GM Magnus Carlsen as soon as once more tops the sphere for the upcoming 2023 Tata Metal Chess Match. The eighty fifth version of the annual super-tournament in Wijk aan Zee can have 5 gamers from the world’s high 10 and likewise 5 of the world’s largest abilities.
Historically, the Tata Metal Chess Match declares the sphere for the Masters group about two months upfront. This time, it is exceptionally robust.
The event can have the world primary Carlsen (coming to Wijk aan Zee for the nineteenth time) in addition to the world quantity two GM Ding Liren, and three extra top-five gamers: GMs Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, and Wesley So. Moreover, three different grandmasters from the world’s high 20 can be current: GMs Richard Rapport, Levon Aronian, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. After all, 2021 winner GM Jorden van Foreest can be again.
Moreover this group of already well-established grandmasters, we have now 5 of the strongest newcomers, rising stars, prodigies, or nonetheless you need to name them, all born within the twenty first century: GMs Gukesh D., Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vincent Keymer, and Praggnanandhaa R.
2023 Tata Metal Chess Masters Members
# | Fed | Title | Born | Ranking | Rank |
1 | Magnus Carlsen | 1990 | 2859 | 1 | |
2 | Ding Liren | 1992 | 2811 | 2 | |
3 | Fabiano Caruana | 1992 | 2766 | 6 | |
4 | Anish Giri | 1994 | 2764 | 7 | |
5 | Wesley So | 1993 | 2760 | 8 | |
6 | Richard Rapport | 1996 | 2740 | 15 | |
7 | Levon Aronian | 1982 | 2735 | 17 | |
8 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 1998 | 2731 | 18 | |
9 | Gukesh D. | 2006 | 2725 | 23 | |
10 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2003 | 2718 | 28 | |
11 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2004 | 2713 | 32 | |
12 | Vincent Keymer | 2004 | 2698 | 42 | |
13 | Jorden van Foreest | 1999 | 2690 | 47 | |
14 | Praggnanandhaa R. | 2005 | 2678 | 62 |
No fewer than 5 of the 14 members have gained the Tata Metal Chess Match earlier than: Carlsen (the file holder with eight victories in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2022), Aronian (2007, 2008, 2012, and 2014), Caruana (2020), So (2017), and Van Foreest (2021).
“We’ll be seeing nice video games,” mentioned event director Jeroen van den Berg. “And I’m not simply speaking in regards to the matches between the world’s greatest gamers; I’m actually wanting ahead to how the younger high abilities, equivalent to 16-year-old Gukesh or 18-year-old Abdusattorov, will compete with the seasoned gamers.”
“That is the strongest discipline I’ve ever seen in Wijk aan Zee, an especially spectacular line-up,” mentioned Giri “I hear the identical enthusiasm from different members. It is nice to compete collectively for the coveted title in January. Everybody needs to win this event at the least as soon as and I feel that every one members will be capable to try this within the upcoming version.”
After two years of absence as a result of Covid-19 pandemic, the tons of of amateurs are anticipated to play once more, alongside the highest GMs and spectators, throughout this eighty fifth jubilee version. The tournament will happen January 13-29, 2023 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.