| 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 | |
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.
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 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8 50.25 2835 3 
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2773 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 49.50 2840 4 
Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2732 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8 47.50 2843 5 
Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2763 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 46.25 2811 6 
Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2759 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 44.75 2811 7 Gata Kamsky (United States)2732 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 7 2785 8 
Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2766 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2753 9 
Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2692 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2702 10 
Boris Gelfand (Israel)2739 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 5 31.50 2669 11 
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2770 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 30.50 2666 12 Vugar Gashimov (Azerbaijan)2761 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 29.00 2667 13 
David Navara (Czech Republic)2712 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 29.50 2648 14 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2714 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 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 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 9 2739 2 GM Alexander Motylev (Russia)2677 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8½ 52.25 2707 3 
GM Lázaro Bruzón (Cuba)2691 0 ½ 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 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 8 48.00 2690 5 GM Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands)2677 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 8 46.75 2684 6 GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands)2581 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ 46.00 2661 7 GM Illia Nyzhnyk (Ukraine)2568 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 43.00 2662 8 GM Vladimir Potkin (Russia)2684 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2596 9 GM Jan Timman (Netherlands)2571 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 2576 10 GM Sipke Ernst (Netherlands)2606 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 5 2515 11 GM Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine)2557 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 25.25 2496 12 GM Daniele Vocaturo (Italy)2545 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 4½ 23.25 2497 13 
GM Viktorija Čmilytė (Lithuania)2503 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 4 2469 14 GM Harika Dronavalli (India)2516 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 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 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½ 2690 2 
GM Hans Tikkanen (Sweden)2549 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 10 2658 3 GM Daan Brandenburg (Netherlands)2527 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8½ 49.75 2558 4 GM Adhiban Baskaran (India)2561 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8½ 48.75 2556 5 IM Sahaj Grover (India)2532 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 7 41.25 2477 6 
GM Matthew Sadler (England)2660 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 40.75 2467 7 
IM Elisabeth Pähtz (Germany)2454 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 39.00 2483 8 IM Tania Sachdev (India)2411 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6 2428 9 GM Elina Danielian (Armenia)2490 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2394 10 FM Etienne Goudriaan (Netherlands)2279 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2380 11 Lars Ootes (Netherlands)2326 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4½ 2354 12 Pieter Hopman (Netherlands)2342 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 4 26.00 2322 13 WIM Lisa Schut (Netherlands)2290 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 4 18.25 2326 14 WIM Anne Haast (Netherlands)2290 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 3½ 2292
External links
References
- ^ "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ Shabazz, Daaim (2012-01-12). "2012 Tata Steel Chess (Wijk aan Zee)". The Chess Drum. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ Emmett (SonofPearl), Ryan (2012-01-29). "Lev Aronian Wins Tata Steel 2012". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
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