There were two big winners in this year’s Tata Steel chess extravaganza in the Dutch city of Wijk aan Zee, one a name we know and one a name we may be hearing a lot more about in the years to come.

In the first big chess tournament of 2025, the best players in the world are all closely bunched together near the top of the standings of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands.

R Praggnanandhaa took the sole lead of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk Aan Zee with his third straight win, this time defeating 18-year-old Leon Luke Mendonca, while world champion Dommaraju ...

Tata Steel Chess 2025, Round 13 Live: Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa make final push to maiden Masters title at Wijk Aan Zee ...

R Praggnanandhaa picked up his first win of the Tata Steel Masters 2025 in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands, taking down Pentala Harikrishna with the black pieces in a superb endgame on Sunday evening.

R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh sit atop the standings ahead of the final round at the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images ESPN staff Feb 1, 2025 ...

The 2021 Tata Steel Chess tournament just wrapped up at the end of January. The “Wimbledon of Chess,” as it is known among many chess fans, is a traditional event held in the small Dutch town of Wijk ...

Tata Steel Chess Day 3: ... and world champion Dommaraju Gukesh played out a draw with top seed Fabiano Caruana in the third round of Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk Aan Zee on Monday. ...

Wijk Aan Zee: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated compatriot P Harikrishna, while Arjun Erigaisi settled for a draw in the second round of 87th Tata Steel Chess Tournament here.This was ...

Continuing his fine form in the Tata Steel Masters, Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a solid draw with world champion D Gukesh in the eighth round in Wijk Aan Zee Grandmaster R ...

Obliterating a world-class field, Norway superstar GM Magnus Carlsen has taken the first major tournament of the year, winning the elite Tata Steel “A” Tournament with a stunning 10-3 score ...

Boris Gelfand of Israel, an emigre from the Ukraine, proved a survivor in 2010-11 in battling his way through the Chess World Cup to challenge world champion Viswanathan Anand of India for the ...