The World Champion Magnus Carlsen will once again be one of the participants of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January 2021. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 this event is only the second international classical chess tournament to be held and the organization is very pleased with the permission that has been granted to organize this tournament in a COVID- safe manner in Wijk aan Zee. The Norwegian world champion is perfectly at ease in Wijk aan Zee. He will participate for the 17th time in January.
Apart from Carlsen four other top 10 players will participate: Fabiano Caruana (this year’s winner and number two in the world), Ian Nepomniachtchi (4), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (5) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (8). The best Dutch chess player, Anish Giri (11) will also participate, of course. Super talent Alireza Firouzja (18) will also be taking part in ’the Wimbledon of Chess’. The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 will take place in De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee from 15 January – 31 January 2021 and chess fans have the opportunity to watch the live stream via our website. Unfortunately, no spectators are allowed to watch the games in De Moriaan itself unless the COVID-19 measures will allow it in January. All the games will be broadcasted online.
Tournament director Jeroen van den Berg: “the flood of congratulations and positive reactions I have received from people all over the world after the announcement is proof of how special it is that the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will really be played in Wijk aan Zee in these times. People show tremendous respect for the fact that Tata Steel, the municipality of Beverwijk and the other authorities have gone to such great lengths to make sure that the world’s most prominent chess tournament can go ahead. Chess aficionados have had to do without big international classical chess tournaments for almost a year. The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 is seen as a beacon of hope. People all over the world are craving for it.”
Tata Steel Chess 2021 line-up:
|
Name |
Country |
Rating |
World Ranking |
|
Magnus Carlsen |
Norway |
2862 |
1 |
|
Fabiano Caruana |
U.S.A. |
2823 |
2 |
|
Ian Nepomniachtchi |
Russia |
2784 |
4 |
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
France |
2784 |
5 |
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
Azerbaijan |
2770 |
8 |
|
Anish Giri |
Netherlands |
2764 |
11 |
|
Alireza Firouzja |
FIDE |
2749 |
18 |
|
Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
Poland |
2743 |
19 |
|
Daniil Dubov |
Russia |
2702 |
37 |
|
Andrey Esipenko |
Russia |
2686 |
49 |
|
David Anton Guijarro |
Spain |
2675 |
60 |
|
Jorden van Foreest |
Netherlands |
2671 |
66 |
|
Nodirbek Abdusattorov |
Uzbekistan |
2627 |
152 |
|
Aryan Tari |
Norway |
2618 |
184 |
Text and photo: Official website
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