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There is a three way tie for first place on 1.5 points between Hans Moke Niemann, Arjun Erigaisi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov after two rounds of the Tata Steel tournament.
Round 1 leader Niemann drew quickly against Matthias Bluebaum and Erigaisi drew against Thai Dai Van Nguyen but the third winner from round 1, Vincent Keymer, went down to defeat against Vladimir...
There were three decisive games in the first round of the Tata Steel Masters, there could even have been a couple more. The first story was that the start to the tournament was delayed, climate protesters targeting Tata Steel drew attention to their heavy use of coal and the environmental damage it causes. The start of play was delayed for a couple of hours but perhaps this disr...
The 88th Tata Steel Chess tournament takes place in Wijk aan Zee Fri 16th Jan to Sun 1st Feb 2026. Players: Masters: Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Aravindh Chithambaram, Hans Niemann, Vincent Keymer, Javokhir Sindarov, Jorden van Foreest, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Van Nguyen Thai Dai, Gukesh Dommaraju, Anish Giri, Vladimir Fedoseev, Matthias Bluebaum and Nodirbek Abdusa...
The Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz took place Wed 7th Jan to Mon 12th Jan 2026.
Players: Viswanathan Anand, Wei Yi, Chithambaram Aravindh, Arjun Erigaisi, Hans Moke Niemann, Volodar Murzin, Gujrathi Vidit Santosh, R Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin, Wesley So,
Women: Ravi Rakshitta, Carissa Yip, Deshmukh Divya, Nana Dzagnidze, Agrawal Vantika, Rameshbabu Vais...
