The Tata Steel Challengers 2023 concluded yesterday in Wijk aan Zee with Alexander Donchenko lifting the Winner trophy and earning a starting ticket for the Masters of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in 2024.
Alexander Donchenko won the Challengers event with a round to spare. With a last-round victory over Velimir Ivic, Donchenko kept the sole first place with 10/13 points.
Mustafa Yilmaz trailed by a whole point, and claimed second place scoring 9/13 points. Javokhir Sindarov came third with 8.5 points.
Final rankings:
| 1 | Donchenko, Alexander | 10/13 | 2627 |
| 2 | Yilmaz, Mustafa | 9/13 | 2609 |
| 3 | Sindarov, Javokhir | 8½/13 | 2654 |
| 4 | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | 7½/13 | 2686 |
| 5 | Warmerdam, Max | 7/13 | 2616 |
| 6 | Adhiban, B. | 7/13 | 2610 |
| 7 | Supi, Luis Paulo | 7/13 | 2608 |
| 8 | Ivic, Velimir | 7/13 | 2585 |
| 9 | L’Ami, Erwin | 6½/13 | 2627 |
| 10 | Beerdsen, Thomas | 6/13 | 2515 |
| 11 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | 5/13 | 2559 |
| 12 | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 4½/13 | 2425 |
| 13 | Pechac, Jergus | 3/13 | 2637 |
| 14 | Roebers, Eline | 3/13 | 2361 |
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Featured photo by Lennart Ootes
