The third and final day of the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Open Rapid in Kolkata has concluded. After nine rounds, Nihal Sarin scored 5 wins and 3 draws to win the tournament with 6.5 points. Nihal Sarin is 0.5 points ahead of the runner-up Viswanathan Anand.

The final standings and prize distribution are:

Place Player Score Prize
1. 🇮🇳 GM Nihal Sarin 6.5 $10,000
2. 🇮🇳 GM Viswanathan Anand 6 $6,000
3. 🇮🇳 GM Arjun Erigaisi 5 $3,000
4. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 5 $2,000
5. 🇺🇸 GM Hans Moke Niemann 5 $1,500
6. 🇮🇳 GM R Praggnanandhaa 4.5 $1,000
7. 🇮🇳 GM Vidit Gujrathi 4.5 $500
8. 🇨🇳 GM Wei Yi 3.5 $0
9. 🇷🇺 GM Volodar Murzin 3.5 $0
10. 🇮🇳 GM Aravindh Chithambaram 1.5 $0

The Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Open Rapid takes place in Kolkata, India from January 7 to 9. The event features a $24,000 prize pool and uses 15+10 time control over one Round-Robin round between 10 players.

Credit: Lennart Ootes