Nakamura Defeats Van Wely in Corus
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.

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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.

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Shirov glided to 2-0 with a win over Italian-American GM Fabiano Caruana, staying half a point ahead of Nakamura and Carlsen.

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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.

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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.