The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2016, is held in the Dutch seaside village of Wijk aan Zee, from the 15th to the 31st of January. It will be a round-robin tournament, played over 13-rounds. As always, the main venue for the event will be the De Moriaan Community Centre. As has been the case in recent years, there will also be two ‘chess on tour’ rounds played away from the De Moriaan. These will take place at the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht and the Science Center NEMO, in Amsterdam. More information from their website: www.tatasteelchess.com
Tata Steel 2016: Round 2, All Points Split in Masters Section
Round 2 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament took place on Sunday 17th of January 2016. Compared to round 1, it was fairly quiet, seeing all draws in the masters group. Players who got off to a bad start obviously wanted to exercise some damage limitation. Carlsen-Caruana looked quite spicy, with […check it out!]