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The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 was the 86th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee from 13–28 January 2024. [1] The competition followed a similar format to the previous year's edition, taking place at the Dorpshuis De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, while round 9 of the Masters section was played at the AFAS Circustheater in The Hague, Netherlands as part of ...
Playing hall of the 80th Tata Steel Tournament, 2018. The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.It was called the Hoogovens Tournament from its creation in 1938 until the sponsor Koninklijke Hoogovens merged with British Steel to form the Corus Group in 1999, after which the tournament was called the Corus Chess Tournament.
The 2024 FIDE Circuit is a system comprising the top chess tournaments in 2024, which serves as a qualification path for the Candidates Tournament 2026. Players receive points based on their performance and the strength of the tournament. A player's final Circuit score is the sum of their seven best results of the year. [1]
In January, Wei Yi won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 after defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Gukesh D in the tiebreaks. [38] With this result, he achieved his personal best rating of 2755, ranked 9th in the world. In May, Wei Yi came second place overall in the 2024 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland tournament with a score of 25½. He came ...
The winners, Gukesh and Tan Zhongyi, advanced to the World Chess Championship 2024 and Women's World Chess Championship 2025 respectively. The winner of the 2024 FIDE Circuit, which encompasses major tournaments held in 2024, will qualify for the 2026 Candidates Tournament. The World Championship runner-up, Ding Liren, will no longer get an ...
In January 2024, Gukesh finished in a four-way tie for the first place in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 with a score of 8½ in 13 rounds. He defeated Anish Giri in the semifinals before losing to Wei Yi in the finals of the tiebreaker. [35] In April 2024, Gukesh was part of the eight-player Candidates Tournament held in Toronto.
Ju earned the biggest win of her career in the fifth round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024, defeating then world number 6 Alireza Firouzja. [16] She also drew World Champion Ding Liren in the final round, and eventually finished the tournament in 10th with 4½/13 (+1-5=7), gaining 9.7 rating points.
He won the title on tiebreaks, and finished the tournament on 8.5/11 (+6−0=5). [a] [3] Maurizzi played in the Challengers section of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024, where he led by a full point (8½/11) after 11 rounds. [4] He ultimately finished tied for second place with Daniel Dardha and behind winner Leon Luke Mendonca.