Corus: Anand in sole lead

Vishy Anand crushed Peter's Leko Naidorf sicilian today to take the lead half point ahead of Ivanchuk and Topalov. Ivanchuk beat Kamsky while Topalov couldn't break Mamedyarov. Karjakin won against Bacrot in the Zaitsev variation of Ruy Lopez.

Young star Magnus Carlsen and Dortmund's winner Arkadij Naiditsch are playing in great shape to hold the throne in "B" Group with 4 points out of 5 games. It's a real shame that these two didn't have the spot in the main group, but as Carla Amse (WCN reporter from Corus) told me, organizers are making lineup sometimes around April.
















Group A standings:
1. GM Viswanathan Anand (India 2792) 4
2- 3. GM Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine 2729) and GM Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria 2801) 3,5
4- 5. GM Boris Gelfand (Israel 2723) and GM Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine 2660) 3
6- 8. GM Michael Adams (England 2707), GM Levon Aronian (Armenia 2752) and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan 2709) 2,5
9-12. GM Peter Leko (Hungary 2740), GM Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands 2689), GM Sergey Tiviakov (Netherlands 2669) and GM Loek van Wely (Netherlands 2647) 2
13. GM Etienne Bacrot (France 2717) 1,5
14. GM Gata Kamsky (USA 2686) 1


Group B standings:
1- 2. GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway 2625) and GM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany 2657) 4
3- 6. GM Zoltan Almasi (Hungary 2646), GM Alexander Motylev (Russia 2638), GM David Navara (Czech Republic 2660) and GM Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil 2633) 3,5
7. GM Humpy Koneru (India 2537) 3
8. GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands 2550) 2,5
9-10. GM Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria 2625) and GM Baadur Jobava (Georgia 2614) 2
11. GM Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia 2626) 1,5
12. GM Jan Smeets (Netherlands 2550) 1
13-14. IM Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine 2500)Daniel Stellwagen (Netherlands 2573) 0,5


GM Magnus Carlsen - GM Alexander Beliavsky
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 Bc8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Bb6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. d4 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 O-O 17. Bg5 exd4 18. Nh5 dxc3 19. Nh4 Kh8 20. Nf5 1-0


GM Viswanathan Anand - GM Peter Leko
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c3 Na5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. h3 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Re2 Rc6 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. b3 Nb6 23. c4 Nc8 24. Red2 h6 25. Qe2 Kh7 26. h4 Qb6 27. h5 Qc5 28. Ne1 Rc7 29. Nd3 Qc6 30. c5 Ne7 31. Qg4 Rf6 32. b4 d5 33. Nxe5 Qa4 34. Qg3 Rc8 35. Ng4 Rf7 36. Qd6 Rcf8 37. Qxe6 Qxb4 38. exd5 Qxc5 39. d6 Nc6 40. d7 Nd8 41. Qe4+ Qf5 42. Re2 Qxe4 43. Rxe4 b5 44. f3 a5 45. Ne5 Rf6 46. Ng6 Rg8 47. Re8 Rf7 48. Rd5 b4 49. Ne7 1-0


GM Sergey Karjakin - GM Etienne Bacrot
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Rf3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nbxd5 21. Ng4 Kh8 22. Bd2 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Bxe4 26. Rf4 Bg6 27. Nxh6 Qg5 28. Qf3 Qxh6 29. Bd2 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Re8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qc6 Kh7 33. Qxb5 d5 34. Qd7 d4 35. h4 Re4 36. Bg3 Be7 37. h5 Bxh5 38. f3 Re2 39. Kf1 Rxb2 40. Qxe7 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 1-0