Corus 2010

I've been slacking off on chess news lately, but there just hasn't been much going on that I found of interest - I don't find the top 10 dude chess stuff interesting, but I should note that the USA won a silver medal the other day in the 2009 World Team Chess Championship. GM Hikaru Nakamura had a stellar performance and won an individual gold medal for his work on Board 1, and GM Onischuk won an individual gold as well for his performance on Board 2. Young Turks Hess and Robson each played two games as reserves and gained vital international experience against some of the world's top chess guns. Congratulations to Team USA for a great performance. The great Corus event has started. Of interest to me are the B and C groups as there are at least some chess femmes playing in them, unlike Group A which is - yawn - made up of the same old male names you see over and over again. It's early days, of course, only Round 1 has been played. IM Anna Muzychuk (SLO 2523) is playing in the B Group and drew her first game, as did several other participants. Muzychuk is the only female playing in the B Group. The C Group boasts a few more chess femmes: IM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR 2447)(she and Anna M. in the B Group are sisters, alas, now playing for different federations); GM Zhaoqin Peng NED 2402); and WGM Soumya Swaminathan (IND 2323). For further information on the Muzychuk sisters: Old interview (2004) with Anna at Chessbase Chessvibes video interview with the sisters at Corus 2010 Article translated from Spanish to English received from Club Ateneo Cacereno de Ajedrez via email, November 10, 2009 Young American GM Ray Robson (USA 2570) is also playing in the C Group, his first invite to this prestigious international invitational. In Round 1, Robson won his game (hurray!); Zhaoqin Peng drew her game; and both M. Muzychuk and S. Swaminathan lost their games.