Schacksnack

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament  is a 14-player round-robin format which will take place from 10-25 of January at three different famous chess locations in the Netherlands: Wijk aan Zee, Rotterdam and The Hague.

All rounds in Wijk aan Zee begin at 13.30 CET (7:30 AM EST), except for the last round on January 25th, which begins at 12.00 Noon (6:00 AM EST). Players receive 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the remaining moves with a 30 seconds bonus for each move starting from move one. More information at the official site: www.tatasteelchess.com

Round 1 offers the following seven clashes:

Tejmour Radjabov, Azerbaijan (2734) – Loek van Wely, Netherlands (2667)
Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukraina (2715) – Baadur Jobava, Georgia (2727)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France (2757) – Hou Yifan, China (2673)
Ding Liren, China (2732) – Fabiano Caruana, Italy (2820)
Ivan Saric, Croatia (2666) – Levon Aronian, Armenia (2797)
Anish Giri, Netherlands (2784) – Magnus Carlsen, Norway (2862)
Wesley So, U.S. (2762) – Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Poland (2744)