I forgot to write my notes on the games:

Svidler and Van Wely actually played a Cheliabinsk! This is very brave my
VanW inmy opinion, sicne Peter would be very familiar with the postion from
fellow Petersburger Sveshnikov, and for most of the game seemd to hold an
advantage, eventually stealing a pawn, but Van Wely calculated his endgame
well and the result was a draw.

Anand -Timman was one of those opposite side castling positions with pawns
launched against the King position by both sides. At one point Anand had 2
paws on the sixth rank against black's 3 on the seventh. It only seemed to
be a matter of time. After 22. g6 balck had no counterstoke. Anand gained
the point, and more cudos for his cool determination.

Adams was caught by a middlegame manoeuvre by Bologdan, but nevertheless
held on to draw the game.

Kramnik had a huge space advantage after the opening but couldn't convert
this advantage into a win.

Phil Innes




Actual performance:

Round 11 January 23
Bologan - Adams ½
Svidler - Van Wely ½
Shirov - Akopian ½
Zhong - Leko 0-1
Bareev - Sokolov 1-0
Kramnik - Topalov ½
Anand - Timman 1-0

And let that be a lesson to me!

Tomorrow's games:-

Round 12 January 24
Adams - Timman
Topalov - Anand
Sokolov - Kramnik
Leko - Bareev
Akopian - Zhong
Van Wely - Shirov
Bologan - Svidler

Standings:- (There are 13 rounds total)
Round 11 Standings:
1 Anand 8.0
2 Leko 7.0
3 Adams 6.5
4 Kramnik 6.0
5 Van Wely 5.5
6 Topalov 5.5
7 Bologan 5.5
8 Svidler 5.5
9 Akopian 5.5
10 Shirov 5.5
11 Bareev 5.0
12 Timman 4.0
13 Zhang Zhong 4.0
14 Sokolov 3.5

Ofiicial site www.coruschess.com
with GM Commentary www.ruschess.com

Phil Innes

"Phil Innes" wrote in message
...
I forgot to write my notes on the games:

Additionally, during a debrief on his game Anand cracked a joke about the
whereabouts of Gary Kasparov. Anand said GK wasn't playing much chess
recently and was maybe intending to become governor of California?

(GK has recently been involving himself with Russian politics)

Phil
Standings:- (There are 13 rounds total)
Round 11 Standings:
1 Anand 8.0
2 Leko 7.0
3 Adams 6.5
4 Kramnik 6.0
5 Van Wely 5.5
6 Topalov 5.5
7 Bologan 5.5
8 Svidler 5.5
9 Akopian 5.5
10 Shirov 5.5
11 Bareev 5.0
12 Timman 4.0
13 Zhang Zhong 4.0
14 Sokolov 3.5

Ofiicial site www.coruschess.com
with GM Commentary www.ruschess.com

Phil Innes

Results from today's games:

Akopian - Zhong 1/2
Adams - Timman 1-0
van Wely - Shirov 1/2
Topalov - Anand 1-0
Sokolov - Kramnik 1-0
Bologan - Svidler 1-0
Leko - Bareev 1/2

Svidler declined an early Bishop for Rook exchange and despite his
opponent's time trouble and a Queen for two Rooks exchange, finally lost to
Bologdan after the manoevre 24. e5 offering a pawn. Anyone with a computer
could set it for 'deep ply' search overnight and investigate if capturing
with the rook instead of the Queen would have been preferable.

Topalov also stopped Anand. A pawn up from the middle game with 5:4 pawns
Topalov settled all complications to gain the full point.

Zhong was also a pawn up from the early middle game but with opposite
bishops could only draw.

Recently there has been a conversation in these newsgroup on Bishops versus
Knights, and Adams made the early decision to give his opponent two bishops,
then maintained a steady technical inititative for the whole game and the
point.

I am still reeling from Van Wely:Shirov. what if 17 e5, if 24. Bxh6 !? I
think Shirov was lucky to escape with a half point.

Phil Innes

Ofiicial site www.coruschess.com
with GM Commentary www.ruschess.com

Phil Innes

Last Round line-up:-

GM Mark Taimanov annotates todays games at www.ruschess.com/
Ofiicial site www.coruschess.com


Round 13 January 25
Svidler - Adams
Shirov - Bologan
Zhong - Van Wely
Bareev - Akopian
Kramnik - Leko
Anand - Sokolov
Timman - Topalov

Round 12 Standings:
1 Anand 8.0
2 Leko 7.5
3 Adams 7.5
4 Topalov 6.5
5 Bologan 6.5
6 Van Wely 6.0
7 Kramnik 6.0
8 Akopian 6.0
9 Shirov 6.0
10 Svidler 5.5
11 Bareev 5.5
12 Sokolov 4.5
13 Zhang Zhong 4.5
14 Timman 4.0

Phil Innes


Ofiicial site www.coruschess.com
with GM Commentary www.ruschess.com

Phil Innes

Correction: Here are the correct standings

1. V. Anand 8
2. P. Leko
M. Adams 7½
4. V. Topalov
V. Bologan 6½
6. V. Akopian
L. van Wely
A. Shirov
V. Kramnik 6
10. P. Svidler
E. Bareev 5½
12. I. Sokolov
Z. Zhong 4½
14. J. Timman 4


Phil Innes

A very early draw by Anand with White after14 moves is something of a gamble
that neither contender Adams nor Leko with the black pieces will gain a
whole point to tie with the top score, against the stern White opposition of
Svidler and Kramnik respectively. Phil

"Phil Innes" wrote in message
...
Last Round line-up:-

GM Mark Taimanov annotates todays games at www.ruschess.com/
Ofiicial site www.coruschess.com


Round 13 January 25
Svidler - Adams
Shirov - Bologan
Zhong - Van Wely
Bareev - Akopian
Kramnik - Leko
Anand - Sokolov
Timman - Topalov

Round 12 Standings:
1 Anand 8.0
2 Leko 7.5
3 Adams 7.5
4 Topalov 6.5
5 Bologan 6.5
6 Van Wely 6.0
7 Kramnik 6.0
8 Akopian 6.0
9 Shirov 6.0
10 Svidler 5.5
11 Bareev 5.5
12 Sokolov 4.5
13 Zhang Zhong 4.5
14 Timman 4.0

Phil Innes


Ofiicial site www.coruschess.com
with GM Commentary www.ruschess.com

Phil Innes

Final Standings:

1 Anand 8.5
2 Leko 8.0
3 Adams 8.0
4 Topalov 7.5
5 Bologan 7.5
6 Kramnik 6.5
7 Van Wely 6.5
8 Bareev 6.5
9 Svidler 6.0
10 Akopian 6.0
11 Shirov 6.0
12 Sokolov 5.0
13 Zhang Zhong 5.0
14 Timman 4.0

Mark Taimanov's always interesting comments are at www.ruschess.com in
English and in Russian.

Congratulation Vishy! Who lost a game during the tournament! yikes for the
first time at Corus/Wijk ann Zee since Judit Polgar made him a little
demonstration.

Phil Innes

"Phil Innes" wrote in message
...
A very early draw by Anand with White after14 moves is something of a
gamble
that neither contender Adams nor Leko with the black pieces will gain a
whole point to tie with the top score, against the stern White opposition
of
Svidler and Kramnik respectively. Phil

"Phil Innes" wrote in message
...
Last Round line-up:-

GM Mark Taimanov annotates todays games at www.ruschess.com/
Ofiicial site www.coruschess.com


Round 13 January 25
Svidler - Adams
Shirov - Bologan
Zhong - Van Wely
Bareev - Akopian
Kramnik - Leko
Anand - Sokolov
Timman - Topalov

Round 12 Standings:
1 Anand 8.0
2 Leko 7.5
3 Adams 7.5
4 Topalov 6.5
5 Bologan 6.5
6 Van Wely 6.0
7 Kramnik 6.0
8 Akopian 6.0
9 Shirov 6.0
10 Svidler 5.5
11 Bareev 5.5
12 Sokolov 4.5
13 Zhang Zhong 4.5
14 Timman 4.0

Phil Innes


Ofiicial site www.coruschess.com
with GM Commentary www.ruschess.com

Phil Innes

"Phil Innes" wrote in message
...( to Jerome Bibuld):
Here are todays games, (I think the Russian commentating site which is also
showing the games is as confused as the Corus site, both spelling the
player's name 'Zhong'), no disrespect is intended to the player on my part.

Dear Mr Innes:

I have no doubt that you did not intend any disrespect to GM Zhang Zhong.

'Zhang Zhong' is the romanization (in Pinyin) of his name in Chinese.
'Zhang' is his family name; 'Zhong' is his given name.

Perhaps if you were to inquire after the correct spelling at Corus,
others will then reflect the change?

Your suggestion seems too optimistic.

The correct usage of GM Zhang Zhong's name already has been explained many
times (including by me) since his victory in the 2003 Corus B tournament.

On the other hand, hope may still spring eternal somewhe

"Nan Green's (nee Farrow) middle-class upbringing in an Anglican household
was an unlikely beginning for the later heroine of the Spanish Civil War and
stalwart of the Communist Party of Great Britain." (p. 122)

"...she worked with the journal 'China Reconstructs'. Now aged forty-eight, she
achieved the near impossible and learned the (Chinese) language well." (p. 196)

--Paul Preston (The Doves of War: Four Women of Spain)

A traditional Chinese naming convention is not too difficult to understand
if there's a sincere determination to understand it.

--Nick

Nick,

His name is posted as Zhong at the official Corus site, and repeated
elsewhere. Someone else wrote me to say that his family name is Zhang. I
suggested that to correct the error, and presumably his name-plate by his
board, to send a message to Corus.

Since Mr. Zhang has already appeared at Corus (Wijk ann Zee) I suspect that
he doesn't care to correct their error himself. Of course I mean no
disrepect - I even spell "Alekhine" as "Aljechin" most of the time, since
that was his name for most of his life, and Mihais Tals name is aways
rendered as the Russified 'Mikhail Tal'.

Please send a correcting notice to Corus if you feel strongly about the
matter, and thank you noticing this apparent error.

I enjoyed watching his games and his willingness to fight against many the
world's best.

Cordially, Phil Innes


"Nick" wrote in message
om...
"Phil Innes" wrote in message
...( to Jerome Bibuld):
Here are todays games, (I think the Russian commentating site which is
also
showing the games is as confused as the Corus site, both spelling the
player's name 'Zhong'), no disrespect is intended to the player on my
part.

Dear Mr Innes:

I have no doubt that you did not intend any disrespect to GM Zhang Zhong.

'Zhang Zhong' is the romanization (in Pinyin) of his name in Chinese.
'Zhang' is his family name; 'Zhong' is his given name.

Perhaps if you were to inquire after the correct spelling at Corus,
others will then reflect the change?

Your suggestion seems too optimistic.

The correct usage of GM Zhang Zhong's name already has been explained many
times (including by me) since his victory in the 2003 Corus B tournament.

On the other hand, hope may still spring eternal somewhe

"Nan Green's (nee Farrow) middle-class upbringing in an Anglican household
was an unlikely beginning for the later heroine of the Spanish Civil War
and
stalwart of the Communist Party of Great Britain." (p. 122)

"...she worked with the journal 'China Reconstructs'. Now aged
forty-eight, she
achieved the near impossible and learned the (Chinese) language well." (p.
196)

--Paul Preston (The Doves of War: Four Women of Spain)

A traditional Chinese naming convention is not too difficult to understand
if there's a sincere determination to understand it.

--Nick

"Phil Innes" wrote in message
.. .
His name is posted as Zhong at the official Corus site, and repeated
elsewhere.

Dear Mr Innes:

Errors often are propagated by repetition.

Someone else wrote me to say that his family name is Zhang.
I suggested that to correct the error, and presumably his name-plate
by his board, to send a message to Corus.

Since Mr. Zhang has already appeared at Corus (Wijk ann Zee) I suspect
that he doesn't care to correct their error himself.

I don't know what GM Zhang Zhong has done to address his public misnaming.

Of course I mean no disrepect

Of course, I already knew that you meant no disrespect to GM Zhang Zhong.

- I even spell "Alekhine" as "Aljechin" most of the time, since
that was his name for most of his life, and Mihais Tals name is
aways rendered as the Russified 'Mikhail Tal'.

The error involves a confusion between GM Zhang Zhong's family name and
his given name, not a misspelling.

Please send a correcting notice to Corus if you feel strongly about the
matter, and thank you noticing this apparent error.

Whether it's been acknowledged or not, the error was real, not just 'apparent'.

--Nick

"Nick" wrote in message
om...(to Phil Innes):
"Phil Innes" wrote in message
...( to Jerome Bibuld):
Here are todays games, (I think the Russian commentating site which is
also showing the games is as confused as the Corus site, both spelling
the player's name 'Zhong'), no disrespect is intended to the player on
my part.

I have no doubt that you did not intend any disrespect to GM Zhang Zhong.
'Zhang Zhong' is the romanization (in Pinyin) of his name in Chinese.
'Zhang' is his family name; 'Zhong' is his given name.

Perhaps if you were to inquire after the correct spelling at Corus,
others will then reflect the change?

Your suggestion seems too optimistic.

The correct usage of GM Zhang Zhong's name already has been explained many
times (including by me) since his victory in the 2003 Corus B tournament.
...
A traditional Chinese naming convention is not too difficult to understand
if there's a sincere determination to understand it.