The Tata Steel Challengers 2023 concluded yesterday in Wijk aan Zee with Alexander Donchenko lifting the Winner trophy and earning a starting ticket for the Masters of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in 2024.
Alexander Donchenko won the Challengers event with a round to spare. With a last-round victory over Velimir Ivic, Donchenko kept the sole first place with 10/13 points.
Mustafa Yilmaz trailed by a whole point, and claimed second place scoring 9/13 points. Javokhir Sindarov came third with 8.5 points.
Final rankings:
1
Donchenko, Alexander
10/13
2627
2
Yilmaz, Mustafa
9/13
2609
3
Sindarov, Javokhir
8½/13
2654
4
Tabatabaei, M. Amin
7½/13
2686
5
Warmerdam, Max
7/13
2616
6
Adhiban, B.
7/13
2610
7
Supi, Luis Paulo
7/13
2608
8
Ivic, Velimir
7/13
2585
9
L’Ami, Erwin
6½/13
2627
10
Beerdsen, Thomas
6/13
2515
11
Mishra, Abhimanyu
5/13
2559
12
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
4½/13
2425
13
Pechac, Jergus
3/13
2637
14
Roebers, Eline
3/13
2361
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Featured photo by Lennart Ootes