The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016 was the 78th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee (with away days in Amsterdam and Utrecht) from 16 to 31 January 2016.[1]
| Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016 | |
|---|---|
 Magnus Carlsen, pictured at the 2013 event | |
| Location | Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands |
| Dates | 16–31 January 2016 |
| Competitors | 28 |
| Winning score | 9 points of 13 |
| Champion | |
 Magnus Carlsen (Masters) Adhiban Baskaran (Challengers) | |
The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen who finished on 9/13 and earned his fifth victory, drawing level with Viswanathan Anand for most wins in the event.[2][3]
78th Tata Steel Masters, 16–31 January 2016, Wijk aan Zee — Amsterdam — Utrecht, Netherlands, Category XX (2748)[4] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2844 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9 2881 2 
Fabiano Caruana (United States)2787 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 8 51.75 2831 3 
Ding Liren (China)2766 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 49.25 2833 4 Wesley So (United States)2773 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 45.50 2775 5 
Anish Giri (Netherlands)2798 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 44.25 2773 6 
Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)2760 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7 40.50 2776 7 Wei Yi (China)2706 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 41.00 2751 8 
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2747 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ 40.25 2748 9 
Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2769 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 6 2769 10 
David Navara (Czech Republic)2730 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 5½ 37.50 2692 11 Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia)2728 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 35.25 2692 12 Hou Yifan (China)2673 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 5 32.00 2666 13 
Michael Adams (England)2744 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 30.25 2661 14 Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2640 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 30.00 2669
2016 Tata Steel Challengers, 16–31 January 2016, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XIII (2569)[5] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB TPR 1 
GM Adhiban Baskaran (India)2653 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9 56.25 2704 2 GM Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan)2653 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9 53.50 2704 3 GM Alexey Dreev (Russia)2644 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 9 53.25 2705 4 GM Benjamin Bok (Netherlands)2607 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 39.25 2595 5 GM Mikhail Antipov (Russia)2567 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 39.00 2598 6 
GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2679 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 6½ 43.75 2561 7 IM Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands)2541 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 6½ 41.00 2571 8 GM Nijat Abasov (Azerbaijan)2556 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 6½ 39.25 2570 9 GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)2627 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 38.50 2565 10 GM Samuel Sevian (United States)2578 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6½ 37.75 2569 11 GM Ju Wenjun (China)2548 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6 2542 12 
IM Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia)2485 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 5 2489 13 IM Miguoel Admiraal (Netherlands)2441 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 4½ 2469 14 WGM Anne Haast (Netherlands)2391 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2287
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References edit
- ^ "78th Tata Steel Masters 2016". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter (2016-02-02). "Carlsen Wins 2016 Tata Steel Masters; Adhiban 1st In Challengers". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "Tata Steel 2016 Recap: Carlsen makes it five!". chess24.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.