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We've now added the full #TataSteelChess pairings for all rounds, including a tough start for the kid!
Two photos of ex-World Champion Tigran Petrosian in play at Wijk aan Zee, 1971.
#1 v. Robert Hübner (Rd. 1, 12th January)
#2 v Friðrik Ólafsson (Rd. 7, 19th January).
(Photos: B. Verhoeff & R. Croes / ANEFO, via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.) #chess

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Half a century ago. West German grandmaster Robert Hübner at the drawing of lots ceremony, Wijk aan Zee.
11th January 1971.
(Photo: B. Verhoeff / ANEFO, via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
“Normal people have to see Naples before they die... but a Chess Grandmaster has to win Wijk aan Zee first.”

🔸 Bent Larsen

@UnityChessClub
The press conference of the winner of the interzonal tournament in Riga-1979 had to be postponed for day. Ruben Rodriguez (PHI) really wanted to beat the winner and leave the last place. But it turned out the opposite. 14 (17) was one of the best results in the history of chess.

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)
Argentinian grandmaster Miguel Najdorf pictured in play v. Vlastimil Hort at Wijk aan Zee, January 1971.
Behind him - Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia, left) and Robert Hübner (West Germany, right).
(Photo credit: H. Pot/ANEFO, via http://nationaalarchief.nl.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Solve the 50 best chess puzzles from Wijk aan Zee while you wait for #TataSteelChess to start later today:
https://chesspuzzle.net/List/63
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| Let's see how we transformed Dorpshuis de Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee into the brand new playing hall set-up for the 83rd edition of the #TataSteelChess Tournament!
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| Are you ready? First round of the #TataSteelChess Tournament starts in 1 hour (14.00 CET)! Follow the games via our international live stream 👉 http://www.tatasteelchess.com
| Our 14 Tata Steel Masters started their first round of the #TataSteelChess Tournament. Who do you expect to win their first game?