Home Page Chess Life Online Nakamura Defeats Van Wely in Corus
Nakamura Defeats Van Wely in Corus |
January 17, 2010 | |
US Champion Hikaru Nakamura had a big win over GM Loek Van Wely in round two of the super-tournament Corus 2010. 4043 Carlsen kept pace with Nakamura with a win over GM Smeets. 4044 Shirov glided to 2-0 with a win over Italian-American GM Fabiano Caruana, staying half a point ahead of Nakamura and Carlsen. 4047 GM Varuzhan Akobian lost to Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany (2687), the top seed in the "B" section while GM Ray Robson won over GM Swinkels in the "C" section. Robson now stands on a perfect 2-0. 4045 4046 Follow the action on the official website, the Internet Chess Club (Games begin at 7:30 AM EST), chessdom, chessbase and look for reportage from GM Ian Rogers on CLO. |