Corus 2008

Final round report

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

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 […]

Harikrishna draws with Sargissian, joint fifth now

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Grandmaster P Harikrishna played out a draw with Gabriel Sargissian of Armenia in the 10th round of Corus International Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee in Holland.
Harikrishna again got a slightly better position and for another time in the tournament his form betrayed him a bit as Sargissian came […]

Harikrishna joint third with four to come

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Grandmaster P Harikrishna drew with state-mate Koneru Humpy in the ninth round of the ‘B’ Group of Corus International Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee in Holland.
Playing the black side of a Neo-Grunfeld, Harikrishna did not have much difficult in holding out his position as the central pawns got traded […]

Harikrishna held by Movsesian

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Grandmaster P Harikrishna played out an exciting draw with GM Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia in the fifth round of the ‘B’ Group of Corus International Chess tournament now in progress here.
Having won the fourth round after a tough fight with Wouter Spoelman of the Netherlands, Harikrishna had his chances against Movsesian […]

Harikrishna draws with Stellwagen

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Grandmaster P Harikrishna played out a hard-fought draw as black against GM Daniel Stellwagen of Holland in the third round of the ‘B’ group of Corus International Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee.
The SUN-group sponsored Harikrishna slipped to joint third spot on 2 points after the draw but it […]

Harikrishna beats Yifan Hou, in joint lead

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Grandmaster P Harikrishna played imaginatively to beat GM Hou Yifan of China and emerged as a joint leader after the conclusion of the second round of the ‘B’ Group of Corus International Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee in Holland.
After an eventful draw against his former trainer Nigel Short in the opener, Harikrishna needed to […]

Harikrishna survives a scare in Corus opener

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Grandmaster P Harikrishna survived a few anxious moments before settling for a draw with ’settled-in-Greece’ English GM Nigel Short in the first round of the Corus group ‘B’ chess tournament now in progress in the Dutch hamlet Wijk Aan Zee.
Playing white Harikrishna came up with an opening surprise on the first move itself as Short […]