Corus 2008 Final Round Results

Group "A": Polgar, Judit - Aronian, Levon ½-½ (10th place, 6.0. Winners finished 8.0) Aronian shares the win with 17 year old Magnus Carlsen (but actually he was ranked below Aronian). Group "B": Koneru, Humpy - Movsesian, Sergei ½-½ (11th place, 5.5) Krasenkow, Michal - Hou Yifan ½-½ (9th place, 6.0) Movsesian clearly outclassed the rest of the field, winning with 9.5, 1 full point ahead of the next finisher, GM Nigel Short (astonishing - I thought he was all washed up. Just goes to show you, darlings...) A good finish for Hou; I expected more from Koneru. With five players rated above her, she should have done better. Group "C": Braun, Arik - Ushenina, Anna 1-0 (13th place, 4.5) Grivas, Efstratios - Peng Zhaoqin 1-0 (12th place, 4.5) Ruijgrok, Dennis - Krush, Irina 0-1 (5th place, 7.0) Caruana finishes with an outstanding 10.0/13 and shows he's no flash in the pan. Watch out, Carlsen, he's gunning for you... Kudos to Krush, an excellent finish with 7.0/13 and some scalps under her belt.