 Karjakin At Corus
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In the absence of the "big three" of Anand, Topalov and Kramnik, the young guns are making their move at the Corus 'A' Group, with Ukrainian teenage ace Sergey Karjakin retaining the sole lead on 4/6.
Karjakin, who still holds the record for being the youngest-ever grandmaster, did dodge a bullet though in round six as he somehow held on for a draw against young Norwegian Magnus Carlsen - a crucial save that keeps him a half a point clear of a determined chasing pack that includes Radjabov, Smeets, Dominguez, Aronian and Movsesian.
Anything can happen now at Corus with the chase being so tight at the top. And ICC Chess.FM has unrivaled coverage throughout, with Mig Greengard being joined each day by the usual GM team of Joel Benjamin, Larry Christiansen, Nick De Firmian, John Federowicz, Ronen Har-Zvi and Gregory Kaidanov. And after our live coverage, there's GOTD with our GM commentator selecting the best game annotated on video from each round - Click here to check it out now.
Also direct from the press room at Corus Wijk aan Zee, reporting for Chess.FM will be American Chess Journalist of the Year, Macauley Peterson, who will be giving us his video spin of all the action that can be found at the Chess.FM Blog.
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The main Corus website also includes reports from the A, B and C groups and an amazing, not-to-be missed picture gallery from ace photographer Fred Lucas (www.fredlucas.eu).
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Tuesdays: Chess Talk with
IM John Watson
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In 2008, some of the top GM guests who have appeared on Chess Talk with IM John Watson included Joel Benjamin, Simen Agdestein, Fabiano Caruana, Lev Alburt, Gregory Kaidanov, Genna Sosonko, Varuzhan Akobian, Nigel Short, Peter Heine Nielsen, Yuri Shulman and Jan Gustafsson.
And in 2009, John's weekly 60+min show will have many more leading chess personalities to interview. And all shows run on demand for members after airing, so as an ICC member you have a whole video vault of interviews you can listen to going back to 2007.
This week (Tue., Jan 20), joining IM John Watson on a special Corus Chess Talk will be Loek van Wely, one of Holland's top grandmasters who plays at ICC as KingLoek.
Loek, now a perennial Corus A group invitee, eclipsed Jan Timman as his countries top player in the mid-1990's, his high-point coming when he reached the final eight in the 1998 FIDE World Championship. He is a six-time national champion and also led the Dutch team to a surprise victory at the 2005 European Team Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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