Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Chess News
At 74th Tata Stell Chess Tournament, Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands

Final Standing of Group B

1 Pentala Harikrishna 9 pts
T2 Lazaro Bruzon 8½ pts
T2 Alexander Motylev 8½ pts
T4 Erwin L'Ami 8 pts
T4 Sergey Tiviakov 8 pts
T6 Ilya Nyzhnik 7½ pts
T6 Dimitri Reinderman 7½ pts
8 Vladimir Potkin 6½ pts
9 Jan Timman 6 pts
10 Sipke Ernst 5 pts
T11 Kateryna Lahno 4½ pts
T11 Daniele Vocatura 4½ pts
13 Viktorija Cmilyte 4 pts
14 Harika Dronavalli 3½ pts

Grandmaster Group B

Round 1 - Saturday the 14th
Dimitri Reinderman - Alexander Motylev ½-½
Lazaro Bruzon - Pentala Harikrishna 0-1
Kateryna Lahno - Sipke Ernst 1-0
Harika Dronavalli - Daniele Vocatura ½-½
Viktorija Cmilyte - Ilya Nyzhnik 0-1
Erwin L'Ami - Sergey Tiviakov 1-0
Jan Timman - Vladimir Potkin ½-½

Round 2 - Sunday the 15th
Alexander Motylev - Vladimir Potkin ½-½
Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Timman 1-0
Ilya Nyzhnik - Erwin L'Ami ½-½
Daniele Vocatura - Viktorija Cmilyte 1-0
Sipke Ernst - Harika Dronavalli ½-½
Pentala Harikrishna - Kateryna Lahno 1-0
Dimitri Reinderman - Lazaro Bruzon ½-½

Round 3 - Monday the 16th
Lazaro Bruzon - Alexander Motylev ½-½
Kateryna Lahno - Dimitri Reinderman ½-½
Harika Dronavalli - Pentala Harikrishna 0-1
Viktorija Cmilyte - Sipke Ernst 1-0
Erwin L'Ami - Daniele Vocatura 1-0
Jan Timman - Ilya Nyzhnik 1-0
Vladimir Potkin - Sergey Tiviakov 0-1

Round 4 - Tuesday the 17th
Alexander Motylev - Sergey Tiviakov 1-0
Ilya Nyzhnik - Vladimir Potkin ½-½
Daniele Vocatura - Jan Timman ½-½
Sipke Ernst - Erwin L'Ami 1-0
Pentala Harikrishna - Viktorija Cmilyte ½-½
Dimitri Reinderman - Harika Dronavalli ½-½
Lazaro Bruzon - Kateryna Lahno ½-½

Round 5 - Thursday the 19th
Kateryna Lahno - Alexander Motylev 0-1
Harika Dronavalli - Lazaro Bruzon 0-1
Viktorija Cmilyte - Dimitri Reinderman ½-½
Erwin L'Ami - Pentala Harikrishna ½-½
Jan Timman - Sipke Ernst 1-0
Vladimir Potkin - Daniele Vocatura ½-½
Sergey Tiviakov - Ilya Nyzhnik ½-½

Round 6 - Friday the 20th
Alexander Motylev - Ilya Nyzhnik ½-½
Daniele Vocatura - Sergey Tiviakov ½-½
Sipke Ernst - Vladimir Potkin 1-0
Pentala Harikrishna - Jan Timman 1-0
Dimitri Reinderman - Erwin L'Ami ½-½
Lazaro Bruzon - Viktorija Cmilyte 1-0
Kateryna Lahno - Harika Dronavalli ½-½

Round 7 - Saturday the 21st
Harika Dronavalli - Alexander Motylev ½-½
Viktorija Cmilyte - Kateryna Lahno ½-½
Erwin L'Ami - Lazaro Bruzon ½-½
Jan Timman - Dimitri Reinderman 0-1
Vladimir Potkin - Pentala Harikrishna ½-½
Sergey Tiviakov - Sipke Ernst 0-1
Ilya Nyzhnik - Daniele Vocatura 1-0

Round 8 - Sunday the 22nd
Alexander Motylev - Daniele Vocatura 1-0
Sipke Ernst - Ilya Nyzhnik ½-½
Pentala Harikrishna - Sergey Tiviakov ½-½
Dimitri Reinderman - Vladimir Potkin 0-1
Lazaro Bruzon - Jan Timman 1-0
Kateryna Lahno - Erwin L'Ami 0-1
Harika Dronavalli - Viktorija Cmilyte ½-½

Round 9 - Tuesday the 24th
Viktorija Cmilyte - Alexander Motylev ½-½
Erwin L'Ami - Harika Dronavalli 1-0
Jan Timman - Kateryna Lahno ½-½
Vladimir Potkin - Lazaro Bruzon 0-1
Sergey Tiviakov - Dimitri Reinderman 1-0
Ilya Nyzhnik - Pentala Harikrishna 0-1
Daniele Vocatura - Sipke Ernst 1-0

Round 10 - Wednesday the 25th
Alexander Motylev - Sipke Ernst 1-0
Pentala Harikrishna - Daniele Vocatura 1-0
Dimitri Reinderman - Ilya Nyzhnik 1-0
Lazaro Bruzon - Sergey Tiviakov ½-½
Kateryna Lahno - Vladimir Potkin ½-½
Harika Dronavalli - Jan Timman ½-½
Viktorija Cmilyte - Erwin L'Ami 0-1

Round 11 - Friday the 27th
Erwin L'Ami - Alexander Motylev ½-½
Jan Timman - Viktorija Cmilyte 1-0
Vladimir Potkin - Harika Dronavalli 1-0
Sergey Tiviakov - Kateryna Lahno 1-0
Ilya Nyzhnik - Lazaro Bruzon 1-0
Daniele Vocatura - Dimitri Reinderman 0-1
Sipke Ernst - Pentala Harikrishna 1-0

Round 12 - Saturday the 28th
Alexander Motylev - Pentala Harikrishna ½-½
Dimitri Reinderman - Sipke Ernst 1-0
Lazaro Bruzon - Daniele Vocatura 1-0
Kateryna Lahno - Ilya Nyzhnik 0-1
Harika Dronavalli - Sergey Tiviakov 0-1
Viktorija Cmilyte - Vladimir Potkin ½-½
Erwin L'Ami - Jan Timman ½-½

Round 13 - Sunday the 29th
Jan Timman - Alexander Motylev ½-½
Vladimir Potkin - Erwin L'Ami 1-0
Sergey Tiviakov - Viktorija Cmilyte 1-0
Ilya Nyzhnik - Harika Dronavalli 1-0
Daniele Vocatura - Kateryna Lahno ½-½
Sipke Ernst - Lazaro Bruzon 0-1
Pentala Harikrishna - Dimitri Reinderman ½-½

Harikrishna became only the second Indian player after Anand to gain entry into elite Group A event of Tata Steel Corus Chess tournament next year after winning Group B event ... He finished top with strong showing, he won 6 mathes (3 with black pieces) and drew 6 ... His only loss came against Dutch GM Sipke Ernst in 11th game playing with black.

Harika Dronavalli was also participated in the same group but she finished on the last place with mere 3½ pts

In Group C, GM Adhiban Baskaran, IM Sahaj Grover and IM Tania Sachdev participated ... Adhiban Baskaran finished on tied third position with 8½ pts ... Sahaj Grover finished on tied fifth position with 7 points and Tania Sachdev finished on eighth position with 6 points.

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