Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016
	Magnus Carlsen, pictured at the 2013 event
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	16–31 January 2016
Competitors	28
Winning score	9 points of 13
Champion
	Magnus Carlsen (Masters); Adhiban Baskaran (Challengers)
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Last updated January 24, 2025

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016 was the 78th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee (with away days in Amsterdam and Utrecht) from 16 to 31 January 2016.^[1]

The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen who finished on 9/13 and earned his fifth victory, drawing level with Viswanathan Anand for most wins in the event.^[2]^[3]

78th Tata Steel Masters, 16–31 January 2016, Wijk aan Zee — Amsterdam — Utrecht, Netherlands, Category XX (2748) ^[4]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2844		½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	9		2881
2	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2787	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	0	0	½	1	1	8	51.75	2831
3	Ding Liren (China)	2766	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	8	49.25	2833
4	Wesley So (United States)	2773	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	7	45.50	2775
5	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2798	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	7	44.25	2773
6	Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)	2760	0	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	7	40.50	2776
7	Wei Yi (China)	2706	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6½	41.00	2751
8	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2747	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	6½	40.25	2748
9	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2769	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	½	6		2716
10	David Navara (Czech Republic)	2730	½	1	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	½	5½	37.50	2692
11	Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia)	2728	0	1	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	5½	35.25	2692
12	Hou Yifan (China)	2673	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	0	5	32.00	2666
13	Michael Adams (England)	2744	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	5	30.25	2661
14	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2640	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	5	30.00	2669

2016 Tata Steel Challengers, 16–31 January 2016, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XIII (2569) ^[5]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Adhiban Baskaran (India)	2653	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	9	56.25	2704
2	GM Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan)	2653	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	9	53.50	2704
3	GM Alexey Dreev (Russia)	2644	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	9	53.25	2705
4	GM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)	2607	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	7	39.25	2595
5	GM Mikhail Antipov (Russia)	2567	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	0	0	1	1	1	7	39.00	2598
6	GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)	2679	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	6½	43.75	2561
7	IM Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)	2541	1	0	½	1	0	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	0	0	½	1	6½	41.00	2571
8	GM Nijat Abasov (Azerbaijan)	2556	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	0	1	0	½	1	6½	39.25	2570
9	GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2627	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	1	6½	38.50	2565
10	GM Samuel Sevian (United States)	2578	½	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	0	Does not appear	1	1	0	1	6½	37.75	2569
11	GM Ju Wenjun (China)	2548	0	½	0	0	1	½	1	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	6		2542
12	IM Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia)	2485	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	0	5		2489
13	IM Miguoel Admiraal (Netherlands)	2441	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	0	Does not appear	1	4½		2469
14	WGM Anne Haast (Netherlands)	2391	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	Does not appear	2		2287

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