SundayChessTV
The sixth round of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament starts at 5 a.m. PT/14:00 CET on Friday, January 21. With three players—GM Vidit Gujrathi, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and GM Richard Rapport—tied for first place entering the round, will someone join them, or will one of them pull away from the pack? Remember to tune in for another exciting day of chess!
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 sixth round by GM Robert Hess and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni.
Pairings
| Masters | Challengers | |||||
| Shankland | – | Praggnanandhaa | Murzin | – | Nguyen | |
| Carlsen | – | Rapport | Maurizzi | – | L’Ami | |
| Mamedyarov | – | Grandelius | van Foreest | – | Shuvalova | |
| Karjakin | – | van Foreest | Warmerdam | – | Zhu | |
| Vidit | – | Duda | Dardha | – | Bjerre | |
| Caruana | – | Giri | Vogel | – | Jumabayev | |
| Dubov | – | Esipenko | Erigaisi | – | Ganguly | |
Among the three leaders in the Masters, Rapport draws the toughest assignment, playing Black against world champion GM Magnus Carlsen. On the Challengers side, GM Arjun Erigaisi looks to continue a hot start (4.5/5) against another round-five winner, GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly.
Chess.com will be broadcasting our on-site live playing hall camera feeds, so don’t miss a second of the thrilling action!
