The Tata Steel Masters super tournament has started in the Netherlands. Standings after the 1st round
The traditional super tournament has started today in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands).
1st round results: D. Gukesh 0: 1 Ding Liren, R. Rapport 0: 1 N. Abdusattorov, M. Carlsen 0.5: 0.5 L. Aronian, F. Caruana 0.5:0.5 A. Giri, R. Praggnanandhaa 0.5:0.5 A. Erigaisi, P. Maghsoodloo 0.5: 0.5 V. Keymer, J. Van Foreest 0.5: 0.5 W. So.
Standings: 1-2. Ding Liren, N. Abdusattorov – 1; 3-12. M. Carlsen, L. Aronian, F. Caruana, A. Giri, R. Praggnanandhaa, A. Erigaisi, P. Maghsoodloo, V. Keymer, J. Van Foreest, W. So 0.5; 13-14. D. Gukesh, R. Rapport – 0.
Participants: M. Carlsen (Norway), Ding Liren (China), F. Caruana (USA), A. Giri (Netherlands), W. So (USA), R. Rapport (Romania), L. Aronian (USA), D. Gukesh, A. Erigaisi (both India), P. Maghsoodloo (Iran), N. Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan), V. Keymer (Germany), R. Praggnanandhaa (India), J. Van Foreest (Netherlands).
Dates: from 14 to 29 January
System: round robin, 13 rounds; in case of division of the first place, a tie-break in the blitz is held.