The 2019 Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz the first Grand Chess Tour event ever to be held in Asia.
November 22 – 26, 2019 at the National Library of India, Kolkata, India.
10 Player Round Robin with a prize fund of 150,000..
Magnus Carlsen on top of the leader board after day one which consisted of 3 rapid games, with a score 5/6 points.
Rd3 Aronian(2772) – Carslen (2870) 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15. a3 g6 16. h4 Ng3 17. Rg1 Nxf1 18. Rgxf1 Na4 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. h5 Qd7 21. Rh1 Rfe8 22. Qh2 Bf8 23. Bd2 Rc7 24. Bb4 Rb8 25. Rd3 Qb5 26. Rc3 Rbc8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Rd3 Be7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Qc1 Bd8 33. c4 Qf2 34. Nc6 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Qf1+ 36. Kc2 Bxc4 37. Qe3 Bxd3+ 38. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 39. Kxd3 h5 40. Ke3 Kf7 41. Bc3 Ke6 42. Nb4 g5 43. Kf2 Rf7 44. Kg2 g4 45. fxg4 Rg7 46. Nd5 Rxg4+ 47. Kf3 Rg1 48. Kf2 Rg7 49. Kf3 h4 50. Be1 h3 51. Bg3 Rb7 52. Nb4 a5 53. Nd3 Rb3 54. Ke2 Kf6 55. Bh2 Kg5 56. Bg3 Kg4 57. Bh2 Rxd3 58. Kxd3 Kf3 59. Kd2 Kxe4 60. Ke2 d5 61. Bg3 d4 62. Bh2 Kd5 63. Kd2 e4 64. Ke2 Kc4 65. Be5 Kb3 66. Kd2 d3 67. Kd1 e3 68. Kc1 Kc4 0-1
Hikaru Nakamura finished at the number 2 spot with a score of 4/6 …
Rd3 Nakamura (2741) – Giri(2776) 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 a6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Be3 Bxe4 14. Bxc5 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 dxc5 16. Qxa4+ Qd7 17. Ne5 Qxa4 18. Rxa4 Bd6 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Nbd2 Ke7 21. Rea1 a5 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Nbxa5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 e5 26. Kf1 h5 27. h4 Rb8 28. Ke2 Rb7 29. Kd3 f6 30. Ke4 Rc7 31. Kd5 f5 32. Ra6 e4 33. Ne3 Nf6+ 34. Ke5 Rd7 35. Nxf5+ Kf7 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nxe4 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 Rd2 39. Ke3 Rxb2 40. Rg6 Kf7 41. Rg5 c4 42. Rc5 1-0
Rd3 Nepomniachtchi (2773) – Anand (2757) 1-0
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. d4 Be7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 Nc6 12. Nf5 Ne4 13. Rf1 Bf6 14. e3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. e4 Rfe8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nf5+ 1-0
Rd 3 Ding (2801) – Gujrathi (2722) 1/2-1/2
1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Rb8 9. e3 Bf5 10. h3 Nb4 11. e4 Bd7 12. Nge2 a6 13. O-O b5 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. d4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Be6 21. Rfd1 Rb6 22. Rd2 b4 23. Rc1 Kg7 24. f4 h5 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rf1 Re8 27. exf5 Bd7 28. Qh4 Rh8 29. Bd5 Rb5 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Rff2 Qe3 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. Rxf4 Rc8 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bc6 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. Rfd4 Rbb6 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. Kf4 Kg7 40. Ke4 Kf8 41. Kf4 Kg7 42. g5 fxg5+ 43. Kxg5 f6+ 44. Kf4 Kf7 45. Rh2 Rc1 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Ra7 Rf1+ 48. Kg4 Rg1+ 49. Kh5 Rg5+ 50. Kh6 Rxf5 51. Kg6 Rfb5 52. Rxd6 Rg5+ 53. Kxf6 Rxd6+ 54. Kxg5 Kf8 55. Kf5 Ke8 56. Ke5 Rd2 57. Ke4 Kd8 58. Ke3 Rh2 59. Kd4 Kc8 60. Kc5 Kb8 61. Ra4 Kc7 62. Ra7+ Kb8 63. Ra4 Kc7 64. Kxb4 Kb6 65. Ra8 Kb7 66. Ra5 Kb6 67. Rb5+ Ka6 68. a4 Rh4+ 69. Ka3 Rh3 70. Rg5 Kb6 71. a5+ Ka6 72. Ka4 Rh1 73. Rg6+ Kb7 74. a6+ Ka7 75. b4 Rh5 76. b5 Rf5 77. Ka5 Rf8 78. Rg7+ Kb8 79. a7+ Ka8 80. b6 Rf5+ 81. Ka6 Ra5+ 82. Kxa5 1/2-1/2
