Tata Steel 2013

Magnus finished in style at Tal memorial

In the fantastic turn of the events in the final round of the 2012 Tal Memorial, Magnus Carlsen defeated Luke McShane and took the winner’s trophy, repeating the success from the last year’s edition.

He did get a little help from Levon Aronian who won against Fabiano Caruana, preventing the Italian star from achieving probably the biggest success of his career.

Magnus Carlsen

Caruana needed only a draw in the last round to secure at least the shared first place and be declared the tournament winner on the account of first tie-break rule – the greater number of games played with black pieces. Both Carlsen and Radjabov, the only players in position to catch Caruana, had more games with white.

But Aronian played an inspired attacking game against the Gruenfeld and achieved a huge advantage early in the middlegame. He converted the material into the victory in the queens ending.

Meanwhile, Carlsen grabbed the initiative with black and started pushing McShane’s pieces into awkward places. White later lost a piece and resigned when the first time control was reached.

Levon Aronian

The other three games were drawn.

Live games with commentary and computer analysis

Round 9 results:
Aronian – Caruana 1-0
Nakamura – Radjabov draw
Tomashevsky – Grischuk draw
McShane – Carlsen 0-1
Kramnik – Morozevich draw

Final standings:
1. Carlsen – 5,5; 2-3. Caruana, Radjabov – 5; 4-7. Aronian, Grischuk, Kramnik, Morozevich – 4,5; 8-9. McShane, Nakamura – 4; 10. Tomashevsky – 3,5

Photos by Eteri Kublashvili

Magnus Carlsen receiving the trophy

Top three finishers in Tal Memorial: Radjabov, Carlsen and Caruana

Fans of Alexander Morozevich

Magnus and Judit at the Top!

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2835	13	1990
2	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2820	13	1982
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2801	0	1975
4	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2799	0	1969
5	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2784	13	1987
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2771	23	1987
7	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2767	32	1992
8	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2766	13	1990
9	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2765	10	1977
10	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2764	23	1969
11	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2761	0	1983
12	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2752	13	1975
13	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2752	10	1985
14	Gashimov, Vugar	g	AZE	2745	13	1986
15	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2744	10	1976
16	Kamsky, Gata	g	USA	2741	13	1974
17	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	g	RUS	2736	9	1987
18	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2735	10	1971
19	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2733	0	1989
20	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2730	0	1983
21	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2729	0	1983
22	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2727	13	1968
23	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2727	0	1983
24	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2720	0	1979
25	Almasi, Zoltan	g	HUN	2719	10	1976
26	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2718	9	1990
27	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2717	23	1994
28	Riazantsev, Alexander	g	RUS	2710	0	1985
29	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2709	10	1976
30	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2709	10	1987
31	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2706	9	1983
32	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2706	8	1983
33	Moiseenko, Alexander	g	UKR	2706	0	1980
34	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2706	0	1987
35	Grachev, Boris	g	RUS	2705	14	1986
36	Malakhov, Vladimir	g	RUS	2705	0	1980
37	Eljanov, Pavel	g	UKR	2704	9	1983
38	Sasikiran, Krishnan	g	IND	2703	19	1981
39	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2703	16	1989
40	Laznicka, Viktor	g	CZE	2702	10	1988
41	Movsesian, Sergei	g	ARM	2702	10	1978
42	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2702	9	1987
43	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2702	0	1985
44	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2701	10	1972
45	Navara, David	g	CZE	2700	13	1985
46	Sutovsky, Emil	g	ISR	2700	9	1977
47	Le, Quang Liem	g	VIE	2698	19	1991
48	Dreev, Aleksey	g	RUS	2698	0	1969
49	Short, Nigel D	g	ENG	2697	10	1965
50	Inarkiev, Ernesto	g	RUS	2695	9	1985

Top women

Rank	Name	Title	Country	Rating	Games	B-Year
1	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2709	10	1976
2	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2639	10	1994
3	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2589	10	1987
4	Muzychuk, Anna	m	SLO	2583	10	1990
5	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2559	15	1987
6	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2557	9	1991
7	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2546	13	1989
8	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2543	9	1985
9	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	g	RUS	2535	10	1985
10	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2531	10	1979
11	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2513	0	1986
12	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2512	0	1986
13	Zatonskih, Anna	m	USA	2511	11	1978
14	Gunina, Valentina	m	RUS	2511	9	1989
15	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2501	22	1991
16	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2500	0	1961
17	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2497	13	1983
18	Socko, Monika	g	POL	2493	9	1978
19	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2491	10	1976

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Tata Steel Round 13 Videos

Wijk aan Zee Title For Harikrishna

Pentala Harikrishna of Hyderabad won the Tata Steel Grand Master Chess Tournament that concluded at Wijk aan Zee on Jan 29, 2012. In the final round he drew to ensure first place in the closed Grand Master Group B.

Harikrishna, from Guntur, who has since moved to Hyderabad won six games and drew six to total 9/13. He also suffered one defeat. In the same Grand Master Group B of 2001, Harikrishna completed a Grand Master norm. He led from the start this time and made use of the soft pairing to gain lead and did well to hold on to it. Sadly, in that Group, Harika took the bottom place.

Levon Aronian of Armenia won the premier group by a one point margin ahead of Carlsen and others. No Indian played in this section. Gelfand tied for the tenth place.

Former Indian champion, Adhiban, who is a qualifier finished third in the Group C.

Final placings:


Group A: 1 L. Aronian (Arm) 9/13; 2-4. M. Carlsen (Nor), F. Caruana (Ita), T. Radjabov (Aze) 8 each; 5-6. V. Ivanchuk (Ukr), H. Nakamura (USA) 7.5 each; 7 G. Kamsky (USA) 7; 8 S. Karjakin (Rus) 6.5; 9 Van Wely (Ned) 5.5; 10-12. Gashimov (Aze), B. Gelfand (Isr), V. Topalov (Bul) 5 each; 13-14. A. Giri (Ned), D. Navara (Cz) 4.5 each.

Group B: 1 P. Harikrishna (Ind) 9/13; 2-3. L. Bruzon (Cub), A. Motylev (Rus) 8.5 each...14 D. Harika (Ind) 3.5.

Group C: 1 M. Turov 10.5/13; 2 Tikkanen 10; 3 B. Adhiban 8.5; 5 Sahaj Grover 7 each; 8 Tania Sachdev 6...14 players.


Source:http://www.indianchessfed.org

Tata Steel Round 1 Results

Photo provided by Frits Agterdenbos at http://www.chessvista.com 

Group A

Carlsen, Magnus	- Gashimov, Vugar	1-0
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Ivanchuk, Vassily	½
Radjabov, Teimour	- Caruana, Fabiano	½
Kamsky, Gata	- Van Wely, Loek	½
Navara, David	- Topalov, Veselin	½
Karjakin, Sergey	- Aronian, Levon	0-1
Gelfand, Boris	- Giri, Anish	0-1

Group B

Lahno, Kateryna	- Ernst, Sipke	1-0
L'Ami, Erwin	- Tiviakov, Sergei	1-0
Reinderman, Dimitri	- Motylev, Alexander	½
Timman, Jan H	- Potkin, Vladimir	½
Harika, Dronavalli	- Vocaturo, Daniele	½
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	- Harikrishna, Pentala	0-1
Cmilyte, Viktorija	- Nyzhnyk, Illya	0-1

Group C

Sadler, Matthew	- Hopman, Pieter	1-0
Goudriaan, Etienne	- Schut, Lisa	1-0
Adhiban, Baskaran	- Haast, Anne	1-0
Brandenburg, Daan	- Ootes, Lars	½
Tania, Sachdev	- Grover, Sahaj	½
Danielian, Elina	- Turov, Maxim	0-1
Paehtz, Elisabeth	- Tikkanen, Hans	0-1

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