Corus Chess 2008 - Interesting stats!

Corus Chess 2008 - Summary!

Interesting stats!

Group A

Undefeated - V. Ivanchuk
Most draws - 12 (only 1 result) - V. Ivanchuk
Most results - 7 - M. Carlsen, V. Topalov & P. Eljanov
Most wins - 5 - M. Carlsen
Most losses - 5 - P. Eljanov


Group B

Undefeated - S. Movsesian & E. Bacrot
Most draws - 9 - H. Koneru, P. Harikrishna & E. Bacrot
Most results - 11 (2 draws) - W. Spoelman
Most wins - 6 - S. Movsesian
Most losses - 8 - W. Spoelman


Group C

Undefeated - n/a
Most draws - 8 - D. Reinderman
Most results - 12 (just 1 draw!!!) - A. Ushenina
Most wins - 9 - F. Caruana

Most losses - 9 - D. Ruijgrok

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Aronian! & Carlsen!!, Corus Chess 2008 winners

Great last round action.

Aronian! & Carlsen!! won the Corus chess tournament 2008!

In the last round, both winners had a hard fought draw against their opponents had a draw, and remained at 1st place!

Kramnik held Anand to a draw, so Anand's dreams to win this Corus tournament again in 2008 remained unfullfilled. With the result he had to content with 2nd place along with Rajbadov! who defeated him in the 1st round.

Here is the game!

Group A standings
1. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 8
3. T. Radjabov, V. Anand 7½

Group B standings
1. S. Movsesian 9½
2. E. Bacrot, N. Short 8½
4. P. Harikrishna 7½

Group C standings
1. F. Caruana 10
2. P. Negi, D. Reinderman 8
(In the last round, the young Indian prodigy Negi, with Black, lost to Caruana!)

In all, Corus 2008 had been an excellent show, with a lot of great game action!!!

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