The twelfth round of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament starts at 5 a.m. PT/14:00 CET on Saturday, January 29. GM Magnus Carlsen is currently leading the tournament with 7.5/11, while GM Richard Rapport is in clear second place with 7/11.
In the Challengers section, GM Arjun Erigaisi is one and a half points ahead of the field with an incredible 9/11 score.
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 GM Daniel Naroditsky and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni.
Pairings
Masters | Challengers | |||||
Shankland | – | Karjakin | Murzin | – | Warmerdam | |
Vidit | – | Mamedyarov | Dardha | – | Van Foreest | |
Caruana | – | Carlsen | Vogel | – | Maurizzi | |
Dubov | – | Praggnanandhaa | Erigaisi | – | Nguyen | |
Esipenko | – | Rapport | Ganguly | – | L’Ami | |
Giri | – | Grandelius | Jumabayev | – | Shuvalova | |
Duda | – | Van Foreest | Bjerre | – | Zhu |
Round 12 features the exciting rematch of the 2018 FIDE World Chess Championship, with GM Fabiano Caruana facing Carlsen. Rapport will have the black pieces against the young Russian GM Andrey Esipenko.
Chess.com will be broadcasting our on-site live playing hall camera feeds, so don’t miss a second of the thrilling action!