Chess tournament 2010
The Corus Chess Tournament 2010 was the 72nd edition of the Corus Chess Tournament .[ 1] It was the final year under this name, as from 2011 the tournament was known as the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, after Tata Steel purchased the Corus Group.[ 2] It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 16 to 31 January 2010.
The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen , his second win the event.[ 3] As of 2024, Carlsen holds the record for most wins in the event, with eight.[ 4]
Fifteen-year old Anish Giri won the B section. Giri would go on to win the main event in 2023 .[ 5]
Magnus Carlsen, winner of Corus 2010
72nd Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group A, 16–31 January 2010, Wijk aan Zee , Cat. XIX (2719) [ 6]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
SB
TPR
1
Magnus Carlsen (Norway )
2810
0
½
½
½
1
1
½
1
½
½
1
½
1
8½
2822
2
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia )
2788
1
Does not appear
½
0
1
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
½
1
8
50.50
2801
3
Alexei Shirov (Spain )
2723
½
½
Does not appear
0
0
½
½
1
½
1
½
1
1
1
8
47.00
2806
4
Viswanathan Anand (India )
2790
½
1
1
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
7½
49.75
2771
5
Hikaru Nakamura (United States )
2708
½
0
1
½
Does not appear
0
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
½
7½
45.50
2777
6
Sergey Karjakin (Russia )
2720
0
½
½
½
1
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
1
½
½
½
7
44.00
2748
7
Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine )
2749
0
½
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
1
½
1
7
42.50
2746
8
Peter Leko (Hungary )
2739
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
1
½
0
½
1
6½
40.75
2718
9
Leinier Domínguez (Cuba )
2712
0
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
½
6½
40.25
2720
10
Fabiano Caruana (Italy )
2675
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
0
½
Does not appear
½
½
1
0
5½
2666
11
Nigel Short (England )
2696
½
½
½
½
0
0
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
0
½
½
5
33.25
2634
12
Loek van Wely (Netherlands )
2641
0
0
0
½
0
½
0
1
½
½
1
Does not appear
1
0
5
29.25
2638
13
Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands )
2662
½
½
0
½
0
½
½
½
0
0
½
0
Does not appear
1
4½
29.25
2614
14
Jan Smeets (Netherlands )
2657
0
0
0
½
½
½
0
0
½
1
½
1
0
Does not appear
4½
27.25
2614
72nd Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group B, 16–31 January 2010, Wijk aan Zee , Cat. XVI (2629) [ 7]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
SB
TPR
1
GM Anish Giri (Netherlands )
2588
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
1
½
1
1
0
1
½
1
½
9
2773
2
GM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany )
2687
½
Does not appear
½
1
½
0
½
½
½
1
1
½
1
1
8½
2735
3
GM Ni Hua (China )
2657
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
0
1
1
½
½
1
1
8
2714
4
GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands )
2615
½
0
½
Does not appear
½
½
1
1
½
½
½
½
½
1
7½
46.00
2687
5
GM Wesley So (Philippines )
2656
0
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
½
7½
45.00
2684
6
GM Pentala Harikrishna (India )
2672
0
1
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
½
0
½
½
6½
42.25
2626
7
GM Parimarjan Negi (India )
2621
½
½
½
0
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
1
0
1
6½
40.75
2630
8
GM David Howell (England )
2606
0
½
1
0
½
½
½
Does not appear
0
½
½
1
1
0
6
38.00
2602
9
GM Emil Sutovsky (Israel )
2657
0
½
0
½
½
½
½
1
Does not appear
½
½
1
0
½
6
37.00
2598
10
IM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia )
2523
1
0
0
½
½
0
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
5½
35.75
2580
11
GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania )
2681
0
0
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
1
½
5½
32.75
2568
12
GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands )
2573
½
½
½
½
0
1
0
0
0
½
½
Does not appear
0
1
5
33.00
2546
13
GM Tomi Nybäck (Finland )
2643
0
0
0
½
0
½
1
0
1
½
0
1
Does not appear
½
5
29.50
2541
14
GM Varuzhan Akobian (United States )
2628
½
0
0
0
½
½
0
1
½
½
½
0
½
Does not appear
4½
2519
72nd Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group C, 16–31 January 2010, Wijk aan Zee , Cat. IX (2455) [ 8]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
SB
TPR
1
GM Li Chao (China )
2604
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
1
1
0
½
1
1
1
1
1
10
2655
2
GM Abhijeet Gupta (India )
2577
½
Does not appear
0
1
½
1
½
1
1
½
0
½
1
1
8½
2556
3
IM Robin van Kampen (Netherlands )
2456
½
1
Does not appear
0
1
1
½
0
1
0
½
½
1
1
8
49.25
2542
4
GM Daniele Vocaturo (Italy )
2495
½
0
1
Does not appear
½
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
8
47.25
2539
5
GM Robin Swinkels (Netherlands )
2495
0
½
0
½
Does not appear
0
1
1
½
1
½
½
1
1
7½
41.50
2509
6
GM Ray Robson (United States )
2570
0
0
0
0
1
Does not appear
1
½
1
½
1
1
½
1
7½
41.50
2503
7
FM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands )
2322
0
½
½
1
0
0
Does not appear
1
1
½
0
1
½
1
7
2494
8
IM Nils Grandelius (Sweden )
2515
1
0
1
0
0
½
0
Does not appear
0
1
1
½
1
0
6
38.75
2422
9
FM Stefan Kuipers (Netherlands )
2340
½
0
0
1
½
0
0
1
Does not appear
1
½
0
1
½
6
36.00
2435
10
IM Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine )
2447
0
½
1
0
0
½
½
0
0
Does not appear
1
½
1
1
6
33.50
2427
11
GM Kjetil Aleksander Lie (Norway )
2547
0
1
½
1
½
0
1
0
½
0
Does not appear
0
½
½
5½
2391
12
GM Peng Zhaoqin (Netherlands )
2402
0
½
½
0
½
0
0
½
1
½
1
Does not appear
0
½
5
2372
13
Sjoerd Plukkel (Netherlands )
2279
0
0
0
0
0
½
½
0
0
0
½
1
Does not appear
½
3
16.50
2258
14
WGM Soumya Swaminathan (India )
2323
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
½
0
½
½
½
Does not appear
3
15.75
2254
External links
References
Hoogovens Beverwijk Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Corus Tata Steel