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Monday, January 30, 2012
Tata Steel Chess 2012 - Congratulations to Levon Aronian for winning Group A
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
Grandmaster Levon Aronian had his chess flowing - like a river of jewels - to win the Tata Steel Chess Group A this Sunday! Before anything else, here are the videos of the champion. Must watch. Congratulations to GM Levon Aronian for a fantastic tournament. Congratulations to Grandmasters Pentala Harikrishna and Maxim Turov for winning the Groups B and C respectively.
The 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament took place from 13 to 29, 2012 in the sports hall Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee. There were three grandmaster tournaments with 14 players each playing 13 rounds at 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 seconds/move increment starting with the first move of the game.
Here are the final results of all the three groups:
Tata Steel Chess Rd12: Aronian beats Gelfand and secures tie for first
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
The excitement at Tata Steel Chess 2012 is down to the last round. As you know, Levon Aronian is in great form. And, he beat Boris Gelfand in Round 12 to ensure he at least ties for first. Only Radjabov and Carlsen have the theoretic chance catching him with one round to go - that also, only if Aronian loses in the last round.
The B group has Pentala Harikrishna in first, followed by Alexander Motylev and Erwin L'Ami a half point behind. Even Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzon has a chance to tie for first should he win his game against Sipke and Harikrishna lose. The C group has two leaders - Maxim Turov and Hans Tikkanen - both have 9.5/12, and a two point lead over the rest. You can access the official website here.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
They say there's no show like show business. We say, there's no show like super GM show in an elite chess tournament! If you had attended the 11th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 in Wijk Aan Zee, you couldn't have agreed more. You can access the official website here.
Levon Aronian leads with 7.5 points while Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov are right behind at 7 points. Fabiano Caruana and Vassily Ivanchuk at 6.5 points each. Hikaru Nakamura is at 6. Gata Kamsky and Sergey Karjakin are at 5.5 points. We have Loek Van Wely and Boris Gelfand at 5 points. Anish Giri, Veselin Topalov and Vugar Gashimov at 4 points each while David Navara is at 3.5.
Don't go by the standings. Everyone's been beating everyone and it's great chess all around!
Here is the spills-thrills-chills game between Magnus Carlsen and Vaselin Topalov with Chess King.
Tata Steel Chess R10: Levon Aronaian leads with magic touch
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
Armenian GM Levon Aronian is all set to winning the 10,000-euro first prize in the Grandmaster Group A of the 74th annual Tata Steel Tournament at Wijk-aan-Zee with flourish! He beat Dutch champion Anish Giri in the tenth round to extend lead to a full point.
In second place is Ukrainian GM Vassili Ivanchuk who beat David Navara of the Czech Republic. Azerbaijan's Teymour Radjabov and Norway's Magnus Carlsen and are in third place.
India's Pentala Harikrishna kept the lead in this group after downing Italy's Daniele Vocaturo in 27 moves with white from a Catalan opening. It was Harikrishna's sixth victory from the ten rounds played so far.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
Hope you didn't miss the excitement at the Tata Steel Chess during Round 9.
The 74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament is taking place from January 13 to 29, 2012 in the sports hall Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee. There are three grandmaster tournaments with fourteen players each playing thirteen rounds at 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 seconds/move increment starting with the first move of the game. Rest days are on January 18, 23, and 26. Here are the results of the round:
Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 24th
Hikaru Nakamura - Veselin Topalov ½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Sergey Karjakin 0-1
Gata Kamsky - Teimour Radjabov ½-½
Loek van Wely - Boris Gelfand ½-½
Vugar Gashimov - David Navara ½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Anish Giri 1-0
Levon Aronian - Fabiano Caruana 1-0
Standings after round 9 - Group A 1. Aronian, L. 6½ 2. Carlsen, M. Ivanchuk, V. Radjabov, T. 5½ 5. Nakamura, H. 5 6. Caruana, F. Karjakin, S. Van Wely, L. 4½ 9. Giri, A. Kamsky, G. Topalov, V. 4 12. Gashimov, V. Gelfand, B. 3½ 14. Navara, D. 2½
Group B 1. Harikrishna, P. 7 2. Bruzon, L. L'Ami, E. Motylev, A. 6 5. Nyzhnik, I. Tiviakov, S. 4½ 7. Ernst, S. Reinderman, D. Vocaturo, D. 4 10. Cmilyte, V. Lahno, K. Potkin, V. Timman, J. 3½ 14. Harika, D. 3
Group C 1. Tikkanen, H. Turov, M. 7½ 3. Adhiban, B. 6½ 4. Brandenburg, D. Grover, S. Sadler, M. 5 7. Goudriaan, E. Paehtz, E. Schut, L. 4 10. Tania, S. 3½ 11. Danielian, E. Haast, A. Ootes, L. 3 14. Hopman, P. 2
Tata Steel Chess R7: Carlsen beats Gelfand, rejoins Aronian in joint lead
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
Seventh Round at the Tata Steel Chess in Wijk Aan Zee saw World Chess Title Challenger Boris Gelfand caught on the wrong side of the Carlsen demolition squad. It just happened. So, Carlsen and Aronian are back in joint lead. Here are the full results of the round:
Round seven Group A: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 21st
Sergey Karjakin - Veselin Topalov1-0
Hikaru Nakamura - Teimour Radjabov ½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Boris Gelfand 1-0
Gata Kamsky - David Navara1-0
Loek van Wely - Anish Giri ½-½
Vugar Gashimov - Fabiano Caruana ½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Levon Aronian½-½
The standings now have Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian at 5 points each, Radjabov is at 4.5, Caruana, Giri, Ivanchuk, Nakamura all are at 4, Van Wely is at 3.5, Topalov, Karjakin, Kamsky at 3 points, Gelfand at 2.5, Gashimov at 2 points and Navara at 1.5.
Here is the video of the round:
Check out the Carlsen-Gelfand game with Chess King.
Tata Steel Chess R6 - Aronian in sole lead with win over Gashimov1 over
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
The sixth round news from the Tata Steel Chess 2012 in Wijk Aan Zee is that Levon Aronian is back in the lead with a nice win over Vugar Gashimov. The full Round 6 results went as follows:
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
The fifth round saw an exciting draw between two young talents - Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri. Then, there were also the wins posted by Gelfand, Nakamura, and Ivanchuk.
Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 19th
Teimour Radjabov - Veselin Topalov ½-½
Sergey Karjakin - Boris Gelfand 0-1
Hikaru Nakamura - David Navara 1-0
Magnus Carlsen - Anish Giri ½-½
Gata Kamsky - Fabiano Caruana ½-½
Loek van Wely - Levon Aronian ½-½
Vugar Gashimov - Vassily Ivanchuk 0-1
As regards the standings, Carlsen and Aronian are at 3.5, Caruana, Ivanchuk, Radjabov at 3.0, Giri, Van Wely, Topalov, Nakamura, Gelfand at 2.5, Kamsky, Karjakin at 2.0, Gashimov at 1.5 and Navara at 1.0.
Here is the Carlsen-Nakamura game with Chess King.
Tata Steel Chess R4: Aronian wins to join Carlsen in lead
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
Are you tuning in to the great chess action at the Tata Steel Chess in Wijk Aan Zee every day? Round 4 was an equally exciting one. Levon Aronian won a fine game to rejoin Magnus Carlsen in the lead. Here is all the information along with the nice game.
Round four Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 17th Veselin Topalov - Vugar Gashimov ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely ½-½ Levon Aronian - Gata Kamsky 1-0 Fabiano Caruana - Magnus Carlsen ½-½ Anish Giri - Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ David Navara - Sergey Karjakin 0-1 Boris Gelfand - Teimour Radjabov ½-½
Tata Steel Chess R3: Carlsen beats Aronian to lead
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The game of the day was Magnus Carlsen versus Levon Aronian. You have to see it for yourself. Here is the Round 3 update from the super Tata Steel Chess Championship currently on in Wijk Aan Zee. Enjoy.
Tata Steel Chess R2: Aronian leads with perfect score
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The latest chess news update from Wijk Aan Zee after two rounds is that Levon Aronian is leading with a perfect 2.0 score. Here are the Tata Steel Chess Round 2 standings, official video report and the nice Karjakin-Aronian chess game. Enjoy.
Tata Steel Chess R1: Carlsen, Aronian, Giri begin with wins
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
Here is the first round update from the super Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 that has begun in the nice town of Wijk Aan Zee. This is the 74th edition of the traditional chess tournament. First, the very well produced video round up of the first day's chess games.
Round one Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 14th David Navara - Veselin Topalov ½-½ Boris Gelfand - Anish Giri 0-1 Teimour Radjabov - Fabiano Caruana ½-½ Sergey Karjakin - Levon Aronian 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura - Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Magnus Carlsen - Vugar Gashimov 1-0 Gata Kamsky - Loek van Wely ½-½ Here is the Gelfand-Giri game from the first round at Tata Steel Chess in Group A. Enjoy. You can access the official website at this link.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
There is chess excitement in the air with the first super chess tournament all set to begin. Here are all the Tata Steel Chess Group A,B and C pairings! Keep track. You can find all the other info at the official website. Here is the Chess Blog post on the preview of the event.
Tata Steel 2012 Group A pairings
Round 1 – Saturday the 14th Navara, D. – Topalov, V. Gelfand, B. – Giri, G. Radjabov, T. – Caruana, C. Karjakin, S. – Aronian, L. Nakamura, H. – Ivanchuk, V. Carlsen, M. – Gashimov, V. Kamsky, G. – Van Wely, L.
Round 2 – Sunday the 15th Topalov, V. – Van Wely, L. Gashimov, V. – Kamsky, G. Ivanchuk, V. – Carlsen, M. Aronian, L. – Nakamura, H. Caruana, C. – Karjakin, S. Giri, G. – Radjabov, T. Navara, D. – Gelfand, B.
Round 3 – Monday the 16th Gelfand, B. – Topalov, V. Radjabov, T. – Navara, D. Karjakin, S. – Giri, G. Nakamura, H. – Caruana, C. Carlsen, M. – Aronian, L. Kamsky, G. – Ivanchuk, V. Van Wely, L. – Gashimov, V.
Round 4 – Tuesday the 17th Topalov, V. – Gashimov, V. Ivanchuk, V. – Van Wely, L. Aronian, L. – Kamsky, G. Caruana, C. – Carlsen, M. Giri, G. – Nakamura, H. Navara, D. – Karjakin, S. Gelfand, B. – Radjabov, T.
Round 5 – Thursday the 19th Radjabov, T. – Topalov, V. Karjakin, S. – Gelfand, B. Nakamura, H. – Navara, D. Carlsen, M. – Giri, G. Kamsky, G. – Caruana, C. Van Wely, L. – Aronian, L. Gashimov, V. – Ivanchuk, V.
Round 6 – Friday the 20th Topalov, V. – Ivanchuk, V. Aronian, L. – Gashimov, V. Caruana, C. – Van Wely, L. Giri, G. – Kamsky, G. Navara, D. – Carlsen, M. Gelfand, B. – Nakamura, H. Radjabov, T. – Karjakin, S.
Round 7 – Saturday the 21st Karjakin, S. – Topalov, V. Nakamura, H. – Radjabov, T. Carlsen, M. – Gelfand, B. Kamsky, G. – Navara, D. Van Wely, L. – Giri, G. Gashimov, V. – Caruana, C. Ivanchuk, V. – Aronian, L.
Round 8 – Sunday the 22nd Topalov, V. – Aronian, L. Caruana, C. – Ivanchuk, V. Giri, G. – Gashimov, V. Navara, D. – Van Wely, L. Gelfand, B. – Kamsky, G. Radjabov, T. – Carlsen, M. Karjakin, S. – Nakamura, H.
Round 9 – Tuesday the 24th Nakamura, H. – Topalov, V. Carlsen, M. – Karjakin, S. Kamsky, G. – Radjabov, T. Van Wely, L. – Gelfand, B. Gashimov, V. – Navara, D. Ivanchuk, V. – Giri, G. Aronian, L. – Caruana, C.
Round 10 – Wednesday the 25th Topalov, V. – Caruana, C. Giri, G. – Aronian, L. Navara, D. – Ivanchuk, V. Gelfand, B. – Gashimov, V. Radjabov, T. – Van Wely, L. Karjakin, S. – Kamsky, G. Nakamura, H. – Carlsen, M.
Round 11 – Friday the 27th Carlsen, M. – Topalov, V. Kamsky, G. – Nakamura, H. Van Wely, L. – Karjakin, S. Gashimov, V. – Radjabov, T. Ivanchuk, V. – Gelfand, B. Aronian, L. – Navara, D. Caruana, C. – Giri, G.
Round 12 – Saturday the 28th Topalov, V. – Giri, G. Navara, D. – Caruana, C. Gelfand, B. – Aronian, L. Radjabov, T. – Ivanchuk, V. Karjakin, S. – Gashimov, V. Nakamura, H. – Van Wely, L. Carlsen, M. – Kamsky, G.
Round 13 – Sunday the 29th Kamsky, G. – Topalov, V. Van Wely, L. – Carlsen, M. Gashimov, V. – Nakamura, H. Ivanchuk, V. – Karjakin, S. Aronian, L. – Radjabov, T. Caruana, C. – Gelfand, B. Giri, G. – Navara, D.
Tata Steel Chess 2012-Comeback event for Timman, Sadler, Topalov!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012 Hello everyone,
The Tata Steel Chess 2012 is set to begin on January 13 and run till January 2 Wijk Aan Zee. It is the first super chess tournament of the year with two players from the 2800 club – Carlsen and Aronian – and multiple grandmasters from the 2700 list. Among the participants is the winner of last year’s Tata Steel – GM Hikaru Nakamura, the co-winner of Tata B, GM David Navara, and the winner of Tata C GM Daniele Vocaturo.The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 has three main tournaments. They are played according to the ’round robin’ system, whereby each competitor plays in turn against every other during the tournament. All three Grandmaster groups have 14 players and start on January 13th. All rounds begin at 13.30 hours, except for the last round on January 29th, which begins at 12.00 hours. There are rest days: on January 18th, 23rd, and 26th.
The time control is: 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.
Also, the event is going to be a comeback of sorts by Jan Timman, Matthew Sadler, and Veselin Topalov.
Tata Steel A 2012 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2823 GM Levon Aronian ARM 2807 GM Sergey Karjakin RUS 2772 GM Veselin Topalov BUL 2768 GM Vasily Ivanchuk UKR 2765 GM Vugar Gashimov AZE 2756 GM Gata Kamsky USA 2756 GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2753 GM Teymour Radjabov AZE 2752 GM Boris Gelfand ISR 2746 GM Anish Giri NED 2722 GM Fabiano Caruana ITA 2712 GM David Navara CZE 2705 GM Loek van Wely NED 2689
Tata Steel B 2012 GM Alexander Motylev RUS 2690 GM Lazaro Bruzon CUB 2682 GM Pentala Harikrishna IND 2672 GM Vladimir Potkin RUS 2671 GM Sergey Tiviakov NED 2647 GM Dimitri Reinderman NED 2594 GM Erwin l’Ami NED 2592 GM Sipke Ernst NED 2581 GM Illya Nyzhnik UKR 2561 GM Jan Timman NED 2555 GM Kateryna Lahno UKR 2554 GM Daniele Vocaturo ITA 2537 GM Viktorija Cmilyte LIT 2525 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2505
Tata Steel C 2012 GM Maxim Turov RUS 2643 GM Matthew Sadler ENG 2625 GM Hans Tikkanen SWE 2591 GM Daan Brandenburg NED 2522 GM Elina Danielian ARM 2517 IM Sahaij Grover IND 2514 WGM Elisabeth Paehtz GER 2461 WGM Tania Sachdev IND 2419 Pieter Hopman NED 2351 Lars Ootes NED 2340 WIM Lisa Schut NED 2290 WIM Anne Haast NED 2264 FM Etienne Goudriaan NED 2250
Tata Steel Chess 2012 begins Jan 13 with super line-up!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
So, here comes the year's first real big chess tournament with lot of top players - not counting out the closed six-player round robin, the Reggio Emilia Chess, that just concluded with Anish Giri winning the top honours.
The Tata Steel 2012 will take place 13-29 January 2012 in Wijk Aan Zee. It is the first super chess tournament of the year with two players from the 2800 club – Carlsen and Aronian – and multiple grandmasters from the 2700 list.
Among the participants is the winner of last year’s Tata Steel – GM Hikaru Nakamura, the co-winner of Tata B, GM David Navara, and the winner of Tata C GM Daniele Vocaturo.
GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2823 GM Levon Aronian ARM 2807 GM Sergey Karjakin RUS 2772 GM Veselin Topalov BUL 2768 GM Vasily Ivanchuk UKR 2765 GM Vugar Gashimov AZE 2756 GM Gata Kamsky USA 2756 GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2753 GM Teymour Radjabov AZE 2752 GM Boris Gelfand ISR 2746 GM Anish Giri NED 2722 GM Fabiano Caruana ITA 2712 GM David Navara CZE 2705 GM Loek van Wely NED 2689
Tata Steel B 2012
GM Alexander Motylev RUS 2690 GM Lazaro Bruzon CUB 2682 GM Pentala Harikrishna IND 2672 GM Vladimir Potkin RUS 2671 GM Sergey Tiviakov NED 2647 GM Dimitri Reinderman NED 2594 GM Erwin l’Ami NED 2592 GM Sipke Ernst NED 2581 GM Illya Nyzhnik UKR 2561 GM Jan Timman NED 2555 GM Kateryna Lahno UKR 2554 GM Daniele Vocaturo ITA 2537 GM Viktorija Cmilyte LIT 2525 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2505
Tata Steel C 2012
GM Maxim Turov RUS 2643 GM Matthew Sadler ENG 2625 GM Hans Tikkanen SWE 2591 GM Daan Brandenburg NED 2522 GM Elina Danielian ARM 2517 IM Sahaij Grover IND 2514 WGM Elisabeth Paehtz GER 2461 WGM Tania Sachdev IND 2419 Pieter Hopman NED 2351 Lars Ootes NED 2340 WIM Lisa Schut NED 2290 WIM Anne Haast NED 2264 FM Etienne Goudriaan NED 2250
Schedule
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 has three main tournaments. They are played according to the ’round robin’ system, whereby each competitor plays in turn against every other during the tournament. All three Grandmaster groups have 14 players and start on January 13th. All rounds begin at 13.30 hours, except for the last round on January 29th, which begins at 12.00 hours. There are rest days: on January 18th, 23rd, and 26th.
Time control
The time control is: 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.
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