11 January 2018

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018 Starts in Wijk aan Zee

Many Russians players to take part in the event.

On January 13, the first super tournament of the year will start in the Netherlands.

Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Wesley So (USA), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Peter Svidler (Russia), Viswanathan Anand (India), Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Wei Yi (China), Maxim Matlakov (Russia), Hou Yifan (China), Baskaran Adhiban (India), and Gawain Jones (England) will take part in the Masters event.

The Russians Dmitry Gordievsky and Olga Girya are among those who will play in the Tata Steel Challengers.

Schedule: January 13-17, 19-21, 23-24, and 26-28.

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