76th Tata Steel Chess 2014 Jan 10-26

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The 76th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place from 10th through January 26th, 2014. This year for the first time the Grandmasters of the A-group will play one round in the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam and one round in the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. 

The main A-group is a 12-player round robin:
GM Aronian Levon ARM 2803
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2786
GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2782
GM Gelfand Boris ISR 2777
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS 2756
GM Dominguez Leinier CUB 2754
GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2737
GM Giri Anish NED 2734
GM So Wesley PHL 2719
GM Harikrishna Pentala IND 2708
GM Rapport Richard HUN 2687
GM van Wely Loek NED 2678

Average rating: 2743
Category: 20
FIDE-ratings of December 2013The maximum number of participants in the nine-round event and the Weekend three-round events has been reached. New entries for this part of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will be put on a waiting list. Entries for the Weekday three-round events are still possible. For more details, check out the official website of the Tata Steel Chess.

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