Tata Steel India Chess Tournament

Last updated May 07, 2024

The Tata Steel Chess India Chess Tournament is a chess tournament held in Kolkata, India. It is held in the Rapid and Blitz formats. The venue for the event is National Library of India, Kolkata.

Winners


Year	Rapid		Blitz
Year	Open section	Women's section	Open section	Women's Section
2018^[1]	Hikaru Nakamura	Not held	Viswanathan Anand	Not held
2019^[2]	Magnus Carlsen		Magnus Carlsen
2021^[3]	Arjun Erigaisi		Levon Aronian
2022^[4]	Nihal Sarin	Anna Ushenina	Arjun Erigaisi	R Vaishali
2023	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	Divya Deshmukh	Alexander Grischuk	Ju Wenjun

2018

Tata Steel Chess India 2018 was the inaugural event of the Tata Steel Chess India. Hikaru Nakamura won the rapid section of the tournament, while former World Champion Viswanathan Anand won the blitz section by winning the blitz playoffs against Nakamura after they finished joint first in the blitz double round robin.

Tata Steel Chess India Rapid, 9–11 November 2018, Kolkata, India^[5]^[6]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	TB	SB
1	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2844		1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	1	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	1	1	6
2	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2743	1⁄2	Does not appear	1	1⁄2	1	0	1⁄2	1	1⁄2	1⁄2	51⁄2	1
3	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2802	1⁄2	0	Does not appear	1	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	1	1	51⁄2	0
4	Wesley So (United States)	2808	1⁄2	1⁄2	0	Does not appear	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	1	1	1⁄2	5		20.75
5	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2794	0	0	1⁄2	1⁄2	Does not appear	1	1⁄2	1	1⁄2	1	5		19.75
6	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2792	1⁄2	1	1⁄2	1⁄2	0	Does not appear	1⁄2	0	1⁄2	1	41⁄2
7	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2737	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	Does not appear	1⁄2	1⁄2	0	4		19.25
8	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India)	2660	1⁄2	0	1⁄2	0	0	1	1⁄2	Does not appear	1⁄2	1	4		16.25
9	Nihal Sarin (India)	2612	0	1⁄2	0	0	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	1⁄2	Does not appear	1⁄2	3
10	Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India)	2608	0	1⁄2	0	1⁄2	0	0	1	0	1⁄2	Does not appear	21⁄2

Tata Steel Chess India Blitz, 13–14 November 2018, Kolkata, India^[7]^[8]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	TB	SB
1	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2786		1⁄21⁄2	01⁄2	1⁄21	1⁄21	1⁄21	11	01⁄2	11	11	121⁄2
2	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2893	1⁄21⁄2	Does not appear	1⁄21⁄2	11⁄2	11	10	1⁄21	1⁄21	11	1⁄21⁄2	121⁄2
3	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2854	11⁄2	1⁄21⁄2	Does not appear	1⁄21⁄2	1⁄21	01	1⁄21	11⁄2	1⁄21⁄2	11	12
4	Wesley So (United States)	2771	1⁄20	01⁄2	1⁄21⁄2	Does not appear	11	10	1⁄21⁄2	11⁄2	10	1⁄21	10
5	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2808	1⁄20	00	1⁄20	00	Does not appear	1⁄21⁄2	11	1⁄21⁄2	01	11	8	3
6	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2706	1⁄20	01	10	01	1⁄21⁄2	Does not appear	1⁄20	1⁄20	10	11⁄2	8	1.5	70.75
7	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India)	2727	00	1⁄20	1⁄20	1⁄21⁄2	00	1⁄21	Does not appear	1⁄21	11⁄2	1⁄21	8	1.5	62.75
8	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2836	11⁄2	1⁄20	01⁄2	01⁄2	1⁄21⁄2	1⁄21	1⁄20	Does not appear	01⁄2	01	71⁄2
9	Surya Shekhar Ganguly (India)	2547	00	00	1⁄21⁄2	01	10	01	01⁄2	11⁄2	Does not appear	00	6
10	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (India)	2366	00	1⁄21⁄2	00	1⁄20	00	01⁄2	1⁄20	10	11	Does not appear	51⁄2

Tiebreak
Name	Nov 2018 blitz rating	1	2	Total
Viswanathan Anand (India)	2786	1	1⁄2	11⁄2
Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2893	0	1⁄2	1⁄2

2019

The 2019 edition of Tata Steel India Rapid and Blitz was conducted as a part of the Grand Chess Tour 2019. The winner of the tournament was decided by the combination of rapid and blitz scores of the players with 2/1/0 points system for a win/draw/loss in rapid and 1/½/0 points system for a win/draw/loss in blitz.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen won the overall event through a dominant performance in the rapid portion of the tournament and finishing joint first with Hikaru Nakamura in the blitz portion of the tournament.

Tata Steel Chess India Rapid, 22–26 November 2019, Kolkata, India^[9]
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)		2 1⁄21⁄2	1 1⁄21⁄2	2 1⁄21⁄2	2 0 0	2 1 1⁄2	2 1 1	1 1 1	1 1 1⁄2	2 1 1	27
2	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	0 1⁄21⁄2	Does not appear	2 1⁄21⁄2	2 1⁄21⁄2	1 1⁄21⁄2	1 1⁄2 1	1 1⁄21⁄2	2 1 1	1 1⁄2 1	1 1 1	23
3-4	Wesley So (United States)	1 1⁄21⁄2	0 1⁄21⁄2	Does not appear	1 1 1⁄2	2 1⁄21⁄2	1 1⁄21⁄2	0 0 0	1 1⁄2 1	2 1⁄21⁄2	1 1⁄2 1	181⁄2
3-4	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	0 1⁄21⁄2	0 1⁄21⁄2	1 0 1⁄2	Does not appear	1 1⁄21⁄2	2 0 1⁄2	2 1⁄2 1	1 1⁄21⁄2	1 1⁄2 1	1 1 1⁄2	181⁄2
5	Ding Liren (China)	0 1 1	1 1⁄21⁄2	0 1⁄21⁄2	1 1⁄21⁄2	Does not appear	2 1⁄2 1	1 1⁄21⁄2	1 1 0	1 0 1⁄2	1 0 1	18
6	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	0 0 1⁄2	1 1⁄2 0	1 1⁄21⁄2	0 1 1⁄2	0 1⁄2 0	Does not appear	2 1 1	0 0 1	2 1 1⁄2	1 1 1⁄2	17
7	Viswanathan Anand (India)	0 0 0	1 1⁄21⁄2	2 1 1	0 1⁄2 0	1 1⁄21⁄2	0 0 0	Does not appear	1 1⁄2 1	1 1⁄2 0	2 1 1⁄2	16
8-9	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	1 0 0	0 0 0	1 1⁄2 0	1 1⁄21⁄2	1 0 1	2 1 0	1 1⁄2 0	Does not appear	1 1⁄21⁄2	0 1 1⁄2	141⁄2
8-9	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India)	1 0 1⁄2	1 1⁄2 0	0 1⁄21⁄2	1 1⁄2 0	1 1 1⁄2	0 0 1⁄2	1 1⁄2 1	1 1⁄21⁄2	Does not appear	0 1⁄2 1	141⁄2
10	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	0 0 0	1 0 0	1 1⁄2 0	1 0 1⁄2	1 1 0	1 0 1⁄2	0 0 1⁄2	2 0 1⁄2	2 1⁄2 0	Does not appear	13

2021

Tata Steel Chess India Rapid, 17–19 November 2021, Kolkata, India^[10]^[11]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	TB	SB
1	Arjun Erigaisi (India)	2323		½	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	6½
2	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2761	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	½	0	1	½	5½	1½
3	R Praggnanandhaa (India)	1821	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	5½	1
4	Vidit Gujrathi (India)	2639	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	1	5½	½
5	Karthikeyan Murali (India)	2388	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	1	5		19.75
6	Sam Shankland (USA)	2647	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	1	5		19.00
7	Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran)	2516	0	½	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	1	1	4½
8	Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)	2715	0	1	½	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	1	4
9	Adhiban Baskaran (India)	2626	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	2
10	R Vaishali (India)	2210	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	1½

Tata Steel Chess India Blitz, 20–21 November 2021, Kolkata, India^[12]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2767		½ 0	0 ½	½ ½	½ 1	½ 1	1 0	1 1	1 ½	11	11½
2	Arjun Erigaisi (India)	2616	½ 1	Does not appear	½ 0	½ 0	1 0	½ 1	1 ½	½ ½	1 1	1 1	11½
3	Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran)	2601	1 ½	½ 1	Does not appear	0 1	1 0	0 1	1 1	0 0	1 0	1 1	11
4	Nihal Sarin (India)	2667	½ ½	½ 1	1 0	Does not appear	0 1	½ 0	1 1	0 1	0 1	1 1	11
5	Gukesh D (India)	2376	½ 0	0 1	0 1	1 0	Does not appear	1 1	½ 1	0 0	1 1	½ ½	10
6	Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)	2774	½ 0	½ 0	1 0	½ 1	0 0	Does not appear	0 ½	1 0	1 ½	1 1	8½
7	Sam Shankland (USA)	2660	0 1	0 ½	0 0	0 0	½ 0	1 ½	Does not appear	1 1	1 1	½ 0	8
8	Raunak Sadhwani (India)	2517	0 0	½ ½	1 1	1 0	1 1	0 1	0 0	Does not appear	0 0	0 1	8
9	Vidit Gujrathi (India)	2739	0 ½	0 0	0 1	1 0	0 0	0 ½	0 0	1 1	Does not appear	1½	6½
10	Harika Dronavalli (India)	2422	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	½ ½	0 0	½ 1	1 0	0 ½	Does not appear	4

Tiebreak
Name	Nov 2021 blitz rating	1	2	3	Total
Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2767	½	½	1	2
Arjun Erigaisi (India)	2616	½	½	0	1

2022

Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Open, 29 November–1 December 2022, Kolkata, India ^[13]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	H2H	SB
1	Nihal Sarin (India)	2616	Does not appear	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	6½
2	Arjun Erigaisi (India)	2628	1	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	0	6
3	Vidit Gujrathi (India)	2662	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	4½	2½
4	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2789	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	0	1	4½	2	18.25
5	Gukesh D (India)	2632	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	0	1	4½	2	18.00
6	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2747	0	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	4½	2	17.00
7	Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan)	2676	½	0	0	1	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	4½	1½
8	Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran)	2641	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	4	1
9	Wesley So (United States)	2784	½	½	½	1	1	0	0	0	Does not appear	½	4	0
10	S. P. Sethuraman (India)	2545	0	1	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	2

Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Women, 29 November–1 December 2022, Kolkata, India ^[14]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	H2H	SB	Wins
1	Anna Ushenina (Ukraine)	2371		½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	6½	½	26	4
2	Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)	2475	½		½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	6½	½	26	4
3	Harika Dronavalli (India)	2475	½	½		½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½
4	Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine)	2476	0	½	½		½	½	1	1	½	½	5	1
5	Koneru Humpy (India)	2474	½	½	½	½		½	0	½	1	1	5	1
6	R Vaishali (India)	2351	½	0	½	½	½		0	1	1	1	5	1
7	Oliwia Kiolbasa (Poland)	2304	0	0	0	0	1	1		1	½	1	4½
8	Vantika Agrawal (India)	2262	0	0	½	0	½	0	0		1	1	3	1
9	Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine)	2458	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0		½	3	0
10	Savitha Shri B (India)	2311	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½		1

Tiebreak
Name	Rating	1	2	Total
Anna Ushenina (Ukraine)	2371	1	1	2
Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)	2475	0	0	0

Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Open, 3–4 December 2022, Kolkata, India ^[15]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	H2H	SB
1	Arjun Erigaisi (India)	2750	Does not appear	1 1	0 1	1 0	½ 1	1 ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 0	1 1	12½
2	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2909	0 0	Does not appear	½ ½	1 0	½ 1	1 1	0 1	1 1	1 1	0 1	11½
3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2733	1 0	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	0 0	1 ½	1 ½	1 0	0 ½	1 1	9½
4	Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran)	2672	0 1	0 1	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	0 0	0 1	1 ½	½ ½	1 0	9	1½
5	Vidit Gujrathi (India)	2669	½ 0	½ 0	1 1	0 ½	Does not appear	0 1	1 0	½ 1	1 0	1 0	9	½
6	Praggnanandhaa R (India)	2599	0 ½	0 0	0 ½	1 1	1 0	Does not appear	0 1	1 0	1 ½	0 1	8½
7	Nihal Sarin (India)	2702	½ ½	1 0	0 ½	1 0	0 1	1 0	Does not appear	1 0	½ 0	0 1	8	1	73.50
8	Wesley So (United States)	2763	½ 0	0 0	0 1	0 ½	½ 0	0 1	0 1	Does not appear	1 ½	1 1	8	1	65.50
9	Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan)	2666	0 1	0 0	1 ½	½ ½	0 1	0 ½	½ 1	0 ½	Does not appear	0 ½	7½
10	Gukesh D (India)	2632	0 0	1 0	0 0	0 1	0 1	1 0	1 0	0 0	1 ½	Does not appear	6½

Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Women, 3–4 December 2022, Kolkata, India ^[16]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	H2H
1	R Vaishali (India)	2361		½ ½	½ ½	0 0	1 1	1 ½	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	13½
2	Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine)	2427	½ ½		1 0	½ ½	1 0	1 1	1 0	1 1	1 0	1 1	12
3	Harika Dronavalli (India)	2407	½ ½	0 1		0 1	1 ½	½ 1	½ 0	1 1	½ 1	1 0	11
4	Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine)	2460	1 1	½ ½	1 0		0 0	1 ½	½ ½	0 1	1 1	0 1	10½
5	Koneru Humpy (India)	2474	0 0	0 1	0 ½	1 1		½ ½	½ 0	1 0	1 1	½ 1	9½
6	Anna Ushenina (Ukraine)	2395	0 ½	0 0	½ 0	0 ½	½ ½		1 1	1 ½	½ 1	½ ½	8½	2
7	Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)	2416	0 0	0 1	½ 1	½ ½	½ 1	0 0		0 1	0 1	½ 1	8½	0
8	Savitha Shri B (India)	2311	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 0	0 1	0 ½	1 0		1 0	1 1	6½
9	Oliwia Kiolbasa (Poland)	2279	0 0	0 1	½ 0	0 0	0 0	½ 0	1 0	0 1		1 1	6
10	Bhakti Kulkarni (India)	2209	0 0	0 0	0 1	1 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	0 0	0 0		4

2023

Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Open, 5–7 September 2023, Kolkata, India ^[17]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2755	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7
2	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2680	½	Does not appear	0	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	5½
3	Praggnanandhaa R (India)	2703	½	1	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
4	Alexander Grischuk (FIDE)	2709	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	5
5	Vidit Gujrathi (India)	2694	0	1	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	1	0	½	5
6	Gukesh D (India)	2651	½	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	4½
7	Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan)	2731	0	0	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	1	4
8	Vincent Keymer (Germany)	2633	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	Does not appear	1	½	3½
9	Arjun Erigaisi (India)	2675	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	3
10	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2646	0	0	1	½	½	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	2½

Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Women, 31 August–2 September 2023, Kolkata, India ^[18]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
1	Divya Deshmukh (India)	2216	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	7
2	Ju Wenjun (China)	2592	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½
3	Polina Shuvalova (FIDE)	2358	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	½	0	5½
4	Harika Dronavalli (India)	2459	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	4½
5	Vantika Agrawal (India)	2307	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	1	½	0	1	4
6	Koneru Humpy (India)	2473	0	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	1	0	1	4
7	Anna Ushenina (Ukraine)	2384	½	½	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	4
8	Savitha Shri B (India)	2236	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	3½
9	Irina Krush (United States)	2405	0	0	½	½	1	1	½	0	Does not appear	0	3½
10	Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia)	2364	0	0	1	½	0	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	2½

Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Open, 8–9 September 2023, Kolkata, India ^[19]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
1	Alexander Grischuk (FIDE)	2693	Does not appear	½ ½	½ 1	½ 0	1 ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 1	1 1	½ ½	12
2	Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan)	2708	½ ½	Does not appear	0 1	½ ½	0 0	1 1	1 1	0 1	0 1	1 1	11
3	Praggnanandhaa R (India)	2632	½ 0	1 0	Does not appear	1 ½	1 ½	1 ½	0 0	0 1	1 1	1 1	11
4	Arjun Erigaisi (India)	2728	½ 1	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	1 ½	½ 1	½ ½	1 1	½ 0	0 1	10½
5	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2740	0 ½	1 1	0 ½	0 ½	Does not appear	1 0	0 1	0 1	1 ½	1 ½	9½
6	Pentala Harikrishna (India)	2634	½ ½	0 0	0 ½	½ 0	0 1	Does not appear	½ 1	1 0	1 1	½ ½	8½
7	Vidit Gujrathi (India)	2641	½ 0	0 0	1 1	½ ½	1 0	½ 0	Does not appear	½ 0	1 ½	1 0	8
8	Gukesh D (India)	2659	0 0	1 0	1 0	0 0	1 0	0 1	½ 1	Does not appear	0 0	1 1	7½
9	Vincent Keymer (Germany)	2645	0 0	1 0	0 0	½ 1	0 ½	0 0	0 ½	1 1	Does not appear	1 0	6½
10	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2707	½ ½	0 0	0 0	1 0	0 ½	½ ½	0 1	0 0	0 1	Does not appear	5½

Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Women, 3–4 September 2023, Kolkata, India ^[20]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points
1	Ju Wenjun (China)	2536	Does not appear	½ 0	0 ½	1 ½	0 1	1 0	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	12½
2	Koneru Humpy (India)	2460	½ 1	Does not appear	1 ½	1 1	1 1	½ 0	0 ½	½ 1	½ 1	0 1	12
3	Harika Dronavalli (India)	2429	1 ½	0 ½	Does not appear	1 1	1 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ 0	1 ½	1 1	10½
4	Divya Deshmukh (India)	2231	0 ½	0 0	0 0	Does not appear	1 ½	½ 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	½ ½	10½
5	Polina Shuvalova (FIDE)	2306	1 0	0 0	0 1	0 ½	Does not appear	1 1	1 1	½ 0	½ 1	½ 1	10
6	Irina Krush (United States)	2367	0 1	½ 1	½ ½	½ 0	0 0	Does not appear	½ 1	0 ½	1 0	1 1	9
7	Anna Ushenina (Ukraine)	2361	0 0	1 ½	½ 1	0 0	0 0	½ 0	Does not appear	1 1	½ 1	0 0	7
8	Vantika Agrawal (India)	2267	0 0	½ 0	½ 1	0 0	½ 1	1 ½	0 0	Does not appear	1 0	0 1	7
9	Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia)	2231	0 0	½ 0	0 ½	0 0	½ 0	0 1	½ 0	0 1	Does not appear	1 1	6
10	Savitha Shri B (India)	2172	0 0	1 0	0 0	½ ½	½ 0	0 0	1 1	1 0	0 0	Does not appear	5½

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References

↑ In the blitz section, Viswanathan Anand won on tie-breaks against Hikaru Nakamura.
↑ Rapid and blitz scores were combined (with points scored in rapid section counted as double) and there were no separate rapid and blitz tournaments. Magnus Carlsen scored the most points in the rapid section and also tied for first in the blitz section with Hikaru Nakamura.
↑ In the blitz section, Levon Aronian won tie-breaks against Arjun Erigaisi.
↑ In the rapid women's section, Anna Ushenina won on tie-breaks against Nana Dzagnidze.
↑ "Tata Steel Chess India 2018_Rapid". chess-results.com. 11 November 2018.
↑ Peter Doggers (11 November 2018). "Nakamura Wins Tata Steel Chess India Rapid". chess.com.
↑ "Tata Steel Chess India 2018_Blitz". chess-results.com. 14 November 2018.
↑ Peter Doggers (15 November 2018). "Anand Wins Tata Steel Chess India Blitz". chess.com.
↑ "Tata Steel Chess Rapid & Blitz 2019". 28 November 2019.
↑ "Live Results - Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz 2021". Chess.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2021". chess-results.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ "Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2021". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
↑ "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
↑ "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2022 (WOMEN)". chess-results.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
↑ "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
↑ "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2022 (WOMEN)". chess-results.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
↑ "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2023".
↑ "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2023 (WOMEN)".
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↑ "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2023 (WOMEN)".

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[1] In the blitz section, Viswanathan Anand won on tie-breaks against Hikaru Nakamura.

[2] Rapid and blitz scores were combined (with points scored in rapid section counted as double) and there were no separate rapid and blitz tournaments. Magnus Carlsen scored the most points in the rapid section and also tied for first in the blitz section with Hikaru Nakamura.

[3] In the blitz section, Levon Aronian won tie-breaks against Arjun Erigaisi.

[4] In the rapid women's section, Anna Ushenina won on tie-breaks against Nana Dzagnidze.

[5] "Tata Steel Chess India 2018_Rapid". chess-results.com. 11 November 2018.

[6] Peter Doggers (11 November 2018). "Nakamura Wins Tata Steel Chess India Rapid". chess.com.

[7] "Tata Steel Chess India 2018_Blitz". chess-results.com. 14 November 2018.

[8] Peter Doggers (15 November 2018). "Anand Wins Tata Steel Chess India Blitz". chess.com.

[9] "Tata Steel Chess Rapid & Blitz 2019". 28 November 2019.

[10] "Live Results - Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz 2021". Chess.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[11] "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2021". chess-results.com. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[12] "Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2021". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[13] "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[14] "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2022 (WOMEN)". chess-results.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[15] "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[16] "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2022 (WOMEN)". chess-results.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[17] "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2023".

[18] "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA RAPID 2023 (WOMEN)".

[19] "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2023".

[20] "TATA STEEL CHESS INDIA BLITZ 2023 (WOMEN)".

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