05/01/2026
In just 2 days from now, India's premier Rapid and Blitz Chess tournament will kick off in Kolkata - it's time for the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz from 7th-11th January!
There will be 2 events as usual with the same prize fund- Open and Women's. Here's the amazing lineup of both of the tournaments:
Open section:
Viswanathan Anand
Wesley So
Wei Yi
R. Praggnanandhaa
Arjun Erigaisi
Volodar Murzin
Hans Niemann
Vidit Gujrathi
Aravindh Chithambaram
Nihal Sarin
Women's section:
Aleksandra Goryachkina
Kateryna Lagno
Divya Deshmukh
R. Vaishali
Nana Dzagnidze
Harika Dronavalli
Carissa Yip
Stavroula Tsolakidou
Vantika Agrawal
Raksh*tta Ravi
The Champion of the Rapid event wins USD 10,000, while the Blitz Champion will bag USD 7500. There will be 3 days of 15+10 Rapid Chess (9 rounds total) followed by 18 rounds of 3+2 Blitz Chess across the last 2 days.
Who do you think will become the Champions of the 7th edition of Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz? Let us know in the comments.
Graphic: Anmol Bhargav
