GM Aleksandra Goryachkina also won the 2024 Tata Steel Chess India Women’s Rapid with a round to spare. A 12-move draw in the first round of the day looked like a potential miscalculation when GM Nana Dzagnidze won to close the gap to half a point, but Goryachkina’s win over IM Divya Deshmukh in the next round sealed victory when Dzagnidze blundered in a drawn position against GM Valentina Gunina. Dzagnidze still took second, while IM Vantika Agrawal took third.
Carlsen started the final day half a point ahead of Abdusattorov after what he would later call “one of the best days of chess I’ve had recently,” adding, “one thing is to score 3/3, but I also felt the level of play was very high as well.” Day three would be a bit bumpier, with Carlsen facing Keymer, who was celebrating his 20th birthday.
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