Corus 2008 12th Round Results

Last game tomorrow! Group "A": Adams, Michael - Polgar, Judit 0-1 (11th place, 5.5, 2 pts. behind the leaders) Judit wins with black against Mickey Adams!!!! Group "B": Hou Yifan - Cheparinov, Ivan ½-½ (9th place, 5.5, way to go girl!) Hou is picking up her game. Will she win tomorrow? Spoelman, Wouter - Koneru, Humpy 1-0 (11th place, 5.0) Oh, Humpy - how could you lose to this dude? Both chess femmes are way the hell off the pace; Movsesian, the leader, has 9 points, with 1 game to go. Group "C": Krush, Irina - Van der Wiel, John 1-0 (6th place, 6.0, a respectable showing, if she doesn't blow it tomorrow) Ushenina, Anna - Carlsson, Pontus 0-1 (13th place, 4.5) Ushenina loses to Pontus Carlsson? Oh Anna! Peng Zhaoqin - Reinderman, Dimitri ½-½ (12th place, 4.5)

Corus 2008 11th Round Results

Group "A": Polgar, Judit - Eljanov, Pavel 0-1 (11th place, 4.5) Ohmygoddess - Judit losing behind the white pieces? She is really off her game this tournament. Group "B": Koneru, Humpy - Stellwagen, Daniël ½-½ (8th place, 5.0) Sargissian, Gabriel - Hou Yifan 0-1 (9th place, 5.0) Hou Yifan is showing some bite - a nice victory behind the black pieces! Group "C": Caruana, Fabiano - Ushenina, Anna 1-0 (12th place, 4.5) Van der Werf, Mark - Krush, Irina ½-½ (10th place, 5.0) Ruijgrok, Dennis - Peng Zhaoqin 0-1 (13th place, 4.0)

Corus 2008 10th Round Results

We're getting down to the end - only three more games to go. The chess femmes have not been able to make any definitive moves forward. Group "A": Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Polgar, Judit ½-½ (11th place, 4.5) Group "B": Hou Yifan - Koneru, Humpy ½-½ (11th place, 4.0; 9th place, 4.5) Group "C": Krush, Irina - Braun, Arik 1-0 (10th place, 4.5) Ushenina, Anna - Grivas, Efstratios 1-0 (12th place, 4.5) Peng Zhaoqin - Van der Werf, Mark ½-½ (13th place, 3.0)