Corus 2009 Final Round (13) Pairings and Results

Here it is, the day we've been waiting for....I have been, but just was too under the weather to even watch TransWarp play..mostly slept. I had one of those migraines that just wouldn't go away and you had to keep your head in a certain position..bah. With a six way tie going into the final round, who would have thought that GM Sergei Karjakin would come out on top as the winner! Congrats on a great tournament for him as well as GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Wesley So, winners of Group B and C in that order.



Round 13 - Sunday the 1st
Group GM A

G. Kamsky ½-½ S. Movsesian
M. Adams ½-½ L. van Wely
L. Dominguez 0-1 S. Karjakin
A. Morozevich 1-0 V. Ivanchuk
J. Smeets ½-½ L. Aronian
Y. Wang 1-0 M. Carlsen
T. Radjabov ½-½ D. Stellwagen

GM Magnus Carlsen takes his first loss at a bad time, when a win would have tied him with GM Sergei Karjakin for the win in Group A. All Groups had a clear winner, in Group B, GM Fabiano Caruana beat GM Nigel Short to take a clear victory and will be invited to the A group next year. And the other kid wonder GM Wesley So took clear 1st in Group C advancing to Group B next year. This was a pretty good tournament overall!


Round 13 - Sunday the 1st
Group GM B

A. Motylev 1-0 R. Kasimdzhanov
D. Navara ½-½ H. Mecking
Z. Efimenko 1-0 A. Volokitin
F. Caruana 1-0 N. Short GM Caruana with the Group B win.
J. Werle ½-½ D. Reinderman
F. Vallejo Pons 1-0 K. Sasikiran
E. l'Ami ½-½ Y. Hou
GM Fabiano Caruana


Round 13 - Sunday the 1st
Group GM C

E. Iturrizaga 1-0 R. Pruijssers
M. Leon Hoyos 0-1 A. Gupta
D. Harika ½-½ A. Giri
F. Holzke ½-½ O. Romanishin
A. Bitalzadeh 1-0 F. Nijboer
W. So ½-½ D. Howell GM So wraps up the C group with an awesome tournament.
M. Bosboom 0-1 T. Hillarp Persson

GM Wesley So

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I almost cannot wait for Corus 2010!! This is one of my favorite tournaments!

With the draw, GM Wesley So wins and will be invited to play in Group B next year, maybe he will dominate that group with another year under his belt. Congrats to all the winners, Crosstables will be posted below, courtesy of CorusChess 2009