From January 10 up until January 25, 2004, the 66th Corus (formerly Hoogovens) Chess Tournament has taken place in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. Rest days January 12, 16 and 21. The drawing of lots took place on January 9.
Participants Grandmaster group A Name country ELO position born GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2777 2 25-06-1975 GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2766 3 11-12-1969 GM Peter Svidler RUS 2747 4 17-06-1976 GM Alexey Shirov ESP 2736 5 06-07-1972 GM Veselin Topalov BUL 2735 6 15-03-1975 GM Peter Leko HUN 2722 10 08-09-1979 GM Michael Adams ENG 2720 11 17-11-1971 GM Evgeny Bareev RUS 2714 14 21-11-1966 GM Ivan Sokolov NED 2706 16 13-06-1968 GM Vladimir Akopian ARM 2693 19 07-12-1971 GM Viorel Bologan MLD 2679 23 14-12-1971 GM Zhang Zhong CHN 2644 47 05-09-1978 GM Loek van Wely NED 2617 79 07-10-1972 GM Jan Timman NED 2578 175 14-12-1951 Average rating : 2702 Category : 19 Grandpaster group B Name country ELO position born GM Laurent Fressinet FRA 2636 55 30-11-1981 GM Lenier Dominguez CUB 2605 102 23-09-1983 GM Lazaro Bruzon CUB 2603 107 02-05-1982 GM Sergei Tiviakov NED 2600 114 14-02-1973 GM Hichem Hamdouchi MAR 2588 143 08-08-1972 GM Friso Nijboer NED 2586 147 26-05-1965 GM Julio Granda Zuniga PER 2581 165 25 02 1967 GM Arkady Naiditsch GER 2576 181 25-10-1985 GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2571 199 09-12-1987 GM John van der Wiel NED 2542 322 09-08-1959 GM Eric Lobron GER 2497 619 09-08-1959 GM Zhue Chen CHN 2490 675 16-03-1976 IM Daniel Stellwagen NED 2489 684 01-03-1987 GM Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 2478 776 19-04-1979 Average rating : 2560 Category : 13 Grandpaster group C Name country ELO position GM Dusko Pavasovic SLO 2615 86 GM Merab Gagunashvili GEO 2583 154 GM Valerij Popov RUS 2580 168 GM Milos Pavlovic SCG 2548 286 IM Jan Smeets NED 2505 549 WGM Kateryna Lahno UKR 2493 648 IM Ruud Janssen NED 2489 684 IM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2484 726 IM Sipke Ernst NED 2474 808 WGM Zhaoqin Peng NED 2419 1612 IM Jan Werle NED 2407 1889 WGM Tea Lanchava NED 2323 4471 FM Maarten Etmans NED 2225 10976 Ted Barendse NED 2206 12729 Average rating : 2454 Category : 9 Group A 1111 ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1234567890123 1 Topalov 2735 x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ XXXXXXX/----- 7.5 2 Sokolov 2706 ½ x ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ XXXXX-------- 5.0 3 Leko 2722 ½ ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ XXXXXXXX----- 8.0 4 Akopian 2693 0 1 ½ x ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ XXXXXX------- 6.0 5 Van Wely 2617 ½ ½ ½ ½ x 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 XXXXXX/------ 6.5 6 Bologan 2679 0 1 0 1 1 x 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ XXXXXXX/----- 7.5 7 Svidler 2747 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 x ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ XXXXXX------- 6.0 8 Shirov 2736 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ XXXXXX------- 6.0 9 Zhong 2644 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 0 1 0 XXXXX-------- 5.0 10 Bareev 2714 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ x ½ 0 0 0 XXXXXX/------ 6.5 11 Kramnik 2777 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ x ½ ½ 0 XXXXXX/------ 6.5 12 Anand 2766 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ x 1 ½ XXXXXXXX/---- 8.5 13 Timman 2578 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 x 0 XXXX--------- 4.0 14 Adams 2720 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 x XXXXXXXX----- 8.0 Average rating 2702 Group B 1111 ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1234567890123 1 Nijboer 2586 x 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 XXXXX-------- 5.0 2 Zuniga 2581 0 x ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 0 XXXXXXX/----- 7.5 3 Bruzon 2603 1 ½ x ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ XXXXXXXXX---- 9.0 4 Tiviakov 2600 1 0 ½ x 1 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 XXXXXX/------ 6.5 5 Stefanova 2478 0 0 1 0 x 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ XXXXXX------- 6.0 6 Stellwagen 2489 0 ½ 0 1 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 XXXXXX/------ 6.5 7 Nakamura 2571 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ x ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 XXXXXXX/----- 7.5 8 Hamdouchi 2588 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 1 1 0 0 XXXXX-------- 5.0 9 v.d.Wiel 2542 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ x ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ XXXX/-------- 4.5 10 Lobron 2497 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ x 1 0 ½ 0 XXXXX-------- 5.0 11 Naiditsch 2576 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 x 0 ½ 1 XXXXXX/------ 6.5 12 Chen 2490 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 x ½ 0 XXXXX/------- 5.5 13 Dominguez 2605 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ x ½ XXXXXXXX/---- 8.5 14 Fressinet 2636 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ x XXXXXXXX----- 8.0 Average rating 2560 Group C 1111 ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1234567890123 1 Carlsen 2484 x 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ XXXXXXXXXX---10.0 2 Peng 2419 0 x 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 XXXX--------- 4.0 3 Pavlovic 2548 0 1 x 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ XXXXXXXX----- 8.0 4 Popov 2580 0 1 0 x 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ XXXXXX------- 6.0 5 Lanchava 2323 0 ½ 0 0 x 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 ½ XXXXXXX------ 7.0 6 Janssen 2489 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 x 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 ½ XXXXXX------- 6.0 7 Gagunashv. 2583 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 x 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ XXXXXXX/----- 7.5 8 Werle 2407 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 x ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 XXXXXXXX----- 8.0 9 Pavasovic 2615 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ x 1 1 ½ 0 0 XXXXXXX------ 7.0 10 Etmans 2225 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x ½ 0 0 0 X------------ 1.0 11 Barendse 2206 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ x 0 0 0 /------------ 0.5 12 Ernst 2474 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 x 1 ½ XXXXXXXXXX---10.0 13 Smeets 2505 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 x 1 XXXXXXXXX---- 9.0 14 Lahno 2493 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 0 x XXXXXX/------ 6.5 Average rating 2454 1st round: Sat Jan 10 (pgn) 2nd round: Sun Jan 11 (pgn) 3rd round: Tue Jan 13 (pgn) 4th round: Wed Jan 14 (pgn) 5th round: Thu Jan 15 (pgn) 6th round: Sat Jan 17 (pgn) 7th round: Sun Jan 18 (pgn) 8th round: Mon Jan 19 (pgn) 9th round: Tue Jan 20 (pgn) 10th round: Thu Jan 22 (pgn) 11th round: Fri Jan 23 (pgn) 12th round: Sat Jan 24 (pgn) 13th round: Sun Jan 25 (pgn) Website Corus Chess Tournament 2004Created January 7, 2004 Last update January 25, 2004 |