Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen will take on some of his biggest competitors at the 77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament from 9-25 January, 2015.
Current world number two and rising star of the chess world Fabiano Caruana, and winner of the 2014 Tata Steel Chess Tournament Levon Aronian will both play at the tournament.
They will be joined by Women’s World Chess Champion Hou Yifan and Dutch players Anish Giri and Loek van Wely.
The tournament will take place in its traditional location of Wijk aan Zee, but will also visit other prestigious Dutch venues with satellite events in Rotterdam and The Hague.
On 15 January the 5th round of the Tata Steel Masters will take place in De Rotterdam, the recently opened eye-catching building at the waterfront of the River Meuse in Rotterdam, designed by renowned architect Rem Koolhaas.
And on 21 January, the 10th round of the Tata Steel Masters will take place in the recently renovated press centre Nieuwspoort in The Hague.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is one of the most important events in the chess calendar. The tournament brings together the world’s leading chess players and the most passionate amateurs with its grandmaster groups and amateur events.
The world-famous tournament has two main player groups, each with 14 players. They are known as the Tata Steel Masters and the Tata Steel Challengers. Both groups attract world class players and online spectators from across the globe.
Tata Steel Masters participants:
Carlsen Magnus NOR 2863
Caruana Fabiano ITA 2844
Aronian Levon ARM 2793
Giri Anish NED 2768
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2757
So Wesley USA 2755
Ding Liren CHN 2730
Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2726
Radjabov Teimour AZE 2726
Saric Ivan CRO 2678
Hou Yifan CHN 2673
Van Wely Loek NED 2664
Average rating: 2748
Category: 20
FIDE ratings of October 2014
ACP and Tata Steel Chess announce cooperation
Naka Muda will win easily if invited
Invite Naka Muda
They forgot Nakamura, the best player ever.
Fogot naka he is a tail chessplayer
I wonder if Wesley So has paid the federation transfer fee ($50,000) after he won the Millionaire Chess. Any info. Email me please pilapil.jim@gmail.com thanks
Even though GM Wesley So won $ 100 k in the Millionaire Chess ($ 60 k after tax etc), he wont be crazy & stupid enough to pay the € 50 k euros to the National Chess Federation of the Philippines to effect his transfer to USCF. Its already too late as the Fide Grand Prix series (which offers slot to the Candidates Tourney) has already started. Assuming arguendo he will pay, still & would be able to join the 2015 Chess World Cup (which offers 2 slot to the Candidates) he is still not assured of winning it or be runner-up. Given this scenario, NOT Paying € 50 k euros is a smart decision. Besides, GM Wesley So 2 year waiting period (if no consent to release from NCFP or payment of € 50 k transfer fee) will EXPIRE on August 2015. Which means by September 2015, GM So will already play under the US flag. So why pay? Just wait for few months… unless he is crazy & stupid which I think he is not 🙂
Anon 10:36:00 PM is absolutely correct.
August 2015 is the end of the 2-yr waiting period.
Wesley is not stupid to put his hard-earned money into a pocket of a known-convicted-corrupt-political-appointee Prospero Pichay of NCFP.
In retrospect, Wesley indirectly scored the biggest upset of his life when Pichay lost his FIDE candidacy bid this year.
Voting Chess Federations worldwide took notice of Pichay’s corrupt / incompetent / deplorable actions on how he mistreated Wesley after he won the Philippines first-ever Gold Medal at the Universiade in Kazan. Wesley’s netizen supporters, including myself, propagated this corrupt politician’s consistent garbage treatment of Wesley. This is further highlighted when he and his henchman confronted Wesley , Coach Susan and Paul Truong in Tromso.
THIS IS SICKENING TO THE GUT!!!
This is how “MFKer” this Pichay is.
The only way to keep his corrupt lifestyle going is by licking Peping Cojuangco’s balls and a$$. The latter is an untouchable dude – not even by his nephew President Noynoy Aquino, who doesn’t have the balls to eliminate the House of Corruption (Senate & Congress).
That being said, I am very happy Wesley is switching to USCF. He will be at piece and focused more than ever to pursue his ultimate dream: to be a world chess champion.
I hope Ino Sadorra, Mark Paragua and the young phenom Alekhine Nouri will switch to USCF too.
Please switch NOW!
For as long as Pichay and the rest of his cohorts are managing the NCFP, this organization remains a rotten garbage!
Late FIDE boss Florencio Camponanes should be turning in his grave ever since Pichay et.al. took over the reigns he once managed at the highest level.
My message to Pichay:
1. GET A REAL JOB
2. CONFESS YOUR SINS
3. BE A PERFORMING ROMAN CATHOLIC
4. BE HONEST TO YOURSELF
5. BRING STOLEN MONEY BACK TO YOUR
BOSS..THE FILIPINO PEOPLE.
And lastly…
6. Print (and blow it up) my above comments and
post it in your office and in your living room so
everyone could read including your own family.
Anon 10:36:00 PM is absolutely correct.
August 2015 is the end of the 2-yr waiting period.
Wesley is not stupid to put his hard-earned money into a pocket of a known-convicted-corrupt-political-appointee Prospero Pichay of NCFP.
In retrospect, Wesley indirectly scored the biggest upset of his life when Pichay lost his FIDE candidacy bid this year.
Voting Chess Federations worldwide took notice of Pichay’s corrupt / incompetent / deplorable actions on how he mistreated Wesley after he won for the Philippines its first-ever Gold Medal at the Universiade in Kazan. Wesley’s netizen supporters, including myself, propagated this corrupt politician’s consistent garbage treatment of Wesley. This is further highlighted when he and his henchman confronted Wesley , Coach Susan and Paul Truong in Tromso.
THIS IS SICKENING TO THE GUT!!!
This is who Pichay is.
The only way to keep his corrupt lifestyle going is by being loyal to Peping Cojuangco. The latter is an untouchable dude – not even by his nephew President Noynoy Aquino, who doesn’t have the initiative to eliminate the House of Corruption (Senate & Congress).
That being said, I am very happy Wesley is switching to USCF. He will be at piece and focused more than ever to pursue his ultimate dream: to be a world chess champion.
I hope Ino Sadorra, Mark Paragua and the young phenom Alekhine Nouri will switch to USCF too.
Please switch NOW!
For as long as Pichay and the rest of his cohorts are managing the NCFP, this organization remains a rotten garbage!
Late FIDE boss Florencio Camponanes should be turning in his grave ever since Pichay et.al. took over the reigns he once managed at the highest level.
My message to Pichay:
1. GET A REAL JOB
2. CONFESS YOUR SINS
3. BE A PERFORMING ROMAN CATHOLIC
4. BE HONEST TO YOURSELF
5. BRING STOLEN MONEY BACK TO YOUR
BOSS..THE FILIPINO PEOPLE.
Lastly…
6. Print (and blow it up) my above comments and
post it in your office and in your living room so
everyone could read including your own family.