GM Magnus Carlsen is once again on top for the upcoming 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The 85th edition of the annual super tournament in Wijk aan Zee will feature five players from the world’s top 10 as well as five of the world’s biggest talents.
Usually, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament announces the courses for the Masters group about two months in advance. This time, it was really strong.
The tournament will feature world number one Carlsen (coming to Wijk aan Zee for the 19th time) as well as world number two GM Ding Liren, and three other top 10 players: GM Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri and Wesley Jadi. Subsequently, three other grandmasters from the world’s top 20 will attend: GM Richard Rapport, Levon Aronian and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Of course, 2021 GM Jorden van Forest winner is also back.
In addition to this group of established grandmasters, we have five of the strongest newcomers, rising stars, prodigies or whatever you want to call them, all born in the 21st century: GM Gukesh D., Arjun Erigaisi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vincent Keymer, and Praggnanandhaa R.
Tata Steel Chess Master Participant 2023
| # | fed | Name | Born | Rating | Rank |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 1990 | 2859 | 1 | |
| 2 | Ding Liren | 1992 | 2811 | 2 | |
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana | 1992 | 2766 | 6 | |
| 4 | Anish Giri | 1994 | 2764 | 7 | |
| 5 | Wesley So | 1993 | 2760 | 8 | |
| 6 | Richard Rapport | 1996 | 2740 | 15 | |
| 7 | Levon Aronian | 1982 | 2735 | 17 | |
| 8 | Jan-Krzysztof widower | 1998 | 2731 | 18 | |
| 9 | Gukesh D. | 2006 | 2725 | 23 | |
| 10 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2003 | 2718 | 28 | |
| 11 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2004 | 2713 | 32 | |
| 12 | Vincent Keymer | 2004 | 2698 | 42 | |
| 13 | Jorden vanForest | 1999 | 2690 | 47 | |
| 14 | Praggnanandhaa R. | 2005 | 2678 | 62 |
No fewer than five of the 14 participants have won the previous Tata Steel Chess Tournament: Carlsen (record holder with eight wins in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2022), Aronian (2007, 2008, 2012) . , and 2014), Caruana (2020), So (2017), and Van Forest (2021).
“We are going to see great matches,” said tournament director Jeroen van den Berg. “And I’m not just talking about matches between the world’s best players; I’m really looking forward to how top young talents, like 16-year-old Gukesh or 18-year-old Abdusattorov, will compete against experienced players.”
“This is the strongest court I’ve ever seen at Wijk aan Zee, very impressive line-up,” said Giri. win this tournament at least once and I think all the participants will be able to do it in the future editions.”
Update: on December 5, 2022, the Challengers group participants were also announced.
Tata Steel Chess Challenger Participants 2023
| # | fed | Name | Rating | Born |
| 1 | Salem Saleh | 2677 | 1993 | |
| 2 | Amen Tabatabaei | 2660 | 2001 | |
| 3 | Javokhir Sindarov | 2654 | 2005 | |
| 4 | Alexander Donchenko | 2636 | 1998 | |
| 5 | Jergus Pechac | 2628 | 2001 | |
| 6 | Erwin l’Ami | 2627 | 1985 | |
| 7 | Max Warmerdam | 2619 | 2000 | |
| 8 | Mustafa Yilmaz | 2617 | 1992 | |
| 9 | Luis Paulo Supi | 2612 | 1996 | |
| 10 | Adiban Baskaran | 2611 | 1992 | |
| 11 | Abhimanyu Mishra | 2549 | 2009 | |
| 12 | Thomas Beerdsen | 2521 | 1998 | |
| 13 | Rameshbabu Vaishali | 2425 | 2001 | |
| 14 | Elina Roeber | 2343 | 2006 |
After two years of absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of amateurs are expected to play again, alongside GMs and high-profile crowds, in this 85th anniversary edition. tournament will take place January 13-29 2023 in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.
