Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018 was the 80th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee (with away days in Hilversum and Groningen) from 13 to 28 January 2018.^[1] The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen.^[2][3]

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018
Carlsen in 2018
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	13–28 January 2018
Competitors	28
Winning score	9 points of 13
Champion
Magnus Carlsen (Masters) Vidit Gujrathi (Challengers)
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Carlsen's won the event for a record sixth time, ahead of Viswanathan Anand, who has won five times. It was also the first Tata Steel event to be decided by tiebreak. Both Carlsen and Anish Giri finished on 9/13, but Carlsen won the tiebreak after winning the first blitz game, and drawing the second. Carlsen had not lost a tiebreak since 2007.^[1]

80th Tata Steel Masters, 13–28 January 2018, Wijk aan Zee — Groningen — Hilversum, Netherlands, Category XX (2750)^[4]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TB	SB	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2834		½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	9	1½		2885
2	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2752	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	9	½		2891
3	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2787	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	8½		49.50	2857
4	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2804	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	8½		48.00	2856
5	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2767	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	8		46.00	2836
6	Wesley So (United States)	2792	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	8		45.25	2834
7	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2753	½	½	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	7½			2807
8	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2768	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	6			2720
9	Wei Yi (China)	2743	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	5½			2694
10	Gawain Jones (England)	2640	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	5		29.50	2672
11	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2811	½	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	5		28.00	2659
12	Maxim Matlakov (Russia)	2718	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	5		27.00	2666
13	Adhiban Baskaran (India)	2655	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	3½			2583
14	Hou Yifan (China)	2680	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	2½			2505

• Final blitz tie-break: Magnus Carlsen def. Anish Giri, 1½–½.

2018 Tata Steel Challengers, 13–28 January 2018, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XV (2612)^[5]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	Black	TPR
1	GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India)	2718	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	9			2745
2	GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine)	2652	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	8			2696
3	GM Jeffery Xiong (United States)	2634	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	7½	47.75		2667
4	GM Bassem Amin (Egypt)	2693	0	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	7½	46.75		2663
5	GM Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)	2629	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	7½	45.50		2668
6	GM Dmitry Gordievsky (Russia)	2622	0	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	7½	45.00		2668
7	GM Matthias Blübaum (Germany)	2640	½	0	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	0	6½			2610
8	GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2634	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	6	38.75		2581
9	GM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)	2607	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	6	37.50	7	2583
10	GM Aryan Tari (Norway)	2599	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	6	37.50	6	2584
11	IM Lucas van Foreest (Netherlands)	2481	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	5½	33.75		2565
12	GM Michał Krasenkow (Poland)	2671	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	5½	32.50		2550
13	GM Harika Dronavalli (India)	2497	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	5			2534
14	WGM Olga Girya (Russia)	2489	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	3½			2446

External links

• Website Tata Steel 2018