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TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID & BLITZ, India’s biggest chess tournament, will be held from November 29 till December 4, 2022. The open tournament has been on for three editions now and in its fourth edition, TSCI will have a women’s tournament with the same format – rapid and blitz.
The Format
Two tournaments: a women's event and an open event.
The tournament will be played in two formats - rapid and blitz.
Rapid Tournament
A single 10-player Round Robin played on November 29, 30 and December 1, with 3 rounds per day. The time control is 15 minutes for the entire game with an increment of 10 seconds from Move 1.
Prize Money Rapid (Both Women and Open)`
1st $ 10.000
2nd $ 5.000
3rd $ 4.000
4th $ 3.000
5th $ 2.000
Blitz Tournament
A double 10-player Round Robin played on December 3 and 4, with 9 rounds per day. The time control is 3 minutes with an increment of 2 seconds from Move 1.
Prize Money Blitz (Both Women and Open)`
1st $ 7.500
2nd $ 4.000
3rd $ 3.000
4th $ 2.000
5th $ 1.000
Players
Open:
Wesley So - USA
Hikaru Nakamura - USA
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Azerbaijan
Nodirbek Abdusattorov - Uzbekistan
Parham Maghsoodloo - Iran
Vidit Gujrathi
Arjun Erigaisi
D Gukesh
R Praggnanandhaa (only blitz)
Nihal Sarin
Sethuraman SP (only rapid)
Women:
Anna Muzychuk - Ukraine
Mariya Muzychuk - Ukraine
Nana Dzagnidze - Georgia
Anna Ushenina - Ukraine
Oliwia Kiolbasa - Poland
Koneru Humpy
Harika Dronavalli
R Vaishali
Bhakti Kulkarni (only blitz)
Savitha Shri
Vantika Agrawal (only rapid)
Playing Venue
Bhasha Bhawan, National Library of India
Belvedere Road, Block A, Kolkata
The tournament is open to spectators.
Tickets will not be sold; passes will be available at the venue on first-come-first-serve basis on the days of the tournament.
Schedule
November 28, 2022 | |
Opening Ceremony: 17:00 | |
Women | Open |
Rapid day 1: November 29, 2022 | |
Rapid round 1: 12:00 | Rapid round 1: 16:00 |
Rapid round 2: 13:00 | Rapid round 2: 17:00 |
Rapid round 3: 14:00 | Rapid round 3: 18:00 |
Rapid day 2: November 30, 2022 | |
Rapid round 4: 12:00 | Rapid round 4: 16:00 |
Rapid round 5: 13:00 | Rapid round 5: 17:00 |
Rapid round 6: 14:00 | Rapid round 6: 18:00 |
Rapid day 3: December 1, 2022 | |
Rapid round 7: 12:00 | Rapid round 7: 16:00 |
Rapid round 8: 13:00 | Rapid round 8: 17:00 |
Rapid round 9: 14:00 | Rapid round 9: 18:00 |
Blitz Day 1: December 3, 2022 | |
Blitz round 1: 12:00 | Blitz round 1: 16:00 |
Blitz round 2: 12:20 | Blitz round 2: 16:20 |
Blitz round 3: 12:40 | Blitz round 3: 16:40 |
Blitz round 4: 13:00 | Blitz round 4: 17:00 |
Blitz round 5: 13.20 | Blitz round 5: 17:20 |
Blitz round 6: 13:40 | Blitz round 6: 17:40 |
Blitz round 7: 14:00 | Blitz round 7: 18:00 |
Blitz round 8: 14:20 | Blitz round 8: 18:20 |
Blitz round 9: 14:40 | Blitz round 9: 18:40 |
Blitz Day 2: December 4, 2022 | |
Blitz round 10: 11:00 | Blitz round 10: 15:00 |
Blitz round 11: 11:20 | Blitz round 11: 15:20 |
Blitz round 12: 11:40 | Blitz round 12: 15:40 |
Blitz round 13: 12:00 | Blitz round 13: 16:00 |
Blitz round 14: 12.20 | Blitz round 14: 16:20 |
Blitz round 15: 12:40 | Blitz round 15: 16:40 |
Blitz round 16: 13:00 | Blitz round 16: 17:00 |
Blitz round 17: 13:20 | Blitz round 17: 17:20 |
Blitz round 18: 13:40 | Blitz round 18: 17:40 |
Tiebreak (If required) : 14:00 | Tiebreak (If required) : 18:00 |
Prize Giving Ceremony and Closing: 19:30 |