Tata Steel Chess Tournament

Tata Steel Tournament 2013, playing hall

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament, formerly called the Corus chess tournament, takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It was called the Hoogovens tournament until 1999 after which the Dutch sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel plc to form the Corus Group, which became Tata Steel Europe in 2007.

From 1938 to 1967, the tournament took place in Beverwijk. The series has been numbered sequentially from its Hoogovens beginnings and hence, the 2011 event was referred to as the 73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament on the official website.^[1]^[2]

Very strong chess players compete in the prestigious tournament, but regular club players are welcome to play as well. The top "A" section pits 14 of the world's best against each other in a round-robin tournament. Since 1938, there has been a long list of famous winners, including: Max Euwe, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres, Efim Geller, Lajos Portisch, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Viktor Korchnoi, Jan Timman, Anatoly Karpov, Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Magnus Carlsen, and Hikaru Nakamura. In fact, of the "Classical" world chess champions since World War II, only the names of Vasily Smyslov and Bobby Fischer are missing. In 2001, nine of the top ten players in the world participated.

Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen are the only players to have won five titles of the Hoogovens/Corus/Tata Steel chess tournament in its long history, though three of Anand's wins and one of Carlsen's wins were shared. Anand also holds the record of most consecutive games played at this tournament without a loss (70 – from 1998 to 2004). Max Euwe, Lajos Portisch, Viktor Korchnoi, and Levon Aronian have won four times each at Beverwijk and Wijk aan Zee respectively.

Tournament history

Hoogovens Beverwijk

The early tournaments were very small, starting with groups of four in 1938, and entry restricted to Dutch players. The first five tournaments continued this way, with the contest held annually early in January. In 1943 and 1944 the tournament field was doubled in size to eight players. No tournament was held in 1945 due to World War II. The first international tournament was held in 1946. The main tournament field was expanded to ten, with invitations to Alberic O'Kelly de Galway (Belgium) and Gösta Stoltz (Sweden) along with a Dutch contingent of eight.

The tournament field remained at ten until 1953 when it was increased to twelve, and an international women's tournament was also held. In 1954 the tournament field was returned to ten players, but the strength of the competitions increased. The field was greatly enlarged to 18 in 1963, and although it reduced to 16 in 1964, the event had become the strongest international chess tournament in the world (Golombek 1977, p. 143).

As the tournament grew in stature, the ancillary women's tournament became a regular feature, as did a 'Masters' event and 'Masters Reserves' events. There also began a tradition to operate a year on year invitation policy that resembled the system used in football 'league tables'; the winner of a lesser category event would receive an invitation to the next higher event the following year.

The 1946 tournament was one of the first European international chess tournaments after World War II. Food shortages were still a problem in Europe, so the post-tournament banquet featured pea soup, inexpensive fare of the common people. In subsequent years pea soup has been served as the first course of the concluding banquet, a tradition continued when the tournament was moved from Beverwijk to Wijk aan Zee (Damsky & Sugden 2005, p. 164).

Tigran Petrosian, Hoogovens 1960

Jan Hein Donner vs. Bruno Parma, Hoogovens 1963

Winners of the top group:^[3]

1938 – Philip Bakker
1939 – Nicolaas Cortlever
1940 – Max Euwe
1941 – Arthur Wijnans
1942 – Max Euwe
1943 – Arnold van den Hoek
1944 – Theo van Scheltinga
1945 – no tournament
1946 – Alberic O'Kelly de Galway
1947 – Theo van Scheltinga
1948 – Lodewijk Prins
1949 – Savielly Tartakower
1950 – Jan Hein Donner
1951 – Herman Pilnik
1952 – Max Euwe
1953 – Nicolas Rossolimo
1954 – Hans Bouwmeester and Vasja Pirc
1955 – Borislav Milić
1956 – Gideon Ståhlberg
1957 – Aleksandar Matanović
1958 – Max Euwe and Jan Hein Donner
1959 – Friðrik Ólafsson
1960 – Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian
1961 – Bent Larsen and Borislav Ivkov
1962 – Petar Trifunović
1963 – Jan Hein Donner
1964 – Paul Keres and Iivo Nei
1965 – Lajos Portisch and Efim Geller
1966 – Lev Polugaevsky
1967 – Boris Spassky

Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee

Mark Taimanov, Hoogovens 1970

Mikhail Tal, Hoogovens 1973

Nigel Short, Hoogovens 1986

The tournament was moved to the Dutch seaside town Wijk aan Zee in 1968. In this period, the tournament was popularly called both "Hoogovens" and "Wijk aan Zee". Winners of the Grandmaster A group since 1968 have been:

1968 – Viktor Korchnoi
1969 – Mikhail Botvinnik and Efim Geller
1970 – Mark Taimanov
1971 – Viktor Korchnoi
1972 – Lajos Portisch
1973 – Mikhail Tal
1974 – Walter Browne
1975 – Lajos Portisch
1976 – Ljubomir Ljubojević and Friðrik Ólafsson
1977 – Genna Sosonko and Efim Geller
1978 – Lajos Portisch
1979 – Lev Polugaevsky
1980 – Walter Browne and Yasser Seirawan
1981 – Genna Sosonko and Jan Timman
1982 – John Nunn and Yuri Balashov
1983 – Ulf Andersson
1984 – Alexander Beliavsky and Viktor Korchnoi
1985 – Jan Timman
1986 – Nigel Short
1987 – Nigel Short and Viktor Korchnoi
1988 – Anatoly Karpov
1989 – Viswanathan Anand, Predrag Nikolić, Zoltán Ribli and Gyula Sax
1990 – John Nunn
1991 – John Nunn
1992 – Boris Gelfand and Valery Salov
1993 – Anatoly Karpov
1994 – Predrag Nikolić
1995 – Alexey Dreev
1996 – Vassily Ivanchuk
1997 – Valery Salov
1998 – Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand
1999 – Garry Kasparov

Corus tournament

From 2000, the popular name for the tournament was more or less equally shared between "Wijk aan Zee" and "Corus".

2000 – Garry Kasparov
2001 – Garry Kasparov
2002 – Evgeny Bareev
2003 – Viswanathan Anand
2004 – Viswanathan Anand
2005 – Péter Lékó
2006 – Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand
2007 – Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov and Veselin Topalov
2008 – Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen
2009 – Sergey Karjakin
2010 – Magnus Carlsen

Tata Steel tournament

Magnus Carlsen, Tata Steel 2013

From 2011, the popular name for the tournament was changed from 'Corus' to 'Tata Steel'.

2011 – Hikaru Nakamura
2012 – Levon Aronian
2013 – Magnus Carlsen
2014 – Levon Aronian
2015 – Magnus Carlsen
2016 – Magnus Carlsen

Event crosstables

1999

Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands), January 1999 cat. XVIII (2678)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	Perf
1	Garry Kasparov (RUS)	2812	*	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	2878
2	Viswanathan Anand (IND)	2781	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	9½	2844
3	Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)	2751	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	8	2758
4	Ivan Sokolov (BIH)	2624	1	½	½	*	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	7	2710
5	Jeroen Piket (NED)	2619	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	7	2711
6	Alexei Shirov (ESP)	2726	0	½	0	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7	2702
7	Jan Timman (NED)	2670	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	7	2707
8	Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)	2714	½	½	½	1	0	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	6½	2674
9	Peter Svidler (RUS)	2713	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	6½	2674
10	Veselin Topalov (BUL)	2700	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	*	½	1	0	1	6	2646
11	Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB)	2606	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	5	2596
12	Loek van Wely (NED)	2632	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	*	1	1	4½	2571
13	Alex Yermolinsky (USA)	2597	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	*	½	4	2542
14	Dimitri Reinderman (NED)	2541	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	3	2477

2007

In 2007, the finals positions were:

Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands), 13-28 January 2007 cat. XIX (2718)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	Perf
1	Levon Aronian (ARM)	2744	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	8½	2825
2	Veselin Topalov (BUL)	2783	½	*	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	8½	2822
3	Teimour Radjabov (AZE)	2729	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	8½	2827
4	Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)	2766	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	8	2801
5	Viswanathan Anand (IND)	2779	½	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	7½	2770
6	Peter Svidler (RUS)	2728	½	1	½	½	0	*	½	0	½	1	1	0	1	½	7	2746
7	David Navara (CZE)	2719	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	½	1	1	0	6½	2717
8	Sergey Karjakin (UKR)	2678	0	½	½	½	0	1	1	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	6½	2721
9	Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)	2723	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	*	½	½	½	1	½	6	2688
10	Alexander Motylev (RUS)	2647	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	5	2636
11	Sergei Tiviakov (NED)	2667	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	5	2634
12	Loek van Wely (NED)	2683	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	5	2633
13	Magnus Carlsen (NOR)	2690	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	4½	2610
14	Alexei Shirov (ESP)	2715	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	4½	2608

2008

Main article: 2008 Corus Chess Tournament

The 2008 Corus Chess Tournament took place in the De Moriaan Community Centre in Wijk aan Zee. The format of each of the three Grandmaster groups remained a 14 player single round robin. The participants in group A included eight of the world's top ten players (country, October 2007 rating and rank in brackets): Viswanathan Anand (India, 2801, 1), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 2787, 2), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2785, 3), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, 2769, 4), Peter Leko (Hungary, 2755, 5=), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 2752, 7), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2742, 8) and Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2741, 9). The remaining players were Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2736, 11), Michael Adams (England, 2729, 13), Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2714, 16=), Judit Polgár (Hungary, 2708, 20), Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine, 2691, 26) and Loek van Wely (Netherlands, 2679, 31). The average rating of 2742 made it a Category 20 tournament. The only top ten players not participating were Alexander Morozevich (Russia, 2755, 5=) and Alexei Shirov (Spain, 2739, 10).

The tournament was won by Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen (both scoring 8 out of 13).

Grandmaster group B was won by Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia with 9½ points, and group C by Italy's Fabiano Caruana with 10, two points ahead of his nearest rival. The Honorary group, a new category consisting of four former A group champions playing a double round robin, was won by Ljubomir Ljubojević with 4 points out of 6, ahead of Jan Timman, Viktor Korchnoi and Lajos Portisch.

Corus A Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 January 2008 cat. XX (2742)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	Perf
1	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2739	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	1	1	8	2829
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2733	½	*	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	8	2830
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2799	½	1	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	7½	2794
4	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2735	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7½	2799
5	Peter Lékó (Hungary)	2753	½	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	7	2770
6	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2751	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	7	2770
7	Michael Adams (England)	2726	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	6½	2743
8	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2799	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	1	½	½	6½	2737
9	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2780	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	*	½	½	0	0	1	6	2710
10	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2707	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	6	2716
11	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2760	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	6	2711
12	Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)	2692	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	1	1	½	*	½	0	5	2659
13	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2681	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	0	½	*	½	5	2660
14	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2737	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	*	5	2655

Corus Wijk aan Zee (NED), 12-27 January 2008: Honorary Group
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Serbia)	2565	X X	0 1	½ 1	½ 1	4
2	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2559	1 0	X X	½ 1	½ 0	3
3	Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)	2545	½ 0	½ 0	X X	1 1	3
4	Lajos Portisch (Hungary)	2570	½ 0	½ 1	0 0	X X	2

2009

71st Corus Chess Tournament
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)	2706	*	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	8
2	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2761	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	1	½	½	½	7½
3	Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia)	2751	0	½	*	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	7½
4	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2750	½	½	1	*	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	7½
5	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2776	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	7
6	Lenier Dominguez Perez (Cuba)	2717	0	½	½	1	0	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7
7	Gata Kamsky (USA)	2725	1	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	6½
8	Wang Yue (China)	2739	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	0	½	6
9	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2625	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	½	½	6
10	Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2601	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	6
11	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2779	1	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	*	0	½	½	5½
12	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	2771	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	1	1	*	½	½	5½
13	Michael Adams (England)	2712	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	*	½	5½
14	Daniel Stellwagen (Netherlands)	2612	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	5½

2010

72nd Corus Chess Tournament
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2810	*	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	8½
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2788	1	*	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	8
3	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2723	½	½	*	0	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2790	½	1	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	7½
5	Hikaru Nakamura (USA)	2708	½	0	1	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	7½
6	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2749	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7
7	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2720	0	½	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	7
8	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2739	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	0	½	1	6½
9	Lenier Dominguez Perez (Cuba)	2712	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	6½
10	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2675	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	0	5½
11	Nigel Short (England)	2696	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	5
12	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2641	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	½	1	*	1	0	5
13	Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands)	2662	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	*	1	4½
14	Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2657	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	½	1	0	*	4½

2011

73rd Tata Steel Tournament
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Hikaru Nakamura (USA)	2751	*	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	9
2	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2814	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	8½
3	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2814	1	½	*	½	1	½	½	0	0	1	½	1	1	½	8
4	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2805	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	8
5	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2784	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	7½
6	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2715	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	7½
7	Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)	2744	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	6½
8	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2686	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	½	½	½	½	6½
9	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2733	0	½	1	0	½	0	½	1	*	1	½	0	½	½	6
10	Wang Hao (China)	2731	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	0	*	1	½	1	½	6
11	Alexander Grischuk (Russia)	2773	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	1	½	0	4½
12	Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2662	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	*	½	1	4½
13	Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2628	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	4½
14	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2722	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	*	4

2012

74th Tata Steel Tournament
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TB1	TB2
1	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2805	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	9	56.5	7
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2835	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	8	50.25	4
3	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2773	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	8	49.25	3
4	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2732	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	8	47.5	4
5	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2763	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	7½	46.25	3
6	Hikaru Nakamura (USA)	2759	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	7½	44.75	3
7	Gata Kamsky (USA)	2732	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	1	0	7	43.25	3
8	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2766	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	0	1	½	1	1	6½	37.5	5
9	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2692	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	½	5½	35.75	0
10	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2739	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	0	5	31.5	2
11	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2770	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	5	30.5	1
12	Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan)	2761	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	5	29	1
13	David Navara (Czech Republic)	2712	1	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	4½	29.5	1
14	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2714	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	0	0	½	*	4½	28.75	2

The first tiebreak was Neustadtl score; the second was number of wins.

2013

75th Tata Steel Tournament
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TB1
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2861	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	10
2	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2802	½	*	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	8½
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2772	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	8	50.25
4	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2780	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	8	46.75
5	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2735	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	7½
6	Hikaru Nakamura (USA)	2769	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	7
7	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2698	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	6½
8	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2726	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	0	1	½	½	6	39
9	Wang Hao (China)	2752	½	0	1	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	½	1	½	6	36.5
10	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2679	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	1	1	1	6	31.5
11	Hou Yifan (China)	2603	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	1	0	½	*	½	½	1	5½
12	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2781	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	1	5
13	Erwin L'Ami (Netherlands)	2627	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	*	½	4
14	Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands)	2667	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	*	3

The first tiebreak was Neustadtl score.

2014

76th Tata Steel Tournament
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	TPR
1	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2812	*	½	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	½	½	1	8	2911
2	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2734	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	6½	2809
3	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2759	0	½	*	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½	2806
4	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2782	0	½	1	*	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	6	2775
5	Leinier Dominguez (Cuba)	2754	0	½	½	1	*	1	0	½	½	½	1	½	6	2778
6	Wesley So (Philippines)	2719	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	6	2781
7	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2706	½	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	1	0	0	1	5½	2746
8	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2672	1	½	0	0	½	0	½	*	1	0	½	1	5	2713
9	Hikaru Nakamura (USA)	2789	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	*	½	1	1	5	2703
10	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2777	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	*	0	½	4½	2675
11	Richárd Rapport (Hungary)	2691	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	*	0	3½	2614
12	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2718	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	*	3½	2612

2015

77th Tata Steel Tournament
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2862	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	9	2878
2	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2757	½	*	1	½	1	0	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	8½	2855
3	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2784	½	0	*	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	8½	2853
4	Wesley So (USA)	2762	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	8½	2854
5	Ding Liren (China)	2732	½	0	0	½	*	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½	2857
6	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2715	½	1	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7½	2805
7	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2820	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	7	2769
8	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2734	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	0	6	2718
9	Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2744	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	*	½	½	0	½	0	5½	2689
10	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2797	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	5½	2685
11	Hou Yifan (China)	2673	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	1	5	2664
12	Ivan Šarić (Croatia)	2666	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	*	½	1	4½	2642
13	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2667	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	*	½	4	2611
14	Baadur Jobava (Georgia)	2727	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	½	*	3	2536

2016

78th Tata Steel Tournament
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TPR	TB
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2844	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	9	2881
2	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2787	½	*	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	0	0	½	1	1	8	2831
3	Ding Liren (China)	2766	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	8	2833
4	Wesley So (United States)	2773	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	7	2775	45.5
5	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2798	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	7	2773	44.25
6	Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)	2760	0	0	0	½	½	*	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	7	2776	40.5
7	Wei Yi (China)	2706	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6½	2751	41
8	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2747	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	6½	2748	40.25
9	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2769	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	0	½	6	2769
10	David Navara (Czech Republic)	2730	½	1	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	0	½	½	5½	2692	37.5
11	Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia)	2728	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	½	½	5½	2692	35.25
12	Hou Yifan (China)	2673	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	½	*	½	0	5	2666	32
13	Michael Adams (England)	2744	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	*	½	5	2661	30.25
14	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2640	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	*	5	2669	30

References

Notes

↑ "Anand leads at Tata Steel Chess". IndiaVoice. 2011-01-25.
↑ "Participants Tata Tournament announced". ChessVibes. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010.
↑ http://www.coruschess.com/tournament.php

Bibliography

Damsky, Yakov; Sugden, John (2005), The Batsford Book of Chess Records, Batsford, p. 164, ISBN 0-7134-8946-4
Golombek, Harry (1977), "Hoogoven Chess Tournament", Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Batsford, p. 143, ISBN 0-517-53146-1

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Flank opening	English Opening Zukertort Opening Réti Opening King's Indian Attack Larsen's Opening Bird's Opening Grob's Attack Dunst Opening Benko Opening

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