Unpredictable chess in Wijk Aan Zee
The January rating list is just out and here are the participants of this years edition of Tata Steel 2011 with their updated ratings. The Tata Steel B group has a new rating leader – Radoslaw Wojtaszek, who had a series of strong tournaments, including the Chess Olympiad. The previous leader, David Navara, went through a difficult tournament in Reggio Emilia and is already tuned for strong competition.
Laurent Fressinet and Zahar Efimenko complete the 2700 club favorites for top places in the group. However, their task will not be easy at all as in Tata Steel B group are the most progressing and rating hungry opponents possible – Wesley So, Le Quang Liem, and Jon Ludvig Hammer.
Having London Classic participant Luke McShane and Anand’s second Surya Ganguly makes this year’s edition of Wijk Aan Zee B group unpredictable.
Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL 2726
David Navara CZE 2708
Laurent Fressinet FRA 2707
Zahar Efimenko UKR 2701
Gabriel Sargissian ARM 2667
Le Quang Liem VIE 2664
Wesley So PHI 2673
Luke McShane ENG 2664
Surya Ganguly IND 2651
Li Chao CHN 2649
Jon Ludvig Hammer NOR 2647
Vladislav Tkachiev FRA 2636
Friso Nijboer NED 2584
Wouter Spoelman NED 2547
