The second and final day of the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Women’s Blitz in Kolkata has concluded. After 18 rounds and 2 tiebreak games, Carissa Yip scored 7 wins and 7 draws in the double Round-Robin, as well as 1 win and 1 draw on tiebreaks to win the tournament with 12 points. Carissa Yip is 1 point ahead of the runner-up Vantika Agrawal.

The final standings and prize distribution are:

Place Player Score Prize
1. 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip 12 $7,500
2. 🇮🇳 IM Vantika Agrawal 11 $4,000
3. 🇬🇷 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 10 $2,500
4. 🇷🇺 GM Aleksandra Goryachkina 9.5 $1,500
5. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu 9.5 $1,000
6. 🇬🇪 GM Nana Dzagnidze 8.5 $750
7. 🇷🇺 GM Kateryna Lagno 8.5 $250
8. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 8.5 $0
9. 🇮🇳 GM Harika Dronavalli 8 $0
10. 🇮🇳 WGM Rakshitta Ravi 6.5 $0

The Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Women’s Blitz takes place in Kolkata, India from January 10 to 11. The event features a $17,500 prize pool and uses 3+2 time control over two Round-Robin rounds between 10 players.

Credit: Lennart Ootes