Exactly. Giri is currently the best hope for Dutch chess. Of course he will get invited to Corus A group. For years to come. Perfectly normal for organizers to invite their best and most promising players.

Great young talent!

Make this boy Dutch asap, please. Our 'own' guys our not good enough...

I see Karpov and Capablanca in this Giri's play...Cristal clear...

Giri and Robson are close in age and only 18 ratings points apart. I'd like to see them play each other.

I like this kid. I guess we will see him, Robson and So to take on Carlsen in a few years.

Yesterday, in "de Volkskrant" (a major Dutch newspaper) Gert Ligterink wrote that Giri will be invited to next year's A group whatever happens in the remaining rounds - i.e. also if he "fails" to qualify. Peter, can you confirm this? I assume that Ligterink doesn't simply make it up, and he has "Corus connections".

I wonder when exactly the decision was made. It seems the organizers wanted to see first how Giri does in the B group, and now concluded that they have seen enough!?

Giri already showed that he can compete with the top in Hoogeveen Unive:

Tiviakov 3.5
Ivanchuk and Giri 3
Judit Polgar 2.5

If he continues this way he will be 2700 before the end of the year and this is enough to get invited to Corus A next year. Specially since he will be the best Dutch player by then.

There's no reason to doubt Gert's words; he wouldn't write something like that if it wouldn't be true.

Ligterink probably just made an educacted guess, and let's be realistic: it won't be hard for Giri to at least equal the "performance" of the current Dutch participants in the A-group...

Giri should have resigned against So in their Corus 2010 round 11 match up...I think So just intentionally give that mate to him...I don't think a GM 2650+ won't see that very wrong move...Giri doesn't deserve that win and the tournament....very unsporstmanlike!

You are right Ivok Zapal ! Obviously there is some sort of huge conspiracy involving both Communists and Martians.The only possible resolution involves huge amounts of explosions. I will meet you at the place where the sun sets twice. Bring ammo.