Aronian and Carlsen win 70th Corus
27 January 2008 11:59 AM | Last modified: 11:51
Today already the last round of Corus 2008. The C group began at 11:30 CET and A and B one hour later. Pairings include Carlsen-Radjabov, Anand-Kramnik and Caruana-Negi. Interviews Movsesian & Caruana added
Negi can still end shared first with Caruana, but for this he has to beat the Italian with Black.
Here’s an interview with the great Italian talent, champion of his country and expected winner of group C, Fabiano Caruana:
Update 14:34
Topalov and Adams have finished their tournament. There was not much to play for and the Bulgarian didn’t act too agressively. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that he was enjoying himself in hotel/cafe Sonnevanck until late last night. Anand-Kramnik is a prelude to their October match of course. They followed Svidler-Kramnik, Mexico 2007, until Black brought a novelty with 23…hxg4. Vishy apparently wasn’t so sure about the pawn sac and repeated moves, but now Vladimir seems to be going for the win.
In Ivanchuk-Van Wely, Leko-Mamedyarov and Gelfand-Eljanov not much is happening yet; Polgar & Aronian smashed 27 moves of Marshall theory onto the board in no time. 27…Re5 was new compared to Nakamura-Aronian, Gibraltar 2005, and the ending looks drawish. This means Carlsen-Radjabov is very important, because Magnus might be going for a clear tournament victory today.
Movsesian drew quickly and thus secured his tournament victory in group B. Here’s an interview with him.
Update 16:32h
Many games ended in draws already, as always in these last rounds. One of them was Polgar-Aronian, and so all eyes are focused on the Wonderboy. After the time control, Carlsen seems to have a tiny edge against Radjabov, so who knows… Leko finished his tournament with a victory against Mamedyarov, who disappointed this year. Out of the opening Black got some troubles and after he missed 22…Ne5, it was over already. Van Wely also got into trouble but he did manage to schwindle against Chucky. Anand-Kramnik hasn’t changed that much; White is a pawn down but has strong pressure on the black kingside.
Caruana is beating Negi and so he’s won the C tournament most convincingly. At some point he said he wanted to try for group A next year… Reinderman, who qualified via the Cultural Village Tournament, became best Dutchman and also secured promotion to B.
Update 18:06h
Already for about three quarters of an hour, Anand-Kramnik is the last game that’s still not over yet. Kramnik’s king got more and more into trouble, and Anand could even grab two pawns on the queenside - in short: Vishy was winning… until he missed 51.Rd1!, which is winning according to the engines. Did he try too much to end the game in style?
Update 20:20h
Anand couldn’t win it anymore, and so Aronian and Carlsen are joint winners of the 70th Corus Chess Tournament. Because their individual game was a draw, SB points declared Aronian the winner and he received the first invitation for the Grand Slam Tournament in Bilbao in september. More about this in Aronian and Carlsen’s press conference, which will be put online later tonight.
All games from today:
Round 13
| Grandmastergroup A
V. Ivanchuk - L. van Wely ½-½ |
Grandmastergroup B
I. Nepomniachtchi - N. Short ½-½ |
Grandmastergroup C
D. Ruijgrok - I. Krush |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
External links:
Loading ...
I just realized nobody has talked about Aronian’s girlfriend….she didn’t follow him to Corus 2008?
“Anand-Kramnik is natuurlijk een voorproefje op de grote match in oktober. volgde Svidler-Kramnik, Mexico 2007, totdat Kramnik …”
En verder?
“… totdat Kramnik een nieuwtje speelde met 23… hxg4.”
Nice picture of Topalov shaking the hand of Adams.
If I see that , I find it hard to believe Veselin is a bad guy.
Grande Caruana!!! Gioca per vincere (e vince!) anche quando potrebbe bastare una patta. Orgoglio di tutti gli scacchisti italiani!
Is Magnus now the winner of Corus 2008? After his draw with Radjabov, what is now the final standing? Is Aronian the winner or is it Carlsen?
Congratulations Fabiano, I like your Capablanca-like clean style. You still have a long way to go to be able to compete with the best, but with a lot of study and patience you’ll eventually get there. Please take your time, don’t rush. I say next year group B, in two years group A… Cheers!
Congratulations 2 Armenian squadron - Aronian and Movsesian! And 2 our little Magnus!
We Are The Champions My Friends
Did you expect such a tigers’ fight?
In the Anand-Kramnik game, if 51. Rd1, what about 51. …Qxd2 52. Rxd2 Rh1+ 53. Rd1 Bf4+ 54. Kb2 Rxd1…? White is in a bit of trouble now. (This line was suggested on http://www.chesspro.ru)
Fabiano sounds more american than Italian to me!!!
Yes Caruana is born in America, but he is italian too.
Grazie Fabiano per il tuo talento et buona fortuna!
Right, After Td1 Kramnik would sac the queen.
Im sorry to burst your bubble, but to my knowledge Movsesian is not Armenian.
Movsesian is a Armenian. He just live in Czech republic and play for Slovakia (he is a citizen of Slovak Republic).
p.
Congratulation Aronian you are the highest like Ararat .
Congratulation to Movsesian too. Aprek !!
your Aroian from Sweden
Yeah Movsesian is just another Armenian born in Georgia who lives in the Czech Republic and plays for Slovakia. What’s confusing about that?
Why the question about nationality is so important/
Tutti fanno i loro calcoli e invece FABIANO CARUANA gioca sempre per vincere. Grandissimo!!!! Non cambiare mai. Grazie. Speriamo che tu ci faccia divertire ancora molto.
sa’
Once more. Every boy has a p…is. Every girl has a v…na. Looking at these things it’s very hard to find out what nationality they are. Why it’s so important for you?
It’s not a matter of nationalism: simply it’s very important the presence of a strong GM to develop the chess movement in our country and surely Fabiano is going to join the chess élite in a short time…
I hope this diamond is going to grow up with a help of his family. No managers, please.
Ya Vaselin is not a bad guy… Just a bad engineer; he invented the Soviet “Tupalov” airplane. He has got a brain that’s a little crooked….
No wonder… his chess - planes crash so easily.
Funny, both Vaselin and the Tupalov plane got noses that tend to dip… (remember the Paris air show crash!).
Felicidades a Aronian y Carlsen por su juego.
Gracias a Chessvibes por su cobertura.
¿Nos vemos en Linares?
when Aronian won against Gelfand,my honest person predicted that he,Aronian,the greatest living armenian grandmaster should win the tournament .I was right.
Nationality…
why is it important ? only to distinguish who hates who…
Let’s wish the world to be a bit different, but thats how it is by now.
–
Congrats to Levon, Magnus and Serguey from an armenian amateur chessplayer.
Levon was criticised for beeing bad in opennings. Perhaps there is a little work done, and here is the reward….
Shat shnorhakal em dzer haghtanaki hamar.
Ô±ÕºÖ€Õ§Ö„!!!
Aronian is really superb !!! Just to remind he also won Corus and Linares tournaments in 2007 !!!
Exactly, why lay stress on nationality; it’s not so important
“Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Great tournament Aronian was the best and Carlsen the luckiest, but
“Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent”
I think we should remember the history of our ancestors, because that is our culture. A man without a past doesn’t have a future. This means we should acknowledge our nation and respect the others too.
I’m proud that Lékó had +1 in the tournament and sorry for Polgár’s -1, although i know Aronian and Carlsen played better in this tournament. I was rooting for the hungarian players.
I am really happy with Kramnik performance for sometime now! he is a genius and he should always demonstrate that at all time in grade A competitions.
I respect Anands he plays wonderful and marvelous games. he always remind me of GARY KASPAROV.
I love Aronian games, he’s a master.
Carlsen, Radjabov should keep it up! there perfomance is encouraging especilly the impact it has on young players. It’s not about age but what you can offer the CHESS WORILD.
from
abdul IO
Lagos, Nigeria