TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA, RAPID – 2026

Goran

Dhano Dhanyo Stadium, Kolkata, 7-9.01.2025, 15’+10’’

Startna lista igrača

No. NameFEDRtgI
4GMErigaisi, ArjunIND2746
2GMWei, YiCHN2746
1GMAnand, ViswanathanIND2721
10GMSo, WesleyUSA2705
8GMPraggnanandhaa, RIND2662
9GMNihal, SarinIND2660
5GMNiemann, Hans MokeUSA2636
7GMVidit, Santosh GujrathiIND2632
3GMAravindh, Chithambaram Vr.IND2603
6GMMurzin, VolodarFID2603
Round 1 on 2026/01/07 at 15:00 hrs
Bo.FEDRtg WhiteResultBlack FEDRtg
1IND2721GMAnand, Viswanathan1 – 0GMSo, WesleyUSA2705
2CHN2746GMWei, Yi½ – ½GMNihal, SarinIND2660
3IND2603GMAravindh, Chithambaram Vr.½ – ½GMPraggnanandhaa, RIND2662
4IND2746GMErigaisi, Arjun0 – 1GMVidit, Santosh GujrathiIND2632
5USA2636GMNiemann, Hans Moke1 – 0GMMurzin, VolodarFID2603
Round 2 on 2026/01/07 at 16:15 hrs
Bo.FEDRtg WhiteResultBlack FEDRtg
1USA2705GMSo, Wesley1 – 0GMMurzin, VolodarFID2603
2IND2632GMVidit, Santosh Gujrathi½ – ½GMNiemann, Hans MokeUSA2636
3IND2662GMPraggnanandhaa, R1 – 0GMErigaisi, ArjunIND2746
4IND2660GMNihal, Sarin1 – 0GMAravindh, Chithambaram Vr.IND2603
5IND2721GMAnand, Viswanathan½ – ½GMWei, YiCHN2746
Round 3 on 2026/01/07 at 17:30 hrs
Bo.FEDRtg WhiteResultBlack FEDRtg
1CHN2746GMWei, Yi0 – 1GMSo, WesleyUSA2705
2IND2603GMAravindh, Chithambaram Vr.0 – 1GMAnand, ViswanathanIND2721
3IND2746GMErigaisi, Arjun1 – 0GMNihal, SarinIND2660
4USA2636GMNiemann, Hans Moke1 – 0GMPraggnanandhaa, RIND2662
5FID2603GMMurzin, Volodar½ – ½GMVidit, Santosh GujrathiIND2632
https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1328453.aspx?lan=1&art=2&turdet=YES&flag=30&SNode=S0

Anand,Viswanathan (2721) – So,Wesley (2705) [B12]
Round 1: Anand, Viswanathan – So, Wesley https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (1.1), 07.01.2026

 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 a6 7.Be2 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nxc5 Nxc5 10.0–0 Ne7 11.Nd4 Be4 12.Be3 Qc7 13.f4 Nf5 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.c3 Rc8 16.a4 0–0 17.a5 Qc6 18.Rf2 h6 19.Bf1 Ne6 20.Ra4 Qc7 21.Bb6 Qe7 22.Rb4 g5 23.fxg5 hxg5 24.g3 Rc6 25.Bg2 Ng7 26.Bd4 Rfc8 27.Be3 Rg6 28.Bd4 f4 29.Qe2 Bxg2 30.Rxg2 Ne6 31.Bb6 Kg7 32.Qd3 d4 33.Bxd4 g4 34.gxf4 Nxf4 35.Qf5 Nh3+ 36.Kf1 Rg8

37.e6+ Kh6 38.Be3+ Ng5 39.h4 Kg7 40.hxg5 1–0

Erigaisi Arjun (2746) – Vidit,Santosh Gujrathi (2632) [C54]
Round 1: Erigaisi Arjun – Vidit, Santosh https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (1.3), 07.01.2026

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.0–0 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 0–0 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.b4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.Rb1 Ne7 15.d4 Ng6 16.d5 Ree8 17.c4 c6 18.b5 axb5 19.axb5 Qc7 20.Qb2 Nd7 21.Nb3 cxb5 22.cxb5 Qc4 23.Qe2 Rec8 24.Qxc4 Rxc4 25.Ra1 Rb4 26.Nfd2 Rxb5 27.Re3 f5 28.Kf1 fxe4 29.Rxe4 Nb6 30.g3 Ne7 31.Ra5 Rxd5 32.Ba3 Rxa5 33.Nxa5 Bb8 34.Bb4 Nc6 35.Nxb7 d5 36.Rg4 Nd7 37.Bd6 Nf6 38.Rh4 Nd4 39.Bc5 Ne6 40.Rb4 d4 41.Rb6 Ra1+ 42.Ke2 Nxc5 43.Nxc5 Ba7 44.Ra6 Rxa6 45.Nxa6 e4 46.Nb4 d3+ 47.Kf1 Kf7 48.Nc6 Bb6 49.f3 e3 50.Nc4 d2 51.Ke2 Nd5 52.Nxd2 exd2 53.Kxd2 Bf2 54.g4 Nf4 55.h4 Bxh4 56.Ke3 Bg5 57.Ke4 Ne2 58.Kd5 Kf6 59.Nb8 Bf4 60.Nd7+ Kg5 61.Nf8 Kh4 62.Ne6 g6 63.Nf8 g5 64.Ne6 Kg3 65.Ke4 Kf2 66.Kf5 Kxf3 67.Kg6 Kxg4 68.Kxh6 Be3 69.Nxg5 Bxg5+ 70.Kg6 Nf4+ 71.Kf7 Kf5 72.Ke8 Ke6 73.Kf8 Ng6+ 74.Ke8 Ne5 75.Kf8 Kd7 76.Kg7 Ke7 77.Kg8 Ng6 78.Kg7 Nf4 79.Kg8 Ne6 80.Kh7 Kf7 81.Kh8

81…Bf4 0–1

Niemann,Hans Moke (2636) – Murzin,Volodar (2603) [C11]
Round 1: Niemann, Hans Moke – Murzin, Vo https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (1.4), 07.01.2026

 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.Be2 Qb6 10.Nd1 b4 11.c4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc5 14.Bxc5 Nxc5 15.cxd5 Bb7 16.Ne3 Ne4 17.Qd3 Bxd5 18.0–0 0–0 19.Rfd1 Bc4 20.Qxe4 Bxe2 21.Rd6 Qb5 22.Kf2 Rac8 23.Qd4 a5 24.a4 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Bh5 26.g4 Bxg4 27.Nxg4 Rc2+ 28.Kg3 Qf1 29.Rd8 Qe1+ 30.Kh3 Qf1+ 31.Kh4 g6 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qd8+ Kg7 34.Qf6+ Kf8 35.Qh8+ Ke7

36.Rb3 Qe1+ 37.Kg5 h6+ 38.Kxh6 Qh4+ 39.Kg7 1–0

So,Wesley (2705) – Murzin,Volodar (2603) [C44]
Round 2: So, Wesley – Murzin, Volodar https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (2.1), 07.01.2026

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.0–0 Ne6 8.Bxe6 dxe6 9.Rd1 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Nc3 Bc5 12.Nb5 0–0 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Nfxd4 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 a6 17.Nc3 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rxd4 19.Rxd4 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qe3 h6 22.f3 Kf8 23.g3 Qd7 24.Kf2 Qc6 25.h4 h5 26.a3 Ke8 27.Ke2 Qc4+ 28.Qd3 Qc5 29.Qe3 Qc4+ 30.Kf2 Qc6 31.b4 Qd7 32.Qd3 Qc6 33.Ne2 g6 34.Nc3 Ke7 35.Ne4 Qd5 36.Qc3 Qd8 37.Nf6 Bc6 38.Ke3 Ba4 39.Qd3 Qa8 40.Kf4 Qc6 41.Ng8+ Ke8 42.Nf6+ Ke7 43.c4 Qa8 44.Kg5 Bc6 45.Qd4 Kf8 46.Kh6 Bxf3 47.Qd7 Qb8

48.Nh7+ Kg8 49.Qe7 1–0

Nihal Sarin (2660) – Aravindh,Chithambaram VR (2603) [A28]
Round 2: Nihal Sarin – Aravindh, Chitham https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (2.3), 07.01.2026

 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 Be7 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Bg2 Be6 9.0–0 Qd7 10.Qa4 0–0 11.Be3 Rfd8 12.Rfd1 Bd5 13.Rac1 a6 14.a3 h6 15.Qc2 f5 16.Bc5 Bxc5 17.Qxc5 Qe6 18.Qc3 Rd6 19.e4 fxe4 20.dxe4 Bxe4 21.Ng5 hxg5 22.Bxe4 Rad8 23.Rxd6 Rxd6 24.Re1 b5 25.Kg2 Qf6 26.Rc1 Nd4 27.Qxc7 Rd8 28.Qc3 Rf8 29.Qe3 g4 30.Rc5 Nf3 31.Rc6 Qf7 32.Rd6 Kh8 33.Rg6 Qd7 34.Rxa6 Qd1

35.Rh6+ Kg8 36.Bh7+ Kf7 37.Qa7+ 1–0

Niemann,Hans Moke (2636) – Praggnanandhaa R (2662) [B12]
Round 3: Niemann, Hans Moke – Praggnanan https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (3.1), 07.01.2026

 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0–0 a5 7.Nc3 a4 8.Bd2 a3 9.b3 h6 10.Rc1 Ne7 11.h3 Bg6 12.Re1 Nf5 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Ne2 c5 15.Nf4 Bh7 16.c4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 cxd4 18.Bxe6 0–0 19.Bd5 Nc5 20.e6 fxe6 21.Bxe6+ Kh8 22.Ne5 Nxe6 23.Nxe6 Qd5 24.Nc7 Qd8 25.Nxa8 Qxa8 26.Rc7 b5 27.Rxe7 Nxe7 28.Bb4 Re8 29.Nf7+ Kg8

30.Nd6 1–0

Erigaisi Arjun (2746) – Nihal Sarin (2660) [D37]
Round 3: Erigaisi Arjun – Nihal Sarin https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (3.4), 07.01.2026

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 0–0 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qb3 Nc6 9.a3 Na5 10.Qa2 a6 11.b4 Nc6 12.Be2 Na7 13.0–0 c6 14.Rfc1 Nb5 15.Na4 Ne4 16.Qb2 g5 17.Be5 f6 18.Bg3 h5 19.h3 Nxg3 20.fxg3 Bd6 21.Nc5 Bxg3 22.Qb3 Nd6 23.Nd2 Qe7 24.Bxh5 b6 25.Na4 b5 26.Rxc6 Nc4 27.Nb6 Rad8 28.e4 Bf4 29.exf5 Bxd2 30.Rd1 Qe4 31.Kh1 Qxd4 32.Qc2 Qf2 33.Bf3 Rfe8 34.Re6 Nxb6 35.Rxd2 Qg3 36.Rde2 Rxe6 37.fxe6 Kg7 38.e7 Re8

39.Bh5 1–0


Aravindh,Chithambaram VR (2603) – Anand,Viswanathan (2721) [C50]
Round 3: Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. – An https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (3.5), 07.01.2026

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.0–0 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.d3 0–0 8.c3 Na5 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxd7 Qxd7 12.b4 Nc6 13.a4 Nd8 14.Nh4 Ne6 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Nxf4 17.Rxf4 Qe6 18.Nf3 d5 19.e5 Nd7 20.Qe1 Rfe8 21.d4 f6 22.Rh4 Qf5 23.Qd2 fxe5 24.dxe5 c6 25.Rf4 Qh5 26.Rh4 Qg6 27.Re1 Rxa4 28.c4 Ra3 29.Rh3 Rd3 30.Qa2 dxc4 31.Qxc4+ Rd5 32.Rd1 Nxe5 33.Nxe5 Rexe5 34.Rf3 h6 35.Rdf1 Kh7 36.Rg3 Rg5 37.Rxg5 Rxg5 38.Qe2 Rg4 39.b5 Qe4 40.Qa2 Rg5 41.bxc6 bxc6 42.h3 b5 43.Rf8

43…Rd5 44.Rf1 c5 45.Kh1 b4 46.Qa8 b3 0–1