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Chess tournament held in Kolkata, India
This article is about the annual chess tournament in Kolkata. For the chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, see
Tata Steel Chess Tournament .
The Tata Steel Chess India Chess Tournament is a chess tournament held in Kolkata , India. It is held in the Rapid and Blitz formats. The venue for the event is National Library of India , Kolkata .
Tata Steel Chess India 2018 was the inaugural event of the Tata Steel Chess India. Hikaru Nakamura won the rapid section of the tournament, while former World Champion Viswanathan Anand won the blitz section by winning the blitz playoffs against Nakamura after they finished joint first in the blitz double round robin.
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid, 9–11 November 2018, Kolkata , India[ 5] [ 6]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total
TB
SB
1
Hikaru Nakamura (United States )
2844
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1
1
6
2
Pentala Harikrishna (India )
2743
1 ⁄2
Does not appear
1
1 ⁄2
1
0
1 ⁄2
1
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
51 ⁄2
1
3
Levon Aronian (Armenia )
2802
1 ⁄2
0
Does not appear
1
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1
1
51 ⁄2
0
4
Wesley So (United States )
2808
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
0
Does not appear
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1
1
1 ⁄2
5
20.75
5
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan )
2794
0
0
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
Does not appear
1
1 ⁄2
1
1 ⁄2
1
5
19.75
6
Sergey Karjakin (Russia )
2792
1 ⁄2
1
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
0
Does not appear
1 ⁄2
0
1 ⁄2
1
41 ⁄2
7
Viswanathan Anand (India )
2737
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
Does not appear
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
0
4
19.25
8
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India )
2660
1 ⁄2
0
1 ⁄2
0
0
1
1 ⁄2
Does not appear
1 ⁄2
1
4
16.25
9
Nihal Sarin (India )
2612
0
1 ⁄2
0
0
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2
Does not appear
1 ⁄2
3
10
Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India )
2608
0
1 ⁄2
0
1 ⁄2
0
0
1
0
1 ⁄2
Does not appear
21 ⁄2
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz, 13–14 November 2018, Kolkata , India[ 7] [ 8]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total
TB
SB
1
Viswanathan Anand (India )
2786
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
01 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 1
1 ⁄2 1
1 ⁄2 1
11
01 ⁄2
11
11
121 ⁄2
2
Hikaru Nakamura (United States )
2893
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
Does not appear
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
11 ⁄2
11
10
1 ⁄2 1
1 ⁄2 1
11
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
121 ⁄2
3
Levon Aronian (Armenia )
2854
11 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
Does not appear
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 1
01
1 ⁄2 1
11 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
11
12
4
Wesley So (United States )
2771
1 ⁄2 0
01 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
Does not appear
11
10
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
11 ⁄2
10
1 ⁄2 1
10
5
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan )
2808
1 ⁄2 0
00
1 ⁄2 0
00
Does not appear
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
11
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
01
11
8
3
6
Pentala Harikrishna (India )
2706
1 ⁄2 0
01
10
01
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
Does not appear
1 ⁄2 0
1 ⁄2 0
10
11 ⁄2
8
1.5
70.75
7
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India )
2727
00
1 ⁄2 0
1 ⁄2 0
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
00
1 ⁄2 1
Does not appear
1 ⁄2 1
11 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 1
8
1.5
62.75
8
Sergey Karjakin (Russia )
2836
11 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 0
01 ⁄2
01 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 1
1 ⁄2 0
Does not appear
01 ⁄2
01
71 ⁄2
9
Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India )
2547
00
00
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
01
10
01
01 ⁄2
11 ⁄2
Does not appear
00
6
10
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (India )
2366
00
1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2
00
1 ⁄2 0
00
01 ⁄2
1 ⁄2 0
10
11
Does not appear
51 ⁄2
The 2019 edition of Tata Steel India Rapid and Blitz was conducted as a part of the Grand Chess Tour 2019 . The winner of the tournament was decided by the combination of rapid and blitz scores of the players with 2/1/0 points system for a win/draw/loss in rapid and 1/½/0 points system for a win/draw/loss in blitz.
World Champion Magnus Carlsen won the overall event through a dominant performance in the rapid portion of the tournament and finishing joint first with Hikaru Nakamura in the blitz portion of the tournament.
2019 Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz, November 22–26 Kolkata , India [ 9]
Player
Rapid
Blitz
Total
TB
Tour Points
Prize money
1
Magnus Carlsen (NOR )
15
12
27
13
$37,500
2
Hikaru Nakamura (USA )
11
12
23
10
$25,000
3
Wesley So (USA )
9
9½
18½
7.5
$17,500
4
Anish Giri (NED )
9
9½
18½
7.5
$17,500
5
Ding Liren (CHN )
8
10
18
6
$12,500
6
Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS )
7
10
17
5
$10,000
7
Viswanathan Anand (IND )
8
8
16
4
$7,500
8
Pentala Harikrishna (IND )
8
6½
14½
WC (2.5)
$7,500
9
Vidit Gujrathi (IND )
6
8½
14½
WC (2.5)
$7,500
10
Levon Aronian (ARM )
9
4
13
1
$7,500
Tata Steel India Grand Chess Tour Rapid, 22-24 November 2019, Kolkata, India[ 10]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Points
1
Magnus Carlsen (Norway )
2849
Does not appear
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
15
2
Hikaru Nakamura (United States )
2812
0
Does not appear
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
11
3
Wesley So (United States )
2802
1
0
Does not appear
1
1
1
2
0
1
2
9
4
Levon Aronian (Armenia )
2768
0
1
1
Does not appear
1
2
1
0
1
2
9
5
Anish Giri (Netherlands )
2705
0
0
1
1
Does not appear
1
1
2
2
1
9
6
Pentala Harikrishna (India )
2667
1
0
1
0
1
Does not appear
1
1
2
1
8
7
Ding Liren (China )
2832
0
1
0
1
1
1
Does not appear
1
2
1
8
8
Viswanathan Anand (India )
2757
0
1
2
2
0
1
1
Does not appear
0
1
8
9
Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia )
2765
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
Does not appear
2
7
10
Vidit Gujrathi (India )
2674
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Does not appear
6
Tata Steel India Grand Chess Tour Blitz, 25–26 November 2019, Kolkata, India[ 11]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Points
1
Hikaru Nakamura (United States )
2871
Does not appear
½ ½
½ ½
½ 1
½ ½
½ ½
½ 1
½ ½
1 1
1 1
12
2
Magnus Carlsen (Norway )
2828
½ ½
Does not appear
0 0
1 ½
½ ½
½ ½
1 ½
1 1
1 1
1 1
12
3
Ding Liren (China )
2840
½ ½
1 1
Does not appear
½ 1
½ ½
½ ½
0 ½
½ ½
1 0
0 1
10
4
Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia )
2830
½ 0
0 ½
½ 0
Does not appear
½ ½
1 ½
1 ½
1 1
0 1
1 ½
10
5
Wesley So (United States )
2763
½ ½
½ ½
½ ½
½ ½
Does not appear
1 ½
½ ½
0 0
½ 1
½ 1
9½
6
Anish Giri (Netherlands )
2740
½ ½
½ ½
½ ½
0 ½
0 ½
Does not appear
½ 1
½ 1
½ ½
1 ½
9½
7
Vidit Gujrathi (India )
2744
½ 0
0 ½
1 ½
0 ½
½ ½
½ 0
Does not appear
½ 1
½ ½
½ 1
8½
8
Viswanathan Anand (India )
2791
½ ½
0 0
½ ½
0 0
1 1
½ 0
½ 0
Does not appear
½ 1
1 ½
8
9
Pentala Harikrishna (India )
2617
0 0
0 0
0 1
1 0
½ 0
½ ½
½ ½
½ 0
Does not appear
1 ½
6½
10
Levon Aronian (Armenia )
2818
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 ½
½ 0
0 ½
½ 0
0 ½
0 ½
Does not appear
4
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz, 20–21 November 2021, Kolkata , India[ 14]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Total
TB
SB
1
Levon Aronian (Armenia )
2767
½ 0
0 ½
½ ½
½ 1
½ 1
1 0
1 1
1 ½
11
11½
2
Arjun Erigaisi (India )
2616
½ 1
Does not appear
½ 0
½ 0
1 0
½ 1
1 ½
½ ½
1 1
1 1
11½
3
Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran )
2601
1 ½
½ 1
Does not appear
0 1
1 0
0 1
1 1
0 0
1 0
1 1
11
4
Nihal Sarin (India )
2667
½ ½
½ 1
1 0
Does not appear
0 1
½ 0
1 1
0 1
0 1
1 1
11
5
Gukesh D (India )
2376
½ 0
0 1
0 1
1 0
Does not appear
1 1
½ 1
0 0
1 1
½ ½
10
6
Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam )
2774
½ 0
½ 0
1 0
½ 1
0 0
Does not appear
0 ½
1 0
1 ½
1 1
8½
7
Sam Shankland (USA )
2660
0 1
0 ½
0 0
0 0
½ 0
1 ½
Does not appear
1 1
1 1
½ 0
8
8
Raunak Sadhwani (India )
2517
0 0
½ ½
1 1
1 0
1 1
0 1
0 0
Does not appear
0 0
0 1
8
9
Vidit Gujrathi (India )
2739
0 ½
0 0
0 1
1 0
0 0
0 ½
0 0
1 1
Does not appear
1½
6½
10
Harika Dronavalli (India )
2422
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
½ ½
0 0
½ 1
1 0
0 ½
Does not appear
4
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Open, 29 November–1 December 2022, Kolkata , India [ 15]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Points
H2H
SB
Wins
1
Nihal Sarin (India )
2616
Does not appear
0
1
½
1
1
½
1
½
1
6½
2
Arjun Erigaisi (India )
2628
1
Does not appear
½
1
½
1
1
½
½
0
6
3
Vidit Gujrathi (India )
2662
0
½
Does not appear
½
½
½
1
½
½
½
4½
2½
4
Hikaru Nakamura (United States )
2789
½
0
½
Does not appear
½
1
0
1
0
1
4½
2
18.25
5
Gukesh D (India )
2632
0
½
½
½
Does not appear
0
1
1
0
1
4½
2
18.00
6
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan )
2747
0
0
½
0
1
Does not appear
½
½
1
1
4½
2
17.00
7
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan )
2676
½
0
0
1
0
½
Does not appear
½
1
1
4½
1½
8
Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran )
2641
0
½
½
0
0
½
½
Does not appear
1
1
4
1
9
Wesley So (United States )
2784
½
½
½
1
1
0
0
0
Does not appear
½
4
0
10
S. P. Sethuraman (India )
2545
0
1
½
0
0
0
0
0
½
Does not appear
2
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Open, 3–4 December 2022, Kolkata , India [ 17]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Points
H2H
SB
Wins
1
Arjun Erigaisi (India )
2750
Does not appear
1 1
0 1
1 0
½ 1
1 ½
½ ½
½ 1
1 0
1 1
12½
2
Hikaru Nakamura (United States )
2909
0 0
Does not appear
½ ½
1 0
½ 1
1 1
0 1
1 1
1 1
0 1
11½
3
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan )
2733
1 0
½ ½
Does not appear
½ ½
0 0
1 ½
1 ½
1 0
0 ½
1 1
9½
4
Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran )
2672
0 1
0 1
½ ½
Does not appear
1 ½
0 0
0 1
1 ½
½ ½
1 0
9
1½
5
Vidit Gujrathi (India )
2669
½ 0
½ 0
1 1
0 ½
Does not appear
0 1
1 0
½ 1
1 0
1 0
9
½
6
Praggnanandhaa R (India )
2599
0 ½
0 0
0 ½
1 1
1 0
Does not appear
0 1
1 0
1 ½
0 1
8½
7
Nihal Sarin (India )
2702
½ ½
1 0
0 ½
1 0
0 1
1 0
Does not appear
1 0
½ 0
0 1
8
1
73.50
8
Wesley So (United States )
2763
½ 0
0 0
0 1
0 ½
½ 0
0 1
0 1
Does not appear
1 ½
1 1
8
1
65.50
9
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan )
2666
0 1
0 0
1 ½
½ ½
0 1
0 ½
½ 1
0 ½
Does not appear
0 ½
7½
10
Gukesh D (India )
2632
0 0
1 0
0 0
0 1
0 1
1 0
1 0
0 0
1 ½
Does not appear
6½
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Women, 3–4 December 2022, Kolkata , India [ 18]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Points
H2H
SB
Wins
1
R Vaishali (India )
2361
½ ½
½ ½
0 0
1 1
1 ½
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
13½
2
Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine )
2427
½ ½
1 0
½ ½
1 0
1 1
1 0
1 1
1 0
1 1
12
3
Harika Dronavalli (India )
2407
½ ½
0 1
0 1
1 ½
½ 1
½ 0
1 1
½ 1
1 0
11
4
Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine )
2460
1 1
½ ½
1 0
0 0
1 ½
½ ½
0 1
1 1
0 1
10½
5
Koneru Humpy (India )
2474
0 0
0 1
0 ½
1 1
½ ½
½ 0
1 0
1 1
½ 1
9½
6
Anna Ushenina (Ukraine )
2395
0 ½
0 0
½ 0
0 ½
½ ½
1 1
1 ½
½ 1
½ ½
8½
2
7
Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia )
2416
0 0
0 1
½ 1
½ ½
½ 1
0 0
0 1
0 1
½ 1
8½
0
8
Savitha Shri B (India )
2311
0 0
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 1
0 ½
1 0
1 0
1 1
6½
9
Oliwia Kiolbasa (Poland )
2279
0 0
0 1
½ 0
0 0
0 0
½ 0
1 0
0 1
1 1
6
10
Bhakti Kulkarni (India )
2209
0 0
0 0
0 1
1 0
½ 0
½ ½
½ 0
0 0
0 0
4
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Women, 31 August–2 September 2023, Kolkata , India [ 20]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Points
H2H
SB
Wins
1
Divya Deshmukh (India )
2216
Does not appear
½
0
1
1
1
½
1
1
1
7
2
Ju Wenjun (China )
2592
½
Does not appear
½
½
1
½
½
1
1
1
6½
3
Polina Shuvalova (FIDE )
2358
1
½
Does not appear
½
½
1
½
1
½
0
5½
4
Harika Dronavalli (India )
2459
0
½
½
Does not appear
1
½
½
½
½
½
4½
5
Vantika Agrawal (India )
2307
0
0
½
0
Does not appear
1
1
½
0
1
4
6
Koneru Humpy (India )
2473
0
½
0
½
0
Does not appear
1
1
0
1
4
7
Anna Ushenina (Ukraine )
2384
½
½
½
½
0
0
Does not appear
½
½
1
4
8
Savitha Shri B (India )
2236
0
0
0
½
½
0
½
Does not appear
1
1
3½
9
Irina Krush (United States )
2405
0
0
½
½
1
1
½
0
Does not appear
0
3½
10
Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia )
2364
0
0
1
½
0
0
0
0
1
Does not appear
2½
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Open, 8–9 September 2023, Kolkata , India [ 21]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Points
H2H
SB
Wins
1
Alexander Grischuk (FIDE )
2693
Does not appear
½ ½
½ 1
½ 0
1 ½
½ ½
½ 1
1 1
1 1
½ ½
12
2
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan )
2708
½ ½
Does not appear
0 1
½ ½
0 0
1 1
1 1
0 1
0 1
1 1
11
3
Praggnanandhaa R (India )
2632
½ 0
1 0
Does not appear
1 ½
1 ½
1 ½
0 0
0 1
1 1
1 1
11
4
Arjun Erigaisi (India )
2728
½ 1
½ ½
0 ½
Does not appear
1 ½
½ 1
½ ½
1 1
½ 0
0 1
10½
5
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France )
2740
0 ½
1 1
0 ½
0 ½
Does not appear
1 0
0 1
0 1
1 ½
1 ½
9½
6
Pentala Harikrishna (India )
2634
½ ½
0 0
0 ½
½ 0
0 1
Does not appear
½ 1
1 0
1 1
½ ½
8½
7
Vidit Gujrathi (India )
2641
½ 0
0 0
1 1
½ ½
1 0
½ 0
Does not appear
½ 0
1 ½
1 0
8
8
Gukesh D (India )
2659
0 0
1 0
1 0
0 0
1 0
0 1
½ 1
Does not appear
0 0
1 1
7½
9
Vincent Keymer (Germany )
2645
0 0
1 0
0 0
½ 1
0 ½
0 0
0 ½
1 1
Does not appear
1 0
6½
10
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan )
2707
½ ½
0 0
0 0
1 0
0 ½
½ ½
0 1
0 0
0 1
Does not appear
5½
Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Women, 3–4 September 2023, Kolkata , India [ 22]
Player
Rating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Points
H2H
SB
Wins
1
Ju Wenjun (China )
2536
Does not appear
½ 0
0 ½
1 ½
0 1
1 0
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
12½
2
Koneru Humpy (India )
2460
½ 1
Does not appear
1 ½
1 1
1 1
½ 0
0 ½
½ 1
½ 1
0 1
12
3
Harika Dronavalli (India )
2429
1 ½
0 ½
Does not appear
1 1
1 0
½ ½
½ 0
½ 0
1 ½
1 1
10½
4
Divya Deshmukh (India )
2231
0 ½
0 0
0 0
Does not appear
1 ½
½ 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
½ ½
10½
5
Polina Shuvalova (FIDE )
2306
1 0
0 0
0 1
0 ½
Does not appear
1 1
1 1
½ 0
½ 1
½ 1
10
6
Irina Krush (United States )
2367
0 1
½ 1
½ ½
½ 0
0 0
Does not appear
½ 1
0 ½
1 0
1 1
9
7
Anna Ushenina (Ukraine )
2361
0 0
1 ½
½ 1
0 0
0 0
½ 0
Does not appear
1 1
½ 1
0 0
7
8
Vantika Agrawal (India )
2267
0 0
½ 0
½ 1
0 0
½ 1
1 ½
0 0
Does not appear
1 0
0 1
7
9
Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia )
2231
0 0
½ 0
0 ½
0 0
½ 0
0 1
½ 0
0 1
Does not appear
1 1
6
10
Savitha Shri B (India )
2172
0 0
1 0
0 0
½ ½
½ 0
0 0
1 1
1 0
0 0
Does not appear
5½