Caruana at Corus

Continuing with our look at TWIC's coverage (from Mark Crowther's The Week in Chess) of Fabiano Caruana's career, I covered his early steps in Caruana's TWIC Debut (April 2018), and his next steps in Caruana's Rise to GM (ditto). I ended that last post with:-

The GM title helped Caruana gain invitations to the next level of tournaments. In January 2008, he would play in Wijk aan Zee (Corus 'C') for the first time.

The following composite image shows GM Caruana's performance at Wijk aan Zee in 2008, 2009, and 2010. He won the C-event easily in 2008, won the B-event with considerable luck in 2009, and finished +1-3=9 at the A-event in 2010, three points behind winner Magnus Carlsen.

Source: TWIC 690, 742, 795

For the corresponding reports from Chessbase.com, see:-

• 2008-01-27: Wijk R13: Aronian, Carlsen win Wijk aan Zee 2008
• 2009-02-01: Wijk R13: Sergey Karjakin wins Wijk aan Zee 2009
• 2010-01-31: Magnus Carlsen wins Wijk aan Zee 2010

Between the 2009 and 2010 Corus tournaments, there was another significant event: the 2009 World Cup.