The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018 was the 80th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee (with away days in Hilversum and Groningen) from 13 to 28 January 2018.[1] The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen.[2][3]
| Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Carlsen in 2018 | |
| Location | Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands |
| Dates | 13–28 January 2018 |
| Competitors | 28 |
| Winning score | 9 points of 13 |
| Champion | |
 Magnus Carlsen (Masters) Vidit Gujrathi (Challengers) | |
Carlsen's won the event for a record sixth time, ahead of Viswanathan Anand, who has won five times. It was also the first Tata Steel event to be decided by tiebreak. Both Carlsen and Anish Giri finished on 9/13, but Carlsen won the tiebreak after winning the first blitz game, and drawing the second. Carlsen had not lost a tiebreak since 2007.[1]
80th Tata Steel Masters, 13–28 January 2018, Wijk aan Zee — Groningen — Hilversum, Netherlands, Category XX (2750)[4] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total TB SB TPR 1 
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2834 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 1½ 2885 2 
Anish Giri (Netherlands)2752 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 ½ 2891 3 
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2787 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8½ 49.50 2857 4 
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2804 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 48.00 2856 5 
Viswanathan Anand (India)2767 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8 46.00 2836 6 
Wesley So (United States)2792 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8 45.25 2834 7 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2753 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½ 2807 8 Peter Svidler (Russia)2768 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2720 9 
Wei Yi (China)2743 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2694 10 
Gawain Jones (England)2640 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 29.50 2672 11 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2811 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 28.00 2659 12 Maxim Matlakov (Russia)2718 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 27.00 2666 13 Adhiban Baskaran (India)2655 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2583 14 Hou Yifan (China)2680 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 2½ 2505
- Final blitz tie-break: Magnus Carlsen def. Anish Giri, 1½–½.
2018 Tata Steel Challengers, 13–28 January 2018, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XV (2612)[5] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB Black TPR 1 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India)2718 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 2745 2 
GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine)2652 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8 2696 3 GM Jeffery Xiong (United States)2634 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½ 47.75 2667 4 
GM Bassem Amin (Egypt)2693 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7½ 46.75 2663 5 GM Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)2629 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 45.50 2668 6 GM Dmitry Gordievsky (Russia)2622 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½ 45.00 2668 7 
GM Matthias Blübaum (Germany)2640 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 6½ 2610 8 GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)2634 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 38.75 2581 9 GM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)2607 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 37.50 7 2583 10 GM Aryan Tari (Norway)2599 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6 37.50 6 2584 11 IM Lucas van Foreest (Netherlands)2481 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 33.75 2565 12 
GM Michał Krasenkow (Poland)2671 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 32.50 2550 13 GM Harika Dronavalli (India)2497 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 2534 14 WGM Olga Girya (Russia)2489 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 3½ 2446
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