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Nakamura Defeats Van Wely in Corus


Nakamura Defeats Van Wely in Corus |
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January 17, 2010 | |
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GM Loek Van Wely peers over GM Nakamura's first round game.
Photo Tony Rich of CCSCSL US Champion Hikaru Nakamura had a big win over GM Loek Van Wely in round two of the super-tournament Corus 2010. 4043 ![]()
Nakamura in a post-mordem with Van Wely and American GM Yasser Seriawan who now lives in the Netherlands,
Photo IM Jan Van de Mortel Carlsen kept pace with Nakamura with a win over GM Smeets. 4044 Shirov glided to 2-0 with a win over Italian-American GM Fabiano Caruana, staying half a point ahead of Nakamura and Carlsen. 4047 GM Varuzhan Akobian lost to Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany (2687), the top seed in the "B" section while GM Ray Robson won over GM Swinkels in the "C" section. Robson now stands on a perfect 2-0. 4045 4046 ![]()
Ray Robson, in his first round game against WGM Soumya Swaminathan, Photo Tony Rich of CCSCSL
Follow the action on the official website, the Internet Chess Club (Games begin at 7:30 AM EST), chessdom, chessbase and look for reportage from GM Ian Rogers on CLO. |