Sunday, January 27, 2008

Corus Chess Tournmanet up for Grabs!

Talk about a close tournament! The Corus Chess Tournament of 2008 is basically up for grabs in the final round, which should be an extremely interesting one!

The previous rounds can be viewed online at www.jrobichess.com in the tournament section (lower left of main page) and here are the standings after round 12:

Standings after 12 rounds:

Group A

1. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 7½
3. T. Radjabov, V. Anand 7
5. V. Ivanchuk 6½
6. V. Kramnik, S. Mamedyarov, M. Adams, P. Leko 6
10. J. Polgar, V. Topalov 5½
12. P. Eljanov 5
13. L. van Wely 4½
14. B. Gelfand 4

Group B

1. S. Movsesian 9
2. E. Bacrot, N. Short 8
4. P. Harikrishna 7
5. I. Nepomniachtchi 6½
6. D. Stellwagen 6
7. Y. Hou, J. Smeets, E. L’Ami, I. Cheparinov 5½
11. H. Koneru 5
12. M. Krasenkow 4½
13. W. Spoelman, G. Sargissian 4

Group C

1. F. Caruana 9
2. P. Negi 8
3. D. Reinderman 7½
4. F. Nijboer 7
5. P. Carlsson 6½
6. S. Li, M. van der Werf, A. Braun, J. van der Wiel, I. Krush 6
11. E. Grivas 5
12. A. UsheninaZ. Peng 4½
14. D. Ruijgrok 2

Honoray Group

1. L. Ljubojevic 4
2. V. Kortchnoi, J. Timman 3
4. L. Portisch 2

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