The traditional Tata Steel Chess festival takes place in Wijk aan Zee on January 13-29. The two main events (Tata Steel Masters and Tata Steel Challengers) are held in a round-robin format with 14 participants. One of the most interesting things about this year's edition of the Masters is yet another head-to-head between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Vice-World Champion Sergey Karjakin.
Tata Steel Masters: Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2840), Wesley So (USA, 2808), Sergey Karjakin (Russia, 2785), Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2780), Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2773), Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, 2767), Pentala Harikrishna (India, 2766), Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine, 2755), Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland, 2750), Dmitry Andreikin (Russia, 2736), Wei Yi (China, 2706), Richard Rapport (Hungary, 2702), Loek van Wely (Netherlands, 2695), Bashkaran Adhiban (India, 2653).
The highest rated player of the Tata Steel Challengers is Markus Ragger (Austria, 2697). There is a Russian participant – grandmaster Vladimir Dobrov (2499).
The opening ceremony and drawing of lots are taking place on January 13.
Playing days: January 14-17, 19-22, 24, 25, 27-29. Rest days: January 18, 23, 26. 5th round of Tata Steel Masters will be played in Rotterdam, 10th round will be played in Haarlem.
All games begin at 3:30 pm msk, except for rounds 5 and 10, which start at 4 pm, and the final round, which starts at 2 pm.