Kolkata, 12 November 2024:
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz Open tournament will be held from November 13 - 17, 2024 at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium, Kolkata. Elite Grandmasters will be seen in action this year Last year in the Open category, Maxime Vachier Lagrave won the Rapid while Alexander Grishchuk won the Blitz. In the women category, Divya Deshmukh won the Rapid while Ju Wenjun won the Blitz.
- To be held from November 13 – 17, 2024 at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium
- Both Open & Women category to be played simultaneously
- Rapid to be held on November 13 – 15 and Blitz on November 16 – 17
The line up for this year’s tournament are as below:
Open Category
Magnus Carlsen
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Wesley So
Vincent Keymer
Daniil Dubov
Arjun Erigaisi
R Praggnanandhaa
Vidit Gujrathi
Nihal Sarin
S L Narayanan
Women’s Category
Aleksandra Goryachkina
Kateryna Lagno
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Nana Dzagnidze
Valentina Gunina
Koneru Humpy
Vaishali R
Harika Dronavalli
Divya Deshmukh
Vantika Agrawal
World Champion, Magnus Carlsen will be seen once again in action at the Tata Steel Chess India. Earlier in 2019, Magnus participated in the tournament and won both the titles. This year he will be challenged by top ranked plyers. India’s young brigade who made their impact on the international chess scene will also be seen in action. The Indians in particular are entering the tournament after a golden performance at the Chess Olympiad 2024 at Budapest, Hungary.
Mr Viswanathan Anand, Tournament Ambassador said, “We have a wonderful line up of players this year and I am really excited to see Magnus in action once again along with a bunch of talented youngsters both from abroad and India. Tata Steel and this tournament is giving a great opportunity to them to compete with the best players and we hope this experience gives them the confidence to excel in future.”
Tata Steel Chess India 2024
DATES : November 13 -17, 2024
VENUE : Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium, Kolkata
FORMAT : 10 Player Round Robin
PRIZE FUND : $ 41,500 for both Open and Women category
Mr Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel, said: “Tata Steel Chess India is now in its 6th edition, an initiative that we are immensely proud of. This event stands as a celebration of excellence in the realm of chess, and we are also encouraged to learn how much this tournament has been instrumental in promoting chess within the country. We hope the people of the city of Kolkata and all others watching live around the world, enjoy what promises to be a closely contested tournament. May the chessboard be the stage where brilliance unfolds, friendship form and the legacy of this great game continues to flourish.”
About Tata Steel Chess India:
World class chess came to Kolkata in the form of the first inaugural Tata Steel Chess India tournament in November 2018. The tournament witnessed participation of the world's top grandmasters, including Viswanathan Anand, in the Rapid and Blitz formats. In 2019, World Champion Magnus Carlsen won both Rapid and Blitz in his usual magnificent fashion, while the other super GMs wowed chess enthusiasts with their precision power play.
Tata Steel has a long-standing association with chess and cherishes the global standing Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk Ann Zee has acquired over the years. In its previous three editions, Tata Steel Chess India has already become a sought-after tournament in professional chess and the endeavour is to make this even bigger and better in the years to come.
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