Chess tournament 2009
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
Does not appear
½
1
½
0
1
½
½
½
½
½
1
½
7½
48.00
2770
3
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan )
2761
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
0
1
½
1
½
½
½
7½
47.75
2770
4
Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia )
2751
0
0
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
½
½
1
½
1
1
7½
45.25
2770
5
Magnus Carlsen (Norway )
2776
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
1
½
½
0
1
½
½
½
½
7
45.50
2740
6
Leinier Domínguez (Cuba )
2717
0
1
½
½
0
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
½
1
½
1
7
43.75
2745
7
Gata Kamsky (United States )
2725
1
0
0
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
6½
2715
8
Loek van Wely (Netherlands )
2625
½
½
1
0
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
½
0
6
39.75
2694
9
Wang Yue (China )
2739
½
½
0
½
1
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
0
½
0
1
6
39.50
2685
10
Jan Smeets (Netherlands )
2601
½
½
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
1
½
½
0
6
39.00
2696
11
Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine )
2779
1
½
0
0
½
½
½
½
1
0
Does not appear
½
½
0
5½
36.50
2654
12
Daniël Stellwagen (Netherlands )
2612
0
½
½
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
5½
35.25
2667
13
Michael Adams (England )
2712
0
0
½
0
½
½
½
½
1
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
5½
34.25
2659
14
Alexander Morozevich (Russia )
2771
0
½
½
0
½
0
0
1
0
1
1
½
½
Does not appear
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
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
0
0
1
½
½
1
1
1
1
8½
2751
2
GM Nigel Short (England )
2663
0
Does not appear
½
1
½
1
½
1
1
½
1
½
½
0
8
52.00
2727
3
GM Alexander Motylev (Russia )
2676
½
½
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
0
½
1
1
½
1
½
8
50.00
2726
4
GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan )
2687
½
0
0
Does not appear
½
1
½
½
½
1
1
1
½
1
8
47.25
2725
5
GM Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine )
2671
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
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
Does not appear
½
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
7½
43.75
2694
7
GM Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine )
2688
1
½
½
½
1
½
Does not appear
0
0
½
0
1
½
1
7
2667
8
GM David Navara (Czech Republic )
2638
0
0
1
½
0
1
1
Does not appear
½
½
0
½
½
1
6½
2642
9
GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands )
2549
½
0
½
½
0
0
1
½
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
½
6
37.50
2619
10
WGM Hou Yifan (China )
2571
½
½
0
0
0
1
½
½
0
Does not appear
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
Does not appear
½
1
½
5½
2587
12
GM Henrique Mecking (Brazil )
2567
0
½
½
0
½
0
0
½
½
0
½
Does not appear
½
1
4½
2537
13
GM Jan Werle (Netherlands )
2607
0
½
0
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
0
½
Does not appear
0
4
26.75
2503
14
GM Krishnan Sasikiran (India )
2711
0
1
½
0
½
0
0
0
½
0
½
0
1
Does not appear
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
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
0
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
½
9½
2688
2
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson (Sweden )
2586
0
Does not appear
1
0
1
1
½
0
½
1
½
1
1
1
8½
51.50
2626
3
FM Anish Giri (Russia )
2469
½
0
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
1
8½
51.00
2635
4
GM Abhijeet Gupta (India )
2569
½
1
0
Does not appear
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
7½
47.75
2574
5
GM David Howell (England )
2622
½
0
½
0
Does not appear
½
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
7½
43.75
2570
6
GM Frank Holzke (Germany )
2524
1
0
½
0
½
Does not appear
½
½
0
1
1
0
1
½
6½
2521
7
WGM Harika Dronavalli (India )
2473
½
½
½
1
1
½
Does not appear
½
0
½
½
½
0
0
6
2496
8
IM Ali Bitalzadeh (Netherlands )
2400
0
1
½
1
0
½
½
Does not appear
1
0
0
1
0
0
5½
37.50
2473
9
GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands )
2560
0
½
½
1
0
1
1
0
Does not appear
0
1
0
0
½
5½
36.25
2461
10
IM Manuel Bosboom (Netherlands )
2418
0
0
½
0
1
0
½
1
1
Does not appear
0
1
0
½
5½
33.50
2472
11
IM Roeland Pruijssers (Netherlands )
2444
0
½
0
1
0
0
½
1
0
1
Does not appear
0
1
½
5½
33.00
2470
12
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (Venezuela )
2528
0
0
0
0
0
1
½
0
1
0
1
Does not appear
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
Does not appear
1
5
2432
14
GM Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine )
2533
½
0
0
0
0
½
1
1
½
½
½
0
0
Does not appear
4½
2410
External links
References
Hoogovens Beverwijk Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Corus Tata Steel