Tata Steel Chess India 2022 Rapid and Blitz preview

Report by Shahid Ahmed / Chessbase India

Tata Steel Chess India is the biggest and strongest chess tournament to take place in India. This time the tournament makes a history. For the first time ever, both men and women's event will have an equal prize fund of US$ 41500 each. Even without the presence of the world no.1, the tournament has a uber strong lineup of the new World Fischer Random champion - Hikaru Nakamura, reigning World Rapid champion - Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Olympiad Gold medalists - Anna Muzychuk, Mariya Muzychuk, Anna Ushenina and Oliwia Kiolbasa, Olympiad Bronze medalists - Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli and defending Tata Steel Rapid 2021 champion - Arjun Erigaisi. Round 1 action starts Tuesday 29th November, Women's event from 12 p.m. and Men from 4 p.m.

Who will shine and claim the crown?

Apart from the tournament making history with an equal prize for both men and women's event, having a super tournament for the women at such a large scale with a strong field full of present and former champions, the tournament has been known to be the launchpad for Indian youngsters. Last year, the age of Arjun Erigaisi began. Then little known Praggnanandhaa to the world's elite, also made a huge impact in 2018 in the Blitz event.

Tata Steel Chess India 2022 Men and Women participants with Vishy Anand and Chanakya Chaudhary | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz 2022 logo | Photo: Official site

Vishy Anand on the Men's field

Photo Gallery

GM D Gukesh was the first player to arrive for the Draw of Lots | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

WGM Vantika Agrawal arrived next with her mother | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The 44th Chess Olympiad Gold medalists - GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR), GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR), GM Anna Ushenina (UKR) and IM Oliwia Kiolbasa (POL)

Gukesh and Nihal having a great time | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The World Champions' table (L to R) - Wesley So (USA), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Vidit Gujrathi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The legends - Vishy Anand and Dibyendu Barua sharing thoughts with the Tournament Director, Jeroen van den Berg | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Mariya Muzychuk drew number 2 and her sister GM Anna Muzychuk got number 1 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Vidit Gujrathi took a while to decide which piece to choose | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Nihal Sarin picked number one | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The new World Fischer Random champion got number 10 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The Tata Steel India 2021 Rapid champion - GM Arjun Erigaisi was confused whether he got 6 or 9 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Wesley So's admiration for Vishy Anand is always energizing | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The calm and collected GM D Gukesh drew number 4 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

GM Parham Maghsoodloo got the number 8 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Tata Steel Chess India 2022 Women participants | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

The Grandmasters from Kolkata, West Bengal (L to R) - Saptarshi RoyChowdhury, Sandipan Chanda, Dibyendu Barua and Mitrabha Guha | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Rapid Round 1 Men pairing | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Who will claim the King? | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Who will be the Queen of the first edition of Tata Steel Chess India Women | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Day 1 Women pairings

Round 1 on 2022/11/29 at 1200 h
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2458	GM	Muzychuk Anna		GM	Koneru Humpy	2474	10
2	2	2476	GM	Muzychuk Mariya		WGM	Vantika Agrawal	2262	9
3	3	2311	WIM	Savitha Shri B		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2475	8
4	4	2351	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu		GM	Harika Dronavalli	2475	7
5	5	2304	IM	Kiolbasa Oliwia		GM	Ushenina Anna	2371	6
Round 2 on 2022/11/29 at 1300 h
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	2474	GM	Koneru Humpy		GM	Ushenina Anna	2371	6
2	7	2475	GM	Harika Dronavalli		IM	Kiolbasa Oliwia	2304	5
3	8	2475	GM	Dzagnidze Nana		IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2351	4
4	9	2262	WGM	Vantika Agrawal		WIM	Savitha Shri B	2311	3
5	1	2458	GM	Muzychuk Anna		GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2476	2
Round 3 on 2022/11/29 at 1400 h
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2476	GM	Muzychuk Mariya		GM	Koneru Humpy	2474	10
2	3	2311	WIM	Savitha Shri B		GM	Muzychuk Anna	2458	1
3	4	2351	IM	Vaishali Rameshbabu		WGM	Vantika Agrawal	2262	9
4	5	2304	IM	Kiolbasa Oliwia		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2475	8
5	6	2371	GM	Ushenina Anna		GM	Harika Dronavalli	2475	7

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Day 1 Open pairings

Round 1 on 2022/11/29 at 1600 h
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2616	GM	Nihal Sarin		GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2789	10
2	2	2676	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek		GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2628	9
3	3	2662	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2656	8
4	4	2632	GM	Gukesh D		GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2747	7
5	5	2545	GM	Sethuraman S.P.		GM	So Wesley	2784	6
Round 2 on 2022/11/29 at 1700 h
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	10	2789	GM	Nakamura Hikaru		GM	So Wesley	2784	6
2	7	2747	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar		GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2545	5
3	8	2656	GM	Maghsoodloo Parham		GM	Gukesh D	2632	4
4	9	2628	GM	Erigaisi Arjun		GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2662	3
5	1	2616	GM	Nihal Sarin		GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2676	2
Round 3 on 2022/11/29 at 1800 h
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2676	GM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek		GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2789	10
2	3	2662	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi		GM	Nihal Sarin	2616	1
3	4	2632	GM	Gukesh D		GM	Erigaisi Arjun	2628	9
4	5	2545	GM	Sethuraman S.P.		GM	Maghsoodloo Parham	2656	8
5	6	2784	GM	So Wesley		GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2747	7

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Format

There will be two tournaments: a women's event and an open event. The tournament will be played in two formats - Rapid and Blitz. A single 10-player Round-Robin played on November 29, 30 and December 1, with three rounds per day. The time control is 15 minutes for the entire game with an increment of 10 seconds from move no.1. A double 10-player Round-Robin will be 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 no.1.