Tatasteel Chess India 2018

Tatasteel Chess India 2018 Tatasteel Chess India 2018


A three day rapid followed by a two day blitz event. Nakamura, So, Aronian, Mamedyarov, Karjakin, Harikrishna, Anand, Vidit, Ganguly, Nihal Sarin (rapid) and Praggnanandhaa (blitz). Hikaru Nakamura won the Rapid tournament. Anand and Nakamura tied for first in the blitz with Anand winning the two game tie-break match.



Results of TataSteel India Rapid 2018

Tata Steel India Rapid Kolkata IND
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2746 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2846
2. Harikrishna, Pentala g IND 2729 ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 2803
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2765 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 2799
4. So, Wesley g USA 2765 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2762
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2817 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2756
6. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2753 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 2720
7. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2773 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 4 2675
8. Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi g IND 2702 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 4 2683
9. Nihal, Sarin m IND 2576 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 3 2615
10. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2615 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ * 2570
Round 1 (November 9, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 47 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Harikrishna, Pentala - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar ½-½ 55 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1-0 56 E00 Catalan
Anand, Viswanathan - So, Wesley ½-½ 145 C53 Giuoco Piano
Nihal, Sarin - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 41 B10 Caro Kann
Round 2 (November 9, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Harikrishna, Pentala - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 42 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Aronian, Levon - Nihal, Sarin 1-0 48 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Karjakin, Sergey - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 31 C50 Giuoco Piano
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 38 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - So, Wesley ½-½ 53 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 3 (November 9, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 38 A07 Barcza System
So, Wesley - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 61 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 1-0 31 A20 English Opening
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 38 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nihal, Sarin - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 29 C47 Four Knights
Round 4 (November 10, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Harikrishna, Pentala - Nihal, Sarin ½-½ 51 C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann
Aronian, Levon - So, Wesley 1-0 42 A06 Zukertort Opening
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 44 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 29 A06 Zukertort Opening
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 42 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 5 (November 10, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 1-0 52 A28 English Four Knights
So, Wesley - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1-0 55 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 64 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 38 C50 Giuoco Piano
Nihal, Sarin - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 60 C85 Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
Round 6 (November 10, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Nihal, Sarin 1-0 53 A05 Various
Harikrishna, Pentala - So, Wesley ½-½ 40 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 49 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 64 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Aronian, Levon 0-1 48 C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 7 (November 11, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Aronian, Levon - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 29 D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defence
So, Wesley - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 33 A27 English Dutch System
Karjakin, Sergey - Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 53 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 28 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nihal, Sarin - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar ½-½ 67 A01 Larsen Opening
Round 8 (November 11, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - So, Wesley ½-½ 59 A06 Zukertort Opening
Harikrishna, Pentala - Aronian, Levon 1-0 95 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 48 E20 Nimzo Indian
Nihal, Sarin - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 51 E04 Catalan
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 64 A33 English Symmetrical
Round 9 (November 11, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Aronian, Levon - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 37 D38 QGD Ragozin
So, Wesley - Nihal, Sarin 1-0 36 A33 English Symmetrical
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 17 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 0-1 37 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Harikrishna, Pentala 0-1 37 E06 Catalan



Tata Steel India Blitz Kolkata IND
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2746 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 12.5 2857
2. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2773 ½ ½ * * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 12.5 2854
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2765 ½ ½ 1 ½ * * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 12.0 2839
4. So, Wesley g USA 2765 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 10.0 2757
5. Harikrishna, Pentala g IND 2729 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 * * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 8.0 2675
6. Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi g IND 2702 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * * 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8.0 2678
7. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2817 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 * * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8.0 2665
8. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2753 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * * 0 ½ 0 1 7.5 2658
9. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2615 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ * * 0 0 6.0 2606
10. Praggnanandhaa, R g IND 2530 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 * * 5.5 2599
Round 1 (November 13, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 1-0 28 A06 Zukertort Opening
Aronian, Levon - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 77 C53 Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 40 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Harikrishna, Pentala - Praggnanandhaa, R 1-0 61 B11 Caro Kann Two Knights
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 28 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 2 (November 13, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 42 D12 Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 36 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - So, Wesley ½-½ 25 D26 QGA
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 67 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Praggnanandhaa, R - Aronian, Levon 0-1 49 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Round 3 (November 13, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Aronian, Levon - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 38 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening
So, Wesley - Praggnanandhaa, R ½-½ 52 A21 English Opening
Harikrishna, Pentala - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 1-0 23 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1-0 36 E25 Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Karjakin, Sergey - Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 43 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (November 13, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - So, Wesley 1-0 57 A04 Dutch System
Harikrishna, Pentala - Aronian, Levon 1-0 41 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 24 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Praggnanandhaa, R - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 74 C55 Two Knights Defence
Round 5 (November 13, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Anand, Viswanathan - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 1-0 49 C50 Giuoco Piano
Aronian, Levon - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar ½-½ 48 C50 Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley - Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 71 A28 English Four Knights
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 26 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Karjakin, Sergey - Praggnanandhaa, R 0-1 71 B10 Caro Kann
Round 6 (November 13, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 32 A06 Zukertort Opening
Aronian, Levon - So, Wesley ½-½ 63 A06 Zukertort Opening
Harikrishna, Pentala - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 48 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 45 C53 Giuoco Piano
Praggnanandhaa, R - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 49 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 7 (November 13, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Anand, Viswanathan - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 32 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
So, Wesley - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 1-0 27 A20 English Opening
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Praggnanandhaa, R ½-½ 58 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 68 E20 Nimzo Indian
Karjakin, Sergey - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 115 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8 (November 13, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 41 A06 Zukertort Opening
Aronian, Levon - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 82 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
So, Wesley - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 54 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Harikrishna, Pentala - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 65 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Praggnanandhaa, R 0-1 50 A05 Various
Round 9 (November 13, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Anand, Viswanathan - Aronian, Levon 0-1 38 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 59 A29 English Four Knights
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 0-1 43 E67 King's Indian Fianchetto
Karjakin, Sergey - So, Wesley 0-1 46 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed
Praggnanandhaa, R - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 72 A07 Barcza System
Round 10 (November 14, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Anand, Viswanathan - So, Wesley 1-0 43 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Aronian, Levon 0-1 46 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Karjakin, Sergey - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ 73 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 35 A13 Reti Opening
Praggnanandhaa, R - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 31 C50 Giuoco Piano
Round 11 (November 14, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Aronian, Levon - Praggnanandhaa, R 1-0 54 B13 Caro Kann Exchange
So, Wesley - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi ½-½ 56 A35 English Symmetrical
Harikrishna, Pentala - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 54 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 46 A36 English Botvinnik
Karjakin, Sergey - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar ½-½ 50 A06 Zukertort Opening
Round 12 (November 14, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 49 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Anand, Viswanathan - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 53 B19 Caro Kann
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 38 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 42 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Praggnanandhaa, R - So, Wesley 0-1 34 C50 Giuoco Piano
Round 13 (November 14, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Anand, Viswanathan - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 1-0 55 A13 Reti Opening
Aronian, Levon - Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 58 C53 Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 23 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Praggnanandhaa, R 1-0 54 D53 Queens Gambit
Karjakin, Sergey - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 55 A01 Larsen Opening
Round 14 (November 14, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 49 A06 Zukertort Opening
Harikrishna, Pentala - So, Wesley 1-0 29 A06 Zukertort Opening
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 25 D73 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 51 A07 Barcza System
Praggnanandhaa, R - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 57 A07 Barcza System
Round 15 (November 14, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Anand, Viswanathan - Praggnanandhaa, R 1-0 64 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
So, Wesley - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 75 A28 English Four Knights
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar ½-½ 84 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Harikrishna, Pentala ½-½ 56 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 55 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 16 (November 14, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 32 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange
Aronian, Levon - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 28 D02 Queen's Pawn Game
Harikrishna, Pentala - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1 51 B10 Caro Kann
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - So, Wesley 1-0 31 A07 Barcza System
Praggnanandhaa, R - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 39 A08 Barcza System
Round 17 (November 14, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Anand, Viswanathan - Harikrishna, Pentala 1-0 33 C95 Ruy Lopez Breyer
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 57 B01 Centre Counter
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - So, Wesley 0-1 30 A03 Bird's Opening
Karjakin, Sergey - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 56 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Praggnanandhaa, R - Ganguly, Surya Shekhar 1-0 96 B40 Sicilian Classical
Round 18 (November 14, 2018) Live Show  Recap 
Nakamura, Hikaru - Praggnanandhaa, R ½-½ 72 A05 Various
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 39 C53 Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ 52 A28 English Four Knights
Harikrishna, Pentala - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 51 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 26 C55 Two Knights Defence



Tata Steel India Blitz TB Kolkata IND Fri 9th Nov 2018 - Wed 14th Nov 2018
Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
RkSNoNameFEDRtgPtsTB1
1 1 Anand Viswanathan IND 2737 1.5 0.0
2 2 Nakamura Hikaru USA 2844 0.5 0.0