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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018 was the 80th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee (with away days in Hilversum and Groningen) from 13 to 28 January 2018.[1] The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen.[2][3]
Carlsen's won the event for a record sixth time, ahead of Viswanathan Anand, who has won five times. It was also the first Tata Steel event to be decided by tiebreak. Both Carlsen and Anish Giri finished on 9/13, but Carlsen won the tiebreak after winning the first blitz game, and drawing the second. Carlsen had not lost a tiebreak since 2007.[1]
80th Tata Steel Masters, 13–28 January 2018, Wijk aan Zee — Groningen — Hilversum, Netherlands, Category XX (2750)[4]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
TB
SB
TPR
1
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
2834
½
½
½
½
1
½
½
½
1
½
1
1
1
9
1½
2885
2
Anish Giri (Netherlands)
2752
½
Does not appear
1
1
½
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
9
½
2891
3
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
2787
½
0
Does not appear
½
1
½
0
1
1
½
1
1
1
½
8½
49.50
2857
4
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
2804
½
0
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
1
½
1
½
1
1
8½
48.00
2856
5
Viswanathan Anand (India)
2767
½
½
0
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
½
1
8
46.00
2836
6
Wesley So (United States)
2792
0
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
1
1
½
½
1
1
8
45.25
2834
7
Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
2753
½
½
1
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
½
½
½
7½
2807
8
Peter Svidler (Russia)
2768
½
½
0
0
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
½
1
6
2720
9
Wei Yi (China)
2743
½
½
0
0
½
0
½
½
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
½
5½
2694
10
Gawain Jones (England)
2640
0
½
½
½
0
0
½
½
0
Does not appear
½
½
1
½
5
29.50
2672
11
Fabiano Caruana (United States)
2811
½
½
0
0
0
½
0
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
1
5
28.00
2659
12
Maxim Matlakov (Russia)
2718
0
0
0
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
1
5
27.00
2666
13
Adhiban Baskaran (India)
2655
0
0
0
0
½
0
½
½
½
0
½
½
Does not appear
½
3½
2583
14
Hou Yifan (China)
2680
0
0
½
0
0
0
½
0
½
½
0
0
½
Does not appear
2½
2505
Final blitz tie-break: Magnus Carlsen def. Anish Giri, 1½–½.
2018 Tata Steel Challengers, 13–28 January 2018, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XV (2612)[5]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Total
SB
Black
TPR
1
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India)
2718
Does not appear
½
½
1
½
1
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
9
2745
2
GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine)
2652
½
Does not appear
½
0
1
0
1
½
1
1
½
½
½
1
8
2696
3
GM Jeffery Xiong (United States)
2634
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
1
½
0
1
½
½
½
7½
47.75
2667
4
GM Bassem Amin (Egypt)
2693
0
1
½
Does not appear
½
1
½
½
½
½
0
1
½
1
7½
46.75
2663
5
GM Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)
2629
½
0
½
½
Does not appear
½
0
½
½
1
1
1
1
½
7½
45.50
2668
6
GM Dmitry Gordievsky (Russia)
2622
0
1
½
0
½
Does not appear
½
½
1
½
1
½
½
1
7½
45.00
2668
7
GM Matthias Blübaum (Germany)
2640
½
0
0
½
1
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
½
1
0
6½
2610
8
GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)
2634
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
½
½
½
6
38.75
2581
9
GM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)
2607
½
0
½
½
½
0
½
½
Does not appear
½
1
½
½
½
6
37.50
7
2583
10
GM Aryan Tari (Norway)
2599
½
0
1
½
0
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
0
½
½
1
6
37.50
6
2584
11
IM Lucas van Foreest (Netherlands)
2481
½
½
0
1
0
0
0
½
0
1
Does not appear
½
½
1
5½
33.75
2565
12
GM Michał Krasenkow (Poland)
2671
0
½
½
0
0
½
½
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
1
5½
32.50
2550
13
GM Harika Dronavalli (India)
2497
0
½
½
½
0
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
Does not appear
½
5
2534
14
WGM Olga Girya (Russia)
2489
0
0
½
0
½
0
1
½
½
0
0
0
½
Does not appear
3½
2446
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Magnus Carlsen (Masters)
Vidit Gujrathi (Challengers)
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
Anish Giri (Netherlands)
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
Viswanathan Anand (India)
Wesley So (United States)
Wei Yi (China)
Gawain Jones (England)
GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine)
GM Bassem Amin (Egypt)
GM Matthias Blübaum (Germany)
GM Michał Krasenkow (Poland)
