The 85th edition of the Tata Steel Masters 2023 kicks off today in Wijk aan Zee with the first round starting at 14:00 CET. The live broadcast of the games will start with 15 minutes delay, in accordance with anti-cheating measures taken by the organizers.
The first round of the Masters group will see interesting encounters. Magnus Carlsen will take White pieces against Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana goes against Anish Giri, two Indian prodigies meet each other: Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi. Round 1 pairings can be found below:
Jorden van Foreest – Wesley So
Richard Rapport – Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Fabiano Caruana – Anish Giri
Gukesh D – Ding Liren
Parham Maghsoodloo – Vincent Keymer
Magnus Carlsen – Levon Aronian
Praggnanandhaa – Arjun Erigaisi
Tata Steel Masters 2023 – LIVE / Tata Steel Challengers 2023 – LIVE
