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The Corus Chess Tournaments 2010 took place in Wijk aan Zee (The Netherlands) January 15th-31st.
Corus A: 1. Magnus Carlsen - 8.5; 2-3. Vladimir Kramnik, Alexei Shirov - 8; 4-5. Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura - 7.5; 6-7. Sergey Karjakin, Vassily Ivanchuk - 7; 8-9. Peter Leko, Leinier Dominguez - 6.5; 10. Fabiano Caruana - 5.5; 11-12. Nigel Short, Loek van Wely - 5; 13-14 Sergey Tiviakov, Jan Smeets - 4.5.
Corus B: Nisipeanu beat Nyback in classic style in the Bogo-Indian, round 1.
Site: http://www.coruschess.com/

The Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010 took place 26 January - 4 February in Gibraltar.
Final playoff: Michael Adams - Francisco Vallejo Pons 1.5-0.5.
Semifinal playoff: Adams - Jan Gustafsson 2-1; Francisco Vallejo Pons - Chanda Sandipan 1.5-0.5.
Site: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2010/index.html

Time trouble?! Zeitnot!
Paehtz, Thomas Sr (2450) - Schipkov, Boris [D36], Miskolc open 1989 (Notes by Boris Schipkov, 21.12.2003)

Peter I, Napoleon I, Ivan IV the Terrible, Tamerlan, Frederick II, Philip II, Henry I did not play golf, tennis, football or hockey. They played chess, enjoying their rest time, developing the abilities and joining the world culture.
The Game of Kings. Chaining the times (by Boris Schipkov, 5.05.2003)

Nabokov's Luzhin and his prototypes. Disclosing the mystery