The fifth round of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament starts at 5 a.m. PT/14:00 CET on Thursday, January 20. Will GM Vidit Gujrathi maintain his lead with GM Magnus Carlsen and four other super-grandmasters chasing him? Don’t miss the action!
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 fifth round by GM Daniel Naroditsky and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni.
Pairings
Masters | Challengers | |||||
Dubov | – | Shankland | Erigaisi | – | Murzin | |
Esipenko | – | Caruana | Ganguly | – | Vogel | |
Giri | – | Vidit | Jumabayev | – | Dardha | |
Duda | – | Karjakin | Bjerre | – | Warmerdan | |
Van Foreest | – | Mamedyarov | Zhu | – | Van Foreest | |
Grandelius | – | Carlsen | Shuvalova | – | Maurizzi | |
Rapport | – | Praggnanandhaa | L’Ami | – | Nguyen |
The fifth round features the tournament leader Vidit facing GM Anish Giri, while Carlsen will attempt to defeat the struggling GM Nils Grandelius with the black pieces. Can Vidit inch closer to taking over as India’s top-rated player? He is only 14 rating points away from the legendary GM Viswanathan Anand!
Chess.com will be broadcasting our on-site live playing hall camera feeds, so don’t miss a second of this thrilling event!