Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026
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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026 will be the 88th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee. It will be held in 2026. The field of 14 players in the Masters section will include defending champion R Praggnanandhaa and Thai Dai Van Nguyen, the winner of the Tata Steel Challengers 2025.[1] This is also the youngest ever field of players in the annual Tata Steel chess tournament, with the oldest player, Anish Giri, being only 31 years old.
Standings
Masters
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | TB | SB | H2H | TPR | |
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| 1 | Vincent Keymer (Germany) | 2776 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Arjun Erigaisi (India) | 2775 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | R Praggnanandhaa (India) | 2761 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | 2760 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gukesh Dommaraju (India) | 2754 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) | 2738 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan) | 2726 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Hans Niemann (United States) | 2725 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia) | 2705 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Aravindh Chithambaram (India) | 2703 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) | 2692 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Matthias Blübaum (Germany) | 2675 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (Turkey) | 2658 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen (Czechia) | 2657 |
Challengers
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | TB | SB | H2H | TPR | |
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| 1 | GM Erwin l'Ami (Netherlands) | 2631 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | GM Aydin Suleymanli (Azerbaijan) | 2628 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | GM Velimir Ivić (Serbia) | 2623 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi (France) | 2611 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | GM Andy Woodward (United States) | 2608 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) | 2607 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | GM Daniil Yuffa (Spain) | 2603 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | GM Max Warmerdam (Netherlands) | 2573 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | IM Faustino Oro (Argentina) | 2503 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakhstan) | 2497 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | IM Carissa Yip (United States) | 2459 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | IM Lu Miaoyi (China) | 2440 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | FM Vedant Panesar (India) | 2414 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | IM Eline Roebers (Netherlands) | 2396 |
References
- ^ "Youngest Line-Up Ever at Tata Steel Masters 2026". Retrieved 28 October 2025.