2014 Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee

American GM Hikaru Nakamura is playing in the Masters Event, which has finished R3.  It's early days yet, with several players tied at 2.0/3 and Nakamura currently in 5th place (12 players).

There are no female players in the Masters, so I'm not that interested in it, despite an American GM playing.  Of much more interest to Goddesschess are the two women playing in the Challengers event.  Here are the Masters standings after R3 (I've highlighted the two women):

Tata Steel Challengers Wijk aan Zee (NED), 11-26 i 2014																cat. XIV (2579)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4
1.	Bok, Benjamin	m	NED	2560	*	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	2½	2911
2.	Jobava, Baadur	g	GEO	2710	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	2½	2790
3.	Saric, Ivan	g	CRO	2637	½	.	*	.	.	1	.	.	.	½	.	.	.	.	2	2711
4.	Muzychuk, Anna	g	SLO	2566	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	.	.	.	2	2677
5.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2553	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	2	2742
6.	Reinderman, Dimitri	g	NED	2593	.	.	0	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1½	2638
7.	Brunello, Sabino	g	ITA	2602	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	½	.	.	1	.	.	1½	2601
8.	Troff, Kayden W	m	USA	2457	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	1	.	1½	2569
9.	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2567	.	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	.	.	1	1½	2581
10.	Timman, Jan H	g	NED	2607	.	.	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	0	.	.	1	2501
11.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2711	.	.	.	.	½	0	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	.	1	2409
12.	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2677	0	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	1	.	*	.	.	1	2464
13.	Van Delft, Merijn	m	NED	2430	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	*	1	1	2355
14.	Goudriaan, Etienne	m	NED	2431	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	0	*	0

I'll check back in a few more rounds to see how the chess femmes are doing. They are seasoned veterans, used to fierce competition, so it will be interesting to see what develops!  Information from The Week in Chess coverage.