Corus Chess Tournament 2006

The Corus Chess Tournament 2006 was the 68th edition of the Corus Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 2006 and was won jointly by Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov.

68th Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group A, 14–29 January 2006, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIX (2716)^[1]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2792		½	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	0	½	9	58.50	2851
2	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2801	½		0	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	9	54.00	2850
3	Michael Adams (England)	2707	½	1	Does not appear	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	7½	48.75	2773
4	Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2729	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	7½	44.50	2772
5	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2723	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	7	43.75	2744
6	Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)	2660	0	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7	38.50	2749
7	Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands)	2669	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	6½	41.75	2719
8	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2740	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	1	½	6½	39.25	2714
9	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2752	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	1	1	6½	37.50	2713
10	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2647	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	Does not appear	½	½	0	½	6		2692
11	Étienne Bacrot (France)	2717	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	5½		2659
12	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2709	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	4½	31.00	2606
13	Gata Kamsky (United States)	2686	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	Does not appear	½	4½	28.50	2608
14	Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands)	2689	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	4		2577

68th Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group B, 14–29 January 2006, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XV (2602)^[2]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Alexander Motylev (Russia)	2638	Does not appear	1	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	9	58.25	2741
2	GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2625	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	9	53.00	2742
3	GM Zoltán Almási (Hungary)	2646	1	½	Does not appear	0	½	0	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	8½		2709
4	GM Baadur Jobava (Georgia)	2614	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	8		2689
5	GM David Navara (Czech Republic)	2660	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	7½		2655
6	GM Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria)	2625	0	½	1	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	0	½	0	½	1	1	7	41.50	2630
7	GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2550	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	7	41.25	2635
8	GM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2657	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	35.75	2627
9	GM Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia)	2626	½	0	1	1	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	0	6½		2601
10	GM Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil)	2633	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	6	33.25	2571
11	GM Humpy Koneru (India)	2537	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	1	6	31.25	2578
12	GM Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2550	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	1	4		2465
13	GM Daniël Stellwagen (Netherlands)	2573	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	Does not appear	1	3		2394
14	IM Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine)	2500	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	0	Does not appear	2½		2359

68th Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group C, 14–29 January 2006, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. IX (2458)^[3]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Suat Atalık (Turkey)	2618	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	10½		2696
2	IM Jan Werle (Netherlands)	2514	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	9	54.75	2594
3	GM Cyril Marcelin (France)	2441	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	9	50.50	2600
4	GM John van der Wiel (Netherlands)	2505	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	8		2541
5	GM Li Shilong (China)	2543	0	0	0	0	Does not appear	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	7½		2508
6	IM Yge Visser (Netherlands)	2485	0	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	1	0	1	½	6½	39.75	2455
7	GM Klaus Bischoff (Germany)	2560	½	½	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	1	1	0	6½	39.25	2450
8	GM Karel van der Weide (Netherlands)	2466	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	0	½	1	6½	38.75	2457
9	GM Harmen Jonkman (Netherlands)	2470	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	½	5½		2400
10	Pieter Hopman (Netherlands)	2332	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	5	28.75	2380
11	WGM Ekaterina Atalik (Turkey)	2399	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	5	27.25	2375
12	GM Ahmed Adly (Egypt)	2473	½	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	0	½	4½		2346
13	WIM Marlies Bensdorp (Netherlands)	2230	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	Does not appear	0	4		2334
14	IM Yochanan Afek (Israel)	2370	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	3½		2289

Corus Chess Tournament 2006

Venue	Wijk aan Zee
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