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Final round report
February 22, 2008 | Corus 2008, News
Grandmaster P Harikrishna played out a safe draw with Etienne Bacrot in the final round to finish clear fourth on 7.5 points. Harikrishna will get a marginal increase in his rating from his performance here.
Levon Aronina and Magnus Carlsen jointly won the ‘A’ group while Fabiano Caruana defeated Parimarjan Negi to win the ‘C’ group by a huge two points margin. Indian ace Viswanathan Anand finished joint third in the ‘A’ group.
Results final round Group A: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 7) drew with Loek van Wely (Ned, 5) ; Judit Polgar (Hun, 6) drew with Levon Aronian (Arm,8 ) ; Veselin Topalov (Bul, 6) drew with Michael Adams (Eng, 6.5) ; BorisGelfand (Isr, 5) beat Pavel Eljanov (Ukr, 5) ; Peter Leko (Hun, 7) beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze, 6) ; Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 8 ) drew with Teimour Radjabov (Aze, 7.5) ; V Anand (Ind, 7.5) drew with Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 6.5).
Final standing group A: 1-2. Aronian, Carlsen 8 each; 3-4. Radjabov,Anand 7.5 each; 5-6. Ivanchuk, Leko 7 each; 7-8. Kramnik, Adams 6.5each; 9-11. Mamedyarov, Polgar, Topalov 6 each; 12-14 Eljanov,Gelfand, van Wely 5 each.
Group B: Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 7) drew with Nigel Short (Eng, 8.5) ;Erwin L’Ami (Ned, 6) drew with Jan Smeets (Ned, 6); Koneru Humpy (Ind,5.5) drew with Sergei Movsesian (Svk, 9.5); Gabriel Sargissian (Arm,5) beat Wouter Spoelman (Ned, 4); Ivan Cheparinov (Bul, 6.5) beatDaniël Stellwagen (Ned, 6); Michal Krasenkow (Pol, 5) drew with Hou Yifan (Chn, 5); Etienne Bacrot (Fra, 8.5) drew with P. Harikrishna(Ind, 7.5)
Final standing group B: 1. Movsesian 9.5; 2-3 Movsesian 9½ 2-3.Bacrot, Short 8.5 each; 4. Harikrishna 7.5; 5. Nepomniachtchi 7; 6.Cheparinov 6.5; 7-10. Hou, Stellwagen, Smeets, E. L’Ami 6 each; 11.Humpy 5.5; 12-13. Sargissian, Krasenkow 5 each; 14. W. Spoelman 4
Group C: Dennis Ruijgrok (Ned, 2) lost to Irina Krush (Usa, 7) ;Dimitri Reinderman (Ned, 8 ) drew with Mark van der Werf (Ned, 6.5);Efstratios Grivas (Gre, 5.5) beat Peng Zhaoqin (Ned, 4.5) ; FabianoCaruana (Ita, 10) beat Parimarjan Negi (Ind, 8); Pontus Carlsson (Swe,7.5) beat Friso Nijboer (Ned, 7); Arik Braun (Ger,7) beat AnnaUshenina (Ukr, 4.5) ; John van der Wiel (Ned, 7) beat Li Shilong (Chn,6).
Standing group C: 1. Caruana 10; 2-3. Negi, Reinderman 8 each; 4. Carlsson 7.5;5-8. Nijboer, Braun, Wiel, Krush 7 each; 9. Werf 6.5; 10-11. Li,Grivas 6 each; 12-13. Ushenina, Peng 4.5 each; 14. Ruijgrok 2.