30 January 2011

News Flash – Congratulations to Nakamura for winning Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011
Chess blog for latest news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


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Hi everyone,


We’ve been following the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 from Wijk aan Zee and today, in the final round, drawing with Wang Hao, Hikaru Nakamura has walked away with the championship title. He notched up a total of 9 points.



Standings after round 13 of Group A

1. H. Nakamura 9
2. V. Anand 8½
3. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 8
5. V. Kramnik, M. Vachier-Lagrave 7½
7. A. Giri, R. Ponomariov 6½
9. I. Nepomniachtchi, Wang Hao 6
11. A. Grischuk, E. l’Ami, J. Smeets 4½
14. A. Shirov 4

 Standings after round 13 of Group B

1. L. McShane, D. Navara 8½
3. Z. Efimenko 8
4. L. Liem, G. Sargissian, W. So 7½
7. V. Tkachiev 7
8. R. Wojtaszek 6½
9. L. Fressinet, Li Chao 6
11. S. Ganguly 5½
12. W. Spoelman 5
13. J. Hammer 4
14. F. Nijboer 3½

Standings after round 13 of Group C

1. D. Vocaturo 8½
2. I. Nyzhnyk 8
3. I. Ivanisevic 7½
4. K. Lahno, D. Swiercz 7
6. M. Bluvshtein, M. Kazhgaleyev, T. Sachdev 6½
9. B. Bok 6
10. S. Siebrecht 4½
11. J.W. de Jong, R. Pruijssers, M. van der Werf, R. van Kampen 4

Updates to follow.


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