JANUARY 7 – 11, 2026 | KOLKATA

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Final Standings
1-2. Levon Aronian, Arjun Erigaisi 11.5
3-4. Parham Maghsoodloo – Nihal Sarin 11
5. Gukesh Dommaraju 10
6. Liem Le Quang 8.5
7-8. Sam Shankland, Raunak Sadhwani 8
9. Vidit Gujrathi 6.5
10. Harika Dronavalli 4

Round 1
Vidit Gujrathi – Raunak Sadhwani 1-0
Harika Dronavalli – Gukesh Dommaraju ½-½
Liem Le Quang – Levon Aronian ½-½
Nihal Sarin – Arjun Erigaisi ½-½
Sam Shankland – Parham Maghsoodloo 0-1

Round 2
Raunak Sadhwani – Parham Maghsoodloo 1-0
Arjun Erigaisi – Sam Shankland 1-0
Levon Aronian – Nihal Sarin Â½-½
Gukesh Dommaraju – Liem Le Quang 1-0
Vidit Gujrathi – Harika Dronavalli 1-0

Round 3
Harika Dronavalli – Raunak Sadhwani 1-0
Liem Le Quang – Vidit Gujrathi 1-0
Nihal Sarin – Gukesh Dommaraju 0-1
Sam Shankland – Levon Aronian 0-1 
Parham Maghsoodloo – Arjun Erigaisi Â½-½

Round 4
Raunak Sadhwani – Arjun Erigaisi Â½-½
Levon Aronian – Parham Maghsoodloo 0-1
Gukesh Dommaraju – Sam Shankland Â½-½
Vidit Gujrathi – Nihal Sarin 1-0
Harika Dronavalli – Liem Le Quang 0-1

Round 5
Liem Le Quang – Raunak Sadhwani 1-0
Nihal Sarin – Harika Dronavalli 1-0
Sam Shankland – Vidit Gujrathi 1-0
Parham Maghsoodloo – Gukesh Dommaraju 1-0
Arjun Erigaisi – Levon Aronian Â½-½

Round 6
Raunak Sadhwani – Levon Aronian 0-1
Gukesh Dommaraju – Arjun Erigaisi 0-1
Vidit Gujrathi – Parham Maghsoodloo 0-1
Harika Dronavalli – Sam Shankland Â½-½
Liem Le Quang – Nihal Sarin ½-½

Round 7
Nihal Sarin – Raunak Sadhwani 0-1
Sam Shankland – Liem Le Quang 1-0
Parham Maghsoodloo – Harika Dronavalli 1-0
Arjun Erigaisi – Vidit Gujrathi 1-0
Levon Aronian – Gukesh Dommaraju Â½-½

Round 8
Raunak Sadhwani – Gukesh Dommaraju 1-0
Vidit Gujrathi – Levon Aronian 0-1
Harika Dronavalli – Arjun Erigaisi 0-1
Liem Le Quang – Parham Maghsoodloo 1-0
Nihal Sarin – Sam Shankland 1-0

Round 9
Sam Shankland – Raunak Sadhwani 1-0
Parham Maghsoodloo – Nihal Sarin 0-1
Arjun Erigaisi – Liem Le Quang Â½-½
Levon Aronian – Harika Dronavalli 1-0
Gukesh Dommaraju – Vidit Gujrathi 1-0

Round 10
Raunak Sadhwani – Vidit Gujrathi 0-1
Gukesh Dommaraju – Harika Dronavalli Â½-½
Levon Aronian – Liem Le Quang 1-0
Arjun Erigaisi – Nihal Sarin 0-1
Parham Maghsoodloo – Sam Shankland 1-0

Round 11
Parham Maghsoodloo – Raunak Sadhwani 0-1
Sam Shankland – Arjun Erigaisi Â½-½
Nihal Sarin – Levon Aronian Â½-½
Liem Le Quang – Gukesh Dommaraju 0-1
Harika Dronavalli – Vidit Gujrathi Â½-½

Round 12
Raunak Sadhwani – Harika Dronavalli 1-0
Vidit Gujrathi – Liem Le Quang Â½-½
Gukesh Dommaraju – Nihal Sarin 0-1
Levon Aronian – Sam Shankland 0-1
Arjun Erigaisi – Parham Maghsoodloo 0-1

Round 13
Arjun Erigaisi – Raunak Sadhwani Â½-½
Parham Maghsoodloo – Levon Aronian Â½-½
Sam Shankland – Gukesh Dommaraju 0-1
Nihal Sarin – Vidit Gujrathi 1-0
Liem Le Quang – Harika Dronavalli 1-0

Round 14
Raunak Sadhwani – Liem Le Quang 1-0
Harika Dronavalli – Nihal Sarin 0-1
Vidit Gujrathi – Sam Shankland 0-1
Gukesh Dommaraju – Parham Maghsoodloo 1-0
Levon Aronian – Arjun Erigaisi 0-1

Round 15
Levon Aronian – Raunak Sadhwani 1-0
Arjun Erigaisi – Gukesh Dommaraju 0-1
Parham Maghsoodloo – Vidit Gujrathi 0-1
Sam Shankland – Harika Dronavalli 0-1
Nihal Sarin – Liem Le Quang 0-1

Round 16
Raunak Sadhwani – Nihal Sarin 0-1
Liem Le Quang – Sam Shankland Â½-½
Harika Dronavalli – Parham Maghsoodloo 0-1
Vidit Gujrathi – Arjun Erigaisi 0-1
Gukesh Dommaraju – Levon Aronian 0-1

Round 17
Gukesh Dommaraju – Raunak Sadhwani 0-1
Levon Aronian – Vidit Gujrathi Â½-½
Arjun Erigaisi – Harika Dronavalli 1-0
Parham Maghsoodloo – Liem Le Quang 1-0
Sam Shankland – Nihal Sarin 0-1

Round 18
Raunak Sadhwani – Sam Shankland 0-1
Nihal Sarin – Parham Maghsoodloo 0-1
Liem Le Quang – Arjun Erigaisi 0-1
Harika Dronavalli – Levon Aronian 0-1
Vidit Gujrathi – Gukesh Dommaraju 0-1

Tiebreaks
Levon Aronian – Arjun Erigaisi Â½-½
Arjun Erigaisi – Levon Aronian Â½-½
Levon Aronian – Arjun Erigaisi 1-0

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