Carlsen had a slow start, making two draws before losing to Poland’s Radoslaw Wojtaszek.
Apparently the setback woke up the monster and Carlsen proceeded to record six consecutive victories. He routinely maintained the advantage until the end of the tournament.
Chinese superstar Wei Yi emerged winner of the Tata Steel Challengers after completing the event with 10,5/13 points, staying half a point ahead of the Czech champion David Navara.
Replay Masters games with analysis
Replay Challengers games with analysis
Tata Steel Masters:
1. Magnus Carlsen – 9,5
2-5. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Wesley So and Ding Liren – 8,5
6. Vassily Ivanchuk – 7,5
7. Fabiano Caruana – 7,0
8. Teimour Radjabov – 6,0
9-10. Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Levon Aronian – 5,5
11. Hou Yifan – 5,0
12. Ivan Šarić – 4,5
13. Loek van Wely – 4,0
14. Baadur Jobava – 3,0
Tata Steel Challengers:
1. Wei Yi – 10,5
2. David Navara – 10,0
3. Samuel Shankland – 9,0
4. Robin Van Kampen – 8,5
5-6. Salem Saleh, Samuel Sevian – 7,5
7. Vladimir Potkin – 7,0
8. Erwin L’Ami – 6,5
9. Valentina Gunina – 5,0
10-11. Bart Michiels, David Klein – 4,5
12. Anne Haast – 4,0
13. Ari Dale – 3,5
14. Jan Timman – 3,0
The 78th Tata Steel Chess Tournament is scheduled to take place from 15-31st January, 2016.
