Corus Chess Tournament 2010

Corus Chess Tournament 2010
Corus 2010
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	16–31 January 2010
Competitors	42
Winning score	8.5 points of 13
Champion
Magnus Carlsen
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The Corus Chess Tournament 2010 was the 72nd edition of the Corus Chess Tournament. ^[1] It was the final year under this name, as from 2011 the tournament was known as the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, after Tata Steel purchased the Corus Group. ^[2] It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 16 to 31 January 2010.

The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen, his second win the event. ^[3] As of 2024, Carlsen holds the record for most wins in the event, with eight. ^[4]

Fifteen-year old Anish Giri won the B section. Giri would go on to win the main event in 2023. ^[5]

Magnus Carlsen, winner of Corus 2010

72nd Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group A, 16–31 January 2010, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIX (2719) ^[6]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2810		0	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	8½		2822
2	Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)	2788	1	Does not appear	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	8	50.50	2801
3	Alexei Shirov  (Spain)	2723	½	½	Does not appear	0	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	8	47.00	2806
4	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2790	½	1	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	7½	49.75	2771
5	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2708	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	7½	45.50	2777
6	Sergey Karjakin  (Russia)	2720	0	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	7	44.00	2748
7	Vasyl Ivanchuk  (Ukraine)	2749	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7	42.50	2746
8	Peter Leko  (Hungary)	2739	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	½	1	6½	40.75	2718
9	Leinier Domínguez  (Cuba)	2712	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	6½	40.25	2720
10	Fabiano Caruana  (Italy)	2675	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	5½		2666
11	Nigel Short  (England)	2696	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	5	33.25	2634
12	Loek van Wely  (Netherlands)	2641	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	1	Does not appear	1	0	5	29.25	2638
13	Sergei Tiviakov  (Netherlands)	2662	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	4½	29.25	2614
14	Jan Smeets  (Netherlands)	2657	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	0	Does not appear	4½	27.25	2614

72nd Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group B, 16–31 January 2010, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVI (2629) ^[7]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2588	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	9		2773
2	GM Arkadij Naiditsch  (Germany)	2687	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	8½		2735
3	GM Ni Hua  (China)	2657	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	8		2714
4	GM Erwin l'Ami  (Netherlands)	2615	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	7½	46.00	2687
5	GM Wesley So  (Philippines)	2656	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	7½	45.00	2684
6	GM Pentala Harikrishna  (India)	2672	0	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	6½	42.25	2626
7	GM Parimarjan Negi  (India)	2621	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	6½	40.75	2630
8	GM David Howell  (England)	2606	0	½	1	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	1	0	6	38.00	2602
9	GM Emil Sutovsky  (Israel)	2657	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	½	6	37.00	2598
10	IM Anna Muzychuk  (Slovenia)	2523	1	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	5½	35.75	2580
11	GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu  (Romania)	2681	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	5½	32.75	2568
12	GM Dimitri Reinderman  (Netherlands)	2573	½	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	5	33.00	2546
13	GM Tomi Nybäck  (Finland)	2643	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	1	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	5	29.50	2541
14	GM Varuzhan Akobian  (United States)	2628	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	4½		2519

72nd Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group C, 16–31 January 2010, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. IX (2455) ^[8]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Li Chao  (China)	2604	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	10		2655
2	GM Abhijeet Gupta  (India)	2577	½	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	0	½	1	1	8½		2556
3	IM Robin van Kampen  (Netherlands)	2456	½	1	Does not appear	0	1	1	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	1	8	49.25	2542
4	GM Daniele Vocaturo  (Italy)	2495	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	8	47.25	2539
5	GM Robin Swinkels  (Netherlands)	2495	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	7½	41.50	2509
6	GM Ray Robson  (United States)	2570	0	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	7½	41.50	2503
7	FM Benjamin Bok  (Netherlands)	2322	0	½	½	1	0	0	Does not appear	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	7		2494
8	IM Nils Grandelius  (Sweden)	2515	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	0	1	1	½	1	0	6	38.75	2422
9	FM Stefan Kuipers  (Netherlands)	2340	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	½	0	1	½	6	36.00	2435
10	IM Mariya Muzychuk  (Ukraine)	2447	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	1	6	33.50	2427
11	GM Kjetil Aleksander Lie  (Norway)	2547	0	1	½	1	½	0	1	0	½	0	Does not appear	0	½	½	5½		2391
12	GM Peng Zhaoqin  (Netherlands)	2402	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	Does not appear	0	½	5		2372
13	Sjoerd Plukkel  (Netherlands)	2279	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	3	16.50	2258
14	WGM Soumya Swaminathan  (India)	2323	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	3	15.75	2254

External links

• Website Tata Steel 2010

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