Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026

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

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88th Tata Steel Masters, 16 January–1 February 2026, Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total TB SB H2H TPR
1  Arjun Erigaisi (India) 2773 Does not appear
2  R Praggnanandhaa (India) 2771 Does not appear
3  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2759 Does not appear
4  Vincent Keymer (Germany) 2755 Does not appear
5  Gukesh Dommaraju (India) 2752 Does not appear
6  Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) 2750 Does not appear
7  Hans Niemann (United States) 2738 Does not appear
8  Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan) 2721 Does not appear
9  Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia) 2720 Does not appear
10  Aravindh Chithambaram (India) 2711 Does not appear
11  Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) 2697 Does not appear
12  Matthias Blübaum (Germany) 2687 Does not appear
13  Thai Dai Van Nguyen (Czechia) 2664 Does not appear
14  Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (Turkey) 2651 Does not appear

References

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  1. ^ "Youngest Line-Up Ever at Tata Steel Masters 2026". Retrieved 28 October 2025.
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