Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012
Levon Aronian pictured at Tata Steel 2012.
LocationWijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates14–29 January 2012
Competitors42
Winning score9 points of 13
Champion
Armenia Levon Aronian
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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 was the 74th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.[1][2] 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.[3]

74th Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group A, 14–29 January 2012, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XXI (2755)[4]
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)[5]
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)[6]
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


References

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