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Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 1 Pairings, Gukesh faces Giri

The 87th Tata Steel Chess tournament starts on Saturday 18th January at 2pm local time. The pairings have been made and they are:

Masters Round 1 pairings: Pentala Harikrishna - Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa - Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Leon Luke Mendonca - Vincent Keymer, Max Warmerdam - Alexey Sarana, Wei Yi - Fabiano Caruana, Jorden van Foreest - Vladimir Fedoseev, Gukesh D - Anish Giri.

Challengers Round 1 pairings: Divya Deshmukh - Nodirbek Yakubboev, Thai Dai van Nguyen - Arthur Pijpers Aydin Suleymanli - Benjamin Bok, Ediz Gurel - Irina Bulmaga, Erwin l'Ami - Frederik Svane, Faustino Oro - Rameshbabu Vaishali, Miaoyi Lu - Kazybek Nogerbek.

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