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Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz 2026 | Rapid Men

7 Jan to 9 Jan 2026 · Kolkata, India · 10-player round-robin · 15 min + 10 sec / move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Nihal Sarin ★: No. 1, 6½/9, performance 2838 (+22)
GM Viswanathan Anand ★: No. 2, 6/9, performance 2790 (+8)
GM Erigaisi Arjun ★: No. 3, 5/9, performance 2706 (-5)
GM Wesley So ★: No. 4, 5/9, performance 2710
GM Hans Moke Niemann ★: No. 5, 5/9, performance 2718 (+10)
GM Praggnanandhaa R ★: No. 6, 4½/9, performance 2672 (+1)
GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit ★: No. 7, 4½/9, performance 2675 (+5)
GM Volodar Murzin ★: No. 8, 3½/9, performance 2599 (-1)
GM Yi Wei ★: No. 9, 3½/9, performance 2583 (-20)
GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh ★: No. 10, 1½/9, performance 2406 (-21)

Standings

Standings, Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz 2026 | Rapid Men
#	Name	Fed	RtgI	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	rtg+/-
1	GM Nihal, Sarin ★	IND	2660	6.5	0	26.5	5	2	2839	9	6.5	4.35	2.15	21.5
2	GM Anand, Viswanathan ★	IND	2721	6	0	24.5	4	2	2791	9	6	5.18	0.82	8.2
3	GM Erigaisi, Arjun ★	IND	2746	5	1	24.25	4	1	2706	9	5	5.52	-0,52	-5,2
4	GM So, Wesley ★	USA	2705	5	2	18	3	2	2711	9	5	4.96	0.04	0.4
5	GM Niemann, Hans Moke ★	USA	2636	5	3	17.75	4	1	2718	9	5	4.02	0.98	9.8
6	GM Praggnanandhaa, R ★	IND	2662	4.5	0	20.25	2	0	2672	9	4.5	4.36	0.14	1.4
7	GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ★	IND	2632	4.5	0	19.5	1	1	2676	9	4.5	3.95	0.55	5.5
8	GM Murzin, Volodar ★	FID	2603	3.5	1	12.25	3	1	2599	9	3.5	3.57	-0,07	-0,7
9	GM Wei, Yi ★	CHN	2746	3.5	2	14.5	2	1	2583	9	3.5	5.52	-2,02	-20,2
10	GM Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. ★	IND	2603	1.5	0	7	0	0	2406	9	1.5	3.57	-2,07	-20,7

TB1 Direct Encounter (DE) (Forfeited games count) · TB2 Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break Variable (2023) (Gamepoints) · TB3 Number of wins including byes (WIN) (Matchpoints, Forfeited games count) · TB4 Number of games won with black (BWG) (Matchpoints)

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds. Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
2.1	Wesley So – Volodar Murzin	1-0
2.2	Praggnanandhaa R – Erigaisi Arjun	1-0
2.3	Nihal Sarin – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0
2.4	Viswanathan Anand – Yi Wei	½-½
2.5	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit – Hans Moke Niemann	½-½

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.