Corus 2009 Round 9 Pairings

Later today, the players will be back at it again, hopefully with a good rest from today. I will post the results of the games asap. Hopefully, I haven't wore myself out with all the work tonight. But needed to do something to get back to sleep.

Round 9 - Tuesday the 27th
Group GM-A

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


Round 9 - Tuesday the 27th
Group GM-B

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


Round 9 - Tuesday the 27th
Group GM-C

A. Giri 1-0 R. Pruijssers
A. Gupta 1-0 O. Romanishin
E. Iturrizaga 1-0 F. Nijboer
M. Leon Hoyos 0-1 D. Howell
D. Harika ½-½ T. Hillarp Persson
F. Holzke 1-0 M. Bosboom
A. Bitalzadeh 0-1 W. So




Standings after Round 8 (Average rating: 2716)
Group A

1 5.0 GM Sergei Movsesian SVK 2751

2-5 4.5 GM Levon Aronian ARM 2750
GM Teimour Radjabov AZE 2761
GM Leinier Dominguez CUB 2717
GM Sergei Karjakin UKR 2706

6-10 4.0 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2776
GM Jan Smeets NED 2601
GM Loek van Wely NED 2625
GM Michael Adams ENG 2712
GM Gata Kamsky USA 2725

11-14 3.5 GM Daniel Stellwagen NED 2612
GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2779
GM Wang Yue CHN 2739

14 2.5 GM Alexander Morozevich RUS 2771


Standings after Round 8 (Average rating: 2641)
Group B

1 5.5 GM Nigel Short ENG 2663

2-3 5.0 GM Andrei Volokitin UKR 2671
GM Alexander Motylev RUS 2676

4-7 4.5 GM David Navara CZE 2638
GM Fabiano Caruana ITA 2646
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons ESP 2702
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB 2687

8-9 4.0 GM Zahar Efimenko UKR 2688
GM Erwin l'Ami NED 2603

10-13 3.0 GM Krishnan Sasikiran IND 2711
GM Jan Werle NED 2607
WGM Hou Yifan CHN 2571
GM Dimitri Reinderman NED 2549

14 2.5 GM Henrique Mecking BRA 2567



Standings after Round 8 (Average rating: 2521)
Group C

1 6.0 GM Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 2586

2 5.0 GM Wesley So PHI 2627

3-6 4.5 GM Abhijeet Gupta IND 2569
GM Frank Holzke GER 2524
IM Manuel Bosboom NED 2418
GM David Howell ENG 2622

7-8 4.0 WGM Dronavalli Harika IND 2473
FM Anish Giri RUS 2469

9-11 3.5 GM Friso Nijboer NED 2560
IM Ali Bitalzadeh NED 2400
IM Roeland Pruijssers NED 2444

12-13 3.0 GM Manuel Leon Hoyos MEX 2542
GM Oleg Romanishin UKR 2533

14 2.5 GM Eduardo Iturrizaga VEN 2528