Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 information

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013
Magnus Carlsen, pictured at the 2013 event
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	12–27 January 2013
Competitors	42
Winning score	10 points of 13
Champion
Magnus Carlsen
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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 was the 75th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Previously known as the Corus Chess Tournament, it was renamed after Tata Steel, which purchased the Corus Group.^[1] It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 12 to 27 January 2013.

The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen for the third time. Carlsen finished on 10/13, matching Garry Kasparov's best score in the event, set in 1999.^[2][3]

75th Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group A, 12–27 January 2013, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XX (2732)^[4]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2861		½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	10		2933
2	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2802	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	8½		2837
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2772	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	8	50.25	2816
4	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2780	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	8	46.75	2816
5	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2735	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	7½		2789
6	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2769	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	7		2758
7	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2698	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	6½		2735
8	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2726	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	½	½	6	39.00	2704
9	Wang Hao (China)	2752	½	0	1	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	½	6	36.50	2702
10	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2679	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	1	1	1	6	31.50	2707
11	Hou Yifan (China)	2603	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	1	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	5½		2685
12	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2781	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	5		2642
13	Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2627	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	4		2599
14	Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands)	2667	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	3		2526

75th Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group B, 12–27 January 2013, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XV (2620)^[5]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2708	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	9	56.25	2755
2	GM Richárd Rapport (Hungary)	2621	0	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	9	52.75	2761
3	GM Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2615	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	8½	50.50	2731
4	GM Sergei Movsesian (Armenia)	2688	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	8½	46.75	2725
5	GM Daniil Dubov (Russia)	2600	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	7½		2679
6	GM Romain Édouard (France)	2686	½	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	0	7	41.25	2644
7	GM Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2566	0	0	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	7	39.00	2653
8	GM Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands)	2655	1	0	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	0	6½		2618
9	GM Maxim Turov (Russia)	2630	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	6		2591
10	GM Robin van Kampen (Netherlands)	2581	1	½	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	Does not appear	0	0	½	1	5½		2566
11	GM Nils Grandelius (Sweden)	2572	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	1	Does not appear	0	1	0	4½	28.25	2514
12	GM Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	2619	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	Does not appear	0	1	4½	24.50	2510
13	GM Alexander Ipatov (Turkey)	2587	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	4		2482
14	GM Sipke Ernst (Netherlands)	2556	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	½	Does not appear	3½		2450

75th Tata Steel Chess, grandmaster group C, 12–27 January 2013, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. X (2476)^[6]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Sabino Brunello (Italy)	2572	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	11		2764
2	GM Fernando Peralta (Argentina)	2617	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	10½		2716
3	GM Robin Swinkels (Netherlands)	2508	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	8½		2583
4	GM Krikor Mekhitarian (Brazil)	2543	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	8		2558
5	GM Alexander Kovchan (Ukraine)	2579	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	7½		2525
6	IM Twan Burg (Netherlands)	2492	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	7	39.00	2504
7	IM David Klein (Netherlands)	2445	0	0	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	7	36.75	2507
8	IM Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson (Iceland)	2516	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	½	1	6½		2473
9	IM Igor Bitensky (Israel)	2400	½	0	½	1	0	0	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	0	5½	34.75	2425
10	GM Oleg Romanishin (Ukraine)	2521	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	1	1	5½	27.00	2415
11	FM Miguoel Admiraal (Netherlands)	2321	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	½	0	Does not appear	0	½	½	4½		2378
12	WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia)	2402	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	3½		2306
13	IM Mark van der Werf (Netherlands)	2450	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	3	19.00	2267
14	WIM Lisa Schut (Netherlands)	2295	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	1	Does not appear	3	12.50	2279