World No. 1 and five-time former World Champion Magnus Carlsen is set to headline the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz tournament (TSCI) at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata from November 13 to 17. This marks Carlsen’s second appearance at the event, following his victorious run in 2019.
The sixth edition of the tournament will also feature three of India’s top five players — Arjun Erigaisi, R. Praggnanandhaa, and Vidit Gujrathi. However, current World No. 4 D. Gukesh will miss the event due to his World Championship title clash against China’s Ding Liren in Singapore, scheduled for November-December.
In the women’s section, World No. 5 Aleksandra Goryachkina will be the highest-ranked participant. Two-time European Women’s Champion and double Olympiad gold medalist Kateryna Lagno, alongside Alexandra Kosteniuk, Nana Dzagnidze, and Valentina Gunina, add further star power to the line-up.
Open Category:
Magnus Carlsen (NOR), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), Wesley So (USA), Vincent Keymer (GER), Daniil Dubov (FIDE), Arjun Erigaisi (IND), R. Praggnanandhaa (IND), Vidit Gujrathi (IND), Nihal Sarin (IND), S.L. Narayanan (IND)
Women’s Category:
Aleksandra Goryachkina (FIDE), Kateryna Lagno (FIDE), Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI), Nana Dzagnidze (GEO), Valentina Gunina (FIDE), Koneru Humpy (IND), R. Vaishali (IND), Harika Dronavalli (IND), Divya Deshmukh (IND), Vantika Agrawal (IND)
Time Control
Rapid: 25 min for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
Blitz: 3 min for game with 2 sec increment from Move 1
