Overview
- Wesley So clinched the Open Blitz crown with a round to spare after drawing Hans Niemann, finishing on 12/18 for his first Kolkata blitz title.
- Nihal Sarin took runner-up on 11 points with superior tiebreaks as Arjun Erigaisi placed third on 11 after scoring only 0.5 from his last three games.
- So did not lose to his closest chasers, scoring three wins and three draws across six games against Sarin, Erigaisi and Niemann.
- Carissa Yip won the Women’s Blitz in a 1.5–0.5 playoff over Vantika Agrawal after both ended on 10.5, with Vantika forcing the tiebreak by winning her last four games; Stavroula Tsolakidou finished third.
- Wei Yi beat Viswanathan Anand, who placed eighth on eight points, as the blitz finale concluded the rapid-blitz series that began with Nihal Sarin’s rapid title.