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The first round of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament starts at 5 a.m. PT/14:00 CET on Saturday, January 15. This will be the first classical chess tournament for GM Magnus Carlsen since he retained his world championship title in November. Don’t miss the action as he attempts to break the 2900 rating mark!
You can follow the games of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament here: Masters | Challengers. Chess.com is providing daily commentary with exclusive camera footage from the playing hall on Chess.com/TV, Twitch, or YouTube.
Expert commentary will be provided in the first round by GMs Daniel Naroditsky, GM Robert Hess, and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni.
Pairings
| Masters | Challengers | |||||
| Vidit | – | Shankland | Dardha | – | Murzin | |
| Caruana | – | Karjakin | Vogel | – | Warmerdam | |
| Dubov | – | Mamedyarov | Erigaisi | – | Van Foreest | |
| Esipenko | – | Carlsen | Ganguly | – | Maurizzi | |
| Giri | – | Praggnanandhaa | Jumabayev | – | Nguyen | |
| Duda | – | Rapport | Bjerre | – | L’Ami | |
| Van Foreest | – | Grandelius | Zhu | – | Shuvalova | |
The first round is exciting from the get-go as Carlsen will immediately get a chance to take revenge for last year’s loss against GM Andrey Esipenko, although the world champion again has black in what is only their second classical encounter.
Chess.com will be broadcasting our on-site live playing hall camera feeds, so don’t miss a second of the thrilling action!
