Magnus Carlsen recovers from wobble to complete double in Kolkata; Arjun Erigaisi slips up

But then, Praggnanandhaa, Wesley So, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vincent Keymer and Nihal Sarin managed to grind retired draws against him.

Those 5 results saw Arjun Erigaisi contention to the pb successful the unfastened standings. But Arjun Erigaisi soon deed his ain slump, which saw him illness from being the person with 3 rounds to spell to ending third, 2 and a fractional points down the satellite nary 1.

Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi rivalry

Arjun Erigaisi mislaid each his 3 finals matches, to Vidit Gujrathi, Magnus Carlsen himself and Praggnanandhaa. The nonaccomplishment to Magnus Carlsen, successful fact, was decisive arsenic it ensured that the Norwegian would seal the rubric successful the penultimate circular itself.

The triumph implicit Arjun Erigaisi was saccharine revenge for Magnus Carlsen, who had endured a shocking 20-move decision astatine the hands of the 21-year-old Indian. On Sunday, successful beforehand of hundreds of spectators astatine the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium successful Kolkata Magnus Carlsen forced Arjun Erigaisi to resign aft 41 moves portion playing with achromatic pieces.

Magnus Carlsen had besides won the accelerated conception with a circular to spare aft going connected a six-game winning streak. He had aboriginal spoken astir however helium had peculiarly enjoyed defeating Arjun Erigaisi connected his mode to the accelerated title.

Magnus Carlsen with his accelerated and blitz trophies; Kateryna Lagno and Aleksandra Goryachkina with their idiosyncratic trophies astatine the Tata Steel Chess India tourney successful Kolkata. (Express Photos by Partha Paul)

In the women’s section, grandmaster Kateryna Lagno emerged victorious successful the blitz section, mirroring Magnus Carlsen’s triumph arsenic she besides claimed the rubric with a circular to spare. Just similar Magnus Carlsen, Lagno was starring the tourney past saw her pb vanish with 5 rounds to spell arsenic GM Valentina Gunina surged into the lead.

But she managed to flooded the play and assertion the title.

India’s Vantika Agrawal was associated 3rd successful the standings on with Aleksandra Goryachkina (9.5 points), a commendable show for the 22-year-old International Master, who has gone from spot to spot this year, winning the idiosyncratic golden medal connected the 4th committee for the Indian women’s chess squad astatine the Budapest Olympiad.

Vantika finished up of a much-vaunted quartet of Indian stars, including the 3 Indian women’s chess players to person go grandmasters — Koneru Humpy (joint 5th with 9 points), Harika Dronavalli (seventh spot with 8.5 points) and Vaishali R (eighth presumption with 8 points) — and IM Divya Deshmukh (ninth with 7.5 points.)

Final Standings astatine Tata Steel Chess India Blitz:

Open Section

Magnus Carlsen (13); So Wesly (11.5); Arjun Erigaisi (10.5); R Praggnanandhaa (9.5); Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (9); Daniil Dubov (9); Abdusattorov Nodirbek (8); Nihal Sarin (7) Narayanan S L (6.5); and Keymer Vincent (6).

Women’s Section

Kateryna Lagno (11.5); Valentina Gunina (11); Aleksandra Goryachkina (9.5); Vantika Agrawal (9.5); Alexandra Kosteniuk (9); Koneru Humpy (9); Harika Dronavalli (8.5); Vaishali R (8) Divya Deshmukh (7.5) and Nana Dzagnidze (6.5).