Anish Giri, five times the runner-up in Wijk aan Zee, has won the 85th edition of Tata Steel Chess after pouncing on a blunder by Richard Rapport while Jorden van Foreest took down long-term leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Magnus Carlsen beat Arjun Erigaisi on demand to catch Nodirbek in a tie for 2nd place, while Wesley So finished 4th.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov led the 2023 Tata Steel Masters after every single round before the last, where he took a half-point lead into a game with White against the lowest-rated player. There was every chance he would wrap up victory with minimal fuss, but instead, we got a thriller. When the dust had settled, Anish Giri had won the trophy without the need for a playoff.
Final rankings:
1
Giri, Anish
8½/13
2764
2
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
8/13
2713
3
Carlsen, Magnus
8/13
2859
4
So, Wesley
7½/13
2760
5
Caruana, Fabiano
7/13
2766
6
Maghsoodloo, Parham
7/13
2719
7
Aronian, Levon
6½/13
2735
8
Rapport, Richard
6½/13
2740
9
Praggnanandhaa
6/13
2684
10
Van Foreest, Jorden
6/13
2681
11
Ding, Liren
5½/13
2811
12
Gukesh D
5½/13
2725
13
Keymer, Vincent
5/13
2696
14
Erigaisi Arjun
4/13
2722
