Today, the Tata Steel Masters Traditional Chess Supernir, which takes part and the Azerbaijani grandmaster Shakhriyar Mammadyarov.
In the 1st round, our chess player played with the Russian Daniel Dubov. The party in which Shakhriyar played with black figures, ended in a draw.
In the tournament also participate in the world champion Magnus Karlsen (Norway), which today played a draw with Russian Andrei Esipenko, Fabiano Karula (USA), Sergey Karyakin (Russia), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Richard Rapport (Hungary), Jan Kshyshtof Duda (Poland), sees Santos Huzhrati (India), Sam Shenkland (USA), Yorden Van Forest (Netherlands), Nils Grondius (Sweden), Rameshbaba Prangnandha (India).
14 chess players will play on a circular system at 13 rounds. Time control is 100 minutes by 40 moves, then 50 minutes by 20 moves, after which 15 minutes for the remaining part of the game with a 30-second addition after each turn. Competition will be completed on January 30.