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Corus Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 2003
(January 10th - 26th)

Final standings

1.- Viswanathan Anand     8.5 / 13
2.- Judit Polgar     8
3.- Evgeny Bareev     7.5
4-8 Shirov, Van Wely, Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Kramnik      7
9-10 Radjabov, Topalov      6.5
11-12 Karpov, Ponomariov     6
13.- Michal Krasenkow     4.5
14.- Jan Timman     2.5

Round 13 (January 26th)

Anand, V - Bareev, E     0.5-0.5     French Defence: Burn variation      14 moves
Radjabov, T - Polgar, J     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian: Nimzovich variation     19 moves
Topalov, V - Grischuk, A     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov variation     66 moves
Van Wely, L - Shirov, A     0-1     QGD: classical, 6...a6    40 moves
Timman, J - Krasenkow, M     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence      70 moves
Karpov, A - Kramnik, V     0.5-0.5     Nimzo Indian: classical variation     15 moves
Ivanchuk, V - Ponomariov, R     1-0     QGA: classical variation     29 moves

Round 12 (January 25th)


Bareev, E - Ivanchuk, V    1-0     Nimzo Indian     34 moves
Ponomariov, R - Karpov, A     1-0     Petroff Defence     76 moves
Kramnik, V - Timman, J     1-0     Sicilian Defence: Taimanov variation     30 moves
Krasenkow, M - Van Wely, L     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Pawn Game     10 moves
Shirov, A - Topalov, V     0.5-0.5     Caro Kann: Advance variation     36 moves
Grischuk, A - Radjabov, T     1-0     French Defence: Advance variation     99 moves
Polgar, J - Anand, V     0.5-0.5    Caro Kann: Classical variation     30 moves

Round 11 (January 24th)

Polgar, J - Bareev, E      0.5-0.5     French Defence     29 moves
Anand, V - Grischuk, A     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence: Rossolimo Attack     13 moves
Radjabov, T - Shirov, A     0.5-0.5     QGD: Semi-Slav: Meran variation    58 moves
Topalov, V - Krasenkow, M    1-0     Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence     58 moves
Van Wely, L - Kramnik, V     1-0     Nimzo Indian: classical variation     49 moves
Timman, J - Ponomariov, R     0-1     QGD Slav     22 moves
Karpov, A - Ivanchuk, V     0.5-0.5     King´s Indian Defence     39 moves

Round 10 (January 23th)

Bareev, E - Karpov, A     0.5-0.5     Nimzo Indian: classical variation     60 moves
Ivanchuk, V - Timman, J     1-0     Ruy Lopez: Steinitz defence     21 moves
Ponomariov, R - Van Wely, L      1-0     Sicilian Defence: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack     59 moves
Kramnik, V - Topalov, V     1-0     Benko Gambit Accepted     57 moves
Krasenkow, M - Radjabov, T     0-1     King´s Indian Defence     61 moves
Shirov, A - Anand, V     0-1     Caro Kann: Advance variation     36 moves
Grischuk, A - Polgar, J     0-1     Sicilian Defence: Taimanov vatiarion     47 moves

Round 9 (January 21th)

Grischuk, A - Bareev, E     0-1    Caro Kann: Advance variation      38 moves
Polgar, J - Shirov, A     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence: Pelikan variation     22 moves
Anand, V - Krasenkow, M     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence     19 moves
Radjabov, T - Kramnik, V     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian: Nimzovich variation    19 moves
Topalov, V - Ponomariov, R     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence     58 moves
Van Wely, L - Ivanchuk, V     0.5-0.5     Grunfeld: Smyslov Defence     20 moves
Timman, J - Karpov, A     0.5-0.5     Petroff Defence     24 moves

Round 8 (January 20th)

Bareev, E - Timman, J     1-0     Nimzo Indian: Classical variation     48 moves
Karpov, A - Van Wely, L     1-0     Neo-Grunfeld     42 moves
Ivanchuk, V - Topalov, V     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack     42 moves
Ponomariov, R - Radjabov, T    0-1     King´s Indian Defence     38 moves
Kramnik, V - Anand, V     0.5-0.5     Petroff Defence     51 moves
Krasenkow, M - Polgar, J     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian     24 moves
Shirov, A - Grischuk, A    0-1     Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov variation     32 moves

Round 7 (January 19th)

Shirov, A - Bareev, E     1-0     French Defence: Steinitz variation     38 moves
Grischuk, A - Krasenkow, M    1-0     Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov variation     48 moves
Polgar, J - Kramnik, V     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence: Pelikan variation     97 moves
Anand, V - Ponomariov, R     1-0     Sicilian Defence: Kalashnikov variation     34 moves
Radjabov, T - Ivanchuk, V     0.5-0.5     QGA: Slav Defence     22 moves
Topalov, V - Karpov, A     0.5-0.5     Nimzo Indian: Three Knights variation     69 moves
Van Wely, L - Timman, J     1-0     Grunfeld Defence     24 moves

Round 6 (January 18th)

Bareev, E - Van Wely, L    0-1     Grunfeld Defence     73 moves
Timman, J - Topalov, V     0-1     Sicilian Defence: Nomzovich-Rossolimo attack     55 moves
Karpov, A - Radjabov, T     0.5-0.5     King´s Indian: Taimanov variation     113 moves
Ivanchuk, V - Anand, V     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian: Nimzovich variation     13 moves
Ponomariov, R - Polgar, J     0.5-0.5     Nimzo Indian: Simagin variation     59 moves
Kramnik, V - Grischuk, A     0.5-0.5    Sicilian Defence: Closed variation     20 moves
Krasenkow, M - Shirov, A     1-0     QGA: Classical variation     39 moves

Round 5 (January 16th)

Krasenkow, M - Bareev, E     0.5-0.5    QGD: Slav Defence     35 moves
Shirov, A - Kramnik, V     1-0    Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov variation     44 moves
Grischuk, A - Ponomariov, R     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence     48 moves
Polgar, J - Ivanchuk, V     0.5-0.5    Sicilian Defence: O´Kelly variation     18 moves
Anand, V - Karpov, A     1-0     Caro Kann: Advance variation     44 moves
Radjabov, T - Timman, J     1-0     Queen´s Indian: Nimzovich variation     54 moves
Topalov, V - Van Wely, L    0-1     Sicilian Defence     37 moves

Round 4 (January 15th)

Bareev, E - Topalov, V      0.5-0.5     Nimzo Indian Defence    44 moves
Van Wely, L - Radjabov, T     0.5-0.5     Dutch Defence     65 moves
Timman, J - Anand, V     0.5-0.5     QGD: Petrosian variation     23 moves
Karpov, A - Polgar, J    0-1     QGD: Petrosian system     33 moves
Ivanchuk, V - Grischuk, A     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian: Nimzovich variation     18 moves
Ponomariov, R - Shirov, A    0-1     QGD: Semi-Slav     42 moves
Kramnik, V - Krasenkow, M    1-0     Giuoco Piano     80 moves

Round 3 (January 14th)

Kramnik, V - Bareev, E     1-0      Caro Kann: Classical     48 moves    
Krasenkow, M - Ponomariov, R     0.5-0.5      Queen´s Indian     57 moves
Shirov, A - Ivanchuk, V     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence: Kalashnikov variation     20 moves
Grischuk, A - Karpov, A     0.5-0.5     Petroff Defence     35 moves
Polgar, J - Timman, J     1-0     Sicilian Defence: Taimanov variation     31 moves
Anand, V - Van Wely, L     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov variation      27 moves
Radjabov, T - Topalov, V     0-1     Closed Catalan     61 moves

Round 2 (January 12th)

Bareev, E - Radjabov, T     1-0     King´s Indian Defence     32 moves
Topalov, V - Anand, V     0-1     Petroff Defence     61 moves
Van Wely, L - Polgar, J     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian: Nimzovich variation     63 moves
Timman, J - Grischuk, A     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Indian: Nimzovich variation     24 moves
Karpov, A - Shirov, A     0.5-0.5     Queen´s Gambit Accepted     50 moves
Ivanchuk, V - Krasenkow, M     0.5-0.5     Ruy Lopez: Open variation     36 moves
Ponomariov, R - Kramnik, V     1-0     Nimzo Indian Defence: Rubinstein variation     38 moves

Round 1 (January 11th)

Ponomariov, R - Bareev, E     0-1     Caro Kann: Advance variation      59 moves    
Kramnik, V - Ivanchuk, V     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence: Richter-Rauzer variation     41 moves
Krasenkow, M - Karpov, A     0-1     Queen´s Indian Defence     29 moves
Shirov, A - Timman, J     0.5-0.5    French Defence    38 moves
Grischuk, A - Van Wely, L     0.5-0.5     Sicilian Defence     37 moves
Polgar, J - Topalov, V     0.5-0.5      Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov variation     35 moves
Anand, V - Radjabov, T     0.5-0.5     French Defence: McCutcheon variation      38 moves

Participants
(January 2003 ELO)
 
Player ELO
Vladimir Kramnik 2807
Viswanathan Anand 2753
Veselin Topalov 2743
Ruslan Ponomariov 2734
Evgeny Bareev 2729
Alexei Shirov 2723
Alexander Grischuk 2712
Judit Polgar 2700
Vassily Ivanchuk 2699
Anatoly Karpov 2688
Loek Van Wely 2668
Michal Krasenkow 2633
Teimour Rajabov 2624
Jan Timman 2594

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