Year: 2018

Round five of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, took place on Wednesday 17th January. The Masters Group would play away from Wijk aan Zee. As part of the ‘chess on tour’ feature of the tournament, the round would be held in Hilversum. Specifically, it would be held at the […check it out!]

Round four of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, took place in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands on Tuesday 16th January. The round would see Dutch hero, Anish Giri, face off against World Champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway. The game would end in a draw — one of four in […check it out!]

Now, it’s not like me to complain (honest), but, the one problem with the Tata Steel Chess tournament being held at this time of year in the Netherlands, is the weather. January is never very impressive in this part of Europe. On the bright side, it is not snowing or […check it out!]

Round 2 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018, took place in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands on Sunday 14th January. There were two very exciting match-ups for me. The first being Magnus Carlsen playing Black against Baskiran Adhiban — Adhiban had almost beat the World Champion at this tournament […check it out!]

The 80th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, takes place in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands from January 12th to 28th 2018. The Masters Group sees 6 of the world’s top ten chess players competing. Among them, World Champion, world #1 and 5-time winner of the event, Magnus Carlsen. […check it out!]

This coming Friday (January 12th) will see the start of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2018. The event, to be played over 13-rounds, will run until January 28th. The opening ceremony and drawing of lots, will be held at the headquarters of Tata Steel, in Velsen-Noord, the Netherlands. And on […check it out!]