India's SL Narayanan beat Vincent Keymer to share the second position with Magnus Carlsen at the end of first day's play at Tata Steel Chess India in Kolkata.

Narayanan and Wesley could have been the joint leaders however both players squandered a better position to draw their respective third-round games.

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen was held to draws by India’s R Praggnanandhaa and Nihal Sarin in the rapid section of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz chess tournament at Kolkata’s Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium on Wednesday.

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.

Kerala's top-two chess players, S L Narayanan and Nihal Sarin, will be in action at India's stongest tournament, the Tata Steel Chess India Open beginning November 13 in Kolkata. World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen is the star attraction of the event that also features Indian No.

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.

Uzbekistan's young grandmaster Abdusattorov Nodirbek emerged sole leader in the open section of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid tournament in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Uzbekistan's Abdusattorov Nodirbek takes the lead on Day 1 of the Tata Steel India Open Rapid and Blitz chess tournament. India's Vantika Agrawal shares the lead in the women's section. Indian players had mixed results,

Carlsen started the day slowly but a win against Gujrathi saw him finish half a point adrift of the Uzbek GM on Day 1