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10 Jan to 11 Jan 2026 · Kolkata, India · 10-player double round-robin · 3 min + 2 sec / move Finished

Top 100 players in this event

GM Wesley So ★: No. 1, 12/18, performance 2813 (+8)
GM Nihal Sarin ★: No. 2, 11/18, performance 2776 (+18)
GM Erigaisi Arjun ★: No. 3, 11/18, performance 2768 (-1)
GM Hans Moke Niemann ★: No. 4, 10/18, performance 2742 (+13)
GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit ★: No. 5, 10/18, performance 2743 (+17)
GM Praggnanandhaa R ★: No. 6, 9½/18, performance 2719 (+7)
GM Yi Wei ★: No. 7, 8½/18, performance 2675 (-7)
GM Viswanathan Anand ★: No. 8, 8/18, performance 2652 (-16)
GM Volodar Murzin ★: No. 9, 6/18, performance 2577 (-19)
GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh ★: No. 10, 4/18, performance 2490 (-20)

Standings

Standings, Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz 2026 | Blitz Men
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	GM Wesley So ★	USA	2781	12	18	2813	+8
2	GM Nihal Sarin ★	IND	2705	11	18	2776	+18
3	GM Erigaisi Arjun ★	IND	2777	11	18	2768	-1
4	GM Hans Moke Niemann ★	USA	2686	10	18	2742	+13
5	GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit ★	IND	2671	10	18	2743	+17
6	GM Praggnanandhaa R ★	IND	2691	9½	18	2719	+7
7	GM Yi Wei ★	CHN	2705	8½	18	2675	-7
8	GM Viswanathan Anand ★	IND	2720	8	18	2652	-16
9	GM Volodar Murzin ★	FID	2656	6	18	2577	-19
10	GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh ★	IND	2585	4	18	2490	-20

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Erigaisi Arjun – Volodar Murzin	1-0
1.2	Viswanathan Anand – Yi Wei	½-½
1.3	Wesley So – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	0-1
1.4	Hans Moke Niemann – Praggnanandhaa R	1-0
1.5	Nihal Sarin – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	½-½
2.1	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Praggnanandhaa R	1-0
2.2	Volodar Murzin – Wesley So	0-1
2.3	Yi Wei – Erigaisi Arjun	0-1
2.4	Nihal Sarin – Viswanathan Anand	1-0
2.5	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Hans Moke Niemann	½-½
3.1	Hans Moke Niemann – Volodar Murzin	0-1
3.2	Praggnanandhaa R – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	1-0
3.3	Viswanathan Anand – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
3.4	Wesley So – Yi Wei	½-½
3.5	Erigaisi Arjun – Nihal Sarin	1-0
4.1	Viswanathan Anand – Erigaisi Arjun	0-1
4.2	Nihal Sarin – Wesley So	0-1
4.3	Yi Wei – Hans Moke Niemann	½-½
4.4	Volodar Murzin – Praggnanandhaa R	½-½
4.5	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	0-1
5.1	Hans Moke Niemann – Nihal Sarin	0-1
5.2	Erigaisi Arjun – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
5.3	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Volodar Murzin	1-0
5.4	Wesley So – Viswanathan Anand	1-0
5.5	Praggnanandhaa R – Yi Wei	½-½
6.1	Yi Wei – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	½-½
6.2	Viswanathan Anand – Hans Moke Niemann	1-0
6.3	Nihal Sarin – Praggnanandhaa R	1-0
6.4	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Volodar Murzin	0-1
6.5	Erigaisi Arjun – Wesley So	0-1
7.1	Wesley So – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
7.2	Volodar Murzin – Yi Wei	0-1
7.3	Hans Moke Niemann – Erigaisi Arjun	½-½
7.4	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Nihal Sarin	1-0
7.5	Praggnanandhaa R – Viswanathan Anand	½-½
8.1	Viswanathan Anand – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	1-0
8.2	Erigaisi Arjun – Praggnanandhaa R	0-1
8.3	Nihal Sarin – Volodar Murzin	1-0
8.4	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Yi Wei	1-0
8.5	Wesley So – Hans Moke Niemann	1-0
9.1	Yi Wei – Nihal Sarin	0-1
9.2	Hans Moke Niemann – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
9.3	Praggnanandhaa R – Wesley So	½-½
9.4	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Erigaisi Arjun	0-1
9.5	Volodar Murzin – Viswanathan Anand	0-1
10.1	Volodar Murzin – Erigaisi Arjun	0-1
10.2	Yi Wei – Viswanathan Anand	1-0
10.3	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Wesley So	0-1
10.4	Praggnanandhaa R – Hans Moke Niemann	1-0
10.5	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Nihal Sarin	½-½
11.1	Praggnanandhaa R – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
11.2	Wesley So – Volodar Murzin	1-0
11.3	Erigaisi Arjun – Yi Wei	½-½
11.4	Viswanathan Anand – Nihal Sarin	0-1
11.5	Hans Moke Niemann – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	1-0
12.1	Volodar Murzin – Hans Moke Niemann	1-0
12.2	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Praggnanandhaa R	1-0
12.3	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Viswanathan Anand	½-½
12.4	Yi Wei – Wesley So	½-½
12.5	Nihal Sarin – Erigaisi Arjun	1-0
13.1	Erigaisi Arjun – Viswanathan Anand	1-0
13.2	Wesley So – Nihal Sarin	½-½
13.3	Hans Moke Niemann – Yi Wei	1-0
13.4	Praggnanandhaa R – Volodar Murzin	1-0
13.5	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
14.1	Nihal Sarin – Hans Moke Niemann	0-1
14.2	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Erigaisi Arjun	0-1
14.3	Volodar Murzin – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	½-½
14.4	Viswanathan Anand – Wesley So	½-½
14.5	Yi Wei – Praggnanandhaa R	1-0
15.1	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Yi Wei	1-0
15.2	Hans Moke Niemann – Viswanathan Anand	1-0
15.3	Praggnanandhaa R – Nihal Sarin	0-1
15.4	Volodar Murzin – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
15.5	Wesley So – Erigaisi Arjun	½-½
16.1	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Wesley So	½-½
16.2	Yi Wei – Volodar Murzin	1-0
16.3	Erigaisi Arjun – Hans Moke Niemann	0-1
16.4	Nihal Sarin – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	½-½
16.5	Viswanathan Anand – Praggnanandhaa R	½-½
17.1	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Viswanathan Anand	½-½
17.2	Praggnanandhaa R – Erigaisi Arjun	1-0
17.3	Volodar Murzin – Nihal Sarin	1-0
17.4	Yi Wei – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
17.5	Hans Moke Niemann – Wesley So	½-½
18.1	Nihal Sarin – Yi Wei	1-0
18.2	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh – Hans Moke Niemann	0-1
18.3	Wesley So – Praggnanandhaa R	0-1
18.4	Erigaisi Arjun – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	½-½
18.5	Viswanathan Anand – Volodar Murzin	1-0

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