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Pearl Spring chess tournament
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The Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (中国(南京)国际象棋超级大赛) is a double round

robin chess tournament event featuring six super-GM players that takes place in Nanjing,
China. The first edition in December 2008 was won by Veselin Topalov. According to
ChessVibes website, Silvio Danailov - the manager and coach of Topalov - said the Pearl
Spring tournament has been "guaranteed for five years and will enter in Grand Slam [in
2009]."[1][2] The second tournament in 2009 was won by Magnus Carlsen in remarkable
fashion, in a showing that has been rated as one of the best performances in chess history.[3]
Together with Corus Chess Tournament in the Netherlands, Linares Chess Tournament in
Spain, M-Tel Masters in Bulgaria, and Final Chess Master Bilbao in Spain, Nanjing Pearl
Spring Chess Tournament has become one of the five Grand Slam Tournaments in the world.
It is the first in Asia and the only one in China.[4]
Contents
[hide]
 1 Venue
 2 Organization
 3 Sponsorship
 4 Support
 5 Guests
 6 Results
o 6.1 2008
o 6.2 2009
o 6.3 2010
 7 See also
 8 References
 9 External links
[edit] Venue
The tournament is named after the venue, the Mingfa Pearl Spring Hotel located in Pukou
District of Nanjing.
[edit] Organization
The tournament is organized by the Municipal People's Government of Nanjing and Chess &
Cards Administration Center of General Administration of Sport of China, and the People's
Government of Pukou District, Nanjing, and Nanjing Administration of Sport
 Tournament Director: Wang Yonghong
 Chief arbiter: Casto Abundo
 Arbiters: Tang Jianming, Feng Zhe, Zhang Jilin
[edit] Sponsorship
The tournament is sponsored by Jiangsu Kanion Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yangzi Evening
News, and Mundell International University of Entrepreneurship. The total prize fund is
€250,000 with a first prize of €80,000.
[edit] Support
The tournament has received support from FIDE, the European Chess Union (ECU) and the
Asian Chess Federation.
[edit] Guests
Guests invited to the opening ceremony included Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of the World
Chess Federation; Boris Kutin, President of ECU; Sheikh Sultan, President of ACU and
Liang Zhirong, Secretary-General of FIDE, Xu Jialu, Vice-chairman of the Standing
Committee of the National People’s Congress and Nobel Prize winner, Robert A. Mundell.
[edit] Results
[edit] 2008
10-22 December
The six players were Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria (Elo rating 2791, ranked first in the world);
Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine (Elo rating 2786, ranked third in the world); Levon Aronian of
Armenia (Elo rating 2757, ranked seventh in the world); Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia (Elo
rating 2732, ranked thirteenth in the world); Peter Svidler of Russia (Elo rating 2727, ranked
seventeenth in the world); Bu Xiangzhi of China (Elo rating 2714, ranked twenty-sixth in the
world). With at least an Elo rating average of 2751.6, it was a category 21 tournament
making it the strongest chess tournament ever held in China.
Participant 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points
1 Veselin Topalov (BUL) * * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7.0
2 Levon Aronian (ARM) ½ 0 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5.5
3 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 5.0
4 Peter Svidler (RUS) 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * * ½ ½ 0 1 4.5
5 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 4.0
6 Sergei Movsesian (SVK) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * * 4.0
[edit] 2009
September 27 - October 9 (Category 21, 2764)

First tournament of the Grand Slam series 2009-2010.
Participant Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points Tiebreak Performance

Magnus * 1 1 1 1
1 2772 1 1 8.0 3002
Carlsen (NOR) * ½ ½ ½ ½
Veselin 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
2 2813 ** 5.5 2789
Topalov (BUL) ½ ½ ½ 1 1
0 ½ ½ ½ ½
3 Wang Yue (CHN) 2736 ** 4.5 2735
½ ½ ½ ½ ½
Teimour 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
4 2757 ** 4.0 20.00 2695
Radjabov (AZE) ½ ½ ½ ½ 0
0 ½ ½ ½ ½
5 Peter Leko (HUN) 2762 ** 4.0 19.25 2694
½ 0 ½ ½ ½
Dmitry 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
6 2742 * * 4.0 17.25 2698
Jakovenko (RUS) 0 0 ½ 1 ½
[edit] 2010
The 3rd Edition will run from October 17 to 29, and will feature defending champion and
world #1 Magnus Carlsen, world champion Viswanathan Anand, world #2 Veselin Topalov,
Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue, and Etienne Bacrot. This will be the only tournament in 2010
to feature Anand, Carlsen and Topalov, currently the three highest-rated players in the world.
[5][6]
[edit] See also

 List of strong chess tournaments
 Grand Slam Chess Association
 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
 Association of Chess Professionals
 Chess around the world
 FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2009
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every summer
in Dortmund, Germany. It is one of the four "majors" on the chess tournament circuit along
with Corus, Sofia and Linares.
Dortmund is an invite-only event, and only the strongest grandmasters are invited. The
exception is that one slot at Dortmund is awarded to the winner of the annual Aeroflot Open
in Moscow, a tournament that anyone with an Elo of at least 2550 is welcome to enter.
The tournament is usually played in a round-robin or double round-robin format. However, it

took the form of a series of heads-up matches in 2002 and 2004.
The 2002 Dortmund event was also notable in that it served as the Candidates Tournament
for the Classical World Chess Championship 2004. Péter Lékó won, defeating Veselin
Topalov in the finals.
[edit] Past winners

# Year Winner
(1) 1928 Fritz Sämisch
(2) 1951 Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
(3) 1961 Mark Taimanov
1 1973 Heikki Westerinen
2 1974 László Szabó (chess player)
3 1975 Heikki Westerinen
4 1976 Oleg Romanishin
5 1977 Jan Smejkal
6 1978 Ulf Andersson
7 1979 Tamaz Giorgadze
8 1980 Raymond Keene
9 1981 Gennady Kuzmin
10 1982 Vlastimil Hort
11 1983 Mihai Suba
12 1984 Yehuda Gruenfeld

13 1985 Yuri Razuvayev
14 1986 Zoltán Ribli
15 1987 Yuri Balashov
16 1988 Smbat Lputian
17 1989 Efim Geller
18 1990 Alexander Chernin
19 1991 Igor Stohl
20 1992 Garri Kasparov
21 1993 Anatoly Karpov
22 1994 Jeroen Piket
23 1995 Vladimir Kramnik
24 1996 Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand
26 1998 Vladimir Kramnik Michael Adams and Peter Svidler
27 1999 Péter Lékó
28 2000 Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand
29 2001 Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov
31 2003 Viktor Bologan
32 2004 Viswanathan Anand
33 2005 Arkadij Naiditsch
34 2006 Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler
38 2010 Ruslan Ponomariov
[edit] References
 Winners list and Reports since 1973 by TeleSchach (German)
[edit] External links

 DORTMUND SPARKASSEN CHESS MEETING 2005
 The Games of Dortmund Sparkassen 2005
 Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2007
 2008 edition from TWIC
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund_Sparkassen_Chess_Meeting"

Categories: Chess competitions | Chess in Germany | 1973 in chess | Recurring events established in
1973 | Dortmund
Corus chess tournament

(Redirected from Corus Chess Tournament)
The Corus chess tournament takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town
called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Holland in the
Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens tournament until 1999 after which the Dutch steel
and aluminium producer Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel to form the Corus
Group on 6 October 1999. From 1938 to 1967, the tournament took place in Beverwijk. After
the purchase of Corus by Tata Steel, this tournament would be called Tata Steel Chess
Tournament.[1]
While it is true that very strong chess players compete in the prestigious tournament, regular
club players are welcome to play as well. The top 'A' section pits 14 of the world's best
against each other in a round-robin tournament. Since 1938, there has been a long list of
famous winners, including: Max Euwe, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres, Efim
Geller, Lajos Portisch, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Viktor Korchnoi, Jan
Timman, Anatoly Karpov, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin
Topalov, Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen. In fact, of the "Classical" world chess
champions since World War II, only the names of Vasily Smyslov and Bobby Fischer are
missing. In 2001, nine of the top ten players in the world participated.
Viswanathan Anand is the only player to have won five titles of the Hoogovens/Corus chess
tournament in its long history, though three of these were shared wins. Anand also holds the
record of most consecutive games played at this tournament without a loss (70 — from 1998–
2004). Max Euwe, Lajos Portisch and Viktor Korchnoi won Corus four times each.
Contents
[hide]
 1 Tournament History
o 1.1 Hoogovens Beverwijk
o 1.2 Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee
o 1.3 Corus tournament
 2 Complete results
o 2.1 1999
o 2.2 2007
o 2.3 2008
o 2.4 2009
o 2.5 2010
 3 See also
 4 References
[edit] Tournament History

[edit] Hoogovens Beverwijk
The early tournaments were very small, starting with groups of four in 1938, and entry
restricted to Dutch players. The first five tournaments continued this way, with the contest
held annually early in January. In 1943 and 1944 the tournament field was doubled in size to
eight players. No tournament was held in 1945 due to World War II. The first international
tournament was held in 1946. The main tournament field was expanded to ten, with
invitations to Alberic O'Kelly de Galway (Belgium) and Gösta Stoltz (Sweden) along with a
Dutch contingent of eight. The tournament field remained at ten until 1953 when it was
increased to twelve, and an international women's tournament was also held. In 1954 the
tournament field was returned to ten players, but the strength of the competitions increased.
The field was greatly enlarged to 18 in 1963, and although reduced to 16 in 1964 the event
had become the strongest international chess tournament in the world (Golombek 1977,
p. 143).
The 1946 tournament was one of the first European international chess tournaments after
World War II. Food shortages were still a problem in Europe, so the post-tournament banquet
featured pea soup, inexpensive fare of the common people. In subsequent years pea soup has
been served as the first course of the concluding banquet, a tradition continued when the
tournament was moved from Beverwijk to Wijk aan Zee (Damsky & Sugden 2005, p. 164).
Winners of the top group:[2]
 1938 - Philip Bakker

 1939 - Nicolaas Cortlever
 1940 - Max Euwe
 1941 - Arthur Wijnans
 1942 - Max Euwe
 1943 - Arnold van den Hoek
 1944 - Theo van Scheltinga
 1945 - no tournament
 1946 - Alberic O'Kelly de Galway
 1947 - Theo van Scheltinga
 1948 - Lodewijk Prins
 1949 - Savielly Tartakower
 1950 - Jan Hein Donner
 1951 - Herman Pilnik
 1952 - Max Euwe
 1953 - Nicolas Rossolimo
 1954 - Hans Bouwmeester and Vasja Pirc
 1955 - Bora Milic
 1956 - Gideon Stahlberg
 1957 - Aleksandar Matanović
 1958 - Max Euwe and Jan Hein Donner
 1959 - Friðrik Ólafsson
 1960 - Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian
 1961 - Bent Larsen and Borislav Ivkov
 1962 - Petar Trifunović
 1963 - Jan Hein Donner
 1964 - Paul Keres and Iivo Nei
 1965 - Lajos Portisch and Efim Geller
 1966 - Lev Polugaevsky
 1967 - Boris Spassky
[edit] Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee
The tournament was moved to the Dutch seaside town Wijk aan Zee in 1968. In this period
chess players often called the tournament Wijk aan Zee. Winners of the Grandmaster A group
since 1968 have been:
 1968 - Viktor Korchnoi
 1969 - Mikhail Botvinnik and Efim Geller
 1970 - Mark Taimanov
 1971 - Viktor Korchnoi
 1972 - Lajos Portisch
 1973 - Mikhail Tal
 1974 - Walter Browne
 1976 - Ljubomir Ljubojevic and Friðrik Ólafsson
 1977 - Genna Sosonko and Efim Geller
 1979 - Lev Polugaevsky
 1980 - Walter Browne and Yasser Seirawan
 1981 - Genna Sosonko and Jan Timman
 1982 - John Nunn and Yuri Balashov
 1983 - Ulf Andersson
 1984 - Alexander Beliavsky and Viktor Korchnoi
 1985 - Jan Timman
 1986 - Nigel Short
 1987 - Nigel Short and Viktor Korchnoi
 1988 - Anatoly Karpov
 1989 - Viswanathan Anand, Predrag Nikolić, Zoltan Ribli and Gyula Sax
 1990 - John Nunn
 1991 - John Nunn
 1992 - Boris Gelfand and Valery Salov
 1993 - Anatoly Karpov
 1994 - Predrag Nikolić
 1995 - Alexey Dreev
 1996 - Vassily Ivanchuk
 1997 - Valery Salov
 1998 - Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand
 1999 - Garry Kasparov
[edit] Corus tournament
Corus tournament 2010, playing hall

 2002 - Evgeny Bareev
 2003 - Viswanathan Anand
 2004 - Viswanathan Anand
 2005 - Péter Lékó
 2006 - Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand
 2007 - Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov and Veselin Topalov
 2008 - Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen
 2009 - Sergey Karjakin
 2010 - Magnus Carlsen
[edit] Complete results

[edit] 1999
Crosstable from TWIC 223:
Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands), i 1999 cat. XVIII (2678)

Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total
1 Garry Kasparov (RUS) g 2812 * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 2878
Viswanathan
2 g 2781 = * = = 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 9½ 2844
Anand (IND)
3 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) g 2751 = = * = = 1 1 = = = = = 1 = 8 2758
4 Ivan Sokolov (BIH) g 2624 1 = = * = 0 = 0 = = = 1 1 = 7 2710
5 Jeroen Piket (NED) g 2619 0 0 = = * = 1 1 = 1 = = = = 7 2711
6 Alexei Shirov (ESP) g 2726 0 = 0 1 = * = = = = = = 1 1 7 2702
7 Jan Timman (NED) g 2670 = 0 0 = 0 = * 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 7 2707
8 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) g 2714 = = = 1 0 = 0 * = = = = = 1 6½ 2674
9 Peter Svidler (RUS) g 2713 0 = = = = = = = * = 1 = = = 6½ 2674
10 Veselin Topalov (BUL) g 2700 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = = * = 1 0 1 6 2646
Rustam
11 g 2606 0 0 = = = = 0 = 0 = * 1 = = 5 2596
Kasimdzhanov (UZB)
12 Loek van Wely (NED) g 2632 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = = 0 0 * 1 1 4½ 2571
13 Alex Yermolinsky (USA) g 2597 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = 0 * = 4 2542
Dimitri
14 g 2541 0 0 = = = 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 = * 3 2477
Reinderman (NED)
[edit] 2007
In 2007, the finals positions were:[1]
Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands), 13-28 i 2007 cat. XIX (2718)

Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total
1 Levon Aronian (ARM) g 2744 * = 1 = = = = 1 1 = 1 = = = 8½ 2825
2 Veselin Topalov (BUL) g 2783 = * = = 1 0 = = 1 = = 1 1 1 8½ 2822
3 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) g 2729 0 = * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 8½ 2827
4 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) g 2766 = = = * 1 = = = = = = 1 = 1 8 2801
Viswanathan
5 g 2779 = 0 = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = = 7½ 2770
Anand (IND)
6 Peter Svidler (RUS) g 2728 = 1 = = 0 * = 0 = 1 1 0 1 = 7 2746
7 David Navara (CZE) g 2719 = = 0 = = = * 0 1 = = 1 1 0 6½ 2717
8 Sergey Karjakin (UKR) g 2678 0 = = = 0 1 1 * 0 = = = = 1 6½ 2721
Ruslan
9 g 2723 0 0 = = = = 0 1 * = = = 1 = 6 2688
Ponomariov (UKR)
Alexander
10 g 2647 = = 0 = 0 0 = = = * = = = = 5 2636
Motylev (RUS)
11 Sergei Tiviakov (NED) g 2667 0=0==0=== = * = = = 5 2634
12 Loek van Wely (NED) g 2683 =000010== = = * = 1 5 2633
13 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) g 2690 =0===00=0 = = = * = 4½ 2610
14 Alexei Shirov (ESP) g 2715 =000==10= = = 0 = * 4½ 2608
[edit] 2008
Main article: 2008 Corus Chess Tournament
The 2008 Corus Chess Tournament took place in the De Moriaan Community Centre in Wijk
aan Zee. The format of each of the three Grandmaster groups remained a 14 player single
round robin. The participants in group A included eight of the world's top ten players
(country, October 2007 rating and rank in brackets): Viswanathan Anand (India, 2801, 1),
Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 2787, 2), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2785, 3), Veselin Topalov
(Bulgaria, 2769, 4), Peter Leko (Hungary, 2755, 5=), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan,
2752, 7), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2742, 8) and Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2741, 9).
The remaining players are Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2736, 11), Michael Adams (England, 2729,
13), Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2714, 16=), Judit Polgár (Hungary, 2708, 20), Pavel Eljanov
(Ukraine, 2691, 26) and Loek van Wely (Netherlands, 2679, 31). The average rating of 2742
made it a Category 20 tournament. The only top ten players not participating were Alexander
Morozevich (Russia, 2755, 5=) and Alexei Shirov (Spain, 2739, 10).
The tournament was won by Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen (both scoring 8 out of 13).
Grandmaster group B was won by Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia with 9½ points, and group C
by Italy's Fabiano Caruana with 10, two points ahead of his nearest rival. The Honorary
group, a new category consisting of four former A group champions playing a double round
robin, was won by Ljubomir Ljubojevic with 4 points out of 6, ahead of Jan Timman, Viktor
Korchnoi and Lajos Portisch.
Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 i 2008 cat. XX (2742)

Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Tot Perf
1 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2739 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 2829
2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2733 ½ * 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 8 2830
Viswanathan
3 2799 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½ 2794
Anand (India)
Teimour
4 2735 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 2799
Radjabov (Azerbaijan)
5 Peter Lékó (Hungary) 2753 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 2770
Vassily
6 2751 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 2770
Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
7 Michael Adams (England) 2726 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2743
Vladimir
8 2799 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ 2737
Kramnik (Russia)
9 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2780 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 1 6 2710
10 Judit Polgár (Hungary) 2707 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 6 2716
Shakhriyar
11 2760 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 6 2711
Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
12 Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) 2692 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ * ½ 0 5 2659
Loek Van
13 2681 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 5 2660
Wely (Netherlands)
14 Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2737 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 5 2655
[edit] 2009
71st Corus Chess Tournament

Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Tot
1 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) 2706 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8
2 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2761 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½
2 Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) 2751 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7½
2 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2750 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½
5 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2776 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7
5 Lenier Dominguez Perez (Cuba) 2717 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7
7 Gata Kamsky (USA) 2725 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½
8 Wang Yue (China) 2739 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 6
8 Loek van Wely (Netherlands) 2625 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 6
8 Jan Smeets (Netherlands) 2601 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 6
11 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2779 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * 0 ½ ½ 5½
11 Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2771 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 * ½ ½ 5½
11 Michael Adams (England) 2712 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 5½
11 Daniel Stellwagen (Netherlands) 2612 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 5½
[edit] 2010
72nd Corus Chess Tournament

Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Tot
1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2810 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8½
2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2788 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8
2 Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2723 ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8
4 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2790 ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½
4 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2708 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7½
6 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2749 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7
6 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2720 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6½
8 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2739 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6½
8 Lenier Dominguez Perez (Cuba) 2712 0 ½½½½½½½ * ½½ 1 ½½ 6½
10 Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2675 ½½ 0 ½½½½ 0 ½ * ½½ 1 0 5½
11 Nigel Short (England) 2696 ½½½½ 0 ½ 0 ½½½ * 0 ½½ 5
11 Loek van Wely (Netherlands) 2641 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½½ 1 * 1 0 5
13 Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands) 2662 ½½ 0 ½ 0 ½½½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 4½
13 Jan Smeets (Netherlands) 2657 0 0 0 ½½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 * 4½
[edit] See also

 List of strong chess tournaments
[edit] References
1. ^ http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/participants-tata-tournament-announced/
2. ^ http://www.coruschess.com/tournament.php
 Damsky, Yakov; Sugden, John (2005), The Batsford Book of Chess Records,
Batsford, p. 164, ISBN 0-7134-8946-4
 Golombek, Harry (1977), "Hoogoven Chess Tournament", Golombek's Encyclopedia
of Chess, Batsford, p. 143, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
Linares chess tournament

(Redirected from Linares Chess Tournament)
The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its
name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held. It
is sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess, being one of the strongest annual
tournaments held on the chess tour, along with the Wijk aan Zee Corus and Dortmund events.
Contents
[hide]
 1 History
 2 Winners
 3 Full Results
o 3.1 1998
o 3.2 1999
o 3.3 2000
o 3.4 2001
o 3.5 2002
o 3.6 2003
o 3.7 2004
o 3.8 2005
o 3.9 2006
o 3.10 2007
o 3.11 2008
o 3.12 2009
o 3.13 2010
 4 References
[edit] History
The event, sponsored by Spanish businessman Luis Rentero, was first held in 1978. At that
time it was not an elite event and was won by the relatively unknown Swede, Jaan Eslon (on
tie-break from the Argentine Roberto Debarnot). After the following year's event, it was held
every other year until 1987 when no tournament took place: that being the year that Linares
hosted the Candidates' Final, a match to determine a challenger for Kasparov's world title
featuring Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Sokolov. The postponed 1987 event was held over until
1988 and the tournament has since become an annual event, with the exception of 1996,
when the Women's World Chess Championship was held.
Rentero is notorious for being a strong opponent of short draws in chess, to the point that in
1991 he offered cash bonuses for playing longer games.
The 1994 tournament had an average Elo rating of 2685, the highest ever at that time, making
it the first Category XVIII tournament ever held. The field, in eventual finishing order,
consisted of Karpov, Kasparov, Shirov, Bareev, Kramnik, Lautier, Anand, Kamsky, Topalov,
Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Illescas, Judit Polgár, and Beliavsky. Karpov won with an undefeated
11/13. Jeff Sonas considers Karpov's performance the best tournament result in history.[1]
The 1994 tournament was also noted for an incident in which Garry Kasparov "took a move
back" against Judith Polgar. Kasparov's fingers briefly released a knight before he realized
the move was a blunder; he then moved the knight to a different square. Judith (17 years old
at the time) did not protest and the arbiter did not intervene. Kasparov went on to win the
game.[2]
In 1998, the format of the tournament changed from a single round-robin tournament to a
double round-robin event (meaning that each participant plays every other participant twice,
once with each color).
Garry Kasparov announced his retirement from chess after the 2005 tournament.
From 2006 through 2008, the first half of the tournament took place in the Mexican city of
Morelia. The second half took place in Linares. Consequently the event is sometimes referred
to as Morelia - Linares in databases and the like.
In 2009 and 2010 the event took place entirely in Linares.[3]

[edit] Winners
 1978 Jaan Eslon
 1979 Larry Christiansen
 1981 Anatoly Karpov and Larry Christiansen
 1983 Boris Spassky
 1985 Ljubomir Ljubojević and Robert Hübner
 1988 Jan Timman
 1989 Vassily Ivanchuk
 1990 Garry Kasparov
 1994 Anatoly Karpov (Category XVIII tournament)
 1998 Viswanathan Anand
 2000 Vladimir Kramnik and Garry Kasparov
 2003 Péter Lékó (Joint winner with Vladimir Kramnik; but had a better tiebreak
score)
 2004 Vladimir Kramnik
 2005 Garry Kasparov (with the same score as Veselin Topalov; won on tiebreak
because of more wins with black)
 2006 Levon Aronian
 2009 Alexander Grischuk (with the same score as Vassily Ivanchuk; won on tiebreak
because of more wins)
 2010 Veselin Topalov
[edit] Full Results

[edit] 1998
Final Results of 1998:
XV Ciudad de Linares (ESP)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Viswanathan Anand g IND ** 1= 0= == 1= =1 =1 7½
2 Alexei Shirov g ESP 0= ** == =1 10 10 11 7
3 Gary Kasparov g RUS 1= == ** == == == == 6½
4 Vladimir Kramnik g RUS == =0 == ** =1 == 1= 6½
5 Peter Svidler g RUS 0= 01 == =0 ** 10 =1 5½
6 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR =0 01 == == 01 ** 0= 5
7 Veselin Topalov g BUL =0 00 == 0= =0 1= ** 4
[edit] 1999
Final Results of 1999[4]:
XVI Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 1999 cat. XX (2735)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Garry Kasparov g RUS 2812 ** == =1 == 1= 11 =1 11 10½ 2817
2 Vladimir Kramnik g RUS 2751 == ** == == == == =1 1= 8 2782
3 Viswanathan Anand g IND 2781 =0 == ** == =1 == 1= =1 8 2778
4 Peter Leko g HUN 2694 == == == ** == 1= 0= 0= 6½ 2712
5 Veselin Topalov g BUL 2700 0= == =0 == ** =0 =1 == 6 2690
6 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2714 00 == == 0= =1 ** 1= 0= 6 2688
7 Peter Svidler g RUS 2713 =0 =0 0= 1= =0 0= ** =1 5½ 2658
8 Michael Adams g ENG 2716 00 0= =0 1= == 1= =0 ** 5½ 2657
[edit] 2000
XVII Ciudad de Linares (ESP), ii-iii 2000 cat. XXI (2751)

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1 2 3 4 5 6
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1: Garry Kasparov 2851 RUS XX == == == 1= 1= 6 2803
2: Vladimir Kramnik 2758 RUS == XX == 1= == 1= 6 2822
3: Peter Leko 2725 HUN == == XX =0 == == 4½ 2721
4: Alexander Khalifman 2656 RUS == 0= =1 XX =0 == 4½ 2734
5: Viswanathan Anand 2769 IND 0= == == =1 XX 0= 4½ 2712
6: Alexei Shirov 2751 ESP 0= 0= == == 1= XX 4½ 2715
------------------------------------------------------------------
Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik finished tied for first on +2,
inseparable even by the various tie-breaks laid down in the rules.
They won the same number of games and had the same number of black wins.
The next tie-break was for the worst score against the lower group
and if still equal, the worst result against the second lowest group.
But all the other players were tied on 4½ points, making the players
level on every criterion. There was supposed to be a toss of the coin,
but Kasparov did not like the idea and the players also ruled out a blitz
playoff. Kasparov wanted the official results to record equal first,
although he allowed Kramnik to take the main trophy.
[edit] 2001
XVIII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-6 iii 2001 cat. XIX (2722)
--------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Garry Kasparov g RUS 2849 ** == 1= =1 =1 11 7½ 2889
2 Judith Polgar g HUN 2676 == ** =0 == 10 == 4½ 2694
3 Anatoly Karpov g RUS 2679 0= =1 ** == == =0 4½ 2694
4 Peter Leko g HUN 2745 =0 == == ** == == 4½ 2681
5 Alexei Shirov g ESP 2718 =0 01 == == ** 10 4½ 2686
6 Alexander Grischuk g RUS 2663 00 == =1 == 01 ** 4½ 2697
--------------------------------------------------------------
[edit] 2002
XIX SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-10 iii 2002 cat. XX (2732)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Garry Kasparov g RUS 2838 ** =1 == == 1= =1 =1 8 2839
2 Ruslan Ponomariov g UKR 2727 =0 ** 1= == 01 =1 == 6½ 2762
3 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2717 == 0= ** == 1= =1 =0 6 2734
4 Viswanathan Anand g IND 2757 == == == ** 0= == =1 6 2728
5 Michael Adams g ENG 2742 0= 10 0= 1= ** == =1 6 2730
6 Francisco Vallejo Pons g ESP 2629 =0 =0 =0 == == ** =1 5 2692
7 Alexei Shirov g ESP 2715 =0 == =1 =0 =0 =0 ** 4½ 2648
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[edit] 2003
XX SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 22 ii-9 iii 2003 cat. XX (2733)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Peter Leko g HUN 2736 ** == 01 == == 10 11 7 2789
2 Vladimir Kramnik g RUS 2807 == ** == == 1= == 1= 7 2777
3 Viswanathan Anand g IND 2753 10 == ** 0= 1= == =1 6½ 2758
4 Garry Kasparov g RUS 2847 == == 1= ** 1= == 0= 6½ 2742
5 Ruslan Ponomariov g UKR 2734 == 0= 0= 0= ** 11 == 5½ 2703
6 Francisco Vallejo Pons g ESP 2629 01 == == == 00 ** == 5 2693
7 Teimour Radjabov g AZE 2624 00 0= =0 1= == == ** 4½ 2664
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Leko took first on tie-break with the largest number of wins.
[edit] 2004
XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 19 ii-5 iii 2004 cat. XX (2731)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Vladimir Kramnik g RUS 2777 ** =1 == == 1= == == 7 2780
2 Peter Leko g HUN 2722 =0 ** == 1= == 1= == 6½ 2762
3 Garry Kasparov g RUS 2831 == == ** == == == 1= 6½ 2743
4 Teimour Radjabov g AZE 2656 == 0= == ** == 01 =1 6 2744
5 Veselin Topalov g BUL 2735 0= == == == ** =1 == 6 2730
6 Alexei Shirov g ESP 2736 == 0= == 10 =0 ** == 5 2673
7 Francisco Vallejo Pons g ESP 2663 == == 0= =0 == == ** 5 2685
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[edit] 2005
XXII SuperGM Linares ESP (ESP), 23 ii-17 iii 2005 cat. XX (2743)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Garry Kasparov g RUS 2804 ** =0 == == 11 11 =1 8 2857
2 Veselin Topalov g BUL 2757 =1 ** 0= == 1= 11 =1 8 2865
3 Viswanathan Anand g IND 2786 == 1= ** == =0 == =1 6½ 2764
4 Peter Leko g HUN 2749 == == == ** == == == 6 2742
5 Michael Adams g ENG 2741 00 0= =1 == ** 1= == 5½ 2714
6 Francisco Vallejo Pons g ESP 2686 00 00 == == 0= ** =1 4 2627
7 Rustam Kasimdzhanov g UZB 2678 =0 =0 =0 == == =0 ** 4 2628
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Kasparov won the event on the second tie-break from Topalov.
Games won were equal, the second tie-break was number of wins with black.
[edit] 2006
XXIII SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 18 ii-11 iii 2006 cat. XX (2732)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
1 Levon Aronian g ARM 2752 ** 1= =0 =1 0= 1= 1= =1 8½ 2808
2 Teimour Radjabov g AZE 2700 0= ** 1= 0= =1 =1 1= == 8 2786
3 Veselin Topalov g BUL 2801 =1 0= ** =1 1= 01 =1 0= 8 2771
4 Peter Leko g HUN 2740 =0 1= =0 ** 1= == == 1= 7½ 2759
5 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2729 1= =0 0= 0= ** 1= =0 =1 6½ 2703
6 Peter Svidler g RUS 2765 0= =0 10 == 0= ** 1= 1= 6½ 2698
7 Étienne Bacrot g FRA 2717 0= 0= =0 == =1 0= ** =1 6 2683
8 Francisco Vallejo Pons g ESP 2650 =0 == 1= 0= =0 0= =0 ** 5 2641
[edit] 2007
XXIV SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 17 ii-10 iii 2007 cat. XX (2746)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Viswanathan Anand g IND 2779 ** 11 1= 0= == == == 1= 8½ 2820
2 Magnus Carlsen g NOR 2690 00 ** 1= == == 11 1= =0 7½ 2782
3 Alexander Morozevich g RUS 2741 0= 0= ** == =1 =1 01 =1 7½ 2775
4 Levon Aronian g ARM 2744 1= == == ** == 0= == == 7 2745
5 Peter Svidler g RUS 2728 == == =0 == ** == == =1 7 2748
6 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2750 == 00 =0 1= == ** 1= == 6½ 2715
7 Veselin Topalov g BUL 2783 == 0= 10 == == 0= ** == 6 2690
8 Peter Leko g HUN 2749 0= =1 =0 == =0 == == ** 6 2695
[edit] 2008
XXV SuperGM Morelia/Linares (MEX/ESP), 15 ii-7 iii 2008 cat. XXI (2756)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Viswanathan Anand g IND 2799 ** 1= 0= == == == 1= 11 8½ 2829
2 Magnus Carlsen g NOR 2733 0= ** 1= 11 0= =1 =0 =1 8 2808
3 Levon Aronian g ARM 2739 1= 0= ** 01 == 1= == == 7½ 2787
4 Veselin Topalov g BUL 2780 == 00 10 ** == 1= 11 01 7½ 2781
5 Teimour Radjabov g AZE 2735 == 1= == == ** == 0= 01 7 2758
6 Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2751 == =0 0= 0= == ** 11 == 6½ 2727
7 Peter Lékó g HUN 2753 0= =1 == 00 1= 00 ** == 5½ 2676
8 Alexei Shirov g ESP 2755 00 =0 == 10 10 == == ** 5½ 2675
[edit] 2009
XXVI SuperGM Linares (ESP), 19 ii-7 iii 2009 cat. XXI (2756)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2733 ** == =0 == 1= 1= 1= == 8 2809
2 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2779 == ** == == == == 11 == 8 2802
3 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2776 =1 == ** 1= =0 == =0 =1 7½ 2781
4 Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2791 == == 0= ** 1= 1= 0= == 7 2750
5 Wang Yue (CHN) 2739 0= == =1 0= ** == == == 6½ 2729
6 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2761 0= == == 0= == ** =1 == 6½ 2726
7 Levon Aronian (ARM) 2750 0= 00 =1 1= == =0 ** 1= 6½ 2727
8 Leinier Dominguez Perez (CUB) 2717 == == =0 == == == 0= ** 6 2711
[edit] 2010
XXVII SuperGM Linares (ESP), 13 ii-24 ii 2010[12] cat. XXI (2758)

Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
1 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2805 ** 10 == =1 =1 1= 6½ 2855
2 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2736 01 ** == == 1= =1 6 2832
3 Levon Aronian (ARM) 2781 == == ** == == =1 5½ 2788
4 Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP) 2705 =0 == == ** == 0= 4 2698
5 Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2761 =0 0= == == ** == 4 2687
6 Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 2759 0= =0 =0 1= == ** 4 2688
M-Tel Masters
M-Tel Masters is an annual super-GM chess tournament held since 2005 in Sofia, the capital
of Bulgaria, sponsored and organized by the leading Bulgarian mobile network operator, M-
Tel. According to the regulations, each of the six participants plays two games against every
other, thus making it a double round-robin tournament. The venue is the five-star Grand
Hotel Sofia.
Contents
[hide]
 1 Editions
o 1.1 M-Tel Masters 2005
[edit] Editions
[edit] M-Tel Masters 2005
The first edition of the tournament took place between 11 and 22 May 2005 as part of M-
Tel's tenth anniversary celebrations and with the participation of top chess players such as
Vishwanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams, Judit Polgár and
Ruslan Ponomariov. M-Tel Masters 2005 was classified in FIDE's Category 20 and was
named the strongest tournament of 2005 according to the average Elo rating of the
participants of 2744. The winner of the tournament was the Bulgarian Veselin Topalov, with
the award being conferred by President Georgi Parvanov.
Position Participant Points
1 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 6½
2 Vishwanathan Anand (IND) 5½
3 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 5
3 Judit Polgár (HUN) 5
5 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 4
5 Michael Adams (UK) 4
The 2006 tournament took place between 10 May and 21 May and was attended by Veselin
Topalov, Vishwanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Svidler, Étienne Bacrot and Gata
Kamsky. Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho played the token initial move of the 2006 tournament,
which was officially opened by the President of Bulgaria, Georgi Parvanov.
Topalov won the tournament for the second time after a decisive comeback from a somewhat
hesitant start. He recorded four consecutive wins in the final rounds to clinch the M-Tel
Masters 2006 first place with 6½ points, also defeating his main rival Gata Kamsky in the
penultimate round.
Position Participant Points
1 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 6½
2 Gata Kamsky (USA) 6
3 Vishwanathan Anand (IND) 5½
4 Peter Svidler (RUS) 5
5 Étienne Bacrot (FRA) 3½
5 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 3½
M-Tel Masters' 2007 edition was held between 9 May and 20 May and featured Veselin
Topalov, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams
and Krishnan Sasikiran. Topalov won the tournament for a third consecutive time in a
dramatic fashion, defeating the then-current leader Sasikiran in the final round.
1 Veselin Topalov (BUL) * * 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5½
2 Krishnan Sasikiran (IND) 00 ** ½1 10 ½½ ½1 5
2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 1½ ½0 ** 10 ½½½½ 5
2 Gata Kamsky (USA) ½½ 01 01 ** ½½½½ 5
2 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM) ½½½½½½½½ ** 01 5
6 Michael Adams (UK) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * * 4½
The 2008 M-Tel Masters was held 8–18 May. Vassily Ivanchuk won by a wide margin.
Ivanchuk won his first five games, lost no games, and had a positive score against every other
player. Veselin Topalov, who had won the tournament the three previous years, was second.
1 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) ** 1½ 1½ 11 1½ 1½ 8
2 Veselin Topalov (BUL) 0 ½ * * ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 6½
3 Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½
4 Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) 00 00 ½½ ** 11 ½½ 4
5 Bu Xiangzhi (CHN) 0½ 01 ½0 00 ** ½½ 3
5 Levon Aronian (ARM) 0½ 00 ½0 ½½½½ ** 3
The 2009 edition of the tournament took place from 12 to 23 May. Besides regular feature
Veselin Topalov, the participating grandmasters are Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk,
Alexei Shirov, Wang Yue and Leinier Domínguez.
1 Alexei Shirov (ESP) * * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½
2 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 0½ ** 1½ ½1 ½1 ½½ 6
2 Veselin Topalov (BUL) ½½ 0½ ** 1½ ½½ 11 6
4 Wang Yue (CHN) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½
5 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) ½½ ½0 ½½½½ ** ½0 4
6 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 00 ½½ 00 0½ ½1 ** 3
The 2010 event was cancelled because of the World Chess Championship 2010 that took
place, between Anand and Topalov, in Sofia.

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Pearl Spring chess tournament

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The Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (中国(南京)国际象棋超级大赛) is a double round

September 27 - October 9 (Category 21, 2764)

Participant Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points Tiebreak Performance

[edit] See also

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

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The tournament is usually played in a round-robin or double round-robin format. However, it

[edit] Past winners

(1) 1928 Fritz Sämisch

(2) 1951 Albéric O'Kelly de Galway

(3) 1961 Mark Taimanov

1 1973 Heikki Westerinen

2 1974 László Szabó (chess player)

3 1975 Heikki Westerinen

4 1976 Oleg Romanishin

5 1977 Jan Smejkal

6 1978 Ulf Andersson

7 1979 Tamaz Giorgadze

8 1980 Raymond Keene

9 1981 Gennady Kuzmin

10 1982 Vlastimil Hort

11 1983 Mihai Suba

12 1984 Yehuda Gruenfeld

14 1986 Zoltán Ribli

15 1987 Yuri Balashov

16 1988 Smbat Lputian

17 1989 Efim Geller

18 1990 Alexander Chernin

19 1991 Igor Stohl

20 1992 Garri Kasparov

21 1993 Anatoly Karpov

22 1994 Jeroen Piket

23 1995 Vladimir Kramnik

24 1996 Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand

25 1997 Vladimir Kramnik

26 1998 Vladimir Kramnik Michael Adams and Peter Svidler

27 1999 Péter Lékó

28 2000 Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand

29 2001 Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov

30 2002 Péter Lékó

31 2003 Viktor Bologan

32 2004 Viswanathan Anand

33 2005 Arkadij Naiditsch

34 2006 Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler

35 2007 Vladimir Kramnik

36 2008 Péter Lékó

37 2009 Vladimir Kramnik

38 2010 Ruslan Ponomariov

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund_Sparkassen_Chess_Meeting"

Corus chess tournament

[edit] Tournament History

Winners of the top group:[2]

 1938 - Philip Bakker

[edit] Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee

[edit] Corus tournament

Corus tournament 2010, playing hall

 2000 - Garry Kasparov

[edit] Complete results

Crosstable from TWIC 223:

Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands), i 1999 cat. XVIII (2678)

In 2007, the finals positions were:[1]