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The elite Tata Steel tournaments in Wijk aan Zee are underway and take place from January 13-29, with two main tournaments, the Masters with both Magnus Carlsen and Serget Karjakin as headliners, as well as Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Baskaran Adhiban, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, Dmitri Andreikin, Wei Yi, Pavel Eljanov, and Loek van Wely. All rounds in Wijk aan Zee begin at 1.30pm, except for the last round on 29 January 2017, which begins at 12.00pm. Both rounds on the Chess On Tour days start at 2.00pm.
The Tradewise Gibraltar Open is one of the strongest and best-organised events of its kind in the world. Anyone who knows the moves (and pays the entry fee) can take part, and perhaps face top participants like Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave or Hikaru Nakamura. The tournament lasts from January 23 (opening) to February 4. The location is very balmy: ten hours of daylight, average day temperature 16° C, warm sea temperatures, beautiful scenery. Paradise!
| Bd | No. | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Res. | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | |
| 1 | 3 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2785 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Lagarde Maxime | FRA | 2594 | 34 | |
| 2 | 5 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2751 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2583 | 38 | |
| 3 | 28 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2628 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Anton David | ESP | 2650 | 24 | |
| 4 | 16 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2675 | 4 | 4 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2827 | 1 | |
| 5 | 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave M. | FRA | 2796 | 4 | 4 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2645 | 25 | |
| 6 | 7 | GM | Topalov Veselin | BUL | 2739 | 4 | 4 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2655 | 20 | |
| 7 | 8 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2738 | 4 | 4 | GM | Piorun Kacper | POL | 2651 | 23 | |
| 8 | 12 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2701 | 4 | 4 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | USA | 2633 | 27 | |
| 9 | 26 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2637 | 4 | 4 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2689 | 13 | |
| 10 | 58 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2512 | 4 | 4 | GM | Zvjaginsev Vadim | RUS | 2679 | 15 | |
| 11 | 4 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2752 | 3½ | 4 | IM | Dragnev Valentin | AUT | 2492 | 67 | |
| 12 | 6 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2748 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Spraggett Kevin | CAN | 2542 | 53 | |
| 13 | 54 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | RUS | 2530 | 3½ | 3½ | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2724 | 9 | |
| 14 | 10 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2721 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Steinberg Nitzan | ISR | 2486 | 69 | |
| 15 | 11 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | AZE | 2702 | 3½ | 3½ | IM | Salomon Johan | NOR | 2470 | 73 |
LinksThe games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 14 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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