The Blitz portion of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz 2022, kicked off yesterday in Kolkata. The event featured a very strong line-up with an interesting mixture of world-class grandmasters and Indian young chess stars.
19-year-old Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi convincingly won the event with a round to spare. Erigaisi defeated Hikaru Nakamura in the penultimate round to secure the Winner trophy. Nakamura in the end trailed by a full point and finished second with 12/18 points. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov clinched bronze scoring 9.5 points. Scroll down for the final rankings
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Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2022 – Final rankings:
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | GM | Erigaisi Arjun | 2750 | 13 | 0 | 108.3 | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2909 | 12 | 0 | 94.5 | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2733 | 9.5 | 0 | 82.5 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | 2672 | 9 | 1.5 | 81 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2669 | 9 | 0.5 | 78 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2599 | 8.5 | 0 | 71.75 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | GM | Nihal Sarin | 2702 | 8 | 1 | 73.5 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | GM | So Wesley | 2763 | 8 | 1 | 65.5 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | GM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 2666 | 7.5 | 0 | 68.25 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | GM | Gukesh D | 2632 | 6.5 | 0 | 57.25 | 6 | 1 |
