Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 | |
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Levon Aronian pictured at Tata Steel 2012. | |
Location | Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands |
Dates | 14–29 January 2012 |
Competitors | 42 |
Winning score | 9 points of 13 |
Champion | |
Levon Aronian | |
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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 was the 74th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Previously known as the Corus Chess Tournament, it was renamed after Tata Steel, which purchased the Corus Group. It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 14 to 29 January 2012.
The tournament was won by Levon Aronian for the third time. Aronian finished on 9/13.
74th Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group A, 14–29 January 2012, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XXI (2755) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2805 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 9 2892 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2835 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8 50.25 2835 3 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2773 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 49.50 2840 4 Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2732 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8 47.50 2843 5 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2763 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 46.25 2811 6 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2759 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 44.75 2811 7 Gata Kamsky (United States) 2732 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 7 2785 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2766 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2753 9 Loek van Wely (Netherlands) 2692 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2702 10 Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2739 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 5 31.50 2669 11 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2770 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 5 30.50 2666 12 Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan) 2761 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 5 29.00 2667 13 David Navara (Czech Republic) 2712 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 4½ 29.50 2648 14 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2714 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ Does not appear 4½ 28.75 2648
74th Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group B, 14–29 January 2012, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XV (2603) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 GM Pentala Harikrishna (India) 2665 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 9 2739 2 GM Alexander Motylev (Russia) 2677 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8½ 52.25 2707 3 GM Lázaro Bruzón (Cuba) 2691 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 47.75 2706 4 GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands) 2596 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 8 48.00 2690 5 GM Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands) 2677 ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 8 46.75 2684 6 GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands) 2581 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ 46.00 2661 7 GM Illia Nyzhnyk (Ukraine) 2568 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 43.00 2662 8 GM Vladimir Potkin (Russia) 2684 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2596 9 GM Jan Timman (Netherlands) 2571 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2576 10 GM Sipke Ernst (Netherlands) 2606 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 Does not appear 0 0 0 ½ 5 2515 11 GM Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine) 2557 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 4½ 25.25 2496 12 GM Daniele Vocaturo (Italy) 2545 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 4½ 23.25 2497 13 GM Viktorija Čmilytė (Lithuania) 2503 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 4 2469 14 GM Harika Dronavalli (India) 2516 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3½ 2434
74th Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group C, 14–29 January 2012, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. IX (2454) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 GM Maxim Turov (Russia) 2645 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½ 2690 2 GM Hans Tikkanen (Sweden) 2549 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 10 2658 3 GM Daan Brandenburg (Netherlands) 2527 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8½ 49.75 2558 4 GM Adhiban Baskaran (India) 2561 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8½ 48.75 2556 5 IM Sahaj Grover (India) 2532 ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 7 41.25 2477 6 GM Matthew Sadler (England) 2660 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 40.75 2467 7 IM Elisabeth Pähtz (Germany) 2454 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 39.00 2483 8 IM Tania Sachdev (India) 2411 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6 2428 9 GM Elina Danielian (Armenia) 2490 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 0 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2394 10 FM Etienne Goudriaan (Netherlands) 2279 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2380 11 Lars Ootes (Netherlands) 2326 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 Does not appear 1 0 0 4½ 2354 12 Pieter Hopman (Netherlands) 2342 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 0 1 4 26.00 2322 13 WIM Lisa Schut (Netherlands) 2290 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 4 18.25 2326 14 WIM Anne Haast (Netherlands) 2290 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 Does not appear 3½ 2292
External links
References
- "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- Shabazz, Daaim (2012-01-12). "2012 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)". The Chess Drum. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- Emmett (SonofPearl), Ryan (2012-01-29). "Lev Aronian Wins Tata Steel 2012". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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