Corus Round 1 Results

General comments
FIDE rated players #2 through #9 are all participating (Kasparov is not there because of the aborted World Championship match with Kasimdzhanov), which makes this year's Wijk aan Zee tournament category 19, weighing in at a 2721 average rating.

Results
A. Grischuk - V. Anand ½-½
N. Short - M. Adams ½-½
A. Morozevich - L. van Wely ½-½
L. Bruzon - V. Kramnik ½-½
V. Topalov - R. Ponomariov 1-0
J. Polgar - P. Svidler 1-0
I. Sokolov - P. Leko ½-½

Leaders
Topalov, Polgar - 1

Topalov-Ponomariov
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 Qb7 14. N1e2 O-O 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. Bc1 d6 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Qd3 a5 20. a3 Bc5 21. a4 Be8 22. Bb2 Bb4 23. Na2 Bc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nec3 Bc6 26. Rhe1 Qb6 27. f4 Kh8 28. Re2 Rg8 29. g3 Rbd8 30. Qc4 Rd7 31. Red2 Bb7 32. Qe2 Qc6 33. Qh5 Qb6 34. Qh4 Qd8 35. f5 exf5 36. exf5 Rg5 37. Qf4 Re7 38. Nd5 Re5 39. g4 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Qe7 42. Qf3 Qe1+ 43. Rd1 Qh4 44. h3 h5 45. Nc3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Rxg4 47. Nd5 Kg7 48. Rh1 Rg3 49. Qd1 Qd4 50. Qxd4 Bxd4 51. Kc1 Rg5 52. Rf1 Rg2 53. c3 Be5 54. Rd1 Kf8 55. Rd2 Rg1+ 56. Kc2 Ke8 57. b4 Kd7 58. bxa5 Kc8 59. Nb4 Rg5 60. Rd5 Rxf5 61. Rb5 Rf2+ 62. Kb3 Rf3 63. Nd5 Rd3 64. Kc4 1-0

Polgar-Svidler
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12.g3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. d3 Qh3 15. Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. dxe4 Qxe4 21. Bc2 Qe7 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Be6 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Be4 Bxa2 27. Bb6 Bb3 28. Rd4 c5 29. Bxc5 Qe6 30. c4 1-0