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Kramnik takes second in Corus where he beats Carlsen in a brilliant game.

CET, 1/31/2010

Carlsen wins Corus. Kramnik shares second with Shirov

The 72nd edition of the annual Corus Chess tournament took place from 15 January - 31 January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee, Holland. A Category XIX event, 2719 average rating.

Kramnik played very well, with a performance rating above his expectations. He won a remarkable game against the winner, Magnus Carlsen. His only loss came on the penultime round against Vishy Anand.

Final Standings after R-13

N   FED FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 PTS PFM
1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2810 . 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 2822
2 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2788 1 . ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8 2801
3 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2723 ½ ½ . 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8 2806
4 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2790 ½ 1 1 . ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2770
5 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2708 ½ 0 1 ½ . 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 2777
6 Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2720 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 . ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7 2748
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2749 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 2746
8 Leko, Peter HUN 2739 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ . ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 2717
9 Dominguez, Leinier CUB 2712 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 2719
10 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2675 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ . ½ ½ 1 0 2665
11 Short, Nigel D ENG 2696 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ . 0 ½ ½ 5 2634
12 Van Wely, Loek NED 2641 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 . 1 0 5 2638
13 Tiviakov, Sergei NED 2662 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 . 1 2613
14 Smeets, Jan NED 2657 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 . 2614
72nd CORUS, Wijk aan Zee Jan 15-31 2009 Cat XIX (2719)
ROUND DATE KRAMNIK
1 Saturday 16th Dominguez - Kramnik  ½ - ½
2 Sunday 17th Kramnik - Leko  ½ - ½
3 Monday 18th Caruana - Kramnik  ½ - ½
4 Tuesday 19th Kramnik - Tiviakov  ½ - ½
Wednesday 20th REST DAY
5 Thursday 21th Smeets - Kramnik  0 - 1
6 Friday 22th Kramnik - Van Wely 1 - 0
7 Saturday 23th Short - Kramnik  ½ - ½
8 Sunday 24th Kramnik - Nakamura 1 - 0
Monday 25th REST DAY
9 Tuesday 26th Carlsen - Kramnik   0 - 1
10 Wednesday 27th Kramnik - Ivanchuk  ½ - ½
Thursday 28th REST DAY
11 Friday 29th Shirov - Kramnik  ½ - ½
12 Saturday 30th Anand - Kramnik  1 - 0
9 Sunday 31th Kramnik - Karjakin ½ - ½

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