Corus Chess Tournament 2009

{{Short description|Chess tournament 2009}}

{{Infobox sports competition event

| competition = Corus Chess Tournament 2009

| governing_body = FIDE

| image = File:SergeyKarjakin10.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Sergey Karjakin pictured in 2010

| venue =

| location = Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands

| dates = 17 January – 1 February 2009

| competitors = 42

| nations =

| champion = {{flagicon|Russia}} Sergey Karjakin

| win_score = 8 points of 13

| previous = 2008

| next = 2010

}}

The Corus Chess Tournament 2009 was the 71st edition of the Corus Chess Tournament, later known as the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.{{Cite web |date=2013-01-04 |title=Wijk aan Zee 2013: Tata Steel Chess Super-GM lineup |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/wijk-aan-zee-2013-tata-steel-che-super-gm-lineup |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Chess News |language=en}} It was held in Wijk aan Zee from 17 January to 1 February 2009.

The tournament was won by Sergey Karjakin.{{Cite web |title=Corus Chess 2009: Karjakin wins! - ChessOK.com |url=https://chessok.com/?p=21005 |access-date=2024-01-27 |language=en-US}} Karjakin entered the final round as one of six players in the joint lead, but was the only one to claim victory, defeating Leinier Domínguez to emerge sole winner.{{Cite web |last=McClain |first=Dylan Loeb |date=2009-02-03 |title=In Startling Finish, Karjakin Wins Corus |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/in-startling-finish-karjakin-wins-corus/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Gambit Blog |language=en}}

Fabiano Caruana won the B section, having won the C section in 2008. Caruana was half a point behind Nigel Short, his final opponent, going into the last round. Caruana was outplayed, but Short missed two clear wins, and then a draw, handing the victory to his teenage opponent.{{Cite web |last=Barden |first=Leonard |date=2009-02-07 |title=Caruana leads teenage charge as Short stumbles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/feb/07/chess |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ 71st Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group A, 17 January – 1 February 2009, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIX (2716){{Cite web |title=All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess |url=https://history.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament?id=75&type=standings&group=1 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=history.tatasteelchess.com}} ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! Total !! SB !! TPR
style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1	align=left|{{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|Ukraine}}	2706		½	½	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	8		2804
2	align=left|{{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|Armenia}}	2750	½	{{CNone}}	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	7½	48.00	2770
3	align=left|{{flagathlete|Teimour Radjabov|Azerbaijan}}	2761	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	½	7½	47.75	2770
4	align=left|{{flagathlete|Sergei Movsesian|Slovakia}}	2751	0	0	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	7½	45.25	2770
5	align=left|{{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|Norway}}	2776	½	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	7	45.50	2740
6	align=left|{{flagathlete|Leinier Domínguez|Cuba}}	2717	0	1	½	½	0	{{CNone}}	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7	43.75	2745
7	align=left|{{flagathlete|Gata Kamsky|United States}}	2725	1	0	0	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6½		2715
8	align=left|{{flagathlete|Loek van Wely|Netherlands}}	2625	½	½	1	0	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	½	½	½	0	6	39.75	2694
9	align=left|{{flagathlete|Wang Yue|China}}	2739	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	0	½	0	1	6	39.50	2685
10	align=left|{{flagathlete|Jan Smeets|Netherlands}}	2601	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	1	½	½	0	6	39.00	2696
11	align=left|{{flagathlete|Vasyl Ivanchuk|Ukraine}}	2779	1	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	{{CNone}}	½	½	0	5½	36.50	2654
12	align=left|{{flagathlete|Daniël Stellwagen|Netherlands}}	2612	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	5½	35.25	2667
13	align=left|{{flagathlete|Michael Adams|England}}	2712	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	5½	34.25	2659
14	align=left|{{flagathlete|Alexander Morozevich|Russia}}	2771	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	1	0	1	1	½	½	{{CNone}}	5½	34.00	2655

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ 71st Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group B, 17 January – 1 February 2009, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVI (2641){{Cite web |title=All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess |url=https://history.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament?id=75&type=standings&group=2 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=history.tatasteelchess.com}} ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! Total !! SB !! TPR
1	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Fabiano Caruana|Italy}}	2646	{{CNone}}	1	½	½	½	0	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	8½		2751
2	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Nigel Short|England}}	2663	0	{{CNone}}	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	0	8	52.00	2727
3	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Alexander Motylev|Russia}}	2676	½	½	{{CNone}}	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	8	50.00	2726
4	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov|Uzbekistan}}	2687	½	0	0	{{CNone}}	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	8	47.25	2725
5	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Andrei Volokitin|Ukraine}}	2671	½	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	0	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	7½	47.50	2696
6	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Francisco Vallejo Pons|Spain}}	2702	1	0	½	0	½	{{CNone}}	½	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	7½	43.75	2694
7	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Zahar Efimenko|Ukraine}}	2688	1	½	½	½	1	½	{{CNone}}	0	0	½	0	1	½	1	7		2667
8	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM David Navara|Czech Republic}}	2638	0	0	1	½	0	1	1	{{CNone}}	½	½	0	½	½	1	6½		2642
9	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Dimitri Reinderman|Netherlands}}	2549	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	½	{{CNone}}	1	½	½	½	½	6	37.50	2619
10	align=left|{{flagathlete|WGM Hou Yifan|China}}	2571	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	0	{{CNone}}	½	1	½	1	6	35.75	2618
11	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Erwin l'Ami|Netherlands}}	2603	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	1	½	5½		2587
12	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Henrique Mecking|Brazil}}	2567	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	{{CNone}}	½	1	4½		2537
13	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Jan Werle|Netherlands}}	2607	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	{{CNone}}	0	4	26.75	2503
14	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Krishnan Sasikiran|India}}	2711	0	1	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	{{CNone}}	4	25.50	2495

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ 71st Corus Chess Tournament, grandmaster group C, 17 January – 1 February 2009, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XI (2521){{Cite web |title=All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess |url=https://history.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament?id=75&type=standings&group=3 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=history.tatasteelchess.com}} ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! Total !! SB !! TPR
1	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Wesley So|Philippines}}	2627	{{CNone}}	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	9½		2688
2	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Tiger Hillarp Persson|Sweden}}	2586	0	{{CNone}}	1	0	1	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	8½	51.50	2626
3	align=left|{{flagathlete|FM Anish Giri|Russia}}	2469	½	0	{{CNone}}	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	8½	51.00	2635
4	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Abhijeet Gupta|India}}	2569	½	1	0	{{CNone}}	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	7½	47.75	2574
5	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM David Howell|England}}	2622	½	0	½	0	{{CNone}}	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7½	43.75	2570
6	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Frank Holzke|Germany}}	2524	1	0	½	0	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	0	1	1	0	1	½	6½		2521
7	align=left|{{flagathlete|WGM Harika Dronavalli|India}}	2473	½	½	½	1	1	½	{{CNone}}	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	6		2496
8	align=left|{{flagathlete|IM Ali Bitalzadeh|Netherlands}}	2400	0	1	½	1	0	½	½	{{CNone}}	1	0	0	1	0	0	5½	37.50	2473
9	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Friso Nijboer|Netherlands}}	2560	0	½	½	1	0	1	1	0	{{CNone}}	0	1	0	0	½	5½	36.25	2461
10	align=left|{{flagathlete|IM Manuel Bosboom|Netherlands}}	2418	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	1	{{CNone}}	0	1	0	½	5½	33.50	2472
11	align=left|{{flagathlete|IM Roeland Pruijssers|Netherlands}}	2444	0	½	0	1	0	0	½	1	0	1	{{CNone}}	0	1	½	5½	33.00	2470
12	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Eduardo Iturrizaga|Venezuela}}	2528	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	1	0	1	{{CNone}}	1	1	5½	30.00	2464
13	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Manuel León Hoyos|Mexico}}	2542	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	{{CNone}}	1	5		2432
14	align=left|{{flagathlete|GM Oleg Romanishin|Ukraine}}	2533	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	0	0	{{CNone}}	4½		2410