Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020
Caruana vs. So (2020)
Location	Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Dates	10–26 January 2020
Competitors	28 from 17 nations
Winning score	10 points of 13
Champion
Fabiano Caruana (Masters) David Anton Guijarro (Challengers)

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020 was the 82nd edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 10–26 January 2020. The tournament was won by Fabiano Caruana, matching Garry Kasparov's best score in 1999 and Magnus Carlsen's best score in 2013.^[1] This tournament also saw the highest ever performance rating achieved in the history of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, with Caruana having a 2945 performance, allowing him to reach 2840+ rating for the second time of his career. ^[2]

82nd Tata Steel Masters, 10–26 January 2020, Wijk aan Zee — Eindhoven, Netherlands, Category XX (2741)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2822		½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	10		2945
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2872	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	8		2818
3	Wesley So (United States)	2765	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	7½		2796
4	Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)	2644	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	0	0	1	1	½	7	44.25	2777
5	Daniil Dubov (Russia)	2683	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	7	40.75	2774
6	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2768	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	6½	41.00	2739
7	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2758	0	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	6½	39.75	2739
8	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2758	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	6½	39.50	2739
9	Alireza Firouzja (FIDE)	2723	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	1	6½	37.50	2742
10	Jeffery Xiong (United States)	2712	½	½	½	1	½	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	0	6	40.50	2714
11	Vladislav Artemiev (Russia)	2731	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	6	35.75	2712
12	Nikita Vitiugov (Russia)	2747	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	5		2653
13	Yu Yangyi (China)	2726	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	4½		2632
14	Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus)	2660	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	½	Does not appear	4		2606

2020 Tata Steel Challengers, 10–26 January 2020, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XV (2602)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	SB	TPR
1	GM David Antón Guijarro (Spain)	2694	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	8½		2705
2	GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan)	2635	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	0	½	1	1	½	8	49.75	2686
3	GM Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)	2650	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	8	49.00	2685
4	GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)	2606	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	8	48.25	2689
5	GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India)	2636	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7½		2656
6	IM Vincent Keymer (Germany)	2527	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	7	41.75	2637
7	GM Nihal Sarin (India)	2618	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	7	41.25	2630
8	GM Lucas van Foreest (Netherlands)	2523	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	0	½	½	½	½	1	6½	40.00	2608
9	GM Nils Grandelius (Sweden)	2673	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	0	1	½	1	6½	38.50	2596
10	GM Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2585	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	½	½	6	39.50	2574
11	GM Rauf Mamedov (Azerbaijan)	2659	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	6	37.50	2569
12	IM Max Warmerdam (Netherlands)	2498	1	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	4½	29.00	2500
13	GM Anton Smirnov (Australia)	2604	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	4½	24.75	2492
14	IM Dinara Saduakassova (Kazakhstan)	2519	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	3		2397

Round 1, 11.01.2020 Xiong 0 ½:½ 0 Dubov van Foreest 0 1:0 0 Yu Yangyi Carlsen 0 ½:½ 0 Giri Caruana 0 ½:½ 0 So Anand 0 ½:½ 0 Artemiev Vitiugov 0 ½:½ 0 Duda Firouzja 0 1:0 0 Kovalev Round 4, 14.01.2020 Dubov 1½ ½:½ 1½ Duda Artemiev 1½ 1:0 ½ Kovalev So 2 1:0 2½ Firouzja Giri 1½ ½:½ 1 Vitiugov Yu Yangyi ½ ½:½ 1 Anand Xiong 2 ½:½ 2 Caruana van Foreest 2 ½:½ 1½ Carlsen Round 7, 18.01.2020 Caruana 3½ 1:0 3½ Dubov Anand 3 ½:½ 3 Carlsen Vitiugov 2½ 0:1 3½ van Foreest Firouzja 4 1:0 3 Xiong Kovalev 1 ½:½ 2 Yu Yangyi Duda 3 ½:½ 3 Giri Artemiev 2½ ½:½ 4 So Round 10, 22.01.2020 Dubov 4½ ½:½ 4½ Giri Yu Yangyi 3 ½:½ 5½ So Xiong 3½ 1:0 4½ Artemiev van Foreest 5½ ½:½ 5 Duda Carlsen 5½ 1:0 3 Kovalev Caruana 6 1:0 5½ Firouzja Anand 4 ½:½ 3 Vitiugov

Round 2, 12.01.2020 Dubov ½ 1:0 0 Kovalev Duda ½ ½:½ 1 Firouzja Artemiev ½ 1:0 ½ Vitiugov So ½ 1:0 ½ Anand Giri ½ ½:½ ½ Caruana Yu Yangyi 0 ½:½ ½ Carlsen Xiong ½ 1:0 1 van Foreest Round 5, 16.01.2020 Carlsen 2 ½:½ 2 Dubov Caruana 2½ ½:½ 2½ van Foreest Anand 1½ 1:0 2½ Xiong Vitiugov 1½ ½:½ 1 Yu Yangyi Firouzja 2½ 1:0 2 Giri Kovalev ½ ½:½ 3 So Duda 2 ½:½ 2½ Artemiev Round 8, 19.01.2020 Dubov 3½ ½:½ 4½ So Giri 3½ ½:½ 3½ Artemiev Yu Yangyi 2½ 0:1 3½ Duda Xiong 3 0:1 1½ Kovalev van Foreest 4½ ½:½ 5 Firouzja Carlsen 3½ 1:0 2½ Vitiugov Caruana 4½ 1:0 3½ Anand Round 11, 24.01.2020 Vitiugov 3½ ½:½ 5 Dubov Firouzja 5½ 0:1 4½ Anand Kovalev 3 0:1 7 Caruana Duda 5½ ½:½ 6½ Carlsen Artemiev 4½ 1:0 6 van Foreest So 6 ½:½ 4½ Xiong Giri 5 ½:½ 3½ Yu Yangyi Round 13, 26.01.2020 Firouzja 6 ½:½ 6½ Dubov Kovalev 3½ ½:½ 4½ Vitiugov Duda 6 ½:½ 6 Anand Artemiev 6 0:1 9 Caruana So 7 ½:½ 7½ Carlsen Giri 6 ½:½ 6½ van Foreest Yu Yangyi 4 ½:½ 5½ Xiong

Round 3, 13.01.2020 van Foreest 1 1:0 1½ Dubov Carlsen 1 ½:½ 1½ Xiong Caruana 1 1:0 ½ Yu Yangyi Anand ½ ½:½ 1 Giri Vitiugov ½ ½:½ 1½ So Firouzja 1½ 1:0 1½ Artemiev Kovalev 0 ½:½ 1 Duda Round 6, 17.01.2020 Dubov 2½ 1:0 3 Artemiev So 3½ ½:½ 2½ Duda Giri 2 1:0 1 Kovalev Yu Yangyi 1½ ½:½ 3½ Firouzja Xiong 2½ ½:½ 2 Vitiugov van Foreest 3 ½:½ 2½ Anand Carlsen 2½ ½:½ 3 Caruana Round 9, 21.01.2020 Anand 3½ ½:½ 4 Dubov Vitiugov 2½ ½:½ 5½ Caruana Firouzja 5½ 0:1 4½ Carlsen Kovalev 2½ ½:½ 5 van Foreest Duda 4½ ½:½ 3 Xiong Artemiev 4 ½:½ 2½ Yu Yangyi So 5 ½:½ 4 Giri Round 12, 25.01.2020 Dubov 5½ 1:0 4 Yu Yangyi Xiong 5 ½:½ 5½ Giri van Foreest 6 ½:½ 6½ So Carlsen 7 ½:½ 5½ Artemiev Caruana 8 1:0 6 Duda Anand 5½ ½:½ 3 Kovalev Vitiugov 4 ½:½ 5½ Firouzja

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