Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz 2022 – Participants lists

The fourth edition of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz, India’s biggest chess tournament, will be held from November 29 till December 4, 2022. The Tata Steel Chess India 2022 will this year have the women’s tournament with the same format – rapid and blitz.

The Rapid event will be first on the schedule, taking place from 29 November – 1 December in 9 rounds, round-robin system, with time control of 15 minutes for the entire game with an increment of 10 seconds from Move 1.

Prize Money Rapid (Both Women and Open)`
1^st        $ 10.000
2^nd       $   5.000
3^rd        $   4.000
4^th        $   3.000
5^th        $   2.000

Blitz event will be a double 10-player Round Robin played on December 3 and 4, with 9 rounds per day. The time control is 3 minutes with an increment of 2 seconds from Move 1.

Prize Money Blitz (Both Women and Open)`
1^st        $ 7.500
2^nd       $ 4.000
3^rd        $ 3.000
4^th        $ 2.000
5^th        $ 1.000

The very strong line-up features world-class grandmasters and Indian chess stars. Wesley So headlines the Open tournament, together with Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Parham Maghsoodloo. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, and Nihal Sarin complete the field together with Praggnanandhaa who will play only the blitz event and Sethuraman SP who will play only in the rapid tournament.

List of players – Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz 2022 – Open tournament:

• Wesley So – USA
• Hikaru Nakamura – USA 
• Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Azerbaijan
• Nodirbek Abdusattorov – Uzbekistan
• Parham Maghsoodloo – Iran
• Vidit Gujarathi – India
• Arjun Erigaisi – India
• D Gukesh – India
• R Praggnanandhaa (only blitz) – India
• Nihal Sarin – India
• Sethuraman SP (only rapid) – India

Anna Muzychuk and Mariya Muzychuk are the top seeds of the Women’s tournament. Nana Dzagnidze, Anna Ushenina, Oliwia Kiolbasa, Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, R Vaishali, and Savitha Shri complete the field. Bhakti Kulkarni will take part in blitz tournament only, and Vantika Agarwal will play only the rapid tournament.

List of players – Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz 2022 – Women’s tournament:

• Anna Muzychuk – Ukraine
• Mariya Muzychuk – Ukraine
• Nana Dzagnidze – Georgia
• Anna Ushenina – Ukraine
• Oliwia Kiolbasa – Poland
• Koneru Humpy – India
• Harika Dronavalli – India
• R Vaishali – India
• Bhakti Kulkarni (only blitz) – India
• Savitha Shri – India
• Vantika Agarwal (only rapid) – India