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
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