Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022: Winners and Others

This year the 84th edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament was held from January 15-30. Where we saw GM Magnus Carlsen winning the Masters Tournament and GM Arjun Erigaisi topping the Challengers Tournament. However there was some unnecessary controversy surrounding Daniil Dubov who had to leave the tournament and also when the tournament’s broadcaster TV 2 invited ‘the brain’ behind the biggest bank robbery in Norwegian history as a guest for a show.

Tournament Details

The competition was first played in 1938 as a local Dutch competition. It has been held each year since, aside from 1945, during which period it developed into a significant global competition. Initially played in Beverwijk, it moved to Wijk aan Zee in 1968. The sponsor has also developed, from Hoogovens in 1938, to Corus in 1999, lastly, Tata Steel beginning in 2011.

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament held each year in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, a little retreat town on the North Sea is now one of the most recognized over-the-board competitions in all of chess. Most years there are different competitions held simultaneously. All things considered, the victor of the second-level competition (previously Group B, presently referred to now as the Challengers) advances to the following year’s top division, the Masters (previously Group A). The field consists of 14 players. At least one Dutch player participates every year and GM Anish Giri was the first player to be confirmed for 2022. An additional 12 players were announced on October 26, 2021, with GM Vidit Gujrathi completing the field on November 23. Everybody plays each other once for an aggregate of 13 rounds. In each game, the players get 100 minutes for the initial 40 maneuvers, 50 minutes for the following 20, and 15 minutes for the rest of the game. There is a 30-second increment all through. New this year is that a tie for first is broken by a tiebreak among all players who finish in clear ahead of all comers.

Winning Character

World Title holder Magnus Carlsen won the Tata Steel Chess Masters Tournament. Playing black, he managed to beat Fabiano Caruana in round 12. It was his eighth win, an extraordinary accomplishment. Arjun Erigaisi won the challengers competition in Wijk aan Zee. The 18-year-old grandmaster didn’t lose a match during the entire competition. Erigaisi’s competition triumph is a major step forward on the world rankings. He has now moved to the 85th spot. On account of his victory, Erigaisi additionally got a spot for the Tata Steel Masters competition in 2023.

Here’s a list of the top players above 2700 rating in this year’s Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament:

If you want to know the details of each round, you may find it here

The Blow of Covid-19

The ongoing pandemic caused much rookus in this year’s Tata Steel Chess Tournament. No audience was allowed in the venue to ensure safety of players and staff during the tournament. But the biggest blow came when one of the players in the Masters Tournament, Daniil Dubov had to leave the tournament.

Dubov forfeited his match in Round 7 against Anish Giri because of COVID-19 case in his internal circle and his refusal to wear a mask.

He was permitted to play again without a mask after a few tests including a PCR found negative.

Dubov was positive for COVID-19 before Round 11, subsequently he had to forfeit his games against Rapport, Praggnanandhaa, and Carlsen respectively.

The Chess Loving Bank Robber

The Tata Steel Chess competition became involved in a superfluous contention after the occasion’s telecaster welcomed Norway’s most notorious bank looter, David Toska as a visitor for a show. Known as the brains behind the greatest heist in the nation’s set of experiences, Toska has been welcome to join as a visitor during TV 2’s Tata Steel Chess broadcast. The disputable move, in any case, has incited solid responses from the chess society with one sponsor pulling out of the show hours after the declaration, as indicated by chess24.com site.

As indicated by the site, he is a major chess fan and was known to be a capable player in his youth. He had completed fourth in the Norwegian Under-14 title, prior to taking to wrongdoing. He got once again into chess by following Carlsen’s prosperity while in jail, and not long after his delivery he was seen at the scene of the 2019 Fischer Random World Championship in Hovik outside Oslo. He has an online rating of around 2000 now, says the site.

See You Next Year!

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament has a long practice. Beginning as a representative competition, it has developed into a worldwide competition of elite prestige, for which excellent bosses and novices the same will clear their journals. Tata Steel has decided for chess, since chess involves key reasoning and spotlights on tracking down savvy fixes for complex issues.

Tournament director Jeroen van den Berg: “I’m also very proud of everybody in the tournament organization. With a lot of effort we have faced the challenges regarding COVID-19 as well as possible.

The 85th edition[2] of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place from 13 – 29 January 2023.

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