Corus 2002. Rounds 1-13 Results

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Corus 2002. Rounds 1-13 Results

Round 13, January 27
Dreev - Morozevich 1/2
Khalifman - Gelfand 1/2. Perpetual check in the Sicilian Defence.
Lautier - Grischuk 1/2. White had a small edge in the Tarrasch Defence.
Kasimdzhanov - Bareev 0-1. White sacrificed a knight in the Slav Defence.
Adams - Timman 1/2. Black had an edge in the Sicilian Defence. Interesting is 29...Bxg5 or 29...f4.
Piket - Leko 1/2
Van Wely - Gurevich 1/2
Round 12, January 26
Morozevich - Van Wely 1-0. Loek played as Bareev in round 11 and also lost quickly.
Gurevich - Piket 0-1. Correct is 27. Bxa4 with some edge to White. Also better was 30. b3.
Leko - Adams 1/2. Ruy Lopez. Black sacrificed piece for pawns.
Timman - Kasimdzhanov 1/2
Bareev - Lautier 1-0. A sharp fight in the Queen's Indian with an advantage to White.
Grischuk - Khalifman 1-0. White had development advantage in the Scheveningen Sicilian.
Gelfand - Dreev 1/2. Queen's Gambit Accepted.
Round 11, January 25
Gelfand - Morozevich 1/2. Complicated endgame in the Caro-Kann.
Dreev - Grischuk 1/2. White had an edge in the Queen's Gambit Accepted.
Khalifman - Bareev 1-0. White attacked and won in 20 moves.
Lautier - Timman 1-0. White grabbed a pawn in the Queen's Indian.
Kasimdzhanov - Leko 1/2. Black had some edge in the Gruenfeld, but then White sacrificed the exchange correctly.
Adams - Gurevich 1-0. White seized the initiative in the Pirc-Ufimtsev and won a pawn.
Piket - Van Wely 1/2
Round 10, January 24
Morozevich - Piket 1-0. Black had an extra pawn, White seized the only open file. Better was 34...Ne6.
Van Wely - Adams 1/2. Double-edged game in the English.
Gurevich - Kasimdzhanov 1-0. White had a small edge in the Gruenfeld.
Leko - Lautier 1/2. White had a small edge in the Sicilian.
Timman - Khalifman 1/2
Bareev - Dreev 1-0. Slav Defence. White won in 90 moves. Interesting is 38...Nd5.
Grischuk - Gelfand 1/2. Boris attacked in the Russian. Perpetual check.
Round 9, January 22
Grischuk - Morozevich 1-0. White had an advantage in the Berlin Ruy Lopez.
Gelfand - Bareev 1/2. A quick draw in the Moro Slav.
Dreev - Timman 1/2. A sharp fight with equal chances in the Slav. Perpetual check.
Khalifman - Leko 1/2. An equal game in the Queen's Indian.
Lautier - Gurevich 1/2. A quick draw in the Semi-Slav.
Kasimdzhanov - Van Wely 1-0. Catalan System. A theoretical duel.
Adams - Piket 1/2. Russian (Petrov).
Round 8, January 21
Morozevich - Adams 1/2. An equal game in the Queen's Indian.
Piket - Kasimdzhanov 1/2. Queen's Gambit.
Van Wely - Lautier 1/2. A quick draw in the English Opening.
Gurevich - Khalifman 1/2
Leko - Dreev 1/2. Caro-Kann. Better was 30. fxe7.
Timman - Gelfand 1-0
Bareev - Grischuk 1/2. Tarrasch Defence.
Round 7, January 20
Bareev - Morozevich 1/2. Complicated play in the Slav Defence.
Grischuk - Timman 1-0. Alexander attacked in the Caro-Kann.
Gelfand - Leko 1/2. Black had no problems in the Nimzo-Indian.
Dreev - Gurevich 1/2. Slav Defence.
Khalifman - Van Wely 1-0. The nice blow 16. Nf5! in the Scheveningen Sicilian.
Lautier - Piket 1/2
Kasimdzhanov - Adams 1/2. White had an initiative in the Queen's Indian.
Round 6, January 19
Morozevich - Kasimdzhanov 1-0
Adams - Lautier 1/2. An equal game in the Sicilian.
Piket - Khalifman 1/2. Black had an edge in the Queen's Indian and could win. Better was 36...c2.
Van Wely - Dreev 1/2. Perpetual check.
Gurevich - Gelfand 0-1
Leko - Grischuk 1-0. Peter sacrificed pieces in the Petrov.
Timman - Bareev 0-1. English. An interesting game.
Round 5, January 17
Timman - Morozevich 1/2. A sharp fight in the Slav!
Bareev - Leko 1-0. White won the exchange.
Grischuk - Gurevich 1/2. White had an edge in the French. Interesting is 22. Re3.
Gelfand - Van Wely 1/2
Dreev - Piket 1-0
Khalifman - Adams 1/2. Alexander had better chances in the Ruy Lopez.
Lautier - Kasimdzhanov 1-0. A wild king.
Round 4, January 16
Morozevich - Lautier 1-0. Sicilian. White had some edge.
Kasimdzhanov - Khalifman 0-1. Gruenfeld. Double-edged game
Adams - Dreev 1/2. Caro-Kann.
Piket - Gelfand 1-0. Nimzo-Indian. Black had a small edge.
Van Wely - Grischuk 0-1. Tarrasch. Black grabbed a pawn.
Gurevich - Bareev 1/2. English
Leko - Timman 1/2. Caro-Kann. Black had an extra pawn in the ending.
Round 3, January 15
Leko - Morozevich 1/2. A quick draw in the Ruy Lopez. Interesting is 18. Qh5.
Timman - Gurevich 1/2. A quick draw in the French.
Bareev - Van Wely 1-0. Russian System in the Gruenfeld.
Grischuk - Piket 1-0. Alexander gradually realized his advantage in the Ruy Lopez.
Gelfand - Adams 0-1. Michael won again in the Ruy Lopez, now as Black. Better was 1.d4.
Dreev - Kasimdzhanov 0-1. Deserving attention is 14. Bh7+.
Khalifman - Lautier 1/2. Sicilian 3. Bb5. White had some edge.
Round 2, January 13
Morozevich - Khalifman 1/2. Interesting game. Morozevich sacrificed the exchange for a nice passed pawn, but Khalifman defended his position correctly.
Lautier - Dreev 1/2
Kasimdzhanov - Gelfand 1/2
Adams - Grischuk 1-0. Adams played very strong in the Ruy Lopez. Dangerous was 21. Nxg5 Nexd5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. cxd5 (23. cxb5 Qg5 24. Bxd5+ Kg6) 23...Bxh3. Deserving attention is 25...Ne7.
Piket - Bareev 1/2. Perpetual check.
Van Wely - Timman 0-1. Black had a powerful attack in the Modern Benoni. Van Wely made a mistake 24.Rxf8+?, better was 24.Nxe4.
Gurevich - Leko 1/2
Round 1, January 12
Gurevich - Morozevich 1/2. Slightly monotonous draw in the Slav.
Leko - Van Wely 1-0. White attacked on the kingside in the Scheveningen Sicilian, Black - on the queenside.
Timman - Piket 1/2. An equal play in the Paulsen Sicilian.
Bareev - Adams 1/2. A nice perpetual check.
Grischuk - Kasimdzhanov 1-0. White has an advantage in the Spanish.
Gelfand - Lautier 1-0. Double-edged game. Interesting is 16...Rh2.
Dreev - Khalifman 1/2

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