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The Corus Chess Tournament 2008 was the 70th edition of the Corus Chess Tournament.

It took place in the De Moriaan Community Centre in Wijk aan Zee in January 2008. The format of each of the three Grandmaster groups remained a 14 player single round robin. The participants in group A included eight of the world's top ten players (country, October 2007 rating and rank in brackets): Viswanathan Anand (India, 2801, 1), Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 2787, 2), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2785, 3), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, 2769, 4), Peter Leko (Hungary, 2755, 5=), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 2752, 7), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2742, 8) and Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2741, 9). The remaining players were Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2736, 11), Michael Adams (England, 2729, 13), Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2714, 16=), Judit Polgár (Hungary, 2708, 20), Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine, 2691, 26) and Loek van Wely (Netherlands, 2679, 31). The average rating of 2742 made it a Category 20 tournament. The only top ten players not participating were Alexander Morozevich (Russia, 2755, 5=) and Alexei Shirov (Spain, 2739, 10).

The tournament was won by Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen (both scoring 8 out of 13).

Grandmaster group B was won by Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia with 9½ points, and group C by Italy's Fabiano Caruana with 10, two points ahead of his nearest rival. The Honorary group, a new category consisting of four former A group champions playing a double round robin, was won by Ljubomir Ljubojević with 4 points out of 6, ahead of Jan Timman, Viktor Korchnoi and Lajos Portisch.

The tournament was also notable for the "handshake incident", in which Nigel Short was awarded a win by forfeit after his opponent, Ivan Cheparinov, refused to shake his hand.

70th Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group A, 12–27 January 2008, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XX (2742)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2739		½	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	1	1	8	50.00	2830
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2733	½		0	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	8	48.50	2830
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2799	½	1	Does not appear	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	7½	48.00	2795
4	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2735	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7½	46.50	2800
5	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2753	½	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	7	46.00	2770
6	Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2751	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	7	44.50	2771
7	Michael Adams (England)	2726	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	6½	41.75	2744
8	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2799	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	½	½	6½	41.75	2738
9	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2780	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	0	0	1	6	39.00	2710
10	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2707	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	6	38.00	2716
11	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2760	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	6	37.50	2712
12	Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)	2692	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	1	1	½	Does not appear	½	0	5	32.00	2659
13	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2681	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	5	31.75	2660
14	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2737	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	5	31.75	2656

70th Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group B, 12–27 January 2008, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XV (2618)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia)	2677	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	9½		2789
2	GM Nigel Short (England)	2645	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	8½	52.50	2726
3	GM Étienne Bacrot (France)	2700	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	8½	51.75	2722
4	GM Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2664	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	7½		2672
5	GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2600	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	7		2648
6	GM Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria)	2713	½	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	0	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	6½		2611
7	GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2581	0	0	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	½	0	0	6	38.00	2592
8	GM Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2573	0	0	0	1	1	1	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	½	½	0	6	37.50	2593
9	WGM Hou Yifan (China)	2527	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	6	36.50	2596
10	GM Daniël Stellwagen (Netherlands)	2625	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	6	35.50	2589
11	GM Humpy Koneru (India)	2612	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	5½		2562
12	GM Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia)	2676	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	5	31.75	2527
13	GM Michał Krasenkow (Poland)	2636	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	5	28.25	2530
14	IM Wouter Spoelman (Netherlands)	2424	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	1	0	0	Does not appear	4		2492

70th Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group C, 12–27 January 2008, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. X (2494)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2598	Does not appear	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	10		2696
2	GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands)	2533	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	8	48.00	2577
3	GM Parimarjan Negi (India)	2526	0	½	Does not appear	0	1	0	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	8	44.25	2578
4	GM Pontus Carlsson (Sweden)	2501	0	0	1	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	7½		2550
5	WGM Irina Krush (United States)	2473	1	½	0	1	Does not appear	1	1	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	7	45.25	2524
6	IM Arik Braun (Germany)	2536	0	½	1	0	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	0	1	1	½	7	42.00	2519
7	GM John van der Wiel (Netherlands)	2490	0	½	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	7	41.25	2523
8	GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)	2578	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	Does not appear	0	1	½	½	1	1	7	40.75	2516
9	IM Mark van der Werf (Netherlands)	2389	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	Does not appear	1	1	½	0	½	6½		2502
10	GM Li Shilong (China)	2502	1	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	6	38.00	2464
11	GM Efstratios Grivas (Greece)	2509	½	½	0	½	1	1	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	0	1	6	36.75	2463
12	GM Peng Zhaoqin (Netherlands)	2461	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	0	1	4½	26.50	2386
13	WGM Anna Ushenina (Ukraine)	2484	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	Does not appear	1	4½	22.50	2384
14	Dennis Ruijgrok (Netherlands)	2329	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	Does not appear	2		2210

70th Corus Chess, honorary group, 12–27 January 2008, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIII (2560)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	Total	SB	TPR
1	Ljubomir Ljubojević (Serbia)	2565	Does not appear	0 1	½ 1	½ 1	4		2683
2	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2559	1 0	Does not appear	½ 1	½ 0	3	9.50	2560
3	Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)	2545	½ 0	½ 0	Does not appear	1 1	3	7.50	2565
4	Lajos Portisch (Hungary)	2570	½ 0	½ 1	0 0	Does not appear	2		2431

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