
2019 TATA Steel
The 81st annual tournament at Wijk aan Zee runs January 12-27, 2019. The top section is a 14-player RR featuring six of the world's top eight players, including World Champion Magnus Carlsen.
Rank | Name | FIDE | NAT | World |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2835 | NOR | 1 |
2 | Mamedyarov, Shak | 2817 | AZR | 3 |
3 | Ding, Liren | 2813 | CHN | 4 |
4 | Giri, Anish | 2783 | NED | 5 |
5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 2777 | RUS | 7 |
6 | Anand, Viswanathan | 2773 | IND | 8 |
7 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2763 | RUS | 13 |
8 | Radjabov, Teimour | 2757 | AZR | 14 |
9 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2738 | POL | 19 |
10 | Rapport, Richard | 2731 | HUN | 23 |
11 | Shankland, Samuel | 2725 | USA | 27 |
12 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | 2724 | RUS | 28 |
13 | Vidit, Gujrathi | 2695 | IND | 45 |
14 | Van Foreest, Jorden | 2612 | NED | 192 |
Notes:
The Challengers group is also a 14-player RR, with the winner qualifying for the 2020 Masters. Canadian Evgeny Bareev comes out of his semi-retirement to play for the fifth time in Wijk; he won the main event in 2002 (ahead of Grischuk, Adams, Morozevich, Leko, etc.)
Update: In round 1, Bareev won on the Black side of the French against the third youngest GM in chess history: 13-year-old Indian GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.
Links
Live Games with Commentary
There are several options for watching live games with GM commentary:
photo from official site: Wijk aan Zee on a rare non-rainy and relatively wind-free day.