning the tournament ,as he has a tough final draw, but I hope he does.
@anon 1115: Carlsen has had “luck” earlier too. It all evens out and a short tournament will never give the most precise picture of actual strength. However, if Kramnik wins, he most certainly deserved it as much as anyone – he is playing with incredible strength these days.
I will tell you what is annoying. Local GM’s getting automatically invited to group A. Anyone that has freakin’ 2.5 points or lower is out of their league. Akobian is clearly out of his league and so is Smeets and Van Wely. How come they don’t drop these guys to group B? It’s annoying but I guess that’s home perks.
Stop it with the “what if” scenarios. Kramnike is one of the strongest players in the world, he is not some fluke. I know that “Carlsen” is in vogue right now, but he still have some time to develop.