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Wijk Aan Zee, North Holland /
Jan. 13 to
Jan. 29, 2012 |
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This year 2012 Tata Steel Chess Tournament took place
in Wijk Aan Zee from January 13 to 29. Time control
for the event was 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for
the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds cumulative increment for each move starting from the first move.
The 14 participants in this match from high ranking
to lower: Magnus Carlsen (2835), Levon Aronian (2805), Teymour
Radjabov (2773), Veselin Topalov (2770), Sergey Karjakin (2769),
Vassily Ivanchuk (2766), Vugar Gashimov (2761), Hikaru Nakamura (2759),
Boris Gelfand (2739), Fabiano Caruana (2736), Gata Kamsky (2732),
Anish Giri (2714), David Navara (2712), and Loek Van Wely (2692).
Levon Aronian takes first place. |
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# |
Players |
Points |
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01 |
Aronian, Levon |
9 |
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02 |
Carlsen, Magnus
∙ Radjabov, Teimour
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Caruana, Fabiano |
8 |
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03 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily
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Nakamura, Hikaru |
7.5 |
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04 |
Kamsky, Gata |
7.0 |
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05 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
6.5 |
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06 |
Van Wely, Loek |
5.5 |
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07 |
Topalov, Veselin ∙ Gelfand, Boris ∙ Gashimov, Vugar |
5.0 |
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08 |
Giri, Anish ∙ Navara, David |
4.5 |
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Final results / January
29, 2012 |
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