Leko, Karjakin, Georgiev win Corus Chess Tournament

Monday, 31 January 2005 00:00

Three 14-player round robins were held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands from January 14 till January 30, 2005.
Peter Leko (HUN) is the winner of the main event, which was a category 19 tournament with the average rating of 2721.
Sergey Karjakin was the best in Group B and Vladimir Georgiev (MKD) won Group C.
Visit the Official Site of the tournament for further information. Three 14-player round robins were held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands from January 14 till January 30, 2005.

Peter Leko (HUN) is the winner of the main event, which was a category 19 tournament with the average rating of 2721. Sergey Karjakin was the best in Group B and Vladimir Georgiev (MKD) won Group C.

Final Standings:

Group A:

1.  P. Leko            8.5 
2.  V. Anand           8 
3.  V. Topalov         7.5 
4.  A. Grischuk        7
5.  J. Polgar          7
6.  V. Kramnik         7
7.  M. Adams           7 
8.  L. Bruzon          6.5
9.  R. Ponomariov      6.5
10. L. van Wely        6.5 
11. P. Svidler         6 
12. N. Short           5.5 
13. A. Morozevich      4.5 
14. I. Sokolov         3.5

Group B:

1.  S. Karjakin        9.5 
2.  J. Smeets          8.5
3.  S. Mamedyarov      8.5 
4.  P.H. Nielsen       8 
5.  A. Onischuk        7.5
6.  I. Cheparinov      7.5 
7.  M. Carlsen         7 
8.  D. Stellwagen      6.5 
9.  A. Stefanova       6 
10. A. Kosteniuk       5.5 
11. S. Ernst           5 
12. F. Nijboer         4.5 
13. P. Nikolic         4 
14. A. Ramirez         3

Group C:

1.  V. Georgiev        10.5 
2.  N. Zhukova         10
3.  A. Korotylev       10 
4.  E. Alekseev        9
5.  E. L` Ami          9 
6.  W. Spoelman        6.5
7.  H. Jonkman         6.5 
8.  P. Negi            5.5 
9.  M. Bosboom         5
10. L. Pliester        5 
11. T. Lanchava        4
12. Z. Mamedyarova     4 
13. B. Muhren          3.5 
14. J. Wempe           2.5

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Visit the Official Site of the tournament for further information.