
The fifth edition of Tata Steel Chess India will take place from August 31 to September 9 at the Bhasa Bhawan Auditorium of the majestic National Library in Kolkata.
Top international grandmasters will join Indian rising stars and Viswanathan Anand — as the ambassador and advisor of the tournament — to enrich this year’s competition. Anand had declared last year, when the women’s event was added to the program:
I am extremely delighted that today chess is considered as a mainstream sport. Tournaments like Tata Steel Chess India, where our young players fight it out with international grandmasters, really helps the cause of producing newer champions.
Today, India is considered as a chess powerhouse, with both men and women excelling in the sport. The introduction of the women’s tournament with equal prize money as the men category is a welcome move and an excellent initiative, and we hope it is as well-received by the chess enthusiasts. Chess is and should be an equal sport.
Remarkably, the prize fund for both the men’s and women’s categories will be equal.
Take a trip down memory lane to 2018 when Praggnanandhaa R. left his mark at the inaugural edition of TSCI.
— Tata Steel Chess India (@tschessindia) August 23, 2023
Today, he's set to conquer the FIDE World Cup Finals.
We await his return to Tata Steel Chess India from Sept 5-9, 2023! #tatasteelchessindia #Praggnanandhaa #chess pic.twitter.com/7hb1tP1GSj
Two tournaments: a women’s event and an open event.
The tournament will be played in two formats: rapid and blitz.
Rapid tournament
A single 10-player round-robin, with 3 rounds per day. The time control is 25 minutes for the entire game, with an increment of 10 seconds from move 1.
Blitz tournament
A double 10-player round-robin, with 9 rounds per day. The time control is 3 minutes with an increment of 2 seconds from move 1.
Schedule
Women
M Divya Deshmukh replaced IM Vaishali R
Open
Bhasha Bhawan, National Library of India
Belvedere Road, Block A, Kolkata
The tournament is open to spectators. Tickets will not be sold: passes will be available at the venue on first-come-first-serve basis on the days of the tournament.
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