1/11/2013 – It is, as you know, being held in the Dutch sea resort of Wijk aan Zee. Recently we named the participants and strengths of all three groups. On Friday the opening ceremony took place, and with it the drawing of lots. This means we can give you the full schedule and pairings, as well as the world-class commentators we have lined up for you at Playchess. It's going to be an exciting two weeks.
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75. Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Live and in Color on Playchess.com
Though the last mates of 2012 were just given and the last complicated endgames
were just won, the new season suddenly begins – as usual with an absolute
highlight. This weekend the 75. Tata Steel Chess Tournament will turn the small
fishing hamlet Wijk aan Zee into a veritable Mecca of chess. 39 top grandmasters
and talents play in the three invitational tournament, and several hundred chess
enthusiasts will play in the various open tournaments, turning this event, played
in the community hall De Moriaan, into a huge chess festival.
If you do not have the opportunity to pilgrimage to Wijk, you are invited to
follow the games live on the playchess.com server – and you will definitely
see a lot of top level chess. A large number of first class commentators will
analyze and commentate the games: Daniel King, Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley
and Lawrence Trent. And it's all free of charge for premium
members!
Players at the opening ceremony on Friday
The tournament has three main GM groups, which play round robin tournaments
(each competitor plays in turn against every other in the same group). All three
groups have 14 players each and start on January 12th. All rounds begin at 13.30
hours (you can check your local
time here), except for the last round on January 27th, which begins at 12.00
hours. There are rest days: on January 16th, 21st, and 24th.
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Rate of play: For all three groups the rate of play is 100
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the rest of the game, with a 30 seconds/move increment starting with the first
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Schedule of Grandmaster Group A
Of course, Magnus Carlsen is top favorite to win the tournament. The World's
Number One was in excellent form at the Chess Classic in London, not only winning
the tournament but also setting a new Elo record of 2861. However, things in
Wijk have never been easy for the Norwegian and in 2011 and 2010 he did not
win the tournament but had to concede first place to Hikaru Nakamura and Levon
Aronian.
A lot of people will also be curious to see how the recently dethroned former
Women's World Champion Yifan Hou, who gives her debut in the A-tournament, will
perform in Wijk.
Group A: Round 1 - Saturday January 12
Levon Aronian - Loek van Wely
Magnus Carlsen - Fabiano Caruana
Pentala Harikrishna - Anish Giri
Vishy Anand - Hikaru Nakamura
Ivan Sokolov - Wang Hao
Peter Leko - Erwin L'Ami
Sergey Karjakin - Hou Yifan
Group A: Round 2 - Sunday January 13
Loek van Wely - Hou Yifan
Erwin L'Ami - Sergey Karjakin
Wang Hao - Peter Leko
Hikaru Nakamura - Ivan Sokolov
Anish Giri - Vishy Anand
Fabiano Caruana - Pentala Harikrishna
Levon Aronian - Magnus Carlsen
Group A: Round 3 - Monday January 14
Magnus Carlsen - Loek van Wely
Pentala Harikrishna - Levon Aronian
Vishy Anand - Fabiano Caruana
Ivan Sokolov - Anish Giri
Peter Leko - Hikaru Nakamura
Sergey Karjakin - Wang Hao
Hou Yifan - Erwin L'Ami
Group A: Round 4 - Tuesday January 15
Loek van Wely - Erwin L'Ami
Wang Hao - Hou Yifan
Hikaru Nakamura - Sergey Karjakin
Anish Giri - Peter Leko
Fabiano Caruana - Ivan Sokolov
Levon Aronian - Vishy Anand
Magnus Carlsen - Pentala Harikrishna
Wednesday, January
16 – Free day
Group A: Round 5 - Thursday January 17
Pentala Harikrishna - Loek van Wely
Vishy Anand - Magnus Carlsen
Ivan Sokolov - Levon Aronian
Peter Leko - Fabiano Caruana
Sergey Karjakin - Anish Giri
Hou Yifan - Hikaru Nakamura
Erwin L'Ami - Wang Hao
Group A: Round 6 - Friday January 18
Loek van Wely - Wang Hao
Hikaru Nakamura - Erwin L'Ami
Anish Giri - Hou Yifan
Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Karjakin
Levon Aronian - Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen - Ivan Sokolov
Pentala Harikrishna - Vishy Anand
Group A: Round 7 - Saturday January 19
Vishy Anand - Loek van Wely
Ivan Sokolov - Pentala Harikrishna
Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen
Sergey Karjakin - Levon Aronian
Hou Yifan - Fabiano Caruana
Erwin L'Ami - Anish Giri
Wang Hao - Hikaru Nakamura
Group A: Round 8 - Sunday January 20
Loek van Wely - Hikaru Nakamura
Anish Giri - Wang Hao
Fabiano Caruana - Erwin L'Ami
Levon Aronian - Hou Yifan
Magnus Carlsen - Sergey Karjakin
Pentala Harikrishna - Peter Leko
Vishy Anand - Ivan Sokolov
Monday, January
21 – Free day
Group A: Round 9 - Tuesday January 22
Ivan Sokolov - Loek van Wely
Peter Leko - Vishy Anand
Sergey Karjakin - Pentala Harikrishna
Hou Yifan - Magnus Carlsen
Erwin L'Ami - Levon Aronian
Wang Hao - Fabiano Caruana
Hikaru Nakamura - Anish Giri
Group A: Round 10 - Wednesday January 23
Loek van Wely - Anish Giri
Fabiano Caruana - Hikaru Nakamura
Levon Aronian - Wang Hao
Magnus Carlsen - Erwin L'Ami
Pentala Harikrishna - Hou Yifan
Vishy Anand - Sergey Karjakin
Ivan Sokolov - Peter Leko
Thursday, January
24 – Free day
Group A: Round 11 - Friday January 25
Peter Leko - Loek van Wely
Sergey Karjakin - Ivan Sokolov
Hou Yifan - Vishy Anand
Erwin L'Ami - Pentala Harikrishna
Wang Hao - Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura - Levon Aronian
Anish Giri - Fabiano Caruana
Group A: Round 12 - Saturday January 26
Loek van Wely - Fabiano Caruana
Levon Aronian - Anish Giri
Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura
Pentala Harikrishna - Wang Hao
Vishy Anand - Erwin L'Ami
Ivan Sokolov - Hou Yifan
Peter Leko - Sergey Karjakin
Group A: Round 13 - Sunday January 27
Sergey Karjakin - Loek van Wely
Hou Yifan - Peter Leko
Erwin L'Ami - Ivan Sokolov
Wang Hao - Vishy Anand
Hikaru Nakamura - Pentala Harikrishna
Anish Giri - Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana - Levon Aronian
Schedule of Grandmaster Group B
German chess fans will be glad about the participation of Arkadij Naiditsch
who is also the top seed in group B. His closest rivals are Sergei Movsesian
and Romain Edouard. Robin van Kampen represents the Dutch juniors, Richard Rapport
the international young talents, while Jan Timman appears as chess legend. However,
it comes as a slight surprise that this year no woman are taking part in the
B-tournament.
Group B: Round 1 - Saturday January 12
Richard Rapport - Robin van Kampen
Romain Edouard - Pedrag Nikolic
Sipke Ernst - Jan Timman
Sergei Movsesian - Arkadij Naiditsch
Sergey Tiviakov - Alexander Ipatov
Maxim Turov - Nils Grandelius
Daniil Dubov - Jan Smeets
Group B: Round 2 - Sunday January 13
Robin van Kampen - Jan Smeets
Nils Grandelius - Daniil Dubov
Alexander Ipatov - Maxim Turov
Arkadij Naiditsch - Sergey Tiviakov
Jan Timman - Sergei Movsesian
Pedrag Nikolic - Sipke Ernst
Richard Rapport - Romain Edouard
Group B: Round 3 - Monday January 14
Romain Edouard - Robin van Kampen
Sipke Ernst - Richard Rapport
Sergei Movsesian - Pedrag Nikolic
Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Timman
Maxim Turov - Arkadij Naiditsch
Daniil Dubov - Alexander Ipatov
Jan Smeets - Nils Grandelius
Group B: Round 4 - Tuesday January 15
Robin van Kampen - Nils Grandelius
Alexander Ipatov - Jan Smeets
Arkadij Naiditsch - Daniil Dubov
Jan Timman - Maxim Turov
Pedrag Nikolic - Sergey Tiviakov
Richard Rapport - Sergei Movsesian
Romain Edouard - Sipke Ernst
Wednesday, January
16 – Free day
Group B: Round 5 - Thursday January 17
Sipke Ernst - Robin van Kampen
Sergei Movsesian - Romain Edouard
Sergey Tiviakov - Richard Rapport
Maxim Turov - Pedrag Nikolic
Daniil Dubov - Jan Timman
Jan Smeets - Arkadij Naiditsch
Nils Grandelius - Alexander Ipatov
Group B: Round 6 - Friday January 18
Robin van Kampen - Alexander Ipatov
Arkadij Naiditsch - Nils Grandelius
Jan Timman - Jan Smeets
Pedrag Nikolic - Daniil Dubov
Richard Rapport - Maxim Turov
Romain Edouard - Sergey Tiviakov
Sipke Ernst - Sergei Movsesian
Group B: Round 7 - Saturday January 19
Sergei Movsesian - Robin van Kampen
Sergey Tiviakov - Sipke Ernst
Maxim Turov - Romain Edouard
Daniil Dubov - Richard Rapport
Jan Smeets - Pedrag Nikolic
Nils Grandelius - Jan Timman
Alexander Ipatov - Arkadij Naiditsch
Group B: Round 8 - Sunday January 20
Robin van Kampen - Arkadij Naiditsch
Jan Timman - Alexander Ipatov
Pedrag Nikolic - Nils Grandelius
Richard Rapport - Jan Smeets
Romain Edouard - Daniil Dubov
Sipke Ernst - Maxim Turov
Sergei Movsesian - Sergey Tiviakov
Monday, January
21 – Free day
Group B: Round 9 - Tuesday January 22
Sergey Tiviakov - Robin van Kampen
Maxim Turov - Sergei Movsesian
Daniil Dubov - Sipke Ernst
Jan Smeets - Romain Edouard
Nils Grandelius - Richard Rapport
Alexander Ipatov - Pedrag Nikolic
Arkadij Naiditsch - Jan Timman
Group B: Round 10 - Wednesday January 23
Robin van Kampen - Jan Timman
Pedrag Nikolic - Arkadij Naiditsch
Richard Rapport - Alexander Ipatov
Romain Edouard - Nils Grandelius
Sipke Ernst - Jan Smeets
Sergei Movsesian - Daniil Dubov
Sergey Tiviakov - Maxim Turov
Thursday, January
24 – Free day
Group B: Round 11 - Friday January 25
Maxim Turov - Robin van Kampen
Daniil Dubov - Sergey Tiviakov
Jan Smeets - Sergei Movsesian
Nils Grandelius - Sipke Ernst
Alexander Ipatov - Romain Edouard
Arkadij Naiditsch - Richard Rapport
Jan Timman - Pedrag Nikolic
Group B: Round 12 - Saturday January 26
Robin van Kampen - Pedrag Nikolic
Richard Rapport - Jan Timman
Romain Edouard - Arkadij Naiditsch
Sipke Ernst - Alexander Ipatov
Sergei Movsesian - Nils Grandelius
Sergey Tiviakov - Jan Smeets
Maxim Turov - Daniil Dubov
Group B: Round 13 - Sunday January 27
Daniil Dubov - Robin van Kampen
Jan Smeets - Maxim Turov
Nils Grandelius - Sergey Tiviakov
Alexander Ipatov - Sergei Movsesian
Arkadij Naiditsch - Sipke Ernst
Jan Timman - Romain Edouard
Pedrag Nikolic - Richard Rapport
Schedule of Grandmaster Group C
Traditionally, the C-tournament is the place where seasoned grandmasters, veterans
and young talents meet. The youngest participant is 14-year old U-18 World Champion
Alexandra Goryachkina.
Garry Kasparov honors Alexandra Goryachkina with the gold medal. Vice-World
Champion Lisa Schut (middle) is also Playing in the C-tournament.
Group C: Round 1 - Saturday January 12
Fernando Peralta - Alexandra Goryachkina
Robin Swinkels - Alexander Kovchan
Sabino Brunello - David Klein
Lisa Schut - Miguoel Admiraal
Igor Bitensky - Oleg Romanishin
Krikor Mekhitarian - Twan Burg
Hjorvar Gretarsson - Mark van der Werf
Group C: Round 2 - Sunday January 13
Alexandra Goryachkina - Mark van der Werf
Twan Burg - Hjorvar Gretarsson
Oleg Romanishin - Krikor Mekhitarian
Miguoel Admiraal - Igor Bitensky
David Klein - Lisa Schut
Alexander Kovchan - Sabino Brunello
Fernando Peralta - Robin Swinkels
Group C: Round 3 - Monday January 14
Robin Swinkels - Alexandra Goryachkina
Sabino Brunello - Fernando Peralta
Lisa Schut - Alexander Kovchan
Igor Bitensky - David Klein
Krikor Mekhitarian - Miguoel Admiraal
Hjorvar Gretarsson - Oleg Romanishin
Mark van der Werf - Twan Burg
Group C: Round 4 - Tuesday January 15
Alexandra Goryachkina - Twan Burg
Oleg Romanishin - Mark van der Werf
Miguoel Admiraal - Hjorvar Gretarsson
David Klein - Krikor Mekhitarian
Alexander Kovchan - Igor Bitensky
Fernando Peralta - Lisa Schut
Robin Swinkels - Sabino Brunello
Wednesday, January
16 – Free day
Group C: Round 5 - Thursday January 17
Sabino Brunello - Alexandra Goryachkina
Lisa Schut - Robin Swinkels
Igor Bitensky - Fernando Peralta
Krikor Mekhitarian - Alexander Kovchan
Hjorvar Gretarsson - David Klein
Mark van der Werf - Miguoel Admiraal
Twan Burg - Oleg Romanishin
Group C: Round 6 - Friday January 21sr
Alexandra Goryachkina - Miguoel Admiraal
David Klein - Oleg Romanishin
Alexander Kovchan - Twan Burg
Fernando Peralta - Mark van der Werf
Robin Swinkels - Hjorvar Gretarsson
Sabino Brunello - Krikor Mekhitarian
Lisa Schut - Igor Bitensky
Group C: Round 7 - Saturday January 19
Lisa Schut - Alexandra Goryachkina
Igor Bitensky - Sabino Brunello
Krikor Mekhitarian - Robin Swinkels
Hjorvar Gretarsson - Fernando Peralta
Mark van der Werf - Alexander Kovchan
Twan Burg - David Klein
Oleg Romanishin - Miguoel Admiraal
Group C: Round 8 - Sunday January 20
Alexandra Goryachkina - David Klein
Alexander Kovchan - Miguoel Admiraal
Fernando Peralta - Oleg Romanishin
Robin Swinkels - Twan Burg
Sabino Brunello - Mark van der Werf
Lisa Schut - Hjorvar Gretarsson
Igor Bitensky - Krikor Mekhitarian
Monday, January
21 – Free day
Group C: Round 9 - Tuesday January 22
Igor Bitensky - Alexandra Goryachkina
Krikor Mekhitarian - Lisa Schut
Hjorvar Gretarsson - Sabino Brunello
Mark van der Werf - Robin Swinkels
Twan Burg - Fernando Peralta
Oleg Romanishin - Alexander Kovchan
Miguoel Admiraal - David Klein
Group C: Round 10 - Wednesday January 23
Alexandra Goryachkina - David Klein
Alexander Kovchan - Miguoel Admiraal
Fernando Peralta - Oleg Romanishin
Robin Swinkels - Twan Burg
Sabino Brunello - Mark van der Werf
Lisa Schut - Hjorvar Gretarsson
Igor Bitensky - Krikor Mekhitarian
Thursday, January
24 – Free day
Group C: Round 11 - Friday January 25
Krikor Mekhitarian - Alexandra Goryachkina
Hjorvar Gretarsson - Igor Bitensky
Mark van der Werf - Lisa Schut
Twan Burg - Sabino Brunello
Oleg Romanishin - Robin Swinkels
Miguoel Admiraal - Fernando Peralta
David Klein - Alexander Kovchan
Group C: Round 12 - Saturday January 26
Alexandra Goryachkina - Alexander Kovchan
Fernando Peralta - David Klein
Robin Swinkels - Miguoel Admiraal
Sabino Brunello - Oleg Romanishin
Lisa Schut - Twan Burg
Igor Bitensky - Mark van der Werf
Krikor Mekhitarian - Hjorvar Gretarsson
Group C: Round 13 - Sunday January 27
Hjorvar Gretarsson - Alexandra Goryachkina
Mark van der Werf - Krikor Mekhitarian
Twan Burg - Igor Bitensky
Oleg Romanishin - Lisa Schut
Miguoel Admiraal - Sabino Brunello
David Klein - Robin Swinkels
Alexander Kovchan - Fernando Peralta
Commentators on the Playchess Server
There will be full broadcast of all games on the official site and on the Playchess
server, which will provide live audio commentary of the most interesting
games (free for Premium members) starting at 15:00h for each round, 14:00h for
the final round.
12.01.2012 Round 1
Daniel King
20.01.2012 Round 8
Lawrence Trent
13.01.2012 Round 2
Maurice Ashley
21.01.2012 Free day
14.01.2012 Round 3
Yasser Seirawan
22.01.2012 Round 9
Yasser Seirawan
15.01.2012 Round 4
Daniel King
23.01.2012 Round 10
Daniel King
16.01.2012 Free day
24.01.2012 Free day
17.01.2012 Round 5
Daniel King
25.01.2012 Round 11
Yasser Seirawan
18.01.2012 Round 6
Maurice Ashley
26.01.2012 Round 12
Yasser Seirawan
19.01.2012 Round 7
Lawrence Trent
27.01.2012 Round 13
Daniel King
GM Daniel King analyzes Aronian-Nakamura in his round one wrap-up in 2012
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US-Grandmaster Maurice Ashley has a unique way to combine chess and entertainment.
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