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Event: 2026 Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 13
# Official Website https://tatasteelchess.com/en
Follow the games here: Chess.com https://www.chess.com/events/2026-tata-steel-chess-masters/games | Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/tata-steel-chess-2026--masters/3COxSfdj | Chess-Results https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1328218.aspx?lan=1&flag=30&turdet=YES&SNode=S0
The 2026 Tata Steel Chess Tournament https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/event/43b3e472-b424-11f0-8e89-57f949c5dfa5-2.39d73d3b.320x180o.6d9d8e0c48c8@2x.png, the 88th edition, will take place from January 16 to February 1 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The Masters will feature the youngest top-flight field in the tournament’s history, including reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and four players qualified for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament: Anish Giri, Matthias Blubaum, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Javokhir Sindarov. The Challengers section will include rising stars and experienced grandmasters, with the winner earning a place in the 2027 Masters. The tournament will use a new time control matching the Candidates format.
# Players (Masters) https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/PedroPinhata/phpdhs4s11arb9k9JVoY1e.png
|\#|Title|Name|FED|Rating|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|1|GM|Vincent Keymer|🇩🇪 GER|2776|
|2|GM|Arjun Erigaisi|🇮🇳 IND|2775|
|3|GM|Anish Giri|🇳🇱 NED|2760|
|4|GM|Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa|🇮🇳 IND|2758|
|5|GM|Gukesh Dommaraju|🇮🇳 IND|2754|
|6|GM|Nodirbek Abdusattorov|🇺🇿 UZB|2751|
|7|GM|Javokhir Sindarov|🇺🇿 UZB|2726|
|8|GM|Hans Moke Niemann|🇺🇸 USA|2725|
|9|GM|Vladimir Fedoseev|🇸🇮 SLO|2705|
|10|GM|Jorden Van Foreest|🇳🇱 NED|2703|
|11|GM|Aravindh Chithambaram|🇮🇳 IND|2700|
|12|GM|Matthias Bluebaum|🇩🇪 GER|2679|
|13|GM|Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus|🇹🇷 TUR|2658|
|14|GM|Thai Dai Van Nguyen|🇨🇿 CZE|2656|
* All details of the Challengers section, including the players list, standings, and pairings, can be found here https://tatasteelchess.com/en/challengers/latest.
# Format/Time Control
* The tournament is a 14-player single round-robin. The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move starting from move 41.
# Schedule
|Date|Time (Local)|Time (UTC)|Round|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Jan 17-21|14:00|13:00|Round 1-5|
|Jan 22|\-|\-|Rest Day|
|Jan 23-25|14:00|13:00|Round 6-8|
|Jan 26|\-|\-|Rest Day|
|Jan 27-28|14:00|13:00|Round 9-10|
|Jan 29|\-|\-|Rest Day|
|Jan 30-31|14:00|13:00|Round 11-12|
|Feb 1|12:00|11:00|Round 13 & Tie-Breaks (if required)|
# Live Broadcast
* Chess24 broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Chess24/streams Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/chess24. Commentary by GM Jan Gustafsson, GM Simon Williams, and IM Jovanka Houska.
* ChessBase India broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ChessBaseIndiachannel/streams. Commentary by IM Sagar Shah.
* Tata Steel Chess Tournament: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tatasteelchesstournament/streams. Live feed of individual boards is available.
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# Official Website https://tatasteelchess.com/en
Follow the games here: Chess.com https://www.chess.com/events/2026-tata-steel-chess-masters/games | Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/tata-steel-chess-2026--masters/3COxSfdj | Chess-Results https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1328218.aspx?lan=1&flag=30&turdet=YES&SNode=S0
The 2026 Tata Steel Chess Tournament https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/event/43b3e472-b424-11f0-8e89-57f949c5dfa5-2.39d73d3b.320x180o.6d9d8e0c48c8@2x.png, the 88th edition, will take place from January 16 to February 1 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The Masters will feature the youngest top-flight field in the tournament’s history, including reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and four players qualified for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament: Anish Giri, Matthias Blubaum, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Javokhir Sindarov. The Challengers section will include rising stars and experienced grandmasters, with the winner earning a place in the 2027 Masters. The tournament will use a new time control matching the Candidates format.
# Players (Masters) https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/PedroPinhata/phpdhs4s11arb9k9JVoY1e.png
|\#|Title|Name|FED|Rating|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|1|GM|Vincent Keymer|🇩🇪 GER|2776|
|2|GM|Arjun Erigaisi|🇮🇳 IND|2775|
|3|GM|Anish Giri|🇳🇱 NED|2760|
|4|GM|Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa|🇮🇳 IND|2758|
|5|GM|Gukesh Dommaraju|🇮🇳 IND|2754|
|6|GM|Nodirbek Abdusattorov|🇺🇿 UZB|2751|
|7|GM|Javokhir Sindarov|🇺🇿 UZB|2726|
|8|GM|Hans Moke Niemann|🇺🇸 USA|2725|
|9|GM|Vladimir Fedoseev|🇸🇮 SLO|2705|
|10|GM|Jorden Van Foreest|🇳🇱 NED|2703|
|11|GM|Aravindh Chithambaram|🇮🇳 IND|2700|
|12|GM|Matthias Bluebaum|🇩🇪 GER|2679|
|13|GM|Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus|🇹🇷 TUR|2658|
|14|GM|Thai Dai Van Nguyen|🇨🇿 CZE|2656|
* All details of the Challengers section, including the players list, standings, and pairings, can be found here https://tatasteelchess.com/en/challengers/latest.
# Format/Time Control
* The tournament is a 14-player single round-robin. The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move starting from move 41.
# Schedule
|Date|Time (Local)|Time (UTC)|Round|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Jan 17-21|14:00|13:00|Round 1-5|
|Jan 22|\-|\-|Rest Day|
|Jan 23-25|14:00|13:00|Round 6-8|
|Jan 26|\-|\-|Rest Day|
|Jan 27-28|14:00|13:00|Round 9-10|
|Jan 29|\-|\-|Rest Day|
|Jan 30-31|14:00|13:00|Round 11-12|
|Feb 1|12:00|11:00|Round 13 & Tie-Breaks (if required)|
# Live Broadcast
* Chess24 broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Chess24/streams Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/chess24. Commentary by GM Jan Gustafsson, GM Simon Williams, and IM Jovanka Houska.
* ChessBase India broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ChessBaseIndiachannel/streams. Commentary by IM Sagar Shah.
* Tata Steel Chess Tournament: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tatasteelchesstournament/streams. Live feed of individual boards is available.
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