The Blitz portion of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz 2022, kicked off yesterday in Kolkata. The event featured a very strong line-up with an interesting mixture of world-class grandmasters and Indian young chess stars.
19-year-old Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi convincingly won the event with a round to spare. Erigaisi defeated Hikaru Nakamura in the penultimate round to secure the Winner trophy. Nakamura in the end trailed by a full point and finished second with 12/18 points. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov clinched bronze scoring 9.5 points. Scroll down for the final rankings
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Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2022 – Final rankings:
Rk.
Name
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
1
GM
Erigaisi Arjun
2750
13
0
108.3
10
6
2
GM
Nakamura Hikaru
2909
12
0
94.5
10
3
3
GM
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2733
9.5
0
82.5
6
3
4
GM
Maghsoodloo Parham
2672
9
1.5
81
6
2
5
GM
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
2669
9
0.5
78
7
3
6
GM
Praggnanandhaa R
2599
8.5
0
71.75
7
3
7
GM
Nihal Sarin
2702
8
1
73.5
6
2
8
GM
So Wesley
2763
8
1
65.5
6
2
9
GM
Abdusattorov Nodirbek
2666
7.5
0
68.25
4
2
10
GM
Gukesh D
2632
6.5
0
57.25
6
1