Corus Chess Tournament 2001
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The Corus Chess Tournament 2001 was the 63rd edition of the Corus Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 2001 and was won for the third consecutive year by Garry Kasparov.[1]

The top nine players in the January ratings list took part, and Kasparov's victory meant he was the first player in the tournament's history to win the title three years in a row.[2]

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|+ 63rd Corus Chess Tournament, group A, 13–28 January 2001, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIX (2710)[3] ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! Total !! TPR !! Place |- |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align=left|Garry Kasparov (Russia) || 2849 || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 9 || 2839 || 1 |- | 2 || align="left" |Viswanathan Anand (India) || 2790 || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 8½ || 2813 || 2 |- | 3 || align="left" |Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) || 2772 || ½ || ½ || || 1 || ½ || 0 || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 8 || 2791 || 3–4 |- | 4 || align="left" |Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) || 2717 || ½ || ½ || 0 || || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 8 || 2795 || 3–4 |- | 5 || align="left" |Michael Adams (England) || 2746 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 7½ || 2763 || 5–7 |- | 6 || align="left" |Alexander Morozevich (Russia) || 2745 || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 7½ || 2763 || 5–7 |- | 7 || align="left" |Alexei Shirov (Spain) || 2718 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7½ || 2765 || 5–7 |- | 8 || align="left" |Peter Leko (Hungary) || 2745 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 6½ || 2706 || 8 |- | 9 || align="left" |Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) || 2718 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || 5½ || 2651 || 9 |- | 10 || align="left" |Alexei Fedorov (Belarus) || 2575 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 2632 || 10–11 |- | 11 || align="left" |Loek van Wely (Netherlands) || 2700 || ½ || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || ½ || || 1 || ½ || ½ || 5 || 2623 || 10–11 |- | 12 || align="left" |Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) || 2632 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || || ½ || ½ || 4½ || 2605 || 12–13 |- | 13 || align="left" |Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands) || 2597 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || || 1 || 4½ || 2608 || 12–13 |- | 14 || align="left" |Jan Timman (Netherlands) || 2629 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || || 4 || 2574 || 14 |}

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|+ 63rd Corus Chess Tournament, group B, 13–28 January 2001, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. X (2496)[2] ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! Total !! TPR !! Place |- | 1 || align=left|GM Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium) || 2694 || || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 8 || 2652 || 1 |- | 2 || align="left" |IM Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) || 2483 || 0 || || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7½ || 2629 || 2 |- | 3 || align="left" |GM Thomas Luther (Germany) || 2544 || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 2593 || 3–4 |- | 4 || align="left" |GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands) || 2578 || 0 || 0 || ½ || || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 7 || 2590 || 3–4 |- | 5 || align="left" |IM Pentala Harikrishna (India) || 2514 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 6½ || 2559 || 5–6 |- | 6 || align="left" |IM Karel van der Weide (Netherlands) || 2463 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 6 || 2534 || 5–6 |- | 7 || align="left" |GM Boris Gulko (United States) || 2622 || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 5½ || 2484 || 7–8 |- | 8 || align="left" |GM Dennis de Vreugt (Netherlands) || 2452 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 5½ || 2499 || 7–8 |- | 9 || align="left" |IM Manuel Bosboom (Netherlands) || 2439 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || || 0 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 2464 || 9 |- | 10 || align="left" |FM Yge Visser (Netherlands) || 2442 || ½ || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || || ½ || ½ || 4 || 2398 || 10 |- | 11 || align="left" |Nico Vink (Netherlands) || 2335 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || ½ || || 0 || 2½ || 2299 || 11 |- | 12 || align="left" |IM Erik Hoeksema (Netherlands) || 2382 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 1 || || 1½ || 2197 || 12 |}

WGM Viktorija Čmilytė (2433) won Reserve Group Swiss-system tournament with the score 7/9 and performance rating 2616.

References

  1. ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  2. ^ Mark Crowther (29 January 2001). "The Week in Chess 325". The Week in Chess.
  3. ^ Staff writer(s) (January 2001). "Corustoernooi 2001". Tata Steel Chess.