The first day of the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Women’s Rapid in Kolkata has concluded. After three rounds, IM Carissa Yip scored 2 wins and 1 draw and leads the tournament with 2.5 points. Carissa Yip is 0.5 points ahead of the runner-up Nana Dzagnidze.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip 2.5
2. 🇬🇪 GM Nana Dzagnidze 2
3. 🇷🇺 GM Kateryna Lagno 2
4. 🇮🇳 IM Vantika Agrawal 2
5. 🇷🇺 GM Aleksandra Goryachkina 1.5
6. 🇮🇳 WGM Rakshitta Ravi 1.5
7. 🇮🇳 GM Harika Dronavalli 1
8. 🇬🇷 IM Stavroula Tsolakidou 1
9. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 1
10. 🇮🇳 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu 0.5

The Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Women’s 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: Vivek Sohani