Corus Chess Tournament 2009

The Corus Chess Tournament 2009 was the 71st edition of the Corus Chess Tournament, later known as the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.^[1] It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 17 January to 1 February 2009.

Corus Chess Tournament 2009
Sergey Karjakin pictured in 2010
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	17 January – 1 February 2009
Competitors	42
Winning score	8 points of 13
Champion
Sergey Karjakin
← 2008 2010 →

The tournament was won by Sergey Karjakin.^[2] Karjakin entered the final round as one of six players in the joint lead, but was the only one to claim victory, defeating Leinier Domínguez to emerge sole winner.^[3]

Fabiano Caruana won the B section, having won the C section in 2008. Caruana was half a point behind Nigel Short, his final opponent, going into the last round. Caruana was outplayed, but Short missed two clear wins, and then a draw, handing the victory to his teenage opponent.^[4]

71st Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group A, 17 January – 1 February 2009, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIX (2716)^[5]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)	2706		½	½	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	8		2804
2	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2750	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	7½	48.00	2770
3	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2761	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	½	7½	47.75	2770
4	Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia)	2751	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	7½	45.25	2770
5	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2776	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	7	45.50	2740
6	Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)	2717	0	1	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7	43.75	2745
7	Gata Kamsky (United States)	2725	1	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6½		2715
8	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2625	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	0	6	39.75	2694
9	Wang Yue (China)	2739	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	0	1	6	39.50	2685
10	Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2601	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	0	6	39.00	2696
11	Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2779	1	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	0	5½	36.50	2654
12	Daniël Stellwagen (Netherlands)	2612	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	5½	35.25	2667
13	Michael Adams (England)	2712	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	5½	34.25	2659
14	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	2771	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	1	½	½	Does not appear	5½	34.00	2655

71st Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group B, 17 January – 1 February 2009, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVI (2641)^[6]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2646	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	8½		2751
2	GM Nigel Short (England)	2663	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	0	8	52.00	2727
3	GM Alexander Motylev (Russia)	2676	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	8	50.00	2726
4	GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)	2687	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	8	47.25	2725
5	GM Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine)	2671	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	7½	47.50	2696
6	GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)	2702	1	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	7½	43.75	2694
7	GM Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine)	2688	1	½	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	0	0	½	0	1	½	1	7		2667
8	GM David Navara (Czech Republic)	2638	0	0	1	½	0	1	1	Does not appear	½	½	0	½	½	1	6½		2642
9	GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands)	2549	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	6	37.50	2619
10	WGM Hou Yifan (China)	2571	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	6	35.75	2618
11	GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2603	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	5½		2587
12	GM Henrique Mecking (Brazil)	2567	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	4½		2537
13	GM Jan Werle (Netherlands)	2607	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	0	4	26.75	2503
14	GM Krishnan Sasikiran (India)	2711	0	1	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	4	25.50	2495

71st Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group C, 17 January – 1 February 2009, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XI (2521)^[7]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Wesley So (Philippines)	2627	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	9½		2688
2	GM Tiger Hillarp Persson (Sweden)	2586	0	Does not appear	1	0	1	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	8½	51.50	2626
3	FM Anish Giri (Russia)	2469	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	8½	51.00	2635
4	GM Abhijeet Gupta (India)	2569	½	1	0	Does not appear	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	7½	47.75	2574
5	GM David Howell (England)	2622	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7½	43.75	2570
6	GM Frank Holzke (Germany)	2524	1	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	1	0	1	½	6½		2521
7	WGM Harika Dronavalli (India)	2473	½	½	½	1	1	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	6		2496
8	IM Ali Bitalzadeh (Netherlands)	2400	0	1	½	1	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	0	1	0	0	5½	37.50	2473
9	GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)	2560	0	½	½	1	0	1	1	0	Does not appear	0	1	0	0	½	5½	36.25	2461
10	IM Manuel Bosboom (Netherlands)	2418	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	1	Does not appear	0	1	0	½	5½	33.50	2472
11	IM Roeland Pruijssers (Netherlands)	2444	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	1	0	1	Does not appear	0	1	½	5½	33.00	2470
12	GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela)	2528	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	0	1	Does not appear	1	1	5½	30.00	2464
13	GM Manuel León Hoyos (Mexico)	2542	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	Does not appear	1	5		2432
14	GM Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine)	2533	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	4½		2410

External links

• Website Tata Steel 2009