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