Corus Chess Tournament 2000

Corus Chess Tournament 2000
Venue	Wijk aan Zee
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Last updated March 21, 2021

The Corus Chess Tournament 2000 was the 62nd edition of the Corus Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 2000 and was won for the second consecutive year by Garry Kasparov.^[1]

62nd Corus Chess Tournament, group A, 15–30 January 2000, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVIII (2697) ^[2]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TPR	Place
1	Garry Kasparov (Russia)	2851		½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	9½	2860	1
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2758	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	8	2779	2–4
3	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2725	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	8	2782	2–4
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2769	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	8	2778	2–4
5	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	2748	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	7½	2750	5
6	Michael Adams (England)	2715	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	½	½	½	1	7	2725	6
7	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2633	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	1	0	0	1	½	6½	2702	7–8
8	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2655	0	½	½	½	1	0	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2700	7–8
9	Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	2659	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	6	2671	9
10	Nigel Short (England)	2683	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	5½	2641	10
11	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2658	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	½	5	2613	11–12
12	Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)	2659	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	5	2613	11–12
13	Smbat Lputian (Armenia)	2605	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	1	Does not appear	½	4½	2594	13
14	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2646	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	4	2560	14

62nd Corus Chess Tournament, group B, 18–30 January 2000, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XI (2507) ^[3]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	TPR	Place
1	GM Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands)	2567	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	8	2676	1–3
2	GM Alexander Onischuk (Ukraine)	2637	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	8	2669	1–3
3	GM Boris Avrukh (Israel)	2620	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8	2671	1–3
4	GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania)	2611	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	6½	2562	4–5
5	GM John van der Wiel (Netherlands)	2558	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	6½	2566	4–5
6	GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands)	2561	0	½	0	1	1	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	½	½	6	2537	6
7	GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)	2540	½	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	0	1	1	0	1	5½	2503	7–8
8	IM Silvio Danailov (Bulgaria)	2462	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	5½	2510	7–8
9	GM Maurice Ashley (United States)	2499	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	3½	2374	9–10
10	Joost Berkvens (Netherlands)	2297	1	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	3½	2392	9–10
11	Willy Hendriks (Netherlands)	2373	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	3	2343	11
12	IM Jop Delemarre (Netherlands)	2354	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	2	2258	12

IM Manuel Bosboom (2461) won Reserve Group Swiss-system tournament with the score 7/9 and performance rating 2595.

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References

↑ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
↑ Staff writer(s) (January 2000). "Corustoernooi 2000". Tata Steel Chess.
↑ Mark Crowther (31 January 2000). "The Week in Chess 273". The Week in Chess.

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[1] "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-20.

[2] Staff writer(s) (January 2000). "Corustoernooi 2000". Tata Steel Chess.

[3] Mark Crowther (31 January 2000). "The Week in Chess 273". The Week in Chess.

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