What is the “Tata steel chess”?

By David Pérez and Ángel Cahigüela.

The famous tournament “Tata Steel Chess” gathers the beasts in Chess, they are 14
players among the best.
On the last 13th of January 2023 one of the most important tournament of the elite
of chess the “Tata Steel chess”, took place. It was very controversial in the
association of chess that was founded in 1938 This tournament consists of 13 rounds
in which 14 of the best players in the world face each other. The winner was Anis
Giri with a total of 8.50/13, in second place Nodirbek abdusattorov with 8/13 and
in third place Magnus Carlsen with 8/13.


On the one hand, the tournament was a roller coaster of emotions, one by one,
emotions grew up after each round, breaking historical chess records. As an
example, Magnus Carlsen lost his record because he had not lost two games in a row
since June 2015. He also broke the record for remaining undefeated for the longest
time; other record that was broken was that of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa being
the youngest person to participate in this tournament with 17 years old.
On the other hand, we had to enjoy the tournament with the sad news of the
abandonment of the player Daniil Dubov, testing positive in covid 19.

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