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	Corus Chess 2008 - General information
		The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 will be held from 11-27 January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee.
		The tournament venue is the De Moriaan Community Centre (Dorpsduinen 4, 1949 EG Wijk aan Zee) and the nearby bar de Zon.
		There are four amateur events during the Corus Chess Tournament, that are open for all players: Weekend-three-round events (11-13 January), Weekday-three-round-events (14-16 January), Nine-round events (18-27 January) and the Rapid Tournament (19-20 January).
	www.coruschess.com /information.php (304 words)

	Corus chess tournament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Corus chess tournament takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijkin the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.
		It was called the Hoogovens tournament before the Dutch steel and aluminium producer Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel to form the Corus Group on 6 October 1999.
		Viswanathan Anand is the only player to have won five titles of the Corus chess tournament (he won one of these titles when it was called the Hoogovens tournament) in its long history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corus_chess_tournament (303 words)

	Linares chess tournament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The annual Linares chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held.
		It is one of the strongest annual tournaments held on the chess tour, along with the Corus chess tournament and Dortmund chess tournament.
		Since 1988 the Linares chess tournament has been held every year with the exception of 1996, when the Women's World Chess Championship was held.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Linares_chess_tournament (339 words)

	Corus chess tournament: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In roman mythology, corus was the personification of the northwest wind....
		The annual linares chess tournament takes its name from the city of linares in the jaén province of andalusia, spain in which it is held....
		The world junior chess championship is an under-20 event (players must have been under 20 years old on the 1st of january in the year of competition)....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/corus_chess_tournament.htm (1127 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Corus chess tournament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Corus Group plc, normally referred to simply as Corus, (LSE: CS., Euronext: CORS, NYSE: CGA) is one of the worlds largest producers of steel and aluminium, headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
		A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times.
		It was called the Hoogovens tournament before the Dutch steel and aluminium producer Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel into the Corus group (2000 was the first year the event was sponsored by Corus).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Corus-chess-tournament (1372 words)

	Corus chess tournament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Corus chess tournament takes place every year in a small town Wijk aan Zee in the province North Holland of the Netherlands.
		Very strong chess players compete in the prestigious tournament but also regular club players are welcome to play.
		Chess master, chess journalist, and chess composer Richard Reti participated in most of the great tournaments of the 1920s until his early death from Scarlett fever in 1929.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Corus_chess_tournament.html (797 words)

	The Week in Chess 533
		There are 4 tournaments: Tournament A1 for players rated 2550 and higher, tournament A2 for players rated 2400 and higher, but lower than 2550, tournament B for players rated 2200 and higher, but lower than 2400 and tournament C for players rated under 2200 and unrated players.
		The Millennium Chess Festival (Feb 25-27) is sponsored by the consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton and is presented by Beach Events and the city of Virginia Beach.
		The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64 boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/twic533.html (6395 words)

	Nova Scotia Chess Association - CORUS 2005
		The tournament was held in the beautiful resort town of Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands over the January 14 to 30 period.
		This was the 68th version of this annual chess tournament, which was first held in 1938 and has been held every year since with the exception of the year 1945.
		The Corus Chess Tournament is made up of numerous types of chess tournaments depending upon your interest and the time you are able to commit to the event.
	www.chebucto.ns.ca /Recreation/NSChess/corus2005.html (2281 words)

	Corus Championship - 2004
		the Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee.
		Currently leading the 66th edition of the Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament in the Dutch seaside resort of Wjik Aan Zee, Anand, has once again captivated the local chess followers and the media in Wijk.
		VISWANATHAN Anand lived up to his style of playing aggressive and dangerously attacking chess to score a full point over the first day’s star, Vladimir Akopian of Armenia, in the second round of the 66th Corus Grandmasters Chess tournament at the De Moriaan Hall at the seaside resort of Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands.
	www.niit.com /niit/vishy/corus-04.htm (1109 words)

	Laatste nieuws (ENG) 1e NK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Corus Chess Tournament is one of the, if not the, leading chess tournament(s) in the world.
		The game of chess is a great help when it comes to focusing, visualising, thinking ahead, weighing up options, analysing things in concrete terms, thinking abstractly and planning.
		The beauty of chess as a teaching tool is that it stimulates children's minds and helps them to build these skills while enjoying themselves.
	www.superschaak.nl /whatsnew-NK1.htm (701 words)

	Corus - Chess Tournament, Netherlands
		The Corus Chess Tournament is an international event held annually in the village of Wijk aan Zee, which is located in the district of North Holland, Netherlands, on the North Sea coast.
		Apart from being the venue of this prestigious tournament, Wijk aan Zee is also a prime tourist destination, and the tourist industry forms the backbone of its economy.
		Prior to 1999 it was known as the Hoogovens Tournament after Koninklijke Hoogovens, a Dutch aluminium and steel manufacturer.
	netherlands.europe-cities.com /sightseeing/corus-chess-tournament.aspx (510 words)

	The Corus Chess Tournament 2002 will be held from 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Corus Chess Tournament 2002 took place, from 11-27 January 2002, in Wijk aan Zee.
		The tournament venue was the De Moriaan Community Centre (Dorpsduinen 4, 1949 EG Wijk aan Zee).
		At the opening of the 64th Corus Chess Tournament the main question to be answered was "will there be a 65th?".
	www.chess.gr /tourn/2002/corus02 (652 words)

	Corus Chess 2003 - Report of round 13 - CCT 2003
		The 2003 Corus Chess Tournament was came to an end when Jan Timman, for the first time during the tournament, experienced some luck.
		Needing half a point to win the tournament and score a GM-norm, Ruud Janssen lived a nightmare in the last round of the Invitational Ten's.
		With his tournament victory, Lobron qualified for next year's Grandmaster Group B. Qualified from Ten's Groups 1A and 1B for next year's Invitational's, are Maarten Etmans and Ted Barendse.
	www.coruschess.com /report.php?year=2003&report=13 (705 words)

	FIDE Online. Tournaments Calendar
		Royal Dutch Chess Federation is holding the 66th Corus Chess Tournament - Grandmastergroup B in Wijk aan Zee, NED.
		Chess Federation of Somogy County is organizing the SZENNAPACK Master Tournament in Kaposvar, HUN.
		Chess Federation of Hajdu-Bihar County is organizing the DEAC Open in Debrecen, HUN.
	www.fide.com /calendar/worldcalendar.asp?period=3&x=0.3545954 (599 words)

	Newsletter 26
		In this issue of Nova Scotia Chess News there is an update from the provincial executive, a special report from the Corus tournament at Wijk ann Zee and crosstables from completed events.
		General Update. The Bluenose Chess club is currently in limbo. The Dalhousie Chess Club is going okay, however, there is not a significant student membership in the club and this could pose problems in the future.
		version of this annual chess tournament, which was first held in 1938 and has been held every year since with the exception of the year 1945.
	www.chebucto.ns.ca /Recreation/NSChess/newsletters/chess_26.html (3105 words)

	Anand wins Corus chess title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Vishwanathan Anand won the 65th Corus Grandmasters chess tournament in Wijk Ann Zee (the Netherlands) after settling for a quick draw against Evegeny Bareev in the 13th and final round on Sunday.
		The 31-year-old superstar annexed his third Corus title tallying 8.5 points from 13 rounds, pipping the likes of Braingames champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine.
		After his closest rival, world's strongest woman chess player, Judit Polgar played a quick draw with talented youngster Teimour Radjabov of Azerbeijan, Anand settled for a quick 14-move draw with Evegeny Bareev of Russia in the 13th and final round.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/jan/26chess.htm (327 words)

	Chess Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk Visits the CORUS Steel Making Plant on January 24, 2005
		On behalf of all the Chess players in the world, and especially the ones who take part in the Wijk aan Zee tournament, we thank the sponsor of the Corus Chess Tournament, CORUS, for supporting chess, and for organizing a very nice visit to their impressive steel-making plant.
		CORUS has a wonderful strategic location next to the sea, which allows to minimize transport costs, since boat transport is relatively cheap.
		Corus makes about 7 million tons of high quality steel per year (out of a world market of about 1 billion tons per year).
	www.kosteniuk.com /corus/corusplant/corusplant.html (469 words)

	The Week in Chess 532
		The tournament was held in memory of Haakon Opsahl, who represented both Canada and Norway in Chess Olympiads.
		Amongst his better results was the 3rd= place he achieved in the Bermuda A tournament of 1995.
		He seemed to have stopped playing competitive chess in 1998 apart from appearances in the US amateur team East event the last of which he played in early in 1994.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/twic532.html (6603 words)

	Corus Chess Tournament
		Although the line-up is maybe not that impressive as in the last few years, the chess tournament in dutch Wijk aan See is still the "must-see" event for chess fans from all over the world.
		The first round of this tournament with fighting chess and two victories from the two top seeded players (Anand and Topalov) promises a great tournament.
		If you have the playchess.com client or fritz chess you may watch games with live commentary there too.
	geekswithblogs.net /imilovanovic/archive/2006/01/14/65903.aspx (125 words)

	Topalov, Anand en Leko in 68e Corus Chess Tournament
		Voor Kramnik geldt het omgekeerde, maar juist daardoor zal het CCT 2006 een enorme uitdaging zijn voor de wereldkampioen van het klassieke schaak.
		Deze jonge spelers speelden nooit eerder in de grootmeestergroep A van het Corus Chess Tournament.
		Het veertiental wordt gecompleteerd door de voormalige superster Gata Kamsky, die in Wijk aan Zee zijn rentree op het hoogste niveau maakt, en de pas 15-jarige Segey Karjakin, winnaar van de grootmeestergroep B in 2005.
	www.nieuwsbank.nl /inp/2005/10/05/r093.htm (452 words)

	Corus Chess 2008
		The tournament will be held from 11-27 January 2008 in Wijk aan Zee.
		We are going to see the ‘3 musketeers’ — Anand, Gelfand and Ivanchuk, whose year proved that the world isn’t solely controlled by youth, compete with the next generation of Kramnik, Topalov, and Judit, and the young lions such as Radjabov, Mamedyarov, and of course the Benjamin in the group: Carlsen...
		The 70th Corus Chess Tournament will enter history as the world’s strongest chess tournament that has ever been organized.
	www.coruschess.com (191 words)

	Corus Chess 2008 - Amateur events
		The three- and nine round events, and the rapid tournament are open for everyone, regardless ratings.
		All participants in the Corus Chess Tournament 2008 will receive a so called ‘proof of participation’ in the first week of January 2008.
		The fee has to be paid at the start of the tournament on registration.
	www.coruschess.com /information_amateur_uk.php (305 words)

	THE CORUS CHESS TOURNAMENT JAN 14-30, 2000
		Corus Chess Tournament Is On This century's first super category tournament is now on in Wijk aan Zee.
		He has not lost a classical chess tournament game in 1999 (except club games!).
		Rising stars Peter Leko and Alexander Morozevich are in the fray too.
	www.chess-mate.com /wijk.htm (89 words)

	Search Tuna Report for Gary Kasparov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Garry Kimovich Kasparov born April 13, 1963 is a chess grandmaster and the strongest highest rated on the FIDE January 2005 list at 2804 chess player in the world...
		The chess grandmaster, I will continue to play chess because it is a lot of fun, but no longer on a professional level....
		But his retirement is a milestone in chess, which in the 1970s and 1980s became a symbol and surrogate for the grand political fissuers in the world....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/857.html (2216 words)

	Superchess in Corus Chess tournament
		McCooey's Hexagonal Chess is May's Recognized Chess Variant of the month.
		January 24, 2004, a seven round Swiss tournament of Superchess will be held as part of the Corus Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
		The Corus Chess tournament is most well known because of its grandmaster tournaments, but it also hosts other types of events, like rapid chess tournaments.
	www.chessvariants.com /news.dir/supercorus.html (115 words)

	Corus Tournament p2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In Grandmaster Group C, IM's Sipke Ernst and Magnus Carlsen are on schedule for a GM-norm: Ernst needs a point-and-a-half, while Carlsen only needs one point from his next three games.
		There was a daily solving competition accompanying the tournament - anyone who had successfully participated at least 10 times could hope for a money prize.
		The opposite two-mover from this competition was surely a minor challenge (only the key move was required).
	www.kwabc.com /Homepage-UK/Corus_Wijk2.htm (361 words)

	Corus Chess Tournament
		in the book of the worlds greatests chess games, by nunn, graham, and burgess they make the case that a great game is played well on both sides of the board.
		As it is there really isn't a game from Corus that jumped out and grabbed me, so I came within a fraction of voting for Kramnik-Topalov myself.
		when my original copy of "the worlds greatest chess games" was ruined i went online looking for another one, and that is how i began my chess book collection.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chess.pl?tid=44534&crosstable=1 (1259 words)

	Corus Chess 2008 - News archive
		Corus en Stichting Wijk aan Zee 125 jaar...
		Topalov, Anand en Leko in 68e Corus Ches...
		Anand goes for record in Corus Chess Tou...
	www.coruschess.com /archive.php?t=1 (235 words)

	Corus chess: Anand in joint lead
		World champion Vishwanathan Anand settled for a draw with Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the sixth round to remain in joint lead in the 65th Corus Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, the Netherlands, on Sunday.
		There are seven more rounds remaining in the 14-player tournament.
		In the Grandmaster 'B' tournament, former world junior girls champion Koneru Humpy went down against GM Jonny Hector of Sweden.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/jan/19chess.htm (301 words)

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