Corus Chess Tournament 2001 Explained

Corus Chess Tournament 2001
Venue:	Wijk aan Zee

The Corus Chess Tournament 2001 was the 63rd edition of the Corus Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 2001 and was won for the third consecutive year by Garry Kasparov.^[1]

The top nine players in the January ratings list took part, and Kasparov's victory meant he was the first player in the tournament's history to win the title three years in a row.

63rd Corus Chess Tournament, group A, 13–28 January 2001, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XIX (2710)^[2] ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! Total !! TPR !! Place

1		2849		½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	9	2839	1
2		2790	½		½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	8½	2813	2
3		2772	½	½		1	½	0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	8	2791	3–4
4		2717	½	½	0		½	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	8	2795	3–4
5		2746	½	½	½	½		1	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	7½	2763	5–7
6		2745	½	½	1	0	0		½	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	7½	2763	5–7
7		2718	0	½	0	0	½	½		½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2765	5–7
8		2745	½	½	½	½	½	1	½		½	½	0	½	½	½	6½	2706	8
9		2718	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½		½	½	1	½	0	5½	2651	9
10		2575	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	½	½		½	0	0	1	5	2632	10–11
11		2700	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	½		1	½	½	5	2623	10–11
12		2632	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	0		½	½	4½	2605	12–13
13		2597	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	½		1	4½	2608	12–13
14		2629	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	0		4	2574	14

63rd Corus Chess Tournament, group B, 13–28 January 2001, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. X (2496)^[3] ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! Total !! TPR !! Place

1		2694		1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	8	2652	1
2		2483	0		½	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2629	2
3		2544	½	½		½	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	7	2593	3–4
4		2578	0	0	½		1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	7	2590	3–4
5		2514	½	½	½	0		½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2559	5–6
6		2463	½	½	½	0	½		½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2534	5–6
7		2622	½	1	0	½	½	½		1	0	½	0	1	5½	2484	7–8
8		2452	½	0	½	½	½	½	0		1	1	0	1	5½	2499	7–8
9		2439	0	0	1	0	½	½	1	0		0	1	1	5	2464	9
10		2442	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	1		½	½	4	2398	10
11		2335	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	½		0	2½	2299	11
12		2382	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1		1½	2197	12

WGM Viktorija Čmilytė (2433) won Reserve Group Swiss-system tournament with the score 7/9 and performance rating 2616.

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess . 2021-03-28 . history.tatasteelchess.com.
2. Web site: Corustoernooi 2001. Staff writer(s). Tata Steel Chess. January 2001.
3. Web site: The Week in Chess 325. Mark Crowther. The Week in Chess. 29 January 2001.