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Chess tournament 2018
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018
Carlsen in 2018
LocationWijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates13–28 January 2018
Competitors28
Winning score9 points of 13
Champion
Norway Magnus Carlsen (Masters)
India Vidit Gujrathi (Challengers)
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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018 was the 80th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee (with away days in Hilversum and Groningen) from 13 to 28 January 2018. The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen.

Carlsen's won the event for a record sixth time, ahead of Viswanathan Anand, who has won five times. It was also the first Tata Steel event to be decided by tiebreak. Both Carlsen and Anish Giri finished on 9/13, but Carlsen won the tiebreak after winning the first blitz game, and drawing the second. Carlsen had not lost a tiebreak since 2007.

80th Tata Steel Masters, 13–28 January 2018, Wijk aan Zee — Groningen — Hilversum, Netherlands, Category XX (2750)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total TB SB TPR
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2834 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 1½ 2885
2  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2752 ½ Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 ½ 2891
3  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2787 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8½ 49.50 2857
4  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2804 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 48.00 2856
5  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2767 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 46.00 2836
6  Wesley So (United States) 2792 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8 45.25 2834
7  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2753 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½ 2807
8  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2768 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2720
9  Wei Yi (China) 2743 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2694
10  Gawain Jones (England) 2640 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 29.50 2672
11  Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2811 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 5 28.00 2659
12  Maxim Matlakov (Russia) 2718 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 5 27.00 2666
13  Adhiban Baskaran (India) 2655 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3½ 2583
14  Hou Yifan (China) 2680 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear 2½ 2505
2018 Tata Steel Challengers, 13–28 January 2018, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XV (2612)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB Black TPR
1  GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India) 2718 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 2745
2  GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine) 2652 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8 2696
3  GM Jeffery Xiong (United States) 2634 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½ 47.75 2667
4  GM Bassem Amin (Egypt) 2693 0 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7½ 46.75 2663
5  GM Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) 2629 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 45.50 2668
6  GM Dmitry Gordievsky (Russia) 2622 0 1 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 45.00 2668
7  GM Matthias Blübaum (Germany) 2640 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 6½ 2610
8  GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands) 2634 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 38.75 2581
9  GM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands) 2607 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 37.50 7 2583
10  GM Aryan Tari (Norway) 2599 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 0 ½ ½ 1 6 37.50 6 2584
11  IM Lucas van Foreest (Netherlands) 2481 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 5½ 33.75 2565
12  GM Michał Krasenkow (Poland) 2671 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 5½ 32.50 2550
13  GM Harika Dronavalli (India) 2497 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 5 2534
14  WGM Olga Girya (Russia) 2489 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ Does not appear 3½ 2446

External links

References

  1. ^ "80th Tata Steel Masters 2018 | The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (2018-01-29). "Carlsen Beats Giri In Playoff, Wins Tata Steel Chess". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
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  4. "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  5. "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Archived from the original on 2024-01-13. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
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