The ninth day of the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026 in Wijk aan Zee has concluded. After nine rounds, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov continues to lead with 6 points, while Javokhir Sindarov is in second place with 5.5 points.

Abdusattorov and Sindarov drew their game in this round with 99.2% and 99.1% accuracy respectively.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇿 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 6
2. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 5.5
3. 🇹🇷 GM Yagiz Erdogmus 5.5
4. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 5.5
5. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Niemann 5
6. 🇩🇪 GM Matthias Bluebaum 5
7. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 4.5
8. 🇸🇮 GM Vladimir Fedoseev 4.5
9. 🇮🇳 GM Arjun Erigaisi 4
10. 🇮🇳 GM Gukesh Dommaraju 4
11. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 4
12. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 4
13. 🇨🇿 GM Van Nguyen 3
14. 🇮🇳 GM Aravindh Chithambaram 2.5

The Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026 takes place in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands from January 17 to February 1. The event features a 100+0 time control for the first 40 moves and 50+30 for the rest of the game over one Round-Robin between 14 players.

Credit: Lennart Ootes/Tata Steel Chess