Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024
Chess tournament
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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 was the 86th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee from 13–28 January 2024.[1] The competition followed a similar format to the previous year's edition, taking place at the Dorpshuis De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, while round 9 of the Masters section was played at the AFAS Circustheater in The Hague, Netherlands as part of the competition's "Chess on Tour" event.[2]
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The Masters section was won by China's Wei Yi, who defeated India's Gukesh Dommaraju by a score of 1.5–0.5 in the finals of a four-player knockout tournament tiebreak.[3][4] India's Leon Luke Mendonca won the Challengers' section, earning a spot in the 2025 Tata Steel Masters event.[5] Both the Masters and Challengers sections were eligible for the 2024 FIDE Circuit.
The event witnessed a four-way tie for first place for the first time since 1989, between the defending champion Anish Giri, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Gukesh Dommaraju and eventual champion Wei Yi.[6]
Organization
The tournament was a fourteen-player, single round-robin tournament, meaning there are 13 rounds with each player facing the others once.
The field of 14 players in the Masters section included the defending champion Anish Giri,[7] and both the defending World Chess Champion and Women's World Chess Champion, Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun, with Ding playing his first international event since May 2023 after taking a hiatus from professional chess due to illness.[8] Notably, world number one and former World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen did not play at the event for the first time since 2014; Tournament Director Jeroen van den Berg said that Carlsen's absence was due to "scheduling conflicts".[9]
Regulations
The time control was 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for all remaining moves, plus a 30 second increment per move from move 1. Players got 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.[2]
Tiebreaks for the first place were addressed as follows:[10]
- Players would play two blitz chess games at 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. If a three or five-way tie had occurred, a single round-robin would be played. As four players were tied, a single elimination tournament was played.
- Two players still tied for first after the blitz chess games would play a "sudden death" game with white receiving 2½ minutes while black receives 3 minutes plus both players would gain 2 seconds per move. A drawing of lots determined which player had white. If the game had been drawn, the players would have switched colors and played again with that colour for the next two games, and then repeated this process until a decisive result was obtained.
Standings
Masters
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | TB | SB | H2H | TPR | |
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| 1 | Wei Yi (China) | 2740 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 3 | 2820 | |||
| 2 | Gukesh Dommaraju (India) | 2725 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | 2½ | 2821 | |||
| 3 |  Anish Giri (Netherlands) | 2749 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8½ | 1 | 2819 | |||
| 4 |  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) | 2727 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | ½ | 2821 | |||
| 5 |  Alireza Firouzja (France) | 2759 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7½ | 48.50 | 2765 | |||
| 6 | Vidit Gujrathi (India) | 2742 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7½ | 47.75 | 2767 | |||
| 7 | R Praggnanandhaa (India) | 2743 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7½ | 47.00 | 2767 | |||
| 8 |  Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) | 2769 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 2708 | ||||
| 9 | Ding Liren (China) | 2780 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2678 | ||||
| 10 | Ju Wenjun (China) | 2549 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 28.25 | 2614 | |||
| 11 |  Alexander Donchenko (Germany) | 2643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4½ | 28.00 | 2607 | |||
| 12 | Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) | 2682 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4½ | 27.00 | 2604 | |||
| 13 |  Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran) | 2740 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 25.00 | 2600 | |||
| 14 | Max Warmerdam (Netherlands) | 2625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2578 |
Tiebreaks
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov
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| 4 | Wei Yi
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| 4 | Wei Yi
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| 2 | Gukesh Dommaraju
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| 2 | Gukesh Dommaraju
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| 3 | Anish Giri
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Challengers
2024 Tata Steel Challengers, 12–28 January 2024, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, Category XIII (2569)[12] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total SB Black TPR 1 
GM Leon Luke Mendonca (India)2611 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9½ 2741 2 
GM Daniel Dardha (Belgium)2602 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9 55.50 2708 3 
GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France)2572 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 50.25 2710 4 
GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands)2627 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 49.75 2675 5 
GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine)2663 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 47.75 2672 6 
GM Salem Saleh (UAE)2630 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 7½ 2622 7 
GM Hans Niemann (United States)2692 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 7 41.25 2589 8 
GM Jaime Santos Latasa (Spain)2615 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 7 39.50 2595 9 GM Liam Vrolijk (Netherlands)2566 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5½ 32.50 2512 10 GM Harika Dronavalli (India)2500 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 28.75 2518 11 
GM Mustafa Yılmaz (Turkey)2665 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 5 2475 12 IM Divya Deshmukh (India)2420 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 4½ 2471 13 IM Stefan Beukema (Belgium)2427 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 2½ 2330 14 IM Eline Roebers (Netherlands)2381 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2288
Results by round
The pairings for both the Masters[13][14] and Challengers[15][16] section were announced before the start of the tournament. First named player is white. 1–0 indicates a white win, 0–1 indicates a black win, and ½–½ indicates a draw. Numbers in parentheses show players' scores prior to the round. Final column indicates opening played, sourced from The Week in Chess.[1]
Rounds 1–13 for both sections began at 14:00 local time (CET), which is 13:00 UTC. The final round began at 12:00 CET, which is 11:00 UTC.[17]
Giri vs. Abdusattorov (Round 7)
Warmerdam vs. Gukesh (Round 7)
Firouzja vs. Gujrathi (Round 7)
Masters
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Points by round
This table shows the total number of wins minus the total number of losses each player has after each round. '=' indicates the player has won and lost the same number of games after that round. Green backgrounds indicate the player(s) with the highest score after each round. Red backgrounds indicate player(s) who could no longer win the tournament after each round.[a]
| Rank | Player | Rounds | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
| 1 | Wei Yi (CHN) |
+1 | = | = | +1 | +1 | = | = | = | +1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 |
| 2 | Gukesh Dommaraju (IND) |
= | +1 | = | –1 | = | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 |
| 3 | Anish Giri (NED) |
+1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +4 |
| 4 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) |
= | = | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +3 | +4 |
| 5 | Alireza Firouzja (FRA) |
+1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 |
| 6 | Vidit Gujrathi (IND) |
= | = | = | = | = | = | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +2 |
| 7 | R Praggnanandhaa (IND) |
= | = | = | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 |
| 8 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) |
+1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | = | = | = | +1 | = | +1 | +1 | = | = |
| 9 | Ding Liren (CHN) |
= | = | +1 | = | = | = | = | –1 | –1 | –2 | –2 | –1 | –1 |
| 10 | Ju Wenjun (CHN) |
–1 | –1 | –2 | –2 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –2 | –2 | –3 | –4 | –4 |
| 11 | Alexander Donchenko (GER) |
–1 | –1 | –2 | –2 | –2 | –3 | –3 | –3 | –2 | –3 | –3 | –3 | –4 |
| 12 | Jorden van Foreest (NED) |
–1 | –2 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –2 | –2 | –2 | –3 | –3 | –3 | –4 | –4 |
| 13 | Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) |
= | –1 | –2 | –3 | –3 | –3 | –3 | –3 | –2 | –2 | –3 | –3 | –4 |
| 14 | Max Warmerdam (NED) |
–1 | = | = | = | = | +1 | = | = | –1 | –2 | –3 | –4 | –5 |
Challengers
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