Tata Steel Chess 2026 with impressive field

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026 is taking place in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, from 16 January – 1 February 2026. The Masters line-up is the youngest ever for the event, but it is also impressively strong.

World Champion Gukesh, who will be back in top 10 in the November rating list, is back to Tata Steel in 2026. He is accompanied by his 2700+ compatriots Arjun Erigaisi, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Aravindh Chithambaram.

Their main competition comes from Anish Giri, who has qualified for the Candidates, and is playing amazing chess all year long, as well as the N4 in the November rating list Vincent Keymer.

With multiple players from India, The Netherlands, Germany, and Uzbekistan, it feels a bit lonely for Hans Niemann, Vladimir Fedoseev, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, and Thai Dai Van Nguyen, who are sole representatives of their country

Tata Steel Chess 2026 participants

Name	RATING	Place in FIDE rating	Nationality	Year of birth
Arjun Erigaisi	2773	4th	India	2003
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa	2771	5th	India	2005
Anish Giri	2759	7th	The Netherlands	1994
Vincent Keymer	2755	9th	Germany	2004
Dommaraju Gukesh	2752	11th	India	2006
Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2750	12th	Uzbekistan	2004
Hans Niemann	2738	15th	USA	2003
Javokhir Sindarov	2721	24th	Uzbekistan	2005
Vladimir Fedoseev	2720	28th	Slovenia	1995
Aravindh Chithambaram	2711	29th	India	1999
Jorden van Foreest	2697	36th	The Netherlands	1999
Matthias Blübaum	2687	44th	Germany	1997
Thai Dai Van Nguyen	2664	67th	Czech Republic	2001
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2651	71th	Turkiye	2011

The organizers from Wijk Aan Zee say, “Get ready for another unforgettable edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2026, taking place from 16 January to 1 February, where the youngest Masters line-up ever will battle it out for a place in the history books!”