12 January 2020

First Round of Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020 Played in Wijk aan Zee

Firouzja and Van Foreest won their games.


The 82nd Tata Steel Chess Tournament started in the Netherlands. In the Masters event, Alireza Firouzja defeated Vladislav Kovalev, while Yu Yangyi lost to Jordan Van Foreest. The games Carlsen - Giri, Caruana - So, Xiong - Dubov, Vitiugov - Duda, and Anand - Artemiev were drawn.




Round 2 pairings:

Yu Yangyi - Carlsen, Artemiev - Vitiugov, Duda - Firouzja, Dubov - Kovalev, So - Anand, Giri - Caruana, Xiong - Van Foreest. 

Pavel Eljanov, Erwin l'Ami, and Surya Ganguly celebrated victories in the Challengers Tournament.  

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