will feature 2 groups of 12 GMs. Amateur events remain unchanged.
Isn’t it called Corus?? Did they get rid of the C section? I think that was an IM Section in the past.
Larry S. Cohen
Corus was the name of the previous sponsor.
Tata Steel has been the recent sponsor of the event.
The ‘C’ group was done away with. There’s rumor floating around that the Wijk tournament isn’t going to be around in a couple of more years which would be a shame.
A great shame that they removed Group C, it was the proving grounds for several of today’s top players. Carlsen won group C in 2004, Caruana won in 2008, Wesley So won in 2009. Negi, Yifan Hou, and Nepomniachtchi all participated in 2007, Giri in 2009. . . the list goes on.
Also a shame that first the Grand Prix, now Tata Steel is moving down from 14 to 12 players. I don’t know of any top-caliber tournaments that are thirteen or more rounds any more.