Month: January 2020

Round 9 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Tuesday 21st January. Monday had been a rest day and as they can affect players in different ways, chess fans everywhere waited to see what the resumption of play would bring. Without a doubt, the most exciting feature of […check it out!]

Round 8 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Sunday 19th January. The round would be the last one before the second rest day, what would it bring? Well, the answer is, some exciting chess, which resulted in pleasure for some and pain for others. The round saw […check it out!]

Round 7 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Saturday 18th January. Round 7 marks the crossing of the halfway stage, and after it there will be less rounds remaining than have been played. Therefore, one would expect that anyone with aspirations of winning the tournament, will not […check it out!]

Round 6 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, was played on Friday 17th January. After playing round 5 in Eindhoven, it was back to normality, as the Masters group returned to Wijk aan Zee. This year, there is only one ‘Chess on Tour’ location, (there have usually been 2), so […check it out!]

Round 5 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, was played on Thursday 16th January. It was the ‘Chess on Tour’ round of this year, which meant that the Master group left Wijk aan Zee for the day and would play the round at a different venue. This year, the […check it out!]

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, continued with round 4 on Tuesday 14th January. It would be the final round before the first rest day. Looming rest days are always lotteries really, with it being anybody’s guess as to what is going to happen. Sometimes players will give that little […check it out!]

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, continued on Monday 13th January, with round 3. Things were a little quieter in the playing hall, with the weekend being over, but there was still the buzz of spectators, and of course the sound of clocks being pressed from the amateur groups. Over […check it out!]

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, continued on Sunday 12th January, with round 2. It was a very busy day in the playing hall, with amateur events going on as well as the main groups. Spectators turned up in their hundreds, to see their chess heros play, partaking in a […check it out!]

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2020, got underway on Saturday January 11th, with round 1. The tournament had opened the previous day at the Headquarters of Tata Steel in the Netherlands, in Velsen-Noord. Focus will now be on Wijk aan Zee, the tournament’s home since 1968. The small coastal village, […check it out!]