Final standings: 1. Anand 8.5; 2. Polgar 8.0; 3. Bareev 7.5; 4-8. Shirov, Van Wely, Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Kramnik 7.0 each; 9-10. Radjabov, Topalov 6.5 each; 11-12. Karpov, Ponomariov 6.0 each; 13. Krasenkow 4.5; 14. Timman 2.5.

• January 26 -- AnandWatch Vol 3 Bulletin #6 -- Anand Wins Corus 2003
• Rediff's article on his win
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• Rediff's article on his win against Shirov
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• Here's Anand's own analysis of his win against Shirov (Game 10)
  [This material is reproduced from the Corus 2003 site only for archiving purposes.]

  Shirov 2723 - Anand 2753
  1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 "I've been preparing this starting yesterday evening. It's a very sharp line and theory is progressing fast." 7...Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5 9.Nf4 Ne7 "This morning, just before I arrived here, I saw this game De Vreugt-Maximenko featuring the next move." 10.Qe2 N7c6 11.0-0-0 Be7 (see diagram) "He thought for almost an hour here." 12.Nfxd5? "This move surprised me, because I had seen 12...exd5 13.f4 d4! is quite strong. I simply didn't see a defense for White." 14.h4 is a good practical try. If 14.fxe5, Bg5 wins the game on the spot, as does 14.Bxd4 Nd3+!" 14...Nd3+ "I looked at 14...Bd3 15.cxd3 Nd7, but I didn't like 16.Ne4 dxe3 17.d4 0-0 18.g5 and he's holding my minor pieces back. Although I'm not saying he's got enough compensation, this was not the way to go." 15.cxd3 h5! "The point is that he can never shed my bishop down." 16.f5 Bh7 17.Bd2 dxc3 18.Bxc3 0-0 19.d4 a5! (see diagram) "The most important move of the game. Now there is nothing he can do, the knight has a nice square on b4." 20.a3 "Still, I don't have to worry about my knight. I can always toss it to b4." 20...Re8 21.Qc4 "For example, 21.d5 Nb4! 22.Qc4 and I start sacing with 22...b5 or 22...Bxc5." 21...Bxh4 "From this point on the extra piece is going to matter." 22.Bd3 hxg4 23.Kb1 Qg5 24.Ka1 Rad8 25.Bb1 Ne7 26.Bxa5 Bxf5 "I was quite relieved to sac the exchange, because now it's basically over." 27.Bxd8 Rxd8 28.Rhf1 g6 29.Qb3 Be6 30.Qxb7 Qd5 "The bishop on b1 can't move anymore." (see picture) 31.Qxd5 Nxd5 32.Rh1 Bf2 33.c6 Rc8 34.Rc1 g3 35.Be4 Nf6 36.Bg2 Bd5 (see diagram) White resigned 0-1
  "I take the tournament one round at a time. Of course I'm delighted with a win like this with Black against such a strong and aggressive player." (see picture)

• Here's Anand's own analysis of his win against Ponomariov (Game 6)
  [This material is reproduced from the Corus 2003 site for archiving purposes.]

  Anand 2753 - Ponomariov 2734 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 Nf6 8.Nc4 b5 9.Ne3 "I was very surprised by this move. It made me think of a similar idea in the Sveshnikov I once had against Kasparov in Las Palmas. Then I also won the e4-pawn and was beaten badly." 9...b4 10.Ncd5 Nxe4 11.a3 (see diagram) 11…bxa3 "11...b3 was forced, because after 12.Rxa3 the rook is very good on a3. Black would be better off if the a-file would still be closed." 12...g6 13.c3 Bd7 "Missing his last chance by playing 13...f5 right away." 14.Nc4 "14.Qf3 looked very promising, until I noticed 14...f5 15.Nxf5 Bxf5 16.g4 Nd4!? White should be winning, but I didn't feel like going into this." 14...Rb8 15.Be3 "Black is just lost; the only problem was to choose which plan to go for." 15...f5 16.Bb6 Rxb6 17.Ncxb6 Bh6 18.Bd3 0-0 19.Bxe4 "19.0-0 was even better; the white-squared bishop is a real buster." 19...fxe4 20.0-0 Be6 21.Rxa6 Qh4 22.Qe2 "I was becoming really careful." 22...Nd8 23.Ra8 Kg7 24.g3 Bg4 25.gxh4 Bxe2 26.Rfa1 g5 27.Nd7 Rf5 28.Rxd8 gxh4 29.Rg8+ Kf7 (see diagram) "This boy doesn't like to resign. I guess after his fifth game with Ivanchuk, he doesn't resign any position anymore." 30.Ra7 Rf3 31.N7f6+ Ke6 32.Re7+ Kf5 33.Ng4 Bd2 34.Nge3+ "If 34...Bxe3 35.Nxe3 Kf6, I would double rooks and trade his, going into some boring endgame." Black resigned. 1-0