Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011
Hikaru Nakamura, pictured at the 2012 event
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	15–30 January 2011
Competitors	28
Winning score	9 points of 13
Champion
Hikaru Nakamura
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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 was the 73rd edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.^[1] Known until 2010 as the Corus Chess Tournament, it was renamed after Tata Steel, which purchased the Corus Group. It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 15 to 30 January 2011.

The tournament was won by Hikaru Nakamura, his first win in a super-tournament, and the best result by an American chess player since the days of Bobby Fischer.^[1][2][3]

73rd Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group A, 15–30 January 2011, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XX (2740)^[4]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2751		½	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	9		2880
2	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2814	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	8½		2844
3	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2814	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	8	51.00	2821
4	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2805	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	8	48.75	2822
5	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2784	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7½	45.25	2793
6	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2715	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	7½	44.50	2799
7	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2686	½	½	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	6½	42.50	2744
8	Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)	2744	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	½	1	½	6½	39.50	2740
9	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2733	0	½	1	0	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	1	½	0	½	½	6	38.25	2711
10	Wang Hao (China)	2731	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	6	35.75	2712
11	Alexander Grischuk (Russia)	2773	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	0	4½	28.75	2627
12	Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2628	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	4½	28.00	2638
13	Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2662	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	4½	26.25	2636
14	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2722	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	4		2600

73rd Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group B, 15–30 January 2011, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVII (2659)^[5]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Luke McShane (England)	2664	Does not appear	½	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	8½	52.25	2768
2	GM David Navara (Czech Republic)	2708	½	Does not appear	0	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	8½	50.25	2765
3	GM Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine)	2701	1	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	8		2743
4	GM Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)	2664	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	0	1	½	0	1	1	7½	47.75	2715
5	GM Wesley So (Philippines)	2673	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	½	7½	47.00	2715
6	GM Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia)	2667	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	7½	45.75	2715
7	GM Vladislav Tkachiev (France)	2636	0	0	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	7		2690
8	GM Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2726	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	0	½	½	1	6½		2654
9	GM Li Chao (China)	2649	0	0	½	1	1	½	1	0	Does not appear	0	½	0	1	½	6	38.25	2631
10	GM Laurent Fressinet (France)	2707	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	1	0	1	½	6	37.00	2626
11	GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India)	2651	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	Does not appear	1	1	1	5½		2602
12	GM Wouter Spoelman (Netherlands)	2547	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	1	1	0	Does not appear	0	1	5		2580
13	GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)	2647	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	½	4		2519
14	GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)	2584	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	3½		2490

73rd Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group C, 15–30 January 2011, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XI (2507)^[6]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Daniele Vocaturo (Italy)	2570	Does not appear	½	1	0	0	1	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	9		2643
2	IM Illia Nyzhnyk (Ukraine)	2530	½	Does not appear	½	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	8½		2615
3	GM Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine)	2518	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	8		2593
4	GM Ivan Ivanišević (Serbia)	2630	1	1	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	7½	48.75	2555
5	GM Dariusz Świercz (Poland)	2540	1	1	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	7½	46.75	2562
6	GM Mark Bluvshtein (Canada)	2590	0	½	½	1	1	Does not appear	0	0	1	1	½	1	0	1	7½	46.25	2558
7	GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (Kazakhstan)	2637	0	0	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	0	1	0	1	1	½	1	7		2526
8	IM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)	2453	½	0	0	0	1	1	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	0	6½	41.25	2511
9	IM Tania Sachdev (India)	2391	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	½	Does not appear	0	1	½	½	1	6½	30.50	2516
10	GM Sebastian Siebrecht (Germany)	2439	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	1	Does not appear	1	1	½	0	5½		2455
11	IM Mark van der Werf (Netherlands)	2439	0	½	1	½	1	½	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	0	1	0	5		2425
12	IM Robin van Kampen (Netherlands)	2443	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	4½		2402
13	IM Roeland Pruijssers (Netherlands)	2484	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	4	25.00	2368
14	IM Jan Willem de Jong (Netherlands)	2437	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	½	Does not appear	4	23.25	2372

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