Carlsen 7.5/11 joins Kramnik in lead @ Corus Wijk Aan Zee 2010

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen (7.5) scored a fluent victory over Cuban Grandmaster Leinier Perez Dominguez in the eleventh round of the Corus Super Grandmaster Chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. With this win Carlsen moves to the top of the table with Kramnik at 7.5 points. Shirov is close behind at 7.0 points, followed at 6.0 points by Anand, Nakamura, Ivanchuk and Karjakin.
In Group B matches, Parimarjan Negi and Pentala Harikrishna drew with Emil Sutovsky and Ni Hua respectively. Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri following his spectacular win over Wesley So leads the group with 8.0 points from eleven rounds, followed by Erwin L’Ami and Ni Hua at 7.0 points.
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Magnus Carlsen – Leinier Perez Dominguez
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Be2 Na5 14. Qb4 Nac4 15. O-O f6 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qe8 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23. g4 Be4 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 c6 26. Ng5 Bd5 27. e4 Bb3 28. Bc4+ e6 29. Nxe6 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Kh8 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. e6 Rb7 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Rxc6 Qf8 36. Rc8 Re8 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Qf6 Qc8 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qc5 41. Kh4 Qb4 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. e7 Qe1+ 44. Kg5 Qe3+ 45. Qf4 1-0
Wesley So – Anish Giri
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ba3 Kh8 16. Qb2 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. f3 Nxe5 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Kh1 b5 23. Nb3 Qh4 24. Qd2 Rf5 25. Nd4 Rh5 26. h3 Rf8 27. Re3 Rf2 28. Qe1 Qf6 29. Kg1 Rf4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Rh3 Rxh3 32. gxh3 Nf2 33. Qe3 Qg5+ 34. Bg2 Nd1 35. Qc1 Qg3 36. Ne2 Rf1+ 0-1
Parimarjan Negi – Emil Sutovsky
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nc3 b5 15. Kb1 c5 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd6 Nb6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nd5 21. g4 Qf6 22. Ne5 Ba3 23. b3 Qxf2 24. Rh3 Rfd8 25. Rd3 Bb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Qe1 Qxe1 28. Rxe1 Rc8 29. c4 f6 30. cxd5 fxe5 31. dxe6 Rxg4 32. Rxe5 Rg2 33. e7 Re8 34. Rd7 a6 35. Ra7 Kf7 36. b4 Rh2 37. Rxa6 Rxe7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Ra5 Kd6 40. Rc5 Rh4 41. a3 Rh2 42. Kc1 Ra2 43. Ra5 Kc6 44. a4 Kb6 45. Kd1 Rb2 46. Rb5+ Ka6 47. Kc1 Ra2 48. Ra5+ Kb6 49. Kb1 Rh2 50. Rc5 Rh4 51. a5+ Ka6 52. Rc6+ Ka7 53. Rb6 Rxh5 54. Kc2 Rg5 55. Rd6 h5 56. Rd8 h4 57. Rh8 Ka6 58. Kb3 Rg4 59. Ka4 Kb7 60. Rh7 Ka6 61. Rh5 Rc4 62. Rg5 h3 63. Rg6+ Kb7 64. Rxg7+ Rc7 65. a6+ Kb8 66. Rg8+ Ka7 67. Ka5 Rh7 68. b5 Rh5 69. Rg7+ Ka8 70. Rg8+ Ka7 71. Rg7+ Ka8 72. a7 h2 73. Ka6 Rh8 74. b6 h1=Q 75. b7+ Qxb7+ 76. Rxb7 Rg8 77. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2
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