Corus Wjik Aan Zee 2008 with a strong field

The Corus Wjik Aan Zee 2008 has formed 4 strong tournaments, each with solid field. The A group contains most of the top 20 players, the B and C groups are truly dedicated to yougn rising chess stars, and the Honorary group is promising a show.

Participants Corus 2008 A group

GM Viswanathan Anand IND

GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR

GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS

GM Veselin Topalov BUL

GM Peter Leko HUN

GM Shakhryar Mamedyarov AZE

GM Teymour Radjabov AZE

GM Levon Aronian ARM

GM Boris Gelfand ISR

GM Michael Adams ENG

GM Magnus Carlsen NOR

GM Judit Polgar HUN

GM Pavel Eljanov UKR

GM Loek Van Wely NED

Participants Corus 2008 B group

GM Etienne Bacrot FRA

GM Gabriel Sargissian ARM

GM Ivan Cheparinov BUL

GM Sergey Movsesian SLK

GM Pentala Harikrishna IND

GM Michal Krasenkow POL

GM Nigel Short ENG

GM Daniel Stellwagen NED

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS

GM Koneru Humpy IND

GM Erwin l’Ami NED

GM Jan Smeets NED

WGM Hou Yifan CHI

IM Wouter Spoelman NED

Participants Corus 2008 C group

GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko (Ukraine)

GM Fabiano Caruana (Italy)

GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)

IM Arik Braun (Germany)

GM Parimarjan Negi (India)

GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands)

GM Efstratios Grivas (Greece)

GM John van der Wiel (Netherlands)

WGM Anna Ushenina (Ukraine)

GM Pontus Carlsson (Sweden)

WGM Irina Krush (USA)

GM Zhaoqin Peng (Netherlands)

IM Mark van der Werf (Netherlands)

Dennis Ruijgrok (Netherlands)

Honorary four-event match at Corus 2008

GM Viktor Kortchnoi 2611

GM Lajos Portisch 2530

GM Jan Timman 2559

GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic 2550