Tata steel chess india blitz

GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu got off to a flying start, winning his first five games, and ultimately ended with 6. Following the leader with six points each are GMs Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Alexander Grischukwith the latter the only undefeated player of the day.

It is held in the Rapid and Blitz formats. The venue for the event is National Library of India , Kolkata. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.

Tata steel chess india blitz

GM Alexander Grischuk confirmed his reputation as a blitz specialist with steady play on the second and final day of the Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz , winning the title with a score of 12 points from 18 games. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and the overnight leader GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu finished second and third respectively, with 11 points each. GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi , who appeared to be one of the main contenders for the title at the end of the first day, had a rough second day, beginning with four losses in a row, and never really recovering from the setbacks. You can watch the event live on Twitch , as well as on our YouTube channels for Chess. Keep up to date with all the details of the tournament on our live events platform , and follow the games by clicking here. Commentating during the live broadcast, GM Viswanathan Anand discussed the best mindset for playing blitz tournaments:. The nice thing in blitz is you need not sit and overthink anything during the rounds. You just go out there and play. If you manage to stay solid, your score is moving up steadily. It is underestimated that you win a tournament with draws, but it does help not to lose. He also pointed out the reason for Grischuk being one of the best players in the world in blitz for decades now: "Alexander likes blitz, most of all. Trailing Praggnanandhaa by half a point at the end of the first day, Grischuk played steadily throughout the day, netting four wins, three draws, and a solitary loss to score a total of 5.

Harika Dronavalli India. In the seventh round, in his hurry to evacuate his king quickly, Praggnanandhaa committed a not-so-uncommon occurrence in quicker time controls: an illegal move. One of the aims [today] was to keep it simple.

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As if striving for perfect symmetry, he also scored 2. He is now four points ahead of Hikaru Nakamura going into the blitz. The Carlsen show continued on the third day of rapid in Kolkata, where the world champ dropped just half a point over three games for the third time. Even to Carlsen himself, 7. Carlsen's first win, against Vishy Anand , was a phenomenal game by both players.

Tata steel chess india blitz

The event pits five of the best Indian women players against five invited global stars, including the reigning Women's World Champion, Ju Wenjun. The women's event will run from August 31 until September 4, , to be followed by the open event for the next five days, both with a single round-robin of rapid games. Ju starts as the firm favorite on paper in what will be her tournament debut on Indian soil. Her rapid rating of and blitz rating of are way ahead of her nearest rivals, the Indian duo of GMs Humpy Koneru and and Harika Dronavalli and However, quick time controls and the resulting unique challenges promise an absorbing contest. The Women's Rapid begins on August 31 at a. You can watch the event live on Twitch , as well as our YouTube channels for Chess. Keep up with all the details of the tournament on our live events platform , and follow live games by clicking here.

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Following the leader with six points each are GMs Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Alexander Grischuk , with the latter the only undefeated player of the day. Nowadays, you have to be universal—good at everything. Maybe, they are just slightly afraid of Magnus [Carlsen]! Tools Tools. Keep up to date with all the details of the tournament on our live events platform , and follow the games by clicking here. Earlier I felt that I was not playing many attacking games. I felt that I was trying to play interesting Sam Shankland USA. In the seventh round, in his hurry to evacuate his king quickly, Praggnanandhaa committed a not-so-uncommon occurrence in quicker time controls: an illegal move. GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu got off to a flying start, winning his first five games, and ultimately ended with 6. Commentating during the live broadcast, GM Viswanathan Anand discussed the best mindset for playing blitz tournaments:. A visibly embarrassed Praggnanandhaa sat smiling as one minute was added to Vidit's clock. Oliwia Kiolbasa Poland. It was partly quizzical and partly comical to see Vidit try to checkmate with two knights, but we know it is worthwhile for the global audience he attracted for his effort.

GM Arjun Erigaisi shot into the lead with 6.

Praggnanandhaa's position was lost, and he resigned two moves later anyway. Hikaru Nakamura United States. Nowadays, you have to be universal—good at everything. Just we get into the endgame, just when [I] was a solid pawn-up. He won it convincingly. Wesley So United States. Irina Krush United States. Radjabov continued News Chess Event Coverage. Anish Giri Netherlands. Retrieved 1 December