BOTW 2016.01.26

2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Masters
Jan 26-Feb 4, 2016.

248 players are registered for the Masters section, with 10 players over 2700, including: former World Champion Vishy Anand, defending champion Hikaru Nakamura, MVL. Other players of note include former World Championship finalist Nigel Short, current Women's World Champion Mariya Muzychuk, and former Women's World Champions Alexandra Kosteniuk and Antoaneta Stefanova.

Six Canadians are playing:
IM Leon Piasetski
IM Victor Plotkin (who scored and IM norm at last year's event)
FM Michael Dougherty
Anthony Boron

play in the Masters section; and Zachary Burrows and Quinton Burrows are in lower sections.

GM Kevin Spraggett was registered, but was not paired for rd.1, and seems to have withdrawn

Live Commentary by GM Simon Williams and IM Elisabeth Paehtz.
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/live2016/masters.htm

Games start at 3pm local time, 9am EST.

Homepage
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/index.htm 

Masters Standings
http://chess-results.com/tnr202897.aspx?lan=1&art=0&wi=821 

TATA Steel continues
The TATA Steel tournament takes place Jan 16-31, 2016 in Wijik aan Zee.

Live Coverage

TATA sponsors provide games with free commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan and various guest commentators.
You can watch them live, starting at 7:30am EST on the TATA homepage:
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/live

Chess24 has free live commentary by various titled players, including IM Lawrence Trent, WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni, and GMs Peter Svidler and Jan Gustafsson
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-chess-masters-2016/9/1/1