Corus Chess Tournament 2010

The Corus Chess Tournament 2010 was the 72nd edition of the Corus Chess Tournament.^[1] It was the final year under this name, as from 2011 the tournament was known as the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, after Tata Steel purchased the Corus Group.^[2] It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 16 to 31 January 2010.

Corus Chess Tournament 2010
Corus 2010
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	16–31 January 2010
Competitors	42
Winning score	8.5 points of 13
Champion
Magnus Carlsen
← 2009 2011 →

The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen, his second win the event.^[3] As of 2024, Carlsen holds the record for most wins in the event, with eight.^[4]

Fifteen-year old Anish Giri won the B section. Giri would go on to win the main event in 2023.^[5]

Magnus Carlsen, winner of Corus 2010

72nd Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group A, 16–31 January 2010, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIX (2719)^[6]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2810		0	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	8½		2822
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2788	1	Does not appear	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	8	50.50	2801
3	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2723	½	½	Does not appear	0	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8	47.00	2806
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2790	½	1	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	7½	49.75	2771
5	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2708	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	7½	45.50	2777
6	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2720	0	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	7	44.00	2748
7	Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2749	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7	42.50	2746
8	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2739	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	½	1	6½	40.75	2718
9	Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)	2712	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	6½	40.25	2720
10	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2675	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	5½		2666
11	Nigel Short (England)	2696	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	5	33.25	2634
12	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2641	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	1	Does not appear	1	0	5	29.25	2638
13	Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands)	2662	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	4½	29.25	2614
14	Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2657	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	0	Does not appear	4½	27.25	2614

72nd Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group B, 16–31 January 2010, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVI (2629)^[7]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2588	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	9		2773
2	GM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2687	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	8½		2735
3	GM Ni Hua (China)	2657	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	8		2714
4	GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2615	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	7½	46.00	2687
5	GM Wesley So (Philippines)	2656	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	7½	45.00	2684
6	GM Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2672	0	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	6½	42.25	2626
7	GM Parimarjan Negi (India)	2621	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	6½	40.75	2630
8	GM David Howell (England)	2606	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	1	0	6	38.00	2602
9	GM Emil Sutovsky (Israel)	2657	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	½	6	37.00	2598
10	IM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia)	2523	1	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	5½	35.75	2580
11	GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania)	2681	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	5½	32.75	2568
12	GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands)	2573	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	5	33.00	2546
13	GM Tomi Nybäck (Finland)	2643	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	1	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	5	29.50	2541
14	GM Varuzhan Akobian (United States)	2628	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	4½		2519

72nd Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group C, 16–31 January 2010, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. IX (2455)^[8]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Li Chao (China)	2604	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	10		2655
2	GM Abhijeet Gupta (India)	2577	½	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	0	½	1	1	8½		2556
3	IM Robin van Kampen (Netherlands)	2456	½	1	Does not appear	0	1	1	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	1	8	49.25	2542
4	GM Daniele Vocaturo (Italy)	2495	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	8	47.25	2539
5	GM Robin Swinkels (Netherlands)	2495	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	7½	41.50	2509
6	GM Ray Robson (United States)	2570	0	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	7½	41.50	2503
7	FM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)	2322	0	½	½	1	0	0	Does not appear	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	7		2494
8	IM Nils Grandelius (Sweden)	2515	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	0	1	1	½	1	0	6	38.75	2422
9	FM Stefan Kuipers (Netherlands)	2340	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	½	0	1	½	6	36.00	2435
10	IM Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine)	2447	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	1	6	33.50	2427
11	GM Kjetil Aleksander Lie (Norway)	2547	0	1	½	1	½	0	1	0	½	0	Does not appear	0	½	½	5½		2391
12	GM Peng Zhaoqin (Netherlands)	2402	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	Does not appear	0	½	5		2372
13	Sjoerd Plukkel (Netherlands)	2279	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	3	16.50	2258
14	WGM Soumya Swaminathan (India)	2323	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	3	15.75	2254

External links

• Website Tata Steel 2010