Played in the De Moriaan community centre, Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands from January 15 (Round 1) to January 27 (Round 11), with rest days on January 18 and 23. In addition to teenager Werle and the other IM's and GM's, there were three female players: Stefanova, Zhaoqin Peng, and Skripchenko. The event was won by Krasenkow with 8/11. Krasenkow had a 2702 rating only a few years earlier. He had been one of the world's top 10 players and a FIDE World Championship quarterfinalist, but he was now second seed behind Sokolov. The quiet-spoken Russian émigré went from a high of 2731 into a freefall with a drop to 2573 and obscurity by the July 2001 list. He had played well in late 2001, however, and with this win he got another crack at the elite, as his victory guaranteed him an automatic placing in next year’s Group A.
Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, 15-27 January 2001
Age Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1 Krasenkow 38 2632 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8
=2 Nijboer 36 2574 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 7
=2 Sokolov 33 2659 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7
4 Tregubov 30 2626 ½ ½ 1 * 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 6½
=5 Van der Wiel 42 2501 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6
=5 Jonkman 26 2498 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6
=7 Stefanova 22 2451 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 5½
=7 Yu Shaoteng 22 2522 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½
=9 Cuijpers 39 2458 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 0 4
=9 Zhaoqin Peng 33 2460 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4
11 Skripchenko 25 2498 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 3½
12 Werle 18 2481 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * 3
Category: XII (2530). Krasenkow qualified for Corus Group A (2003)
Wikipedia article: Tata Steel Chess Tournament#2002
TWIC #377 (http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic...)
Chess.gr website (https://web.archive.org/web/2002032...)
Szachowa Vistula website (http://szachowavistula.pl/vistula/w...)
John B Henderson in The Scotsman, January 2002 (http://www.scrkuppenheim.de/heco/ar...)
Original collections: Game Collection: 2002 Corus (group B) by User: gauer and Game Collection: Corus Group B 2002 by User: Tabanus. Round dates are from Leidsch Dagblad.
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