Norway’s five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen won the TATA Steel Chess Rapid tournament with a round to spare in Kolkata.

Magnus Carlsen secured victory at the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Tournament, achieving an impressive 7.5 points out of 9. Indian prodigy R Praggnana

Magnus Carlsen secured the title in the Open section of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Tournament, while Praggnanandhaa was runner-up. Aleksandra Goryachkina won the women's section. The Rapid event ended successfully,

India’s R. Praggnanandhaa finishes second in the Open category; Vantika Agrawal finishes third in Women's section.

For the Norwegian, six wins out of nine games culminated into a two-point lead over runner-up R Praggnanandhaa

Norwegian Super GM Magnus Carlsen showed again why he's the best in the world with a dominant performance to take the title of Tata Steel Chess India rapid tournament in Kolkata on Friday. Carlsen finished unbeaten in the nine-round rapid event,

Like previous editions, the tournament will have Open and Women categories in the same format. The rapid and blitz & will have equal prize money for both categories.

In the women's category, Russian grandmaster Aleksandra Goryachkina took home the title, finishing first with 7 points

Magnus Carlsen showed his magic on Thursday to secure victories against S L Narayanan, Wesley So and Arjun Erigaisi to claim sole lead in the ongoing Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Tournament in Kolkata on Thursday.

World No.1 chess player Magnus Carlsen returns to India as the 2024 Tata Steel Chess India tournament, set in Kolkata’s Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium, gets underway on Wednesday (13 November). The 2024 Tata Steel Chess India tournament will showcase two formats: rapid and blitz. Both formats will have an open and women category.