Tata Steel 2012 – Schedule and pairings

Grandmaster Group A

Group A: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 14th
David Navara - Veselin Topalov
½-½
Boris Gelfand - Anish Giri
0-1
Teimour Radjabov - Fabiano Caruana
½-½
Sergey Karjakin - Levon Aronian
0-1
Hikaru Nakamura - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Vugar Gashimov
1-0
Gata Kamsky - Loek van Wely
½-½
Group A: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 15th
Veselin Topalov - Loek van Wely
½-½
Vugar Gashimov - Gata Kamsky
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Levon Aronian - Hikaru Nakamura
1-0
Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Karjakin
1-0
Anish Giri - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
David Navara - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Group A: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 16th
Boris Gelfand - Veselin Topalov
½-½
Teimour Radjabov - David Navara
1-0
Sergey Karjakin - Anish Giri
1-0
Hikaru Nakamura - Fabiano Caruana
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian
1-0
Gata Kamsky - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Loek van Wely - Vugar Gashimov
½-½
Group A: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 17th
Veselin Topalov - Vugar Gashimov
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Loek van Wely
½-½
Levon Aronian - Gata Kamsky
1-0
Fabiano Caruana - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Anish Giri - Hikaru Nakamura
½-½
David Navara - Sergey Karjakin
0-1
Boris Gelfand - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
Wednesday, January 18th – Free day
Group A: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 19th
Teimour Radjabov - Veselin Topalov
½-½
Sergey Karjakin - Boris Gelfand
0-1
Hikaru Nakamura - David Navara
1-0
Magnus Carlsen - Anish Giri
½-½
Gata Kamsky - Fabiano Caruana
½-½
Loek van Wely - Levon Aronian
½-½
Vugar Gashimov - Vassily Ivanchuk
0-1
Group A: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 20th
Veselin Topalov - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Levon Aronian - Vugar Gashimov
1-0
Fabiano Caruana - Loek van Wely
½-½
Anish Giri - Gata Kamsky
1-0
David Navara - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Boris Gelfand - Hikaru Nakamura
0-1
Teimour Radjabov - Sergey Karjakin
1-0
Group A: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 21st
Sergey Karjakin - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Hikaru Nakamura - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Boris Gelfand
1-0
Gata Kamsky - David Navara
1-0
Loek van Wely - Anish Giri
½-½
Vugar Gashimov - Fabiano Caruana
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Levon Aronian
½-½
Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 22nd
Veselin Topalov - Levon Aronian
½-½
Fabiano Caruana - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Anish Giri - Vugar Gashimov
0-1
David Navara - Loek van Wely
½-½
Boris Gelfand - Gata Kamsky
½-½
Teimour Radjabov - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Sergey Karjakin - Hikaru Nakamura
½-½
Monday, January 23rd – Free day
Group A: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 24th
Hikaru Nakamura - Veselin Topalov
½-½
Magnus Carlsen - Sergey Karjakin
0-1
Gata Kamsky - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
Loek van Wely - Boris Gelfand
½-½
Vugar Gashimov - David Navara
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Anish Giri
1-0
Levon Aronian - Fabiano Caruana
1-0
Group A: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 25th
Veselin Topalov - Fabiano Caruana
0-1
Anish Giri - Levon Aronian
0-1
David Navara - Vassily Ivanchuk
0-1
Boris Gelfand - Vugar Gashimov
½-½
Teimour Radjabov - Loek van Wely
½-½
Sergey Karjakin - Gata Kamsky
0-1
Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Thursday, January 26th – Free day
Group A: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 27th
Magnus Carlsen - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Gata Kamsky - Hikaru Nakamura
½-½
Loek van Wely - Sergey Karjakin
0-1
Vugar Gashimov - Teimour Radjabov
0-1
Vassily Ivanchuk - Boris Gelfand
0-1
Levon Aronian - David Navara
0-1
Fabiano Caruana - Anish Giri
1-0
Group A: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 28th
Veselin Topalov - Anish Giri
1-0
David Navara - Fabiano Caruana
½-½
Boris Gelfand - Levon Aronian
0-1
Teimour Radjabov - Vassily Ivanchuk
½-½
Sergey Karjakin - Vugar Gashimov
½-½
Hikaru Nakamura - Loek van Wely
1-0
Magnus Carlsen - Gata Kamsky
½-½
Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 29th
Gata Kamsky - Veselin Topalov
1-0
Loek van Wely - Magnus Carlsen
½-½
Vugar Gashimov - Hikaru Nakamura
½-½
Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Karjakin
½-½
Levon Aronian - Teimour Radjabov
½-½
Fabiano Caruana - Boris Gelfand
1-0
Anish Giri - David Navara
½-½

Grandmaster Group B

Group B: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 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
Group B: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 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
Group B: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 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
Group B: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 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
Wednesday, January 18th – Free day
Group B: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 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
Group B: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 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
Group B: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 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
Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 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
Monday, January 23rd – Free day
Group B: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 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
0-1
Group B: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 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
Thursday, January 26th – Free day
Group B: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 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
Group B: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 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
Group B: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 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

Grandmaster Group C

Group C: Round 1 - Sat. Jan. 14th
Matthew Sadler - Pieter Hopman
1-0
Tania Sachdev - Sahaj Grover
½-½
Elizabeth Paehtz - Hans Tikkanen
0-1
Daan Brandenburg - Lars Ootes
½-½
Baskaran Adhiban - Anne Haast
1-0
Etienne Goudriaan - Lisa Schut
1-0
Elina Danielian - Maxim Turov
0-1
Group C: Round 2 - Sun. Jan. 15th
Pieter Hopman - Maxim Turov
0-1
Lisa Schut - Elina Danielian
½-½
Anne Haast - Etienne Goudriaan
½-½
Lars Ootes - Baskaran Adhiban
½-½
Hans Tikkanen - Daan Brandenburg
½-½
Sahaj Grover - Elizabeth Paehtz
1-0
Matthew Sadler - Tania Sachdev
½-½
Group C: Round 3 - Mon. Jan. 16th
Tania Sachdev - Pieter Hopman
½-½
Elizabeth Paehtz - Matthew Sadler
½-½
Daan Brandenburg - Sahaj Grover
½-½
Baskaran Adhiban - Hans Tikkanen
½-½
Etienne Goudriaan - Lars Ootes
1-0
Elina Danielian - Anne Haast
½-½
Maxim Turov - Lisa Schut
1-0
Group C: Round 4 - Tues. Jan. 17th
Pieter Hopman - Lisa Schut
0-1
Anne Haast - Maxim Turov
0-1
Lars Ootes - Elina Danielian
1-0
Hans Tikkanen - Etienne Goudriaan
1-0
Sahaj Grover - Baskaran Adhiban
0-1
Matthew Sadler - Daan Brandenburg
½-½
Tania Sachdev - Elizabeth Paehtz
0-1
Wednesday, January 18th – Free day
Group C: Round 5 - Thurs. Jan. 19th
Elizabeth Paehtz - Pieter Hopman
½-½
Daan Brandenburg - Tania Sachdev
½-½
Baskaran Adhiban - Matthew Sadler
½-½
Etienne Goudriaan - Sahaj Grover
0-1
Elina Danielian - Hans Tikkanen
0-1
Maxim Turov - Lars Ootes
1-0
Lisa Schut - Anne Haast
1-0
Group C: Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 20th
Pieter Hopman - Anne Haast
1-0
Lars Ootes - Lisa Schut
0-1
Hans Tikkanen - Maxim Turov
½-½
Sahaj Grover - Elina Danielian
½-½
Matthew Sadler - Etienne Goudriaan
½-½
Tania Sachdev - Baskaran Adhiban
½-½
Elizabeth Paehtz - Daan Brandenburg
½-½
Group C: Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 21st
Daan Brandenburg - Pieter Hopman
1-0
Baskaran Adhiban - Elizabeth Paehtz
1-0
Etienne Goudriaan - Tania Sachdev
½-½
Elina Danielian - Matthew Sadler
½-½
Maxim Turov - Sahaj Grover
½-½
Lisa Schut - Hans Tikkanen
0-1
Anne Haast - Lars Ootes
1-0
Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 22nd
Pieter Hopman - Lars Ootes
0-1
Hans Tikkanen - Anne Haast
1-0
Sahaj Grover - Lisa Schut
1-0
Matthew Sadler - Maxim Turov
½-½
Tania Sachdev - Elina Danielian
½-½
Elizabeth Paehtz - Etienne Goudriaan
1-0
Daan Brandenburg - Baskaran Adhiban
½-½
Monday, January 23rd – Free day
Group C: Round 9 - Tues. Jan. 24th
Baskaran Adhiban - Pieter Hopman
1-0
Etienne Goudriaan - Daan Brandenburg
½-½
Elina Danielian - Elizabeth Paehtz
½-½
Maxim Turov - Tania Sachdev
1-0
Lisa Schut - Matthew Sadler
½-½
Anne Haast - Sahaj Grover
1-0
Lars Ootes - Hans Tikkanen
0-1
Group C: Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 25th
Pieter Hopman - Hans Tikkanen
1-0
Sahaj Grover - Lars Ootes
1-0
Matthew Sadler - Anne Haast
1-0
Tania Sachdev - Lisa Schut
1-0
Elizabeth Paehtz - Maxim Turov
½-½
Daan Brandenburg - Elina Danielian
1-0
Baskaran Adhiban - Etienne Goudriaan
½-½
Thursday, January 26th – Free day
Group C: Round 11 - Fri. Jan. 27th
Etienne Goudriaan - Pieter Hopman
½-½
Elina Danielian - Baskaran Adhiban
½-½
Maxim Turov - Daan Brandenburg
½-½
Lisa Schut - Elizabeth Paehtz
0-1
Anne Haast - Tania Sachdev
0-1
Lars Ootes - Matthew Sadler
½-½
Hans Tikkanen - Sahaj Grover
1-0
Group C: Round 12 - Sat. Jan. 28th
Pieter Hopman - Sahaj Grover
½-½
Matthew Sadler - Hans Tikkanen
0-1
Tania Sachdev - Lars Ootes
0-1
Elizabeth Paehtz - Anne Haast
½-½
Daan Brandenburg - Lisa Schut
1-0
Baskaran Adhiban - Maxim Turov
0-1
Etienne Goudriaan - Elina Danielian
0-1
Group C: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 29th
Elina Danielian - Pieter Hopman
1-0
Maxim Turov - Etienne Goudriaan
1-0
Lisa Schut - Baskaran Adhiban
0-1
Anne Haast - Daan Brandenburg
0-1
Lars Ootes - Elizabeth Paehtz
0-1
Hans Tikkanen - Tania Sachdev
½-½
Sahaj Grover - Matthew Sadler
½-½

Commentary

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Date Round Day Commentator
14.01.2012 Round 1 Saturday Pelletier
15.01.2012 Round 2 Sunday King
16.01.2012 Round 3 Monday Seirawan
17.01.2012 Round 4 Tuesday King
18.01.2012 Free Day Wednesday
19.01.2012 Round 5 Thursday King
20.01.2012 Round 6 Friday Seirawan
21.01.2012 Round 7 Saturday Seirawan
22.01.2012 Round 8 Sunday King
23.01.2012 Free Day Monday
24.01.2012 Round 9 Tuesday King
25.01.2012 Round 10 Wednesday Pelletier
26.01.2012 Free Day Thursday
27.01.2012 Round 11 Friday King
28.01.2012 Round 12 Saturday Trent
29.01.2012 Round 13 Sunday King

Commentary begins at approx. 3 p.m. and lasts 2–2.5 hours, with breaks in between. A round up show is provided at 8 p.m. server time.

Links

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