Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 was the 86th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee from 13–28 January 2024.[1] The competition followed a similar format to the previous year's edition, taking place at the Dorpshuis De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, while round 9 of the Masters section was played at the AFAS Circustheater in The Hague, Netherlands as part of the competition's "Chess on Tour" event.[2]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024
 
Masters Champion
Challengers Champion
 
  Wei Yi Leon Luke Mendonca
 
8½/13Scores9½/13
  Born 2 June 1999
24 years old
Born 13 March 2006
17 years old

The Masters section was won by China's Wei Yi, who defeated India's Gukesh D by a score of 1.5–0.5 in the finals of a four-player knockout tournament tiebreak.[3][4] India's Leon Luke Mendonca won the Challengers' section, earning a spot in the 2025 Tata Steel Masters event.[5] Both the Masters and Challengers sections were eligible for the 2024 FIDE Circuit.

The event witnessed a four-way tie for first place for the first time since 1989, between the defending champion Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Gukesh D and eventual champion Wei Yi.[6]

Organization

The tournament was a fourteen-player, single round-robin tournament, meaning there are 13 rounds with each player facing the others once.

The field of 14 players in the Masters section included the defending champion Anish Giri,[7] and both the defending World Chess Champion and Women's World Chess Champion, Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun, with Ding playing his first international event since May 2023 after taking a hiatus from professional chess due to illness.[8] Notably, world number one and former World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen did not play at the event for the first time since 2014; Tournament Director Jeroen van den Berg said that Carlsen's absence was due to "scheduling conflicts".[9]

Regulations

The time control was 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for all remaining moves, plus a 30 second increment per move from move 1. Players got 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.[2]

Tiebreaks for the first place were addressed as follows:[10]

  • Players would play two blitz chess games at 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. If a three or five-way tie had occurred, a single round-robin would be played. As four players were tied, a single elimination tournament was played.
  • Two players still tied for first after the blitz chess games would play a "sudden death" game with white receiving 2½ minutes while black receives 3 minutes plus both players would gain 2 seconds per move. A drawing of lots determined which player had white. If the game had been drawn, the players would have switched colors and played again with that colour for the next two games, and then repeated this process until a decisive result was obtained.

Standings

Masters

86th Tata Steel Masters, 12–28 January 2024, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XIX (2712)[11]
PlayerRating1234567891011121314TotalTBSBH2HTPR
1 Wei Yi (China)2740Does not appear0½½01½1½11½1132820
2 Gukesh D (India)27251Does not appear0½½½½10½11112821
3 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2749½1Does not appear0½½½½½111½112819
4 Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan)2727½½1Does not appear½0½0½11111½2821
5 Alireza Firouzja (France)27591½½½Does not appear0½110011½48.502765
6 Vidit Gujrathi (India)27420½½11Does not appear½½½½½½1½47.752767
7 R Praggnanandhaa (India)2743½½½½½½Does not appear½11½½½½47.002767
8 Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)276900½10½½Does not appear1½½½½12708
9 Ding Liren (China)2780½1½½0½00Does not appear½½½½162678
10 Ju Wenjun (China)25490½001½0½½Does not appear½0½½28.252614
11 Alexander Donchenko (Germany)264300001½½½½½Does not appear½½028.002607
12 Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)2682½0000½½½½1½Does not appear½027.002604
13 Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran)274000½000½½½½½½Does not appear125.002600
14 Max Warmerdam (Netherlands)26250000½½½00½110Does not appear42578

Tiebreaks

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Nodirbek Abdusattorov ½
4 Wei Yi
Wei Yi
Gukesh D ½
2 Gukesh D 2
3 Anish Giri 1

Challengers

2024 Tata Steel Challengers, 12–28 January 2024, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XIII (2569)[12]
PlayerRating1234567891011121314TotalSBBlackTPR
1 GM Leon Luke Mendonca (India)2611Does not appear½½011½10111112741
2 GM Daniel Dardha (Belgium)2602½Does not appear1½½1½½1½1½½1955.502708
3 GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)2572½0Does not appear½01111½½111950.252710
4 GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)26271½½Does not appear½½½0½1½11149.752675
5 GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine)26630½1½Does not appear01½½½111147.752672
6 GM Salem Saleh (UAE)2630000½1Does not appear½½110111
7 GM Hans Niemann (United States)2692½½0½0½Does not appear½11½110741.25
8 GM Jaime Santos Latasa (Spain)26150½01½½½Does not appear½½1011739.50
9 GM Liam Vrolijk (Netherlands)2566100½½00½Does not appear½10½132.50
10 GM Harika Dronavalli (India)25000½½0½00½½Does not appear½½1128.75
11 GM Mustafa Yılmaz (Turkey)266500½½01½00½Does not appear1105
12 IM Divya Deshmukh (India)24200½0000011½0Does not appear½1
13 IM Stefan Beukema (Belgium)24270½000000½00½Does not appear1
14 IM Eline Roebers (Netherlands)23810000001000100Does not appear2

Results by round

The pairings for both the Masters[13][14] and Challengers[15][16] section were announced before the start of the tournament. First named player is white. 1–0 indicates a white win, 0–1 indicates a black win, and ½–½ indicates a draw. Numbers in parentheses show players' scores prior to the round. Final column indicates opening played, sourced from The Week in Chess.[1]

Rounds 1–13 for both sections began at 14:00 local time (CET), which is 13:00 UTC. The final round began at 12:00 CET, which is 11:00 UTC.[17]

Masters

Points by round

This table shows the total number of wins minus the total number of losses each player has after each round. '=' indicates the player has won and lost the same number of games after that round. Green backgrounds indicate the player(s) with the highest score after each round. Red backgrounds indicate player(s) who could no longer win the tournament after each round.[lower-alpha 1]

Rank Player Rounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1  Wei Yi (CHN) +1 = = +1 +1 = = = +1 +1 +2 +3 +4
2  Gukesh D (IND) = +1 = –1 = +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4
3  Anish Giri (NED) +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4
4  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) = = +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +2 +3 +4 +3 +4
5  Alireza Firouzja (FRA) +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2
6  Vidit Gujrathi (IND) = = = = = = +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +2
7  R Praggnanandhaa (IND) = = = +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
8  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) +1 +1 +1 +1 = = = +1 = +1 +1 = =
9  Ding Liren (CHN) = = +1 = = = = –1 –1 –2 –2 –1 –1
10  Ju Wenjun (CHN) –1 –1 –2 –2 –1 –1 –1 –1 –2 –2 –3 –4 –4
11  Alexander Donchenko (GER) –1 –1 –2 –2 –2 –3 –3 –3 –2 –3 –3 –3 –4
12  Jorden van Foreest (NED) –1 –2 –1 –1 –1 –2 –2 –2 –3 –3 –3 –4 –4
13  Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) = –1 –2 –3 –3 –3 –3 –3 –2 –2 –3 –3 –4
14  Max Warmerdam (NED) –1 = = = = +1 = = –1 –2 –3 –4 –5

Challengers

References

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Notes

  1. Players are marked in red if there is no permutation of remaining results that allows them to catch up the tournament leader(s) after remaining rounds.
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