[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd4 Be4 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 exf5
15. c3 Rc8 16. a4 O-O 17. a5 Qc6 18. Rf2 h6 19. Bf1 Ne6 20. Ra4 Qc7 21. Bb6 Qe7
22. Rb4 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. g3 Rc6 25. Bg2 Ng7 26. Bd4 Rfc8 27. Be3 Rg6 28. Bd4
f4 29. Qe2 Bxg2 30. Rxg2 Ne6 31. Bb6 Kg7 32. Qd3 d4 33. Bxd4 g4 34. gxf4 Nxf4
35. Qf5 Nh3+ 36. Kf1 Rg8 37. e6+ Kh6 38. Be3+ Ng5 39. h4 Kg7 40. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Nh4 Be4
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Bg6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15.
Ne2 b5 16. g4 Na5 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. g5 Ne8 19. h4 Nd6 20. h5 gxh5 21. Rxh5 g6
22. Rh2 Bxg5 23. Rdh1 Rc8 24. Rh8+ Kg7 25. R1h7+ Kf6 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. f4 Qe1+
28. Nc1 Bxf4 29. exf4 Rc7 30. Bc2 Nd6 31. Rh2 Ne4 32. Qd3 Rc4 33. Re2 Qg1 34.
Qh3 Ke7 35. Qa3+ Nd6 36. b3 Rc6 37. Qb4 a5 38. Qd2 b4 39. Qe3 Qxe3 40. Rxe3 Nb5
41. Kb2 Nxd4 42. Bd3 Rc3 43. Re1 f5 44. Rd1 Kf6 45. Bb1 Nb5 46. Bd3 Nd4 47. Bb1
Nc6 48. Nd3 g5 49. fxg5+ Kxg5 50. a3 d4 51. axb4 axb4 52. Nxb4 Nxb4 53. Rxd4 Nd5
54. Rxd5 Rxb3+ 55. Kxb3 exd5 56. Kc3 d4+ 57. Kxd4 Kf6 58. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 Ne7 15. d4
Ng6 16. d5 Ree8 17. c4 c6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Qc7 20. Qb2 Nd7 21. Nb3 cxb5 22.
cxb5 Qc4 23. Qe2 Rec8 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Ra1 Rb4 26. Nfd2 Rxb5 27. Re3 f5 28. Kf1
fxe4 29. Rxe4 Nb6 30. g3 Ne7 31. Ra5 Rxd5 32. Ba3 Rxa5 33. Nxa5 Bb8 34. Bb4 Nc6
35. Nxb7 d5 36. Rg4 Nd7 37. Bd6 Nf6 38. Rh4 Nd4 39. Bc5 Ne6 40. Rb4 d4 41. Rb6
Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Nxc5 43. Nxc5 Ba7 44. Ra6 Rxa6 45. Nxa6 e4 46. Nb4 d3+ 47. Kf1 Kf7
48. Nc6 Bb6 49. f3 e3 50. Nc4 d2 51. Ke2 Nd5 52. Nxd2 exd2 53. Kxd2 Bf2 54. g4
Nf4 55. h4 Bxh4 56. Ke3 Bg5 57. Ke4 Ne2 58. Kd5 Kf6 59. Nb8 Bf4 60. Nd7+ Kg5 61.
Nf8 Kh4 62. Ne6 g6 63. Nf8 g5 64. Ne6 Kg3 65. Ke4 Kf2 66. Kf5 Kxf3 67. Kg6 Kxg4
68. Kxh6 Be3 69. Nxg5 Bxg5+ 70. Kg6 Nf4+ 71. Kf7 Kf5 72. Ke8 Ke6 73. Kf8 Ng6+
74. Ke8 Ne5 75. Kf8 Kd7 76. Kg7 Ke7 77. Kg8 Ng6 78. Kg7 Nf4 79. Kg8 Ne6 80. Kh7
Kf7 81. Kh8 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nd1 b4 11. c4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15.
cxd5 Bb7 16. Ne3 Ne4 17. Qd3 Bxd5 18. O-O O-O 19. Rfd1 Bc4 20. Qxe4 Bxe2 21. Rd6
Qb5 22. Kf2 Rac8 23. Qd4 a5 24. a4 bxa3 25. Rxa3 Bh5 26. g4 Bxg4 27. Nxg4 Rc2+
28. Kg3 Qf1 29. Rd8 Qe1+ 30. Kh3 Qf1+ 31. Kh4 g6 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34.
Qf6+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Rb3 Qe1+ 37. Kg5 h6+ 38. Kxh6 Qh4+ 39. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Nh4 Be6 8. f4
g6 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Ndf3 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5
15. Qxb7 Rfc8 16. Ne5 Rab8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qe2 Na5 19. g4 Qe4 20. Re1 Qxe2 21.
Rxe2 e6 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Re8 24. Kf1 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nc4 26. Bf4 Nxb2 27. Rd2
gxf5 28. Rxd5 Rc8 29. Ke2 Na4 30. Rg1+ Kf8 31. Rd6 Nxc3+ 32. Kd3 Ne4 33. Rxb6
axb6 34. Rb1 Ra8 35. Rxb6 Rxa2 36. Rh6 Nc5+ 37. Kc3 Ne6 38. Bd2 Kg7 39. Rf6 Ra3+
40. Kc4 Rf3 41. Bh6+ Kg8 42. h4 Rh3 43. Bg5 Rf3 44. Kd5 Rd3+ 45. Kc4 Rf3 46. Kd5
h5 47. Kd6 f4 48. Ke7 Nxg5 49. hxg5 Re3 50. Rxf4 Rxe5+ 51. Kf6 Re1 52. Rf3 Rg1
53. Rh3 Rf1+ 54. Ke5 Kg7 55. Rxh5 Kg6 56. Rh8 Kxg5 57. Rg8+ Kh5 58. Ke4 Rf6 59.
Ke5 Rf1 60. Ke4 f6 61. Rg7 Kh4 62. Rg8 f5+ 63. Ke3 Kh3 64. Rg7 Kh2 65. Rh7+ Kg3
66. Rg7+ Kh4 67. Rg8 Re1+ 68. Kf4 Rf1+ 69. Ke3 Re1+ 70. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8.
Bxe6 dxe6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 a6 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qe3 h6 22. f3 Kf8 23. g3 Qd7 24. Kf2 Qc6 25. h4 h5 26. a3 Ke8 27.
Ke2 Qc4+ 28. Qd3 Qc5 29. Qe3 Qc4+ 30. Kf2 Qc6 31. b4 Qd7 32. Qd3 Qc6 33. Ne2 g6
34. Nc3 Ke7 35. Ne4 Qd5 36. Qc3 Qd8 37. Nf6 Bc6 38. Ke3 Ba4 39. Qd3 Qa8 40. Kf4
Qc6 41. Ng8+ Ke8 42. Nf6+ Ke7 43. c4 Qa8 44. Kg5 Bc6 45. Qd4 Kf8 46. Kh6 Bxf3
47. Qd7 Qb8 48. Nh7+ Kg8 49. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Be2 Nc5
9. Qc2 a5 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Nd2 Nf6 15.
Rdg1 Ne8 16. h4 Nd6 17. h5 a4 18. a3 Ra6 19. g3 Rb8 20. Ka1 Qe8 21. Re1 Bf6 22.
Bd3 Qe7 23. f4 Re8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. f5 Qg7 26. Re2 Nf7 27. g4 Ng5 28. Reh2 Re7
29. Qd1 Qf8 30. Bc2 Qe8 31. Qe2 Rg7 32. Rf1 Qe7 33. Qe3 Rf7 34. Rfh1 Kf8 35. Qe2
Qe8 36. fxg6 Re7 37. gxh7 Bh8 38. Qe3 Qg6 39. Qxc5 c6 40. Rh6 Qg7 41. Bxa4 Ke8
42. dxc6 bxc6 43. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bg2 Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Be3 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Bd5 13. Rac1 a6 14. a3 h6
15. Qc2 f5 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qe6 18. Qc3 Rd6 19. e4 fxe4 20. dxe4 Bxe4 21.
Ng5 hxg5 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Re1 b5 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Rc1 Nd4 27. Qxc7
Rd8 28. Qc3 Rf8 29. Qe3 g4 30. Rc5 Nf3 31. Rc6 Qf7 32. Rd6 Kh8 33. Rg6 Qd7 34.
Rxa6 Qd1 35. Rh6+ Kg8 36. Bh7+ Kf7 37. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nd2
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. a5 Rb8 14. Be2 f5 15. Bb6
Nxb6 16. Nxb6 e4 17. Qd4 b3 18. cxb3 Bf6 19. Qd2 f4 20. Ra4 f3 21. gxf3 exf3 22.
Bxf3 Bxb2 23. Bg4 Qe8+ 24. Kf1 Bxg4 25. Rxg4 Be5 26. Qe2 Qf7 27. Kg2 h5 28. Re4
Qg6+ 29. Kf1 Qf5 30. Rg1 Bxh2 31. Rg2 Be5 32. Qe3 Bf4 33. Qf3 Rbe8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8
35. Rg1 Re5 36. Kg2 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 Qf5 38. Kg2 Qg5+ 39. Kf1 Qh4 40. Rh1 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 b6 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. e4 dxc4 14. d5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5
cxd5 16. exd5 Qd7 17. a4 Rfd8 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Re1 Bc5 20. Bc7 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Rxc7 22. Bf3 Rcd7 23. Rd1 Rd3 24. Be2 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 g6 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. fxe3
Re8 28. Qd2 c3 29. Qxc3 Bxe2 30. Qxf6 Re6 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qd8+ Kg7
34. Qd4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O a5 7. Nc3 a4 8. Bd2 a3
9. b3 h6 10. Rc1 Ne7 11. h3 Bg6 12. Re1 Nf5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Ne2 c5 15. Nf4 Bh7
16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 cxd4 18. Bxe6 O-O 19. Bd5 Nc5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22.
Ne5 Nxe6 23. Nxe6 Qd5 24. Nc7 Qd8 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 26. Rc7 b5 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Bb4
Re8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7
9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Re1 g4 13. Nh4 Nh5 14. Nf1 Qg5 15. Ne3
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nf4 17. d4 Ng6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 h5 21. f3 h4
22. Be1 Qh5 23. Qf2 g5 24. Bd2 Qg6 25. Rf1 Nd8 26. Rd3 Ne6 27. a5 gxf3 28. Bxe6
Bxe6 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rd8 31. Qe3 g4 32. Be1 g3 33. Qc5 Qg5 34. Qxc7+ Rd7
35. Qc5 Rf7 36. Rxf7+ Bxf7 37. hxg3 hxg3 38. c4 Bg6 39. Qa3 Bxe4 40. Qc3 Kf6 41.
Bxg3 Ke6 42. b4 Qh5 43. b5 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Qxd4 exd4 46. bxa6 bxa6 47. Bc7
d3 48. Bf4 Kf5 49. g3 Ke6 50. Ke3 Bf5 51. Kd4 Kd7 52. Kd5 Be6+ 53. Kc5 Kc8 54.
Kd4 Bf5 55. Ke5 Bg4 56. Kd6 Kb7 57. c5 Bf3 58. Be3 Kc8 59. c6 Bh5 60. Kc5 Bf3
61. Kb6 Be2 62. Bf4 Bf3 63. Bd2 Kb8 64. Be3 Kc8 65. Bf4 Be2 66. Bc1 Bf3 67. Kxa6
Bxc6 68. Kb6 Bf3 69. Ka7 Kd7 70. Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 b6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 c5 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Qe2 Rc8 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 g6 12. h4 Bg7 13. O-O-O h5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bb5+ Bc6 18. Bxc6+ Rxc6 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Rh3 Qe7 21. Kb1
a6 22. b4 Na4 23. Qxa6 Qd7 24. Ba1 Bxe5 25. Re1 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 O-O 27. Qd3 Rc4
28. Rg3 Kh7 29. Rg5 f5 30. g4 Rfc8 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Reg1 Nc3+ 33. Kb2 Nb5 34.
Qf3 Rxc2+ 35. Kb1 R8c6 36. Rxh5+ gxh5 37. Qxh5+ Rh6 38. Qg5 Rc8 39. Be3 Nxa3+
40. Ka2 Rc2+ 41. Kxa3 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qb3
Nc6 9. a3 Na5 10. Qa2 a6 11. b4 Nc6 12. Be2 Na7 13. O-O c6 14. Rfc1 Nb5 15. Na4
Ne4 16. Qb2 g5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bg3 h5 19. h3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Bd6 21. Nc5 Bxg3 22.
Qb3 Nd6 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. Bxh5 b6 25. Na4 b5 26. Rxc6 Nc4 27. Nb6 Rad8 28. e4 Bf4
29. exf5 Bxd2 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. Kh1 Qxd4 32. Qc2 Qf2 33. Bf3 Rfe8 34. Re6 Nxb6 35.
Rxd2 Qg3 36. Rde2 Rxe6 37. fxe6 Kg7 38. e7 Re8 39. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Variation "four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. d3 O-O 8. c3
Na5 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. b4 Nc6 13. a4 Nd8 14. Nh4 Ne6 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Rxf4 Qe6 18. Nf3 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qe1 Rfe8 21. d4 f6
22. Rh4 Qf5 23. Qd2 fxe5 24. dxe5 c6 25. Rf4 Qh5 26. Rh4 Qg6 27. Re1 Rxa4 28. c4
Ra3 29. Rh3 Rd3 30. Qa2 dxc4 31. Qxc4+ Rd5 32. Rd1 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Rf3 h6
35. Rdf1 Kh7 36. Rg3 Rg5 37. Rxg5 Rxg5 38. Qe2 Rg4 39. b5 Qe4 40. Qa2 Rg5 41.
bxc6 bxc6 42. h3 b5 43. Rf8 Rd5 44. Rf1 c5 45. Kh1 b4 46. Qa8 b3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
a6 9. g5 Nh5 10. Be5 c5 11. Be2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Bxh5 e5 15.
Ne4 Qh4 16. Bf3 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qe7 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 Ne5 20. Be4 Be6 21. b3
f5 22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. f4 Ng4 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rd4 Rc7 27. h3 Nf6 28.
Rhd1 h6 29. Ba6 g5 30. Bc4 Bxc4+ 31. Rxc4 Rd7 32. Nxf5 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Nd5 34.
Nxh6+ Kh7 35. Ng4 gxf4 36. exf4 Nxf4 37. Ne5 Kg7 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Ra7 Nxh3 40.
Rxa5 Nf2+ 41. Ke2 Ne4 42. Kd3 Nf2+ 43. Ke3 Nd1+ 44. Ke2 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 Nd1 46.
Ng4+ Kg6 47. Kc2 Rd8 48. Re5 Rd4 49. Re1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5
9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 c4 14. dxc4 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Nh4 Rb8 18. Rb1 Kh8 19. b4 cxb3 20. cxb3 Rg8 21.
Re1 Rg4 22. Nf3 Qb6 23. Re3 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Rc1 a5 26. Nd2 Qb7 27. Rg3 Rd4
28. Qh5 Bg6 29. Qg5 Kg7 30. h3 h6 31. Qe3 Qd5 32. Nf1 Rd1 33. Kh2 Rxb3 34. Rxd1
Qxd1 35. Qxb3 Qxf1 36. Qb6 Qd1 37. Qxa5 h5 38. Qb4 d5 39. Re3 e4 40. Re1 Qd3 41.
a4 d4 42. a5 Kh7 43. Ra1 e3 44. fxe3 Qxe3 45. Qe1 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 d3 47. Qf2 Qe5
48. Ra2 Qc3 49. a6 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qc7+ 51. Qg3 Qc4 52. Ra5 d2 53. Qd6 d1=Q 54.
Qxd1 Qc7+ 55. Kh1 Qxa5 56. Qd6 Be4 57. Qd4 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Be2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Rc8 14. Ne5 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qb3 Ba8 17. Bf1 Bd6 18. h3 Bb8 19. Rad1 Ng4 20. hxg4 Qh4 21. Re5
g6 22. Rd3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxg4 24. Rg3 Qh4 25. Nb5 Rc5 26. Qe3 h5 27. Ba3 Rfc8
28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Nxa7 Ra5 30. Qxb6 Rxa2 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxa8 Qd4 33. Qf3 Qxa7
34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Nd2 e6 6. Nb3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Qxe2
Be7 9. Nf3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. g3 Nd7 12. c3 Rh8 13. Kf1 Qb6 14. Kg2 Qb5 15.
Qxb5 cxb5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 a6 18. Ra2 Rc8 19. Rc1 Rc7 20. Rc2 f6 21. Re2 Kf7
22. Nc1 Nf8 23. Nd3 Ng6 24. Ra1 Re8 25. Rae1 Bd8 26. Ng1 Rce7 27. Nh3 Bc7 28.
Re3 f5 29. Ra1 Bd8 30. Ra3 Rc7 31. Re1 Be7 32. Rb3 Nf8 33. Ra1 Nd7 34. Kf3 Rb8
35. Ng5+ Bxg5 36. hxg5 Rc6 37. Ke3 Kg6 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Rh1 g6 40. f3 a5 41. Ra3
b6 42. Raa1 Kg7 43. Ke3 Nf8 44. Kd2 Rbc8 45. Ra3 Nh7 46. f4 Nf8 47. b4 Nd7 48.
Rb1 axb4 49. Rxb4 Kf7 50. Rba4 Ke7 51. Ra7 Kd8 52. Kc2 Rc4 53. Kb2 R4c6 54. Nb4
R6c7 55. R7a6 Rb7 56. Rb3 Kc7 57. Nc2 Nb8 58. Ra1 Nc6 59. Na3 Na5 60. Nb5+ Kb8
61. Rb4 Nc4+ 62. Kc2 Rc6 63. Ra6 Kc8 64. Ra8+ Kd7 65. Rg8 Rc8 66. Rg7+ Kc6 67.
Rxg6 Re7 68. Nd6 Ra8 69. Nxc4 dxc4 70. Rxc4+ Kd5 71. Kd3 Ra1 72. Rb4 Rg1 73. c4+
Kc6 74. d5+ Kb7 75. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bc5 15. Nf5 Rg8 16. g4 h5 17. Bg5 hxg4 18. hxg4 f6 19. Bf4 Bc8 20. Re1 Kf7 21.
Rad1 Kg6 22. Nh4+ Kf7 23. Nf5 Kg6 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 fxe5 26. Nc4 Bxg4 27.
Nxe5+ Kh5 28. Nxg4 Kxg4 29. Rd7 g5 30. Kg2 c5 31. Rxc7 Rgf8 32. Re4+ Rf4 33. f3+
Kh5 34. Re6 g4 35. Re5+ Kg6 36. fxg4 Rxg4+ 37. Kf3 Ra4 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. a3 Rd8
40. Rh5 Kg7 41. Rg5+ Kf7 42. Rf5+ Kg7 43. Rg5+ Kf7 44. Rh5 Kg7 45. Ke3 Re8+ 46.
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 b5 8. Bb3 d6
9. c3 Bb6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 g5 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Qd2 Kg7 14. Ne3 Nh5 15. O-O-O
f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bf5 20. Rhe1 Nf6 21. Bc2 Ne4
22. Qe2 Qe7 23. Rf1 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Bxc2 25. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 26. Kb1 Qe6 27. Rde1 Qf5
28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Rfe1 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Rf7 31. R1e6 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Rf8 33. Kd3 a5
34. Ke4 g4 35. Nh4 Rf2 36. Ng6 Rxb2 37. Nf4 Kf8 38. Ng6+ Kg8 39. Nf4 Rd2 40. d5
Bf2 41. Kf5 Bxg3 42. Ne6 Rf2+ 43. Kxg4 Be5 44. g3 Rf7 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Rb8 Kg6
47. Rg8+ Kf6 48. Rh8 c5 49. Rxh6+ Ke7 50. Ng5 Rg7 51. Kf5 Bxg3 52. Rh8 Be5 53.
Rb8 b4 54. Ra8 Kd7 55. Rxa5 Kc8 56. Ra6 Kb7 57. Rc6 Rc7 58. Rxc7+ Kxc7 59. Ke4
c4 60. Nf7 Kb6 61. Nd8 Kb5 62. Nc6 Bh8 63. Nd8 Bf6 64. Nf7 Kc5 65. Nh6 b3 66.
axb3 cxb3 67. Kd3 Kb4 68. Nf5 Be5 69. Ne3 Ka3 70. Nc4+ Ka2 71. Nd2 Bf4 72. Ne4
b2 73. Nc3+ Kb3 74. Nb1 Bh6 75. Nc3 Be3 76. Nb1 Bg5 77. Nc3 Bd8 78. Nb1 Ba5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Qb6 9. exd6 exd6 10. Bf4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Nf6 14.
Nf5 d5 15. Bg5 Kc7 16. Rd3 Re8 17. Rde3 Rxe3 18. Rxe3 Bc8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rf3
Rg8 21. g3 Rg5 22. Nd4 Bh6 23. Kb1 Re5 24. b4 f5 25. Kb2 Bd7 26. a3 f4 27. Rd3
Rh5 28. h4 fxg3 29. fxg3 Re5 30. b5 f5 31. a4 a6 32. bxc6 Bxc6 33. Kb3 Kd6 34.
Nce2 Bd7 35. Rf3 Re3+ 36. c3 Ke5 37. Rf2 Ke4 38. Nf4 Rxg3 39. Nh5 Rg6 40. Re2+
Kd3 41. Re7 Rb6+ 42. Ka2 Bxa4 43. Nxf5 Bb3+ 44. Ka1 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Nhf6 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Be5 Nhf6 14. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rfd1
Bc2 15. Rdc1 Bd3 16. Bxd3 Rxd3 17. a4 Rad8 18. Kf1 f5 19. Ke2 Kf7 20. Na3 Ke6
21. Nc4 g5 22. h3 e4 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. Nb3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Kf6 27. Nd4
Rc8 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. Kd2 b6 30. Kc2 Ke5 31. Rb1 Rc5 32. h4 h6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34.
Rh1 Ra5 35. Kb3 Rd5 36. Kc2 Ra5 37. Kb3 Rd5 38. Kc2 f4 39. exf4+ Kxf4 40. Rh7
Ra5 41. Kb3 Kg4 42. Re7 Kf4 43. c4 g4 44. Kb4 Kf5 45. g3 Re5 46. Rf7+ Kg5 47.
Rg7+ Kf5 48. Rf7+ Kg6 49. Rxa7 e3 50. fxe3 Rxe3 51. Ra6 Kf5 52. Rxb6 Rxg3 53. a5
Rg1 54. a6 g3 55. a7 Rb1+ 56. Kc5 Ra1 57. Rb7 Kf6 58. Rb3 g2 59. Rg3 Rxa7 60.
Rxg2 Rc7+ 61. Kd5 Ra7 62. c5 Ra6 63. Re2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Kh1 a6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Nc2
Ne5 16. b3 b5 17. cxb5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxc2 19. Ng3 Nd3 20. Be3 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 Rfc8
22. b6 g6 23. Rab1 Nb4 24. Rfc1 Nd5 25. Bd7 Rcb8 26. Nc3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bd8 28.
Na4 a5 29. Rc3 Be4 30. Rd1 Bxb6 31. Rxd6 Ba7 32. Ra6 Rd8 33. Rd6 Bb8 34. Rd2 Ra7
35. Nc5 Be5 36. Rc1 Rc7 37. a3 Bd5 38. Ba4 Rb8 39. Rcc2 Rbc8 40. Bd7 Bxb3 41.
Bxc8 Bxc2 42. Nd7 Bg3 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Ba6 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rad1 c5 12. Qb1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Be4 14. Qa1 Qc7 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nfe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qb7+ 19. f3 Ne8 20. Bd4 b5 21.
Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Ne5 Nf6 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rc1 Qc7 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27.
Nd3 Qc2 28. Qe5 Nd7 29. Nb4 Nxe5 30. Nxc2 Nc6 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke3 a6 33. Nd4 Nb4
34. a3 Nd5+ 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. Nf5+ Kf6 37. Kd4 b4 38. axb4 Nxb4 39. Ne3 Ke7 40.
Kc4 Nc6 41. Kc5 Kd7 42. Nc4 f6 43. f4 h6 44. e4 g5 45. f5 Na7 46. Nd6 exf5 47.
exf5 Nc6 48. Ne4 Ne5 49. Nxf6+ Ke7 50. Ng8+ Kf7 51. Nxh6+ Kf6 52. Kd5 Nd3 53.
Kd4 Nf2 54. b4 Kg7 55. Ke3 Nd1+ 56. Kd2 Nf2 57. Ke2 Ne4 58. Ng4 Nd6 59. Ne3 Kf6
60. Kd3 Nb5 61. g4 Ke5 62. Nc4+ Kd5 63. h3 Nc7 64. Nd2 Ke5 65. Nf3+ Kf4 66. Nd4
Kg3 67. f6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 Bd6
9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rad1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf5 Rc8 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15.
Qe2 Ne5 16. Nd4 g6 17. Bh3 Ne4 18. Ncb5 Bf8 19. Nxa7 Ng5 20. Bg4 Ra5 21. f4 Nxg4
22. Qxg4 Rxa7 23. fxg5 Rxa2 24. Bc3 Bg7 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Rf3 Be5 27. Qh4 Rc8 28.
Be1 Ba6 29. Rh3 f5 30. Bb4 Qg7 31. Qe1 Qd7 32. Nf3 Bh8 33. Nd4 Qe8 34. Qh4 Rc7
35. Nxf5 gxf5 36. g6 Be5 37. gxh7+ Kh8 38. Qh6 Rg7 39. g3 d4 40. Qxb6 Qa8 41. e4
fxe4 42. Rc1 e3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 b5 14. a3 Qc6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rab8 18. Rd2 a5 19. c3 Rc7 20. Re1 Qb6 21. g3
Nd7 22. Ra1 Nc5 23. Bd5 Ra7 24. Rdd1 g6 25. Ne1 Kg7 26. Nc2 Rf8 27. Rab1 Nd7 28.
h4 Nf6 29. Kg2 Rc7 30. Ne3 h5 31. Bb3 Rc5 32. Qf3 Qb7 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc7
35. Rbd1 Qc6 36. Qe2 Rb8 37. R1d3 Qe8 38. g4 hxg4 39. Qxg4 Qc8 40. Qe2 Qh8 41.
Rh3 Qh6 42. h5 Rh8 43. Rdd3 gxh5 44. Rdg3+ Kf8 45. Qxb5 Bd8 46. Qxa5 h4 47. Qd5
Rh7 48. Qd1 Rb7 49. Rg4 Rg7 50. Rxg7 Qxg7+ 51. Kh2 Qg6 52. Rf3 Bg5 53. Bd5 Re7
54. Rf5 h3 55. Qg4 f6 56. a4 Rh7 57. Rf3 Rh4 58. Qc8+ Ke7 59. Qe6+ Kf8 60. Qxd6+
Ke8 61. Qe6+ Kf8 62. Rxh3 Bf4+ 63. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Bb5 cxd4 15.
Nxg6 fxg6 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qd3 Nbd7 18. Bf4 Kh8 19. Bg3 d4 20. Na4 Nd5 21. Rae1
Nf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Re4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Qf3 h6 26. Re1 Bd6 27. h4 Ra5
28. Qc6 d3 29. Nc3 d2 30. Re6 Bc5 31. Be2 Rxa2 32. g5 Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Qd4 34. gxf6
Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qf5+ 36. Bg4 Qf1+ 37. Qg2 Qd3+ 38. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.08"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. a4 Kh8 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nc4 Rg8 15. Ne3
Bxe3 16. fxe3 g4 17. hxg4 Rxg4 18. Qe1 Qg8 19. Nh4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Rxg3 21. Rf6
Qg5 22. Rxh6+ Qxh6 23. Qxg3 Rg8 24. Qf2 Ne7 25. Rf1 b6 26. Bc4 Rg4 27. Be2 Rg7
28. Bxh5 Qxh5 29. Qf6 Ng8 30. Qd8 Qg4 31. Rf2 f6 32. Nf5 Rh7 33. Qa8 Qd1+ 34.
Rf1 Qxa4 35. Ng3 Qc2 36. Rxf6 Qc1+ 37. Nf1 Qxb2 38. Rg6 Qa2 39. Qd8 Qf7 40.
Rxg8+ Qxg8 41. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Opening "Torre attack (Tartakower variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. d5 Nb4 8.
c3 Nxd5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxe4 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 Qb8 12. Qxb8+ Rxb8 13. Ne5 g6 14.
Nxd7 Kxd7 15. O-O-O+ Kc7 16. e3 Bg7 17. h4 h5 18. a4 Rbd8 19. Bc4 e6 20. Kc2
Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Ra1 Bf6 23. g3 g5 24. hxg5 Bxg5 25. Rh1 Rh8 26. f4 Bf6 27.
Rh3 Kd7 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. Ke4 Bg7 30. Be2 Rd8 31. Rxh5 Rd2 32. Rxc5 Rxe2 33. Rc7+
Ke8 34. Rxb7 Rd2 35. g4 a5 36. g5 Bf8 37. Rb8+ Ke7 38. b4 Bg7 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40.
Rc7 Ra2 41. b5 Rxa4+ 42. Kd3 Bxc3 43. Kxc3 Rb4 44. Rb7 Kg7 45. b6 Kg6 46. Kd3 a4
47. Kc3 Rb1 48. Ra7 Rxb6 49. Rxa4 e5 50. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Indian opening"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Qe6 7. fxe5 Qxe5+ 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. Nf3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Rde1 h6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bd1
a6 15. h3 Rde8 16. g4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf3 Bd6 19. Ref1 Re7 20. Rhg1 Be6
21. h4 Ree8 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nd7 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Rxg4 f6 26. Rg2 fxg5 27.
Ne4 Be5 28. Nxg5 Rhf8 29. Rh1 Nc5 30. Kb1 Rf5 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Nf7
Rf5 34. Nxd8 Kxd8 35. Rxg7 Rf1+ 36. Ka2 Ne6 37. Rg2 Kd7 38. b3 b5 39. Kb2 c5 40.
Rh2 Rf7 41. Rh4 Rf2 42. Be3 Re2 43. Re4 Rg2 44. b4 cxb4 45. axb4 Re2 46. Kc1 Nc7
47. Kd1 Rg2 48. Re5 Rg4 49. Bc5 Kc6 50. Bf8 Nd5 51. Re6+ Kb7 52. Bc5 Nxb4 53.
Rd6 Rh4 54. Kc1 Nc6 55. Rd7+ Kc8 56. Rg7 Rh6 57. Kb2 Ne5 58. Be3 Rg6 59. Rh7 Re6
60. Bf4 Nd7 61. Kb3 Rf6 62. Be3 Rf3 63. Re7 Rf5 64. Bd4 a5 65. Re6 Kb7 66. Rd6
Nc5+ 67. Ka2 b4 68. Kb2 a4 69. Be3 Re5 70. Bd2 a3+ 71. Ka2 b3+ 72. Kxa3 bxc2 73.
Kb2 Kc7 74. Rd4 Re2 75. Kxc2 Rxd2+ 76. Kxd2 Nb3+ 77. Kc3 Nxd4 78. Kxd4 Kd6 79.
Ke4 Ke6 80. d4 Kd6 81. d5 Kd7 82. d6 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. Kb1 h6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Bc6 17. Bd3 h5 18. h3 O-O-O 19. Bb6 Rd7 20. a3 Bd6 21.
Bc2 Bc7 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Be3 Kc8 24. b4 b5 25. c5 Rd8 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Bd4 Kb7
28. Bc3 Kc6 29. Bd3 Bf4 30. Kb2 f5 31. a4 Bc4 32. Be4+ Kc7 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. Bc6
h4 35. Bxg7 Kc7 36. axb5 axb5 37. Be8 Bf1 38. Bf6 Bg3 39. f4 Bxf4 40. Bxh4 Bxg2
41. Bxb5 Bxh3 42. Bc4 e5 43. Bd5 Bf1 44. Kb3 Be3 45. Be7 Bd4 46. Ka4 Kd7 47. Bf8
e4 48. b5 e3 49. b6 Be5 50. c6+ Kc8 51. Be7 f4 52. Be6+ Kb8 53. Bd8 Ba6 54. c7+
Bxc7 55. bxc7+ Ka7 56. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, classical defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Nbd2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Re1 Bd6 15.
Nf1 Ne4 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Kh8 18. Bh4 Bg8 19. Bg3 Rad8 20. Qh5 d4 21. Rad1
dxc3 22. bxc3 Qf7 23. Qxf7 Bxf7 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Ne3 Bxa2 26. Ra1 Bg8 27. Rxa6
Rc8 28. Rb1 Ne5 29. Rxb5 Nc4 30. Nf5 Rce8 31. Ra1 Re2 32. Bd3 Rd2 33. Bf1 Ne5
34. Nxd6 Nf3+ 35. gxf3 Rxd6 36. Rg5 Rc6 37. Rc1 Rfc8 38. Bd3 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Rxc3
40. Be4 g6 41. h4 Kg7 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Ra5 Rc7 44. Kg3 Bf7 45. Kf4 Re7 46. Ra6+
Kg7 47. Rb6 Be8 48. Ke3 Bf7 49. Rd6 Kh6 50. Kf4 Be8 51. Rb6 Bf7 52. Kg3 Be8 53.
Rb4 Bf7 54. f4 Be6 55. f3 Rf7 56. Rb6 Bf5 57. Rb5 Rf8 58. Rb7 Rf6 59. Re7 Re6
60. Rxe6 Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Bf5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Qc8 12. Rb1 b6 13. e4 c5 14. d5 Nd7 15.
Ne3 Ne5 16. Qd1 h5 17. Rb3 Ng4 18. Ng2 f5 19. Qe2 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qf5 21. Qxf5
gxf5 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nh4 f4 25. Ng6 fxg3 26. Nxf8 gxh2+ 27. Kh1
Rxf8 28. f4 Bxf4 29. Ra3 a5 30. Rb3 Be5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rxb6 Bxc3 33. Rb3 Be5
34. Ra3 e6 35. dxe6 Ke7 36. Rxa5 Kxe6 37. a4 d5 38. Rxc5 dxc4 39. a5 Bb8 40.
Rxc4 Kd7 41. a6 Kd8 42. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8603405"]
[BlackFideId "5029465"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Na5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bd3 g5 11. Bf2 Ba6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. c5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 dxc5 15.
O-O Qa4 16. dxc5 Qc4 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Ke7 19. f4 Nxe4 20. cxb6 Rhc8 21.
bxc7 Nb3 22. Rad1 Rxc7 23. Be5 Rc4 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Ng3 f5 26. Rfe1 Nbc5 27.
Nf1 Nd7 28. Bd4 Rc6 29. g4 Kf7 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Ne3 Ke6 32. Rb1 a6 33. Rb7 Ne5
34. Bxe5 Kxe5 35. Re7+ Re6 36. Nxf5 Rxe7 37. Nxe7 Re8 38. Nc6+ Kf4 39. Nb4 Rd8
40. c4 Rd2 41. Nd5+ Kf5 42. Ne7+ Kf4 43. Nd5+ Kf5 44. Rf1+ Ke5 45. Ne3 Kd4 46.
Re1 Nc3 47. Ng4 Kxc4 48. Re5 Ne2+ 49. Kf1 Nd4 50. Rxg5 Nf3 51. Rh5 Kd4 52. Rh6
Ra2 53. Rd6+ Kc5 54. Rxa6 Nxh2+ 55. Nxh2 Rxh2 56. Rf6 Ra2 57. Rf2 Rxa3 58. Kg2
Rd3 59. Rf3 Rxf3 60. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Black "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5072786"]
[BlackFideId "44155573"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nd3 Kh8 12. Nd2 e6 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Nfe5 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Qe7 16. Be3 b6 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. f3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. h4 c4 21. Bg5
Qc5+ 22. Kh2 h6 23. Bxh6 Qf2 24. Bg5 Rg8 25. Rf1 Qxb2 26. Rab1 Qxc3 27. f4 Rxg5
28. hxg5 Kg7 29. Rf3 Qd4 30. Kg3 Qe4 31. Rb7 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Rh8+ 33. Rh3 Rxh3+ 34.
Kxh3 Qh1+ 35. Kg3 Qe1+ 36. Kh3 Qe3+ 37. g3 Qg1 38. Rb2 Nd4 39. Qxa7 Qh1+ 40. Rh2
Qf1+ 41. Rg2 Nf3 42. g4 Ne1 43. Qf2 fxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "25059530"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rad1 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Nb5 Be6 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. b3 Na3 21.
Nf3 Nb5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc1 Rd7 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. Ke2 Kf6 26. Rc4 Nc7 27. g3
Ne6 28. h4 Rd5 29. Ke3 Ra5 30. a4 Rc5 31. Kd3 Rd5+ 32. Ke3 Rc5 33. Kd3 Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Falkbeer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "25092340"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Qg3 O-O 7. Bh6 Nh5 8.
Qf3 Qh4 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Nf4 11. Bxf4 Qxf4 12. g3 Qh6 13. f4 Bxg1 14. Rxg1 Qb6
15. O-O-O Qxg1 16. Nd5 Nc6 17. e5 Qc5 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Bd3 Nxe5
21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qh3 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 h6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35009192"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. e4 Nf6 13. Qc2 e5 14. Be2 Be6
15. Be3 Qa5 16. O-O Rab8 17. c4 Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. Rfc1 Rd7 20. Bd3 Nh5 21. Qc3
Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Nf4 23. Bf1 Rb2 24. Re1 a5 25. Kh2 g5 26. g3 Nh5 27. Bd3 Nf6 28.
Bc2 Rd4 29. Bc1 Rb7 30. c5 Nd7 31. Be3 Rb2 32. Rb1 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Rxe4 34. Rd2
Nf6 35. Rd6 Nd5 36. Re1 Ne7 37. Bd2 Ra4 38. Bc3 e4 39. Bf6 Nd5 40. Bb2 e3 41.
fxe3 Rc4 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kh5 45. Re2 Nxe3 46. Rxe3 Rc2+ 47.
Kg1 Rxb2 48. g4+ Bxg4 49. hxg4+ Kxg4 50. Rc8 Rc2 51. Rxc6 h5 52. Rf6 Rc1+ 53.
Kg2 h4 54. Re4+ Kh5 55. c6 Rc2+ 56. Kg1 h3 57. Rxf7 g4 58. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "25092340"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. Na4 Qa5
15. b3 c5 16. Rad1 c4 17. Bf5 Rfe8 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rc8 21.
Rfd1 h6 22. f3 g5 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Rd4 cxb3 25. cxb3 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Ne3 f5 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Ng4 e4 21. Bf4
Nd4 22. Bxc7 Bxc7 23. cxd4 Rxd4 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Kf1 Ba5 27. Rc1
Rd2 28. Ne3 Rxb2 29. Nc4 Rb5 30. Nxa5 Rxa5 31. Rc4 a3 32. Rc3 Rb5 33. Rxa3 Rb2
34. Rb3 Rxa2 35. Rxb7 g5 36. Re7 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Rg1 38. g3 Rh1 39. Rxe4 Rxh3 40.
Kf1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "44155573"]
[BlackFideId "35009192"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
O-O a6 9. c3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Nc4 Qd5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15.
Nce5 bxc3 16. Bc4 Nxd4 17. Qf1 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qc5 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. b4 Qb6 21.
a5 Qb5 22. Bc4 Qxb4 23. Qh3 Nh5 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Qe6 h6 26. Ne5+ Kh8 27. Qxg6
Bxf3 28. Bd3 Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5029465"]
[BlackFideId "5072786"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. e5 Nb8 14. Kh1 Nc6
15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Rad1 b6 19. a3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Qh3
Rg8 22. b4 f5 23. b5 Nd4 24. Be5+ Rg7 25. Nf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rf8 27. Be5 Kg8 28.
Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. hxg3 h5 31. Kg1 a5 32. bxa6 Ra8 33. Rf2 Rxa6 34. Ra2
Kf7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Rb1 Kg5 37. a4 Nc6 38. Ra3 e5 39. a5 Nb4 40. axb6 Rxb6 41.
Ke2 Rd6 42. Rb2 Kg4 43. Rd2 Nc6 44. Rb2 Nb4 45. Rd2 Nc6 46. Kf2 Nb4 47. Ra8 Kg5
48. Rg8+ Kf6 49. Ke3 Rd4 50. Rc8 Rg4 51. Rxc5 Rxg3+ 52. Kf2 f4 53. Kf1 Nxd3 54.
Rd5 e4 55. Rxh5 Re3 56. Re2 Rxe2 57. Kxe2 f3+ 58. gxf3 Nf4+ 59. Ke3 Nxh5 60.
Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India Rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2026.01.09"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "25059530"]
[BlackFideId "8603405"]
[EventDate "2026.01.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 Re8 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Nf6 12. Qf3 c5 13. h3 Be6 14. Nf4 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 cxd4 16. exd4 Nd5 17. Qg3 Nb4 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. d5 Bxd5 21.
Bc4 Bxc4 22. Rxd8 Raxd8 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Qc3 Be6 25. Re1 Kg8 26. Kh2 h6 27. Bc1
Red8 28. Re3 Nd4 29. b3 f6 30. Bb2 Bf7 31. Re4 Nc6 32. Qg3 Kh7 33. Bc3 Bg6 34.
Re3 Ne7 35. Qf3 Nf5 36. Re2 Rd3 37. Qxb7 Rxc3 38. Qxa7 Rd1 39. Qb7 h5 40. Re6
Ng3 41. fxg3 Rcc1 42. g4 h4 0-1

