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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.

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)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TPR	Place
1	Garry Kasparov (Russia)	2849		½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	9	2839	1
2	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2790	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	8½	2813	2
3	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2772	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	8	2791	3–4
4	Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2717	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	8	2795	3–4
5	Michael Adams (England)	2746	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	7½	2763	5–7
6	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	2745	½	½	1	0	0	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	7½	2763	5–7
7	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2718	0	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½	2765	5–7
8	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2745	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	½	½	½	6½	2706	8
9	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2718	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	0	5½	2651	9
10	Alexei Fedorov (Belarus)	2575	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	0	1	5	2632	10–11
11	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2700	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	5	2623	10–11
12	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2632	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	4½	2605	12–13
13	Sergei Tiviakov (Netherlands)	2597	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	Does not appear	1	4½	2608	12–13
14	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2629	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	4	2574	14

63rd Corus Chess Tournament, group B, 13–28 January 2001, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. X (2496)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	TPR	Place
1	GM Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium)	2694	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	8	2652	1
2	IM Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2483	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½	2629	2
3	GM Thomas Luther (Germany)	2544	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	7	2593	3–4
4	GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)	2578	0	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	7	2590	3–4
5	IM Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2514	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2559	5–6
6	IM Karel van der Weide (Netherlands)	2463	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2534	5–6
7	GM Boris Gulko (United States)	2622	½	1	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	½	0	1	5½	2484	7–8
8	GM Dennis de Vreugt (Netherlands)	2452	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	1	0	1	5½	2499	7–8
9	IM Manuel Bosboom (Netherlands)	2439	0	0	1	0	½	½	1	0	Does not appear	0	1	1	5	2464	9
10	FM Yge Visser (Netherlands)	2442	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	4	2398	10
11	Nico Vink (Netherlands)	2335	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	½	Does not appear	0	2½	2299	11
12	IM Erik Hoeksema (Netherlands)	2382	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	1½	2197	12

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

References

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

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