Corus Chess Tournament 2009
| Corus Chess Tournament 2009 | |
|---|---|
 Sergey Karjakin pictured in 2010 | |
| Location | Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands |
| Dates | 17 January – 1 February 2009 |
| Competitors | 42 |
| Winning score | 8 points of 13 |
| Champion | |
 Sergey Karjakin | |
The Corus Chess Tournament 2009 was the 71st edition of the Corus Chess Tournament, later known as the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.[1] It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 17 January to 1 February 2009.
The tournament was won by Sergey Karjakin.[2] Karjakin entered the final round as one of six players in the joint lead, but was the only one to claim victory, defeating Leinier Domínguez to emerge sole winner.[3]
Fabiano Caruana won the B section, having won the C section in 2008. Caruana was half a point behind Nigel Short, his final opponent, going into the last round. Caruana was outplayed, but Short missed two clear wins, and then a draw, handing the victory to his teenage opponent.[4]
71st Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group A, 17 January – 1 February 2009, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIX (2716)[5] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 
Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)2706 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8 2804 2 
Levon Aronian (Armenia)2750 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 48.00 2770 3 
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2761 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½ 47.75 2770 4 
Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia)2751 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 45.25 2770 5 
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2776 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 45.50 2740 6 
Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)2717 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 43.75 2745 7 
Gata Kamsky (United States)2725 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2715 8 
Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2625 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 6 39.75 2694 9 
Wang Yue (China)2739 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 6 39.50 2685 10 Jan Smeets (Netherlands)2601 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 6 39.00 2696 11 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2779 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 5½ 36.50 2654 12 Daniël Stellwagen (Netherlands)2612 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 35.25 2667 13 
Michael Adams (England)2712 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 34.25 2659 14 
Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2771 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 34.00 2655
71st Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group B, 17 January – 1 February 2009, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVI (2641)[6] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 
GM Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2646 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 2751 2 GM Nigel Short (England)2663 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 8 52.00 2727 3 GM Alexander Motylev (Russia)2676 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 50.00 2726 4 
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)2687 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 47.25 2725 5 GM Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine)2671 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½ 47.50 2696 6 
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)2702 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7½ 43.75 2694 7 GM Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine)2688 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7 2667 8 
GM David Navara (Czech Republic)2638 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ 2642 9 GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands)2549 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 37.50 2619 10 WGM Hou Yifan (China)2571 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 35.75 2618 11 GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)2603 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2587 12 
GM Henrique Mecking (Brazil)2567 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2537 13 GM Jan Werle (Netherlands)2607 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 4 26.75 2503 14 
GM Krishnan Sasikiran (India)2711 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 4 25.50 2495
71st Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group C, 17 January – 1 February 2009, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XI (2521)[7] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 
GM Wesley So (Philippines)2627 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 9½ 2688 2 
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson (Sweden)2586 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 51.50 2626 3 FM Anish Giri (Russia)2469 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 51.00 2635 4 GM Abhijeet Gupta (India)2569 ½ 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7½ 47.75 2574 5 GM David Howell (England)2622 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 7½ 43.75 2570 6 
GM Frank Holzke (Germany)2524 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 6½ 2521 7 WGM Harika Dronavalli (India)2473 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 6 2496 8 IM Ali Bitalzadeh (Netherlands)2400 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 5½ 37.50 2473 9 GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)2560 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 5½ 36.25 2461 10 IM Manuel Bosboom (Netherlands)2418 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 5½ 33.50 2472 11 IM Roeland Pruijssers (Netherlands)2444 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 5½ 33.00 2470 12 
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela)2528 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 5½ 30.00 2464 13 
GM Manuel León Hoyos (Mexico)2542 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 2432 14 GM Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine)2533 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 4½ 2410
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wijk aan Zee 2013: Tata Steel Chess Super-GM lineup". Chess News. 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Corus Chess 2009: Karjakin wins! - ChessOK.com". Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ McClain, Dylan Loeb (2009-02-03). "In Startling Finish, Karjakin Wins Corus". Gambit Blog. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ Barden, Leonard (2009-02-07). "Caruana leads teenage charge as Short stumbles". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-27.