Sport24.az
The "Tata Steel Chess" international chess tournament is being held in Veyk-an-Zee, Netherlands. Sport24.az reports that Azerbaijani grandmaster Aydın Süleymanlı drew with local chess player Benjamin Bok in the first round of the "Challengers" competition.
Our representative will face Dutchman Arthur Pijpers in the second round.
The round-robin tournament also features Vaishali Rameshbabu, Divya Deshmukh (both India), Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan), Erwin L'Ami (Netherlands), Dominik Swajn (Germany), Thai Nguyen (Vietnam), Ediz Gürel (Turkey), Kazıbek Nogerbek (Kazakhstan), Faustino Oro (Argentina), Liu Miayu (China) and Irina Bulmaga (Romania).
The main "Tata Steel Chess" tournament is headlined by American Fabiano Caruana. World champion Dommaraju Gukesh (India) is also competing for victory in Veyk-an-Zee.
