4 months ago
2
Arjun Erigaisi was similar a antheral successful a hurry arsenic helium made a storming commencement to the blitz lawsuit successful the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 astatine the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium present connected Saturday, winning 5 games connected the bounce. Among his victims were Nihal Sarin and the legendary Viswanathan Anand.
As each bully things indispensable travel to an end, Arjun’s bull tally was stopped by American Wesley So successful the sixth round, aft which the Indian managed lone 1 triumph to extremity the time connected 6.5 points.
So leads the standings aft 9 rounds with 7 points, having begun with a nonaccomplishment to Vidit Gujrathi. Arjun is successful 2nd spot portion Nihal, the accelerated lawsuit winner, is 3rd with 5.5 points, followed by Anand and Vidit connected 5 points.
Anand kept himself successful the hunt contempt a bumpy start, losing 3 of his archetypal 5 games earlier recovering to registry 3.5 points successful rounds six to nine.
So’s compatriot Carissa Yip jumped to the pb successful the women’s conception (six points), contempt defeats to Greece’s Stavroula Tsolakidou and Vantika Agrawal.
Tsolakidou, Russia’s Aleksandra Goryachkina and R. Vaishali stock the 2nd spot with 5.5 points portion Vantika is fractional a constituent behind.
Vaishali started well, beating Nana Dzagnidze earlier losing her way. She, however, finished strongly, stringing unneurotic 3 wins connected the trot.
Vantika was unbeaten for six rounds earlier 2 defeats — to Tsolakidou and Rakshitta Ravi — wounded her chances.
The results: Blitz: Open: First round: Arjun Erigaisi bt Volodar Murzin; Viswanathan Anand drew with Wei Yi; Wesley So mislaid to Vidit Gujrathi; Hans Niemann bt R. Praggnanandhaa; Nihal Sarin drew with Aravindh Chithambaram.
Second round: Aravindh bt Praggnanandhaa; Murzin mislaid to So; Wei mislaid to Arjun; Nihal bt Anand; Vidit drew with Niemann.
Third round: Niemann mislaid to Murzin; Praggnanandhaa bt Vidit; Anand bt Aravindh; So drew with Wei; Arjun bt Nihal.
Fourth round: Anand mislaid to Arjun; Nihal mislaid to So; Wei drew with Niemann; Murzin drew with Praggnanandhaa; Aravindh mislaid to Vidit.
Fifth round: Niemann mislaid to Nihal; Arjun bt Aravindh; Vidit bt Murzin; So bt Anand; Praggnanandhaa drew with Wei.
Sixth round: Wei drew with Vidit; Anand bt Niemann; Sarin bt Praggnanandhaa; Aravindh mislaid to Murzin; Arjun mislaid to So.
Seventh round: So bt Aravindh; Murzin mislaid to Wei; Niemann drew with Arjun; Vidit bt Nihal; Praggnanandhaa drew with Anand.
Eighth round: Anand bt Vidit; Arjun mislaid to Praggnanandhaa; Nihal bt Murzin; Aravindh mislaid to Wei; So bt Niemann.
Ninth round: Wei mislaid to Nihal; Niemann bt Aravindh; Praggnanandhaa drew with So; Vidit mislaid to Arjun; Murzin mislaid to Anand.
Women: First round: Divya Deshmukh bt Stavroula Tsolakidou; Aleksandra Goryachkina drew with Vantika Agrawal; D. Harika mislaid to Carissa Yip; R. Vaishali bt Nana Dzagnidze; Katernya Lagno mislaid to Rakshitta Ravi.
Second round: Rakshitta mislaid to Dzagnidze; Tsolakidou bt Harika; Vantika bt Divya; Lagno drew with Goryachkina; Yip bt Vaishali.
Third round: Vaishali drew with Tsolakidou; Dzagnidze mislaid to Yip; Goryachkina bt Rakshitta; Harika drew with Vantika; Divya mislaid to Lagno.
Fourth round: Goryachkina bt Divya; Lagno mislaid to Harika; Vantika bt Vaishali; Tsolakidou mislaid to Dzagnidze; Rakshitta mislaid to Yip.
Fifth round: Vaishali bt Lagno; Divya bt Rakshitta; Yip mislaid to Tsolakidou; Harika drew with Goryachkina; Dzagnidze drew with Vantika.
Sixth round: Vantika bt Yip; Goryachkina bt Vaishali; Lagno bt Dzagnidze; Rakshitta mislaid to Tsolakidou; Divya bt Harika.
Seventh round: Harika bt Rakshitta; Tsolakidou bt Vantika; Vaishali bt Divya; Yip bt Lagno; Dzagnidze drew with Goryachkina.
Eighth round: Goryachkina drew with Yip; Divya bt Dzagnidze; Lagno bt Tsolakidou; Rakshitta bt Vantika; Harika mislaid to Vaishali.
Ninth round: Lagno drew with Vantika; Vaishali bushed Rakshitta; Dzagnidze mislaid to Harika; Yip drew with Divya; Tsolakidou bt Goryachkina.
