Will Gukesh end the season with a win? Hampi will try to retain the title

World champion D who has been struggling with poor form this year. Gukesh has a golden opportunity to end the season with a win. While Koneru will look to retain her title at the Hampi Star Stud World Rapid and Blitz Chess Tournament. Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, America’s Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So, Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniacchi and India’s R. Pragnananda, Arjun Arigesi and Nihal Sarin will also compete in the open group in the final tournament of the season. Defeating Ding Liren two years ago

World title winner D. Gukesh could not perform well this year. He was defeated by Prajnanandha. This is Gukesh’s last chance to regain his lost confidence before next year’s World Championships. Twenty-two-year-old Arigesi will also be looking to regain form after failing to qualify for the Candidates Tournament through the FIDE World Cup in Gol.

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India’s dominance in chess is evident from the fact that India has a record 29 players in Rapid and Blitz (Open) and 13 in the Women’s category, with two-time Rapid Champion and Women’s World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh also in the tournament. Erigesi also looks to return to form 22-year-old Arjun Erigesi will look to make a strong comeback in the tournament after failing to qualify for the FIDE World Cup candidate tournament in Goa.

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India’s dominance in chess is evident with a record 29 Indian players participating in the rapid and blitz open events and 13 players in the women’s category. Two-time rapid champion and Women’s World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh will also be in contention for the title. There will be 13 rounds of rapid competition in the open category while there will be 11 rounds in the women’s category. Each move will have a time control of 15 minutes with 10 second increments.

It will be based on the Swiss format, with 19 rounds for the Open and 15 rounds for the women’s group. The top four players will then advance to the four-match knockout rounds.