Corus 2003 at Wijk aan Zee

Corus 2003
	Name	Country	Rating	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1	Anand	IND	2753	8.5 / 13	X	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	1	1	1	=	=
2	Polgar	HUN	2700	8.0 / 13	=	X	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	1
3	Bareev	RUS	2729	7.5 / 13	=	=	X	1	1	0	0	0	1	=	=	1	=	1
4	Grischuk	RUS	2712	7.0 / 13	=	0	0	X	=	=	1	=	1	=	=	=	1	=
	Ivanchuk	UKR	2699	7.0 / 13	=	=	0	=	X	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	1
	Kramnik	RUS	2807	7.0 / 13	=	=	1	=	=	X	0	0	=	1	=	0	1	1
	Shirov	ESP	2723	7.0 / 13	0	=	1	0	=	1	X	1	=	=	=	1	0	=
	van Wely	NED	2668	7.0 / 13	=	=	1	=	=	1	0	X	=	1	0	0	=	1
9	Radjabov	AZE	2624	6.5 / 13	=	=	0	0	=	=	=	=	X	0	=	1	1	1
	Topalov	BUL	2743	6.5 / 13	0	=	=	=	=	0	=	0	1	X	=	=	1	1
11	Karpov	RUS	2688	6.0 / 13	0	0	=	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	X	0	1	=
	Ponomariov	UKR	2734	6.0 / 13	0	=	0	=	0	1	0	1	0	=	1	X	=	1
13	Krasenkow	POL	2633	4.5 / 13	=	=	=	0	=	0	1	=	0	0	0	=	X	=
14	Timman	NED	2594	2.5 / 13	=	0	0	=	0	0	=	0	0	0	=	0	=	X

Once again the sleepy coastal village of Wijk Aan Zee and the steel magnate Corus hosted one of the most important events of the chess year. A 13 Round robin category 19 is the main event of the festival with awesome, excciting games guaranteed. They also have a category 11 international and many more events for every level and age. Once again, the world's top ranked player Garry Kasparov has declined an invitation (bok bok bok:)) but even so the field was extremely strong (average ELO 2702!) headed by the two world champions, FIDE's Ponomariov and "Einstein's" Kramnik.

GM Anand

The 65th Corus festival came to a close today. 13 Grueling rounds of battles of the chess elite ended with Indian GM Anand taking top honors with 8.5/13 and the surprising Judit Polgar clinching sole second with 8 points. Last year's winner, Evgeny Bareev was third with 7.5 points. Inside please read the full tournament round by round report, including the last round with a summary of the players' performances.

Tournament reports by FM Aviv Friedman (sveshi) from Wijk aan Zee.
Round 1   Round 2   Round 3   Round 4   Round 5   Round 6   Round 7   Round 8   Round 9   Round 10   Round 11   Round 12   Round 13

Analysis by GM Alterman (PGN format).

Photos by Jan van de Mortel, courtesy Corus Tournament Organization.

Photos by Jan van de Mortel, courtesy Corus Tournament Organization.

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