India lost to Spain for the Small Finals (the match for the third place)
The first match ended in a 2:2 draw with Nihal Sarin scoring a win for India over Anton Guijarro and Santos Ruiz Miguel scoring for Spain against Sasikiran Krishnan. The rest of the games ended in fighting draws.
The second match also ended in a 2:2 tie with draws in all four games. Vidit Gujrathi drew against Santos Latasa, Nihal Sarin drew against Anton Guijarro, SL Narayanan drew against Alexie Shirov and Abhijeet Gupta drew against Miguel Santos. The tie lead the match to enter into a blitz tiebreak.
Spain beat India in a nail-biting blitz tiebreak with wins scored by Anton Guijarro and Santos Latasa and the match ended 3-1 in Spain’s favour.
India finished 4th in the World Team Chess Championship and SL Narayanan bagged bronze medal for his performance on the third board.
Commonwealth Chess Championship – 2026 – 27 in Kaluthara, Sri Lanka from 16th to 26th May, 2026. 
GM Suleymenov Alisher Clinches Title at the 1st Chola Chess International Grandmaster Round Robin Tournament 2026. 
TENTATIVE NATIONAL CALENDAR FOR 2026-27 
Round 3 : 1st Chola Chess International Grandmaster Norm Round Robin Tournament 2026, Chennai. 
Day 2:1st Chola Chess International Grandmaster Norm Closed Circuit Chess Tournament, Chennai 
Fide Arbiter Seminar in Pune 28 Feb -02 March 2026 & Thoothukudi 07-09 March 2026