Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012

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.

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012
Levon Aronian pictured at Tata Steel 2012.
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	14–29 January 2012
Competitors	42
Winning score	9 points of 13
Champion
Levon Aronian
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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

External links

• Website Tata Steel 2012