3 November 2015

Sergey Karjakin Will Play in Wijk aan Zee

Tata Steel tournament will take place on January 15-31.

The organizers of Tata Steel announced the names of 12 participants of the first elite tournament of a new year. The headliner of the list is the World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway). The only invited player from Russia is Sergey Karjakin. Also invited are Fabiano Caruana (USA), Wesley So (USA), Ding Liren (China), Wei Yi (China), Hou Yifan (China), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Loek van Wely (Netherlands), Michael Adams (England), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), and David Navara (Czech Republic). 

Two spots are still open and will be announced later. One of them will be determined by the ACP Tour results.