Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017
	Wesley So in 2017
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	14–29 January 2017
Competitors	28
Winning score	9 points of 13
Champion
	Wesley So (Masters); Gawain Jones (Challengers)
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Last updated January 15, 2024

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2017 was the 79th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee (with away days in Rotterdam and Haarlem) from 14 to 29 January 2017.^[1]

The tournament was won by Wesley So, who finished one point ahead of defending champion Magnus Carlsen.^[2]

79th Tata Steel Masters, 14–29 January 2017, Wijk aan Zee — Haarlem — Rotterdam, Netherlands, Cat. XXI (2751) ^[3]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Wesley So (United States)	2808		½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	9		2888
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2840	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	8		2831
3	Adhiban Baskaran (India)	2653	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	½	0	1	1	½	1	½	7½	47.00	2816
4	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2780	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	7½	46.00	2806
5	Wei Yi (China)	2706	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	7½	44.75	2812
6	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2785	½	½	0	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	7	43.00	2777
7	Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)	2755	½	0	1	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7	42.00	2780
8	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2773	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	6½		2749
9	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2766	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	0	6	40.00	2721
10	Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)	2736	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	6	39.00	2723
11	Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2750	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	6	35.75	2722
12	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2767	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	5		2663
13	Richárd Rapport (Hungary)	2702	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	4½		2645
14	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2695	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	3½		2580

2017 Tata Steel Challengers, 14–29 January 2017, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XIV (2593) ^[4]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM Gawain Jones (England)	2665	Does not appear	1	0	1	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	9	52.75	2728
2	GM Markus Ragger (Austria)	2697	0	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	9	51.50	2726
3	GM Jeffery Xiong (United States)	2667	1	0	Does not appear	0	½	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	8½		2697
4	GM Eric Hansen (Canada)	2603	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	8	49.00	2679
5	GM Lu Shanglei (China)	2612	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	8	47.75	2678
6	GM Ilya Smirin (Israel)	2667	1	½	0	0	1	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	8	45.25	2674
7	GM Aryan Tari (Norway)	2584	0	½	1	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7½		2650
8	GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2605	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	1	1	7	42.50	2621
9	GM Nils Grandelius (Sweden)	2642	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	7	38.50	2618
10	GM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)	2608	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	1	5½		2535
11	GM Vladimir Dobrov (Russia)	2499	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	0	1	1	4½		2490
12	GM Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)	2612	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	1	Does not appear	0	½	4		2450
13	WGM Lei Tingjie (China)	2467	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	3½		2427
14	IM Sopiko Guramishvili (Georgia)	2370	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	1½		2274

External links

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↑ "79th Tata Steel Masters 2017 | The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
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[twic-1] "79th Tata Steel Masters 2017 | The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.

[2] Doggers, Peter (2017-01-31). "Wesley So Wins 79th Tata Steel Chess Tournament". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.

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