Tata Steel Chess Tournament
tata steel chess tournament annual chess tournament held january wijk aan zee netherlands called hoogovens tournament creation sponsor koninklijke hoogovens merged british steel form corus group tournament called corus chess tournament corus group became tata steel europe despite name change series numbered sequentially hoogovens beginning example event referred rd tata steel chess tournament top grandmaster compete tournament regular club player welcome play well master group pit fourteen world best roundrobin tournament sometimes described wimbledon chess since long list famous winner including max euwe bent larsen tigran petrosian paul keres lajos portisch boris spassky mikhail botvinnik mikhail tal viktor korchnoi jan timman anatoly karpov vasyl ivanchuk vladimir kramnik garry kasparov viswanathan anand veselin topalov levon aronian sergey karjakin magnus carlsen ten world chess champion since first tournament four – alexander alekhine vasily smyslov bobby fischer ding liren – nine top ten player world participated magnus carlsen hold record win tournament eight title name anand player event five time anand also hold record consecutive game played tournament without loss – early tournament small starting group four entry restricted dutch player first five tournament continued way contest held annually early january tournament field doubled size eight player tournament held due world war ii first international tournament held main tournament field expanded ten invitation alberic okelly de galway belgium gösta stoltz sweden along dutch contingent eight tournament field remained ten increased twelve international womens tournament also held tournament field returned ten player strength competition increased field greatly enlarged although reduced event become strongest international chess tournament world golombek p tournament grew stature ancillary womens tournament became regular feature master event master reserve event also began tradition operate year year invitation policy resembled system used football league table winner lesser category event would receive invitation next higher event following year tournament one first european international chess tournament world war ii food shortage still problem europe posttournament banquet featured pea soup inexpensive fare common people subsequent year pea soup served first course concluding banquet tradition continued tournament moved beverwijk wijk aan zee damsky sugden p winner top group tournament moved dutch seaside town wijk aan zee period tournament popularly called hoogovens wijk aan zee winner grandmaster group since popular name tournament less equally shared wijk aan zee corus popular name tournament changed corus tata steel recently player ending score shared title first tiebreak held magnus carlsen defeating anish giri ½–½ two player sharing first place regular game play two blitz game possibly also armageddon game decide sole winner magnus carlsen finished first score ½ winning second title hikaru nakamura finished first score winning first title first supertournament levon aronian finished first score winning title third time magnus carlsen finished first score winning title third time matching garry kasparov record score event set levon aronian finished first score winning title fourth time magnus carlsen finished first score winning title fourth time magnus carlsen finished first score winning title recordequalling fifth time wesley defeated defending champion magnus carlsen one point score magnus carlsen record sixth time defeating anish giri tiebreak finished score magnus carlsen winner tournament score fabiano caruana winner tournament score jorden van foreest winner tournament score ½ defeated anish giri armageddon playoff magnus carlsen winner tournament score ½ anish giri th edition tata steel chess finishing tournament ½ point defeated world top two ranked player magnus carlsen ding liren process wei yi winner tournament score ½ tied nodirbek abdusattorov gukesh anish giri abdusattorov gukesh defeated giri blitz singleelimination tiebreak list strong chess tournament note bibliography king queen rookie tata steel chess tournament celebration year ed peter boel dirk jan ten geuzendam alkmaar new ches isbn official website