Participants of Tata Steel Chess Tournament Masters 2015

tHe 77th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 9 - 25 January 2015 in Wijk aan Zee. Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen is going to take upon some of his / her main opposition on the 77th Tata Metal Chess Tournament by 9 - 30 Jan. Latest world number two and rising star of the chess world Fabiano Caruana, and winner of the 2014 Tata Steel Chess Tournament Levon Aronian will both play at the tournament. Fabiano Caruana, along with champion with the 2014 Tata Steel Chess Tournament Levon Aronian may both equally participate in on the match. They will be joined by Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan and Dutch players Anish Giri and Loek van Wely. The actual match is going to take place in it's conventional area involving Wijk aan Zee, nevertheless may also stop by Rotterdam along with the Hague. Name Country Rating Position GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2862 1 GM Caruana, FabianoITA 2820 2 GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2797 6 GM Giri, Anish NED 2784 7 GM So, Wesley USA 2762 10 GM Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime FRA 2757 13 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2744 15 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2734 20 GM Ding, Liren CHN 2732 22 GM Ivanchuk, Vasil UKR 2715 33 GM Hou, Yifan CHN 2673 70 GM Van Wely, Loek NED 2667 81 GM Saric, Ivan CRO 2666 82 Average rating : 2746 Category : 20 FIDE-ratings of January 2015