Simultaneously with the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2023, Wijk aan Zee will host the Tata Steel Chess Challengers tournament. The event will take place from 13-29 February and it will be played in 13 round-robin rounds. The field consists of a mix of established players and promising young talents and the winner of the event will earn a starting ticket for the Masters of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in 2024.
The participants are:
- Amin Tabatabaei (IRI, 2686)
- Javokhir Sindarov (UZB, 2654)
- Jergus Pechac (SVK, 2637)
- Alexander Donchenko (GER, 2627)
- Erwin L’Ami (NED, 2627)
- Max Warmerdam (NED, 2616)
- Adhiban Baskaran (IND, 2610)
- Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR, 2609)
- Luis Paulo Supi (BRA, 2608)
- Velimir Ivic (SRB, 2585)
- Abhimanyu Mishra (IND, 2559)
- Thomas Beerdsen (NED, 2515)
- Rameshbabu Vaishali (IND, 2425)
- Eline Roebers (NED, 2361)
