The 83rd Tata Steel Chess tournament will take place January 15-31, 2021 in De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.
It includes GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Fabiano Caruana once again. The top two players in the world are the favorites in a young field of participants that includes five players from the world’s top 10. The Wijk aan Zee tournament adheres to its usual policy of selecting a mixed field of players with different styles, backgrounds, and ages. In fact, the average age this year is low: 25.4.
Full list of participants:
Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Anish Giri
Alireza Firouzja
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Pentala Harikrishna
Radoslaw Wojtaszek
Alexander Donchenko
Andrey Esipenko
David Anton Guijarro
Jorden van Foreest
Nils Grandelius
Aryan Tari
For playing conditions, the Tata Steel organizers will follow the model of Norway Chess, meaning that there will be no plexiglass placed over the board, and face masks won’t be mandatory during play. Instead, the tables will be a bit wider to provide more distance between opponents, and the distance between the tables will be increased as well.
Time control : 100 minutes for 40 moves followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment per move from move 1.
The event’s format is 14-player round robin.
Day Event Pacific CET
Saturday, January 16, 2021 Round 1 05:00 14:00
Sunday, January 17, 2021 Round 2 05:00 14:00
Monday, January 18, 2021 Round 3 05:00 14:00
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Round 4 05:00 14:00
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Rest day 05:00 14:00
Thursday, January 21, 2021 Round 5 05:00 14:00
Friday, January 22, 2021 Round 6 05:00 14:00
Saturday, January 23, 2021 Round 7 05:00 14:00
Sunday, January 24, 2021 Round 8 05:00 14:00
Monday, January 25, 2021 Rest day 05:00 14:00
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Round 9 05:00 14:00
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Round 10 05:00 14:00
Thursday, January 28, 2021 Rest day 05:00 14:00
Friday, January 29, 2021 Round 11 05:00 14:00
Saturday, January 30, 2021 Round 12 05:00 14:00
Sunday, January 31, 2021 Round 13 04:00 13:00
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