Chennai Grand Masters - Live!

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11/11/2024 – The second edition of the Chennai Grand Masters is taking place on 5-11 November at the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai. The tournament, which will play a key role in the FIDE circuit race, is an 8-player single round-robin with a classical time control. Arjun Erigaisi heads the field, which also includes the likes of Levon Aronian, Vidit Gujrathi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 10.30 CET (4.30 ET, 15.00 IST)
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Round 7

The Chennai Grand Masters is an 8-player single round-robin with a time control of 90 minutes for the game plus 30-second increments per move.

A Masters section and a Challengers section take place concurrently.

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Current standings

Masters

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TBPerf.
1
Aravindh,C
2706
4.5
7
½
1
½
½
½
½
1
15.25
2829
2
Aronian,L
2739
4.5
7
½
½
½
1
½
½
1
14.50
2825
3
Erigaisi Arjun
2799
4.5
7
0
½
1
½
1
1
½
14.00
2816
4
Tabatabaei,M
2686
4.0
7
½
½
0
1
½
1
½
12.50
2780
5
Vachier-Lagrave,M
2737
3.0
7
½
0
½
0
½
½
1
9.50
2673
6
Vidit,S
2739
2.5
7
½
½
0
½
½
½
0
9.25
2621
7
Sarana,A
2679
2.5
7
½
½
0
0
½
½
½
8.50
2629
8
Maghsoodloo,P
2712
2.5
7
0
0
½
½
0
1
½
8.00
2624
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

Challengers

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TBPerf.
1
Pranav,V
2602
5.5
7
½
½
½
1
1
1
1
16.25
2823
2
Mendonca,L
2631
5.0
7
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
14.75
2746
3
Sadhwani,R
2677
4.0
7
½
½
½
½
1
½
½
13.75
2632
4
Pranesh M
2580
3.5
7
½
½
½
0
½
½
1
11.00
2596
5
Puranik,A
2652
3.5
7
0
½
½
1
0
½
1
10.00
2585
6
Karthikeyan,M
2625
3.5
7
0
0
0
½
1
1
1
8.25
2589
7
Dronavalli,H
2493
2.0
7
0
0
½
½
½
0
½
6.00
2450
8
Vaishali,R
2490
1.0
7
0
0
½
0
0
0
½
3.00
2300
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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Masters

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1.d4 5 d5 32 2.c4 11 e6 7 3.Nc3 12 Nf6 9 4.cxd5 31 exd5 10 5.Bg5 13 Be7 27 6.e3 19 h6 10 7.Bh4 13 Bg4 8 8.Be2 3:57 Bxe2 35 9.Ngxe2 9 Nbd7 25 10.Qc2 5:01 c6 34 11.f3 2:17 0-0 2:50 12.Bf2 7:23 Re8 1:27 13.0-0 13:46 Bd6 4:46 14.Kh1 10 Rc8 1:29 15.Rad1 12:19 b5 30 16.Nc1 21 b4 10:58 17.Na4 1:48 c5 42 18.dxc5 12 Nxc5 14 19.Nxc5 13 Bxc5 10:11 20.Qd2 1:15 Qb6 5:39 21.Rfe1 1:28 b3 3:53 22.Re2 6:41 bxa2 18:06 23.Nxa2 6 a5 1:34 24.h3 6:46 Re6 13:28 25.Nc3 4:55 Bb4 23 26.Nxd5 16:14 Nxd5 5:00 27.Qxd5 4 Rd6 16 28.Qb3 5 Qa6 2:12 29.Rxd6 38 Qxd6 28 30.Bg1 1:20 a4 3:32 31.Qxa4 6:26 Qd3 15 32.Qxb4 12 Qxe2 10 33.Kh2 2:28 Rc2 3:41 34.Qg4 22 h5 7:54 35.Qg5 1:36 Rxb2 2:07 36.e4 42 Rd2 51 37.h4 1:48 Rd6 1:16 38.Qc5 19 Rd2 1:24 39.Qc8+ 10 Kh7 4 40.Qf5+ 4 Kg8 8 41.Qc8+ 30:06 Kh7 30:02 42.Qf5+ 5 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Aravindh,C2706Tabatabaei,M2686½–½2024D35Chennai Grand Masters 20241.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2737Maghsoodloo,P27121–02024B43Chennai Grand Masters 20241.2
Vidit,S2739Erigaisi Arjun27990–12024B44Chennai Grand Masters 20241.3
Aronian,L2739Sarana,A2679½–½2024C90Chennai Grand Masters 20241.4
Tabatabaei,M2686Sarana,A26791–02024C55Chennai Grand Masters 20242.1
Erigaisi Arjun2799Aronian,L2739½–½2024E15Chennai Grand Masters 20242.2
Maghsoodloo,P2712Vidit,S27391–02024C65Chennai Grand Masters 20242.3
Aravindh,C2706Vachier-Lagrave,M2737½–½2024D27Chennai Grand Masters 20242.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2737Tabatabaei,M26860–12024C55Chennai Grand Masters 20243.1
Vidit,S2739Aravindh,C2706½–½2024D25Chennai Grand Masters 20243.2
Aronian,L2739Maghsoodloo,P27121–02024B51Chennai Grand Masters 20243.3
Sarana,A2679Erigaisi Arjun27990–12024E43Chennai Grand Masters 20243.4
Tabatabaei,M2686Erigaisi Arjun27990–12024C54Chennai Grand Masters 20244.1
Maghsoodloo,P2712Sarana,A2679½–½2024C77Chennai Grand Masters 20244.2
Aravindh,C2706Aronian,L2739½–½2024D03Chennai Grand Masters 20244.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2737Vidit,S2739½–½2024E08Chennai Grand Masters 20244.4
Vidit,S2739Tabatabaei,M2686½–½2024A14Chennai Grand Masters 20245.1
Aronian,L2739Vachier-Lagrave,M27371–02024E60Chennai Grand Masters 20245.2
Sarana,A2679Aravindh,C2706½–½2024D37Chennai Grand Masters 20245.3
Erigaisi Arjun2799Maghsoodloo,P2712½–½2024D61Chennai Grand Masters 20245.4
Tabatabaei,M2686Maghsoodloo,P2712½–½2024E09Chennai Grand Masters 20246.1
Aravindh,C2706Erigaisi Arjun27991–02024D03Chennai Grand Masters 20246.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2737Sarana,A2679½–½2024C97Chennai Grand Masters 20246.3
Vidit,S2739Aronian,L2739½–½2024C55Chennai Grand Masters 20246.4
Aronian,L2739Tabatabaei,M2686½–½2024B51Chennai Grand Masters 20247.1
Sarana,A2679Vidit,S2739½–½2024D38Chennai Grand Masters 20247.2
Erigaisi Arjun2799Vachier-Lagrave,M2737½–½2024D81Chennai Grand Masters 20247.3
Maghsoodloo,P2712Aravindh,C27060–12024D31Chennai Grand Masters 20247.4

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1.e4 10 c5 6 2.Nf3 6 d6 5 3.Bb5+ 6 Nd7 1:30 4.0-0 13 a6 21 5.Bd3 22 Ngf6 40 6.c3 40 e6 5:28 7.Bc2 48 b5 12 8.d4 31 Bb7 8 9.Re1 13 Be7 43 10.e5 1:21 dxe5 7:50 11.dxe5 23 Nd5 25 12.Nbd2 9:43 Qc7 11:08 13.a4 16:58 0-0 5:25 14.Nf1 10:53 Rad8 8:26 15.axb5 10:19 axb5 1:02 16.Qe2 26:54 c4 18:47 17.Qe4 1:01 g6 1:25 18.Qg4 10 Ra8 3:23 19.Rxa8 3:26 Rxa8 7 20.h4 59 b4 6:50 21.h5 44 Nf8 5:05 22.Bg5 4:38 Ra2 2:45 23.hxg6 1:54 hxg6 5:20 24.Bxe7 2:39 Qxe7 2:50 25.cxb4 7:06 Rxb2 5 26.Qxc4 40 Rxb4 2 27.Qa2 23 Qc5 1:26 28.N1h2 36 Nf4 1:30 29.Rb1 32 Ne2+ 16 30.Kh1 4 Qxf2 38 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Vaishali,R2490Mendonca,L26310–12024B51Chennai GM Challengers 20241.1
Sadhwani,R2677Karthikeyan,M26251–02024B40Chennai GM Challengers 20241.2
Pranesh M2580Puranik,A26520–12024C11Chennai GM Challengers 20241.3
Pranav,V2602Dronavalli,H24931–02024C01Chennai GM Challengers 20241.4
Mendonca,L2631Dronavalli,H24931–02024C02Chennai GM Challengers 20242.1
Puranik,A2652Pranav,V26020–12024C55Chennai GM Challengers 20242.2
Karthikeyan,M2625Pranesh M2580½–½2024E04Chennai GM Challengers 20242.3
Vaishali,R2490Sadhwani,R2677½–½2024C02Chennai GM Challengers 20242.4
Sadhwani,R2677Mendonca,L2631½–½2024A15Chennai GM Challengers 20243.1
Pranesh M2580Vaishali,R24901–02024B35Chennai GM Challengers 20243.2
Pranav,V2602Karthikeyan,M26251–02024B22Chennai GM Challengers 20243.3
Dronavalli,H2493Puranik,A2652½–½2024B32Chennai GM Challengers 20243.4
Mendonca,L2631Puranik,A2652½–½2024C54Chennai GM Challengers 20244.1
Karthikeyan,M2625Dronavalli,H24931–02024C11Chennai GM Challengers 20244.2
Vaishali,R2490Pranav,V26020–12024C70Chennai GM Challengers 20244.3
Sadhwani,R2677Pranesh M2580½–½2024D43Chennai GM Challengers 20244.4
Pranesh M2580Mendonca,L2631½–½2024B23Chennai GM Challengers 20245.1
Pranav,V2602Sadhwani,R2677½–½2024C48Chennai GM Challengers 20245.2
Dronavalli,H2493Vaishali,R2490½–½2024B33Chennai GM Challengers 20245.3
Puranik,A2652Karthikeyan,M26250–12024B31Chennai GM Challengers 20245.4
Mendonca,L2631Karthikeyan,M26251–02024D60Chennai GM Challengers 20246.1
Vaishali,R2490Puranik,A26520–12024C02Chennai GM Challengers 20246.2
Sadhwani,R2677Dronavalli,H2493½–½2024D06Chennai GM Challengers 20246.3
Pranesh M2580Pranav,V2602½–½2024C28Chennai GM Challengers 20246.4
Pranav,V2602Mendonca,L2631½–½2024B31Chennai GM Challengers 20247.1
Dronavalli,H2493Pranesh M2580½–½2024B06Chennai GM Challengers 20247.2
Puranik,A2652Sadhwani,R2677½–½2024E11Chennai GM Challengers 20247.3
Karthikeyan,M2625Vaishali,R24901–02024B30Chennai GM Challengers 20247.4

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