The Corus Chess Tournament 2001 was the 63rd edition of the Corus Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 2001 and was won for the third consecutive year by Garry Kasparov.[1]
The top nine players in the January ratings list took part, and Kasparov's victory meant he was the first player in the tournament's history to win the title three years in a row.[2]
63rd Corus Chess Tournament, group A, 13–28 January 2001, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIX (2710)[3] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total TPR Place 1 
Garry Kasparov (Russia)2849 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9 2839 1 2 
Viswanathan Anand (India)2790 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 2813 2 3 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2772 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 2791 3–4 4 
Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2717 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8 2795 3–4 5 
Michael Adams (England)2746 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ 2763 5–7 6 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2745 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 2763 5–7 7 
Alexei Shirov (Spain)2718 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2765 5–7 8 
Peter Leko (Hungary)2745 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 6½ 2706 8 9 
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2718 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 5½ 2651 9 10 
Alexei Fedorov (Belarus)2575 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 5 2632 10–11 11 
Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2700 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2623 10–11 12 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2632 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 4½ 2605 12–13 13 Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands)2597 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2608 12–13 14 Jan Timman (Netherlands)2629 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 4 2574 14
63rd Corus Chess Tournament, group B, 13–28 January 2001, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. X (2496)[2] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total TPR Place 1 
GM Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium)2694 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8 2652 1 2 
IM Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2483 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 2629 2 3 
GM Thomas Luther (Germany)2544 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 7 2593 3–4 4 GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)2578 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 2590 3–4 5 IM Pentala Harikrishna (India)2514 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2559 5–6 6 IM Karel van der Weide (Netherlands)2463 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2534 5–6 7 
GM Boris Gulko (United States)2622 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 5½ 2484 7–8 8 GM Dennis de Vreugt (Netherlands)2452 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 5½ 2499 7–8 9 IM Manuel Bosboom (Netherlands)2439 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 5 2464 9 10 FM Yge Visser (Netherlands)2442 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 4 2398 10 11 Nico Vink (Netherlands)2335 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 2½ 2299 11 12 IM Erik Hoeksema (Netherlands)2382 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1½ 2197 12
WGM Viktorija Čmilytė (2433) won Reserve Group Swiss-system tournament with the score 7/9 and performance rating 2616.
References
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ a b Mark Crowther (29 January 2001). "The Week in Chess 325". The Week in Chess.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (January 2001). "Corustoernooi 2001". Tata Steel Chess.
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