Tepe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament

Photo: Lars OA Hedlund

FIDE World Rating: 11
Elo: 2745
Born: September 3, 2003, in Warangal, India.
2018: Became a grandmaster at the age of 14 – one of the youngest Indian players to acquire this title.
2022: Won the Tata Steel Challengers and qualified for the main Masters group.
2023: Finished in shared second place in his second appearance in the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament.
2024: His Elo rating passed 2800 and he reached fourth place on the FIDE world rating list.
2025: Finished third in both the World Rapid and the World Blitz Chess Championships – the first Indian player to do so in the same year.

Photo: Frans Peeters

FIDE World Rating: 5
Elo: 2771
Born: September 18, 2004, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
2014: At the age of 9, he defeated two grandmasters in the Tashkent Open.
2017: Became a grandmaster at the age of 13.
2021: Won the World Rapid Chess Championship and became the youngest world champion ever in this format.
2022: Part of the Uzbekistan team winning the Chess Olympiad and his rating is now above the 2700 limit.
2024: Among his tournament successes this year was his victory in the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament.
2025: Finished second in the World Blitz Chess Championship after a dramatic loss to Magnus Carlsen in the final.
2026: Won Tata Steel Masters – the Wimbledon of chess – in Wijk aan Zee, and followed this up by winning the Prague Masters in March.

Photo: Lennart Ootes

FIDE World Rating: 1
Elo: 2840
Born: November 30, 1990, in Tønsberg, Norway.
2004: Became a grandmaster at the age of 13. The same year, he participated in the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament for the first time and finished in third place.
2009: Became World Champion for the first time when he won the World Blitz Chess Championship.
2010: Became the world number one on the FIDE rating list. At the age of 19, Magnus became the youngest player in history to have reached first place on the FIDE rating list.
2013: Became the World Classical Chess Champion.
2019: Reached a FIDE rating of 2882 – the highest rating ever achieved in chess history.
2020: Played 125 consecutive classical chess games without a single loss – another world record.
2022: Resigned as World Classical Chess Champion after having defended his title four times.
2023: Won his first Chess World Cup title.
2025: Won his sixth World Rapid Chess Championship title and his ninth World Blitz Chess Championship title in Doha, Qatar.

Well-known chess writer and media profile Peter Doggers will keep us informed on all what is going on during this year’s tournament. He will take photos, make interviews and make content available to people all over the world via a number of channels!