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Relay of the Corus Chess Tournament
The Corus Chess Tournament took place January 17th to February 1st.
Grandmaster Group A

                        Country   Rating       Final Standings
Vassily Ivanchuk          UKR      2779         1. Karjakin        8.0
Magnus Carlsen            NOR      2776         2. Aronian         7.5
Alexander Morozevich      RUS      2771         3. Radjabov        7.5
Teymour Radjabov          AZE      2761         4. Movsesian       7.5
Sergei Movsesian          SVK      2751         5. Carlsen         7.0
Levon Aronian             ARM      2750         6. Dominguez       7.0
Yue Wang                  CHN      2739         7. Kamsky          6.5
Gata Kamsky               USA      2725         8. van Wely        6.0
Leinier Dominguez         CUB      2717         9. Smeets          6.0
Michael Adams             ENG      2712        10. Wang            6.0
Sergei Karjakin           UKR      2706        11. Stellwagen      5.5
Loek van Wely             NED      2625        12. Ivanchuk        5.5
Daniel Stellwagen         NED      2612        13. Adams           5.5
Jan Smeets                NED      2601        14. Morozevich      5.5

Grandmaster Group B

Krishnan Sasikiran        IND      2711         1. Caruana         8.5
Francisco Vallejo Pons    ESP      2702         2. Short           8.0
Zahar Efimenko            UKR      2688         3. Motylev         8.0
Rustam Kasimdzhanov       UZB      2687         4. Kasimdzhanov    8.0
Alexander Motylev         RUS      2676         5. Volokitin       7.5
Andrei Volokitin          UKR      2671         6. Vallejo Pons    7.5
Nigel Short               ENG      2663         7. Efimenko        7.0
Fabiano Caruana           ITA      2646         8. Navara          6.5
David Navara              CZE      2638         9. Hou             6.0
Jan Werle                 NED      2607        10. Reinderman      6.0
Erwin l'Ami               NED      2603        11. l'Ami           5.5
Yifan Hou                 CHN      2571        12. Mecking         4.5
Henrique Mecking          BRA      2567        13. Sasikiran       4.0
Dimitri Reinderman        NED      2549        14. Werle           4.0

Grandmaster Group C

Wesley So                 PHI      2627         1. So              9.5
David Howell              ENG      2622         2. Hillarp Persson 8.5
Tiger Hillarp Persson     SWE      2586         3. Giri            8.5
Abhijeet Gupta            IND      2569         4. Howell          7.5
Friso Nijboer             NED      2560         5. Gupta           7.5
Manuel Leon Hoyos         MEX      2542         6. Holzke          6.5
Oleg Romanishin           UKR      2533         7. Harika          6.0
Eduardo Iturrizaga        VEN      2528         8. Nijboer         5.5
Frank Holzke              GER      2524         9. Iturrizaga      5.5
Dronavalli Harika         IND      2473        10. Bitalzadeh      5.5
Anish Giri                RUS      2469        11. Bosboom         5.5
Roeland Pruijssers        NED      2444        12. Pruijssers      5.5
Manuel Bosboom            NED      2418        13. Leon Hoyos      5.0
Ali Bitalzadeh            NED      2400        14. Romanishin      4.5

Schedule of Grandmaster Group A

Round 1 - Jan 17                      Round 2 - Jan 18

Stellwagen - Movsesian  1/2           Movsesian  - Adams    1-0
Carlsen    - Radjabov   1/2           Dominguez  - Kamsky   1/2
Aronian    - Wang       1/2           Morozevich - van Wely 1-0
Ivanchuk   - Smeets     0-1           Smeets     - Karjakin 1/2
Karjakin   - Morozevich 1-0           Wang       - Ivanchuk 0-1
van Wely   - Dominguez  1/2           Radjabov   - Aronian  1/2
Kamsky     - Adams      1/2           Stellwagen - Carlsen  1/2

Round 3 - Jan 19                      Round 4 - Jan 20

Carlsen  - Movsesian  1/2             Movsesian  - Dominguez 1/2
Aronian  - Stellwagen 1/2             Morozevich - Adams     1/2
Ivanchuk - Radjabov   0-1             Smeets     - Kamsky    1/2
Karjakin - Wang       1/2             Wang       - van Wely  1/2
van Wely - Smeets     1/2             Radjabov   - Karjakin  1/2
Kamsky   - Morozevich 1-0             Stellwagen - Ivanchuk  1/2
Adams    - Dominguez  1/2             Carlsen    - Aronian   1/2

Round 5 - Jan 22                      Round 6 - Jan 23

Aronian   - Movsesian  1-0            Movsesian  - Morozevich 1-0
Ivanchuk  - Carlsen    1/2            Smeets     - Dominguez  1/2
Karjakin  - Stellwagen 1-0            Wang       - Adams      0-1
van Wely  - Radjabov   1-0            Radjabov   - Kamsky     1-0
Kamsky    - Wang       1/2            Stellwagen - van Wely   1/2
Adams     - Smeets     1/2            Carlsen    - Karjakin   1/2
Dominguez - Morozevich 1-0            Aronian    - Ivanchuk   1/2

Round 7 - Jan 24                      Round 8 - Jan 25

Ivanchuk   - Movsesian  0-1           Movsesian  - Smeets     1/2
Karjakin   - Aronian    1/2           Wang       - Morozevich 1-0
van Wely   - Carlsen    1/2           Radjabov   - Dominguez  1/2
Kamsky     - Stellwagen 1/2           Stellwagen - Adams      1/2
Adams      - Radjabov   1/2           Carlsen    - Kamsky     1/2
Dominguez  - Wang       1/2           Aronian    - van Wely   1/2
Morozevich - Smeets     1-0           Ivanchuk   - Karjakin   1-0

Round 9 - Jan 27                      Round 10 - Jan 28

Karjakin   - Movsesian  1-0           Movsesian  - Yue        1/2
van Wely   - Ivanchuk   1/2           Radjabov   - Smeets     1/2
Kamsky     - Aronian    0-1           Stellwagen - Morozevich 1/2
Adams      - Carlsen    1/2           Carlsen    - Dominguez  1-0
Dominguez  - Stellwagen 1-0           Aronian    - Adams      1-0
Morozevich - Radjabov   1/2           Ivanchuk   - Kamsky     1/2
Smeets     - Wang       1/2           Karjakin   - van Wely   1/2

Round 11 - Jan 30                     Round 12 - Jan 31

van Wely   - Movsesian  0-1           Movsesian  - Radjabov   1/2
Kamsky     - Karjakin   1-0           Stellwagen - Yue        1/2
Adams      - Ivanchuk   1/2           Carlsen    - Smeets     1-0
Dominguez  - Aronian    1-0           Aronian    - Morozevich 1/2
Morozevich - Carlsen    1/2           Ivanchuk   - Dominguez  1/2
Smeets     - Stellwagen 1/2           Karjakin   - Adams      1-0
Wang       - Radjabov   0-1           van Wely   - Kamsky     1/2

Round 13 - Feb 1

Kamsky     - Movsesian  1/2
Adams      - van Wely   1/2
Dominguez  - Karjakin   0-1
Morozevich - Ivanchuk   1-0
Smeets     - Aronian    1/2
Wang       - Carlsen    1-0
Radjabov   - Stellwagen 1/2

Schedule of Grandmaster Group B

Round 1 - Jan 17                      Round 2 - Jan 18

Hou        - Kasimdzhanov 0-1         Kasimdzhanov - Navara     1/2
Sasikiran  - l'Ami        1/2         Efimenko     - Motylev    1/2
Reinderman - Vallejo Pons 0-1         Caruana      - Mecking    1-0
Short      - Werle        1/2         Werle        - Volokitin  1/2
Volokitin  - Caruana      1/2         Vallejo Pons - Short      0-1
Mecking    - Efimenko     0-1         l'Ami        - Reinderman 1/2
Motylev    - Navara       0-1         Hou          - Sasikiran  1-0

Round 3 - Jan 19                      Round 4 - Jan 20

Sasikiran  - Kasimdzhanov 0-1         Kasimdzhanov - Efimenko   1/2
Reinderman - Hou          1-0         Caruana      - Navara     1-0
Short      - l'Ami        1-0         Werle        - Motylev    0-1
Volokitin  - Vallejo Pons 1/2         Vallejo Pons - Mecking    1-0
Mecking    - Werle        1/2         l'Ami        - Volokitin  1/2
Motylev    - Caruana      1/2         Hou          - Short      1/2
Navara     - Efimenko     1-0         Sasikiran    - Reinderman 1/2

Round 5 - Jan 22                      Round 6 - Jan 23

Reinderman - Kasimdzhanov 1/2         Kasimdzhanov - Caruana   1/2
Short      - Sasikiran    0-1         Werle        - Efimenko  1/2
Volokitin  - Hou          1-0         Vallejo Pons - Navara    0-1
Mecking    - l'Ami        1/2         l'Ami        - Motylev   0-1
Motylev    - Vallejo Pons 1/2         Hou          - Mecking   1-0
Navara     - Werle        1/2         Sasikiran    - Volokitin 1/2
Efimenko   - Caruana      1-0         Reinderman   - Short     0-1

Round 7 - Jan 24                      Round 8 - Jan 25

Short     - Kasimdzhanov 1-0          Kasimdzhanov - Werle     1/2
Volokitin - Reinderman   1-0          Vallejo Pons - Caruana   1-0
Mecking   - Sasikiran    1-0          l'Ami        - Efimenko  1-0
Motylev   - Hou          1-0          Hou          - Navara    1/2
Navara    - l'Ami        0-1          Sasikiran    - Motylev   1/2
Efimenko  - Vallejo Pons 1/2          Reinderman   - Mecking   1/2
Caruana   - Werle        1-0          Short        - Volokitin 1/2

Round 9 - Jan 27                      Round 10 - Jan 28

Volokitin - Kasimdzhanov 1/2          Kasimdzhanov - Vallejo Pons 1-0
Mecking   - Short        1/2          l'Ami        - Werle        1-0
Motylev   - Reinderman   1/2          Hou          - Caruana      1/2
Navara    - Sasikiran    1-0          Sasikiran    - Efimenko     0-1
Efimenko  - Hou          1/2          Reinderman   - Navara       1/2
Caruana   - l'Ami        1-0          Short        - Motylev      1/2
Werle     - Vallejo Pons 0-1          Volokitin    - Mecking      1/2

Round 11 - Jan 30                     Round 12 - Jan 31

Mecking      - Kasimdzhanov 0-1       Kasimdzhanov - l'Ami        1-0
Motylev      - Volokitin    1/2       Hou          - Vallejo Pons 1-0
Navara       - Short        0-1       Sasikiran    - Werle        1-0
Efimenko     - Reinderman   0-1       Reinderman   - Caruana      1/2
Caruana      - Sasikiran    1-0       Short        - Efimenko     1/2
Werle        - Hou          1/2       Volokitin    - Navara       1-0
Vallejo Pons - l'Ami        1-0       Mecking      - Motylev      1/2

Round 13 - Feb 1

Motylev      - Kasimdzhanov 1-0
Navara       - Mecking      1/2
Efimenko     - Volokitin    1-0
Caruana      - Short        1-0
Werle        - Reinderman   1/2
Vallejo Pons - Sasikiran    1-0
l'Ami        - Hou          1/2

Schedule of Grandmaster Group C

Round 1 - Jan 17                      Round 2 - Jan 18

Hil. Persson - Pruijssers 1/2         Pruijssers   - Leon Hoyos 1-0
Howell       - Bosboom    0-1         Harika       - Iturrizaga 1/2
Nijboer      - So         0-1         Holzke       - Gupta      0-1
Romanishin   - Bitalzadeh 1-0         Bitalzadeh   - Giri       1/2
Giri         - Holzke     1/2         So           - Romanishin 1/2
Gupta        - Harika     0-1         Bosboom      - Nijboer    1-0
Iturrizaga   - Leon Hoyos 1-0         Hil. Persson - Howell     1-0

Round 3 - Jan 19                      Round 4 - Jan 20

Howell     - Pruijssers   1-0         Pruijssers   - Harika     1/2
Nijboer    - Hil. Persson 1/2         Holzke       - Leon Hoyos 1-0
Romanishin - Bosboom      1/2         Bitalzadeh   - Iturrizaga 1-0
Giri       - So           1/2         So           - Gupta      1/2
Gupta      - Bitalzadeh   0-1         Bosboom      - Giri       1/2
Iturrizaga - Holzke       1-0         Hil. Persson - Romanishin 1-0
Leon Hoyos - Harika       1-0         Howell       - Nijboer    1-0

Round 5 - Jan 22                      Round 6 - Jan 23

Nijboer    - Pruijssers   1-0         Pruijssers   - Holzke     0-1
Romanishin - Howell       0-1         Bitalzadeh   - Harika     1/2
Giri       - Hil. Persson 0-1         So           - Leon Hoyos 1-0
Gupta      - Bosboom      1-0         Bosboom      - Iturrizaga 1-0
Iturrizaga - So           0-1         Hil. Persson - Gupta      0-1
Leon Hoyos - Bitalzadeh   1-0         Howell       - Giri       1/2
Harika     - Holzke       1/2         Nijboer      - Romanishin 1/2

Round 7 - Jan 24                      Round 8 - Jan 25

Romanishin - Pruijssers   1/2         Pruijssers   - Bitalzadeh 1-0
Giri       - Nijboer      1/2         So           - Holzke     0-1
Gupta      - Howell       1-0         Bosboom      - Harika     1/2
Iturrizaga - Hil. Persson 0-1         Hil. Persson - Leon Hoyos 1-0
Leon Hoyos - Bosboom      1-0         Howell       - Iturrizaga 1-0
Harika     - So           1/2         Nijboer      - Gupta      1-0
Holzke     - Bitalzadeh   1/2         Romanishin   - Giri       0-1

Round 9 - Jan 27                      Round 10 - Jan 28

Giri       - Pruijssers   1-0         Pruijssers   - So         0-1
Gupta      - Romanishin   1-0         Bosboom      - Bitalzadeh 1-0
Iturrizaga - Nijboer      1-0         Hil. Persson - Holzke     1-0
Leon Hoyos - Howell       0-1         Howell       - Harika     0-1
Harika     - Hil. Persson 1/2         Nijboer      - Leon Hoyos 0-1
Holzke     - Bosboom      1-0         Romanishin   - Iturrizaga 0-1
Bitalzadeh - So           0-1         Giri         - Gupta      1-0

Round 11 - Jan 30                     Round 12 - Jan 31

Gupta      - Pruijssers   0-1         Pruijssers   - Bosboom    1-0
Iturrizaga - Giri         0-1         Hil. Persson - So         0-1
Leon Hoyos - Romanishin   1-0         Howell       - Bitalzadeh 1-0
Harika     - Nijboer      0-1         Nijboer      - Holzke     1-0
Holzke     - Howell       1/2         Romanishin   - Harika     1-0
Bitalzadeh - Hil. Persson 1-0         Giri         - Leon Hoyos 1-0
So         - Bosboom      1-0         Gupta        - Iturrizaga 1-0

Round 13 - Feb 1

Iturrizaga - Pruijssers   1-0
Leon Hoyos - Gupta        0-1
Harika     - Giri         1/2
Holzke     - Romanishin   1/2
Bitalzadeh - Nijboer      1-0
So         - Howell       1/2
Bosboom    - Hil. Persson 0-1
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