| 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 | |
| ← 20102012 → | |
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 was the 73rd edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. 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.
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.
73rd Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group A, 15–30 January 2011, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XX (2740) 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 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½ 2844 3 
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2814 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8 51.00 2821 4 
Levon Aronian (Armenia)2805 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8 48.75 2822 5 
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2784 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 45.25 2793 6 
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2715 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 44.50 2799 7 
Anish Giri (Netherlands)2686 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 42.50 2744 8 
Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2744 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½ 39.50 2740 9 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2733 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 6 38.25 2711 10 
Wang Hao (China)2731 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ 6 35.75 2712 11 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2773 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 0 4½ 28.75 2627 12 Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)2628 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 4½ 28.00 2638 13 Jan Smeets (Netherlands)2662 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 4½ 26.25 2636 14 
Alexei Shirov (Spain)2722 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 Does not appear 4 2600
73rd Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group B, 15–30 January 2011, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVII (2659) 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 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8½ 50.25 2765 3 GM Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine)2701 1 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 2743 4 
GM Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2664 1 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 7½ 47.75 2715 5 
GM Wesley So (Philippines)2673 0 1 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ 47.00 2715 6 GM Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia)2667 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 45.75 2715 7 GM Vladislav Tkachiev (France)2636 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 2690 8 
GM Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)2726 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 2654 9 GM Li Chao (China)2649 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 Does not appear 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 6 38.25 2631 10 GM Laurent Fressinet (France)2707 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 Does not appear 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 Does not appear 1 1 1 5½ 2602 12 GM Wouter Spoelman (Netherlands)2547 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 Does not appear 0 1 5 2580 13 GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)2647 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 Does not appear ½ 4 2519 14 GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)2584 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear 3½ 2490
73rd Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group C, 15–30 January 2011, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XI (2507) 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 Does not appear ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 2643 2 IM Illia Nyzhnyk (Ukraine)2530 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ 2615 3 GM Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine)2518 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 8 2593 4 
GM Ivan Ivanišević (Serbia)2630 1 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ 48.75 2555 5 GM Dariusz Świercz (Poland)2540 1 1 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7½ 46.75 2562 6 
GM Mark Bluvshtein (Canada)2590 0 ½ ½ 1 1 Does not appear 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 7½ 46.25 2558 7 
GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazakhstan)2637 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 Does not appear 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 7 2526 8 IM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)2453 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 6½ 41.25 2511 9 IM Tania Sachdev (India)2391 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ Does not appear 0 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 30.50 2516 10 
GM Sebastian Siebrecht (Germany)2439 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 Does not appear 1 1 ½ 0 5½ 2455 11 IM Mark van der Werf (Netherlands)2439 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 Does not appear 0 1 0 5 2425 12 IM Robin van Kampen (Netherlands)2443 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ 1 4½ 2402 13 IM Roeland Pruijssers (Netherlands)2484 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 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 Does not appear 4 23.25 2372
External links
References
- ^ "73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- 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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| Tata Steel Chess Tournament | |
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| Hoogovens Beverwijk | |
| Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee | |
| Corus | |
| Tata Steel | |