Stars stand out at Tata Steel tournament

Turkish Grandmaster Mustafa Yilmaz plays the black pieces against Vaishali Rameshbabu at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. (Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit/Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023)

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament, which ends today in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, drew five participants in the world’s top ten, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE) rating system.

The group of five is headed by Magnus Carlsen, world champion from Norway, 2859; number two Ding Liren, China, 2811; number six Fabiano Caruana, USA, 2766; number seven Anish Giri, Netherlands, 2764 and number eight Wesley So, USA, 2760. There was no Russian player in the tournament.