Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2014

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2014
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2014
	Levon Aronian pictured at Tata Steel 2013.
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	11–26 January 2014
Competitors	28
Winning score	8 points of 11
Champion
	Levon Aronian (Masters); Ivan Šarić (Challengers)
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Last updated February 02, 2025

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2014 was the 76th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee (with away days in Eindhoven and Amsterdam) from 11 to 26 January 2014.^[1]

The tournament was won by Levon Aronian who finished on 8/11, winning the title for the fourth time with a round to spare, ensuring his blunder in the final game did not cost him victory.^[2]^[3]

76th Tata Steel Masters, 11–26 January 2014, Wijk aan Zee — Eindhoven — Amsterdam, Cat. XX (2743) ^[4]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	SB	TPR
1	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2812		½	1	1	1	1	½	0	1	½	½	1	8		2911
2	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2734	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	6½	34.25	2809
3	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2759	0	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½	31.00	2806
4	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2782	0	½	1	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	6	31.00	2775
5	Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)	2754	0	½	½	1	Does not appear	1	0	½	½	½	1	½	6	31.00	2778
6	Wesley So (Philippines)	2719	0	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	½	6	29.50	2781
7	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2706	½	0	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	0	1	5½		2746
8	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2672	1	½	0	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	0	½	1	5	27.25	2713
9	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2789	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	5	24.75	2703
10	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2777	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	Does not appear	0	½	4½		2675
11	Richárd Rapport (Hungary)	2691	½	½	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	Does not appear	0	3½	19.75	2614
12	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2718	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	3½	17.75	2612

2014 Tata Steel Challengers, 11–26 January 2014, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XIV (2579) ^[5]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Ivan Šarić (Croatia)	2637	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	10		2785
2	GM Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2607	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	8½	51.50	2686
3	GM Baadur Jobava (Georgia)	2710	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	8½	49.50	2679
4	GM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia)	2566	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	8	47.75	2667
5	GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands)	2593	0	0	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	8	44.00	2665
6	IM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)	2560	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	7	43.50	2609
7	GM Yu Yangyi (China)	2677	0	1	0	1	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	7	38.75	2600
8	GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2553	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	1	1	7	37.00	2610
9	GM Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2711	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	1	1	1	7	36.50	2597
10	GM Sabino Brunello (Italy)	2602	½	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	6		2548
11	IM Kayden Troff (United States)	2457	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	4½	27.25	2478
12	GM Zhao Xue (China)	2567	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	4½	23.25	2470
13	IM Merijn van Delft (Netherlands)	2430	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	1	3		2379
14	IM Etienne Goudriaan (Netherlands)	2431	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	Does not appear	2		2294

External links

Website Tata Steel 2014

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