Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 was the 73rd edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.[1] Known until 2010 as the Corus Chess Tournament, it was renamed after Tata Steel, which purchased the Corus Group. It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 15 to 30 January 2011.
| Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 | |
|---|---|
Hikaru Nakamura, pictured at the 2012 event | |
| Location | Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands |
| Dates | 15–30 January 2011 |
| Competitors | 28 |
| Winning score | 9 points of 13 |
| Champion | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | |
The tournament was won by Hikaru Nakamura, his first win in a super-tournament, and the best result by an American chess player since the days of Bobby Fischer.[1][2][3]
73rd Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group A, 15–30 January 2011, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XX (2740)[4] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2751 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9 2880 2 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2814 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½ 2844 3 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2814 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8 51.00 2821 4 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2805 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8 48.75 2822 5 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2784 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 45.25 2793 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2715 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 44.50 2799 7 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2686 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 42.50 2744 8 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2744 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 39.50 2740 9 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2733 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 6 38.25 2711 10 Wang Hao (China) 2731 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 6 35.75 2712 11 Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2773 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 4½ 28.75 2627 12 Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands) 2628 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 28.00 2638 13 Jan Smeets (Netherlands) 2662 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 4½ 26.25 2636 14 Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2722 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 4 2600
73rd Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group B, 15–30 January 2011, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVII (2659)[5] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 GM Luke McShane (England) 2664 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8½ 52.25 2768 2 GM David Navara (Czech Republic) 2708 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 50.25 2765 3 GM Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) 2701 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 2743 4 GM Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2664 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 7½ 47.75 2715 5 GM Wesley So (Philippines) 2673 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ 47.00 2715 6 GM Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia) 2667 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 45.75 2715 7 GM Vladislav Tkachiev (France) 2636 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 2690 8 GM Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) 2726 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 2654 9 GM Li Chao (China) 2649 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 6 38.25 2631 10 GM Laurent Fressinet (France) 2707 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 6 37.00 2626 11 GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India) 2651 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 5½ 2602 12 GM Wouter Spoelman (Netherlands) 2547 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 5 2580 13 GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway) 2647 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 4 2519 14 GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands) 2584 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 3½ 2490
73rd Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group C, 15–30 January 2011, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XI (2507)[6] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 GM Daniele Vocaturo (Italy) 2570 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 2643 2 IM Illia Nyzhnyk (Ukraine) 2530 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ 2615 3 GM Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine) 2518 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 8 2593 4 GM Ivan Ivanišević (Serbia) 2630 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ 48.75 2555 5 GM Dariusz Świercz (Poland) 2540 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7½ 46.75 2562 6 GM Mark Bluvshtein (Canada) 2590 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 7½ 46.25 2558 7 GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazakhstan) 2637 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 7 2526 8 IM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands) 2453 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 6½ 41.25 2511 9 IM Tania Sachdev (India) 2391 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 30.50 2516 10 GM Sebastian Siebrecht (Germany) 2439 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 5½ 2455 11 IM Mark van der Werf (Netherlands) 2439 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 5 2425 12 IM Robin van Kampen (Netherlands) 2443 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 4½ 2402 13 IM Roeland Pruijssers (Netherlands) 2484 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 25.00 2368 14 IM Jan Willem de Jong (Netherlands) 2437 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 4 23.25 2372
External links
References
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- Emmett (SonofPearl), Ryan (2011-01-30). "Nakamura Wins Tata Steel 2011". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- McClain, Dylan Loeb (2011-02-06). "A Victory to Remember for a Young American". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
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