The 86th Tata Steel chess tournament takes place Saturday 13th to Sun 28th Jan 2024 in Wijk aan Zee. Players: Masters: Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, Parham Maghsoodloo, Wei Yi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Gujrathi Vidit Santosh, Jorden Van Foreest, Alexander Donchenko, Max Warmerdam and Wenjun Ju. Challengers: Anton Korobov, Moke Niemann Hans, Mustafa Yilmaz, Saleh Salem A.R., Jaime Santos Latasa, Erwin L'Ami, Luke Mendonca Leon, Daniel Dardha, Andria Maurizzi Marc, Liam Vrolijk, Harika Dronavalli, Stefan Beukema, Deshmukh Divya and Eline Roebers. World Champion Ding Liren who has hardly played after winning the title due to ill health will be looking to start to show why he's champion. 7 of the 14 players are top 10 but Magnus Carlsen is missing for only the second time in 20 years. The organisers say Carlsen has a busy schedule in February, I only have Prague as an event he could plausibly play but there's no indication that's it, so maybe something new. Other players missing are the Americans and MVL. Nevertheless it looks the usual right balance of different players to produce the usual great tournament.
Source: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/ev ... steel-2024