FIDE press release
The 15th Chennai Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament for the Sakthi Group Dr. N. Mahalingam Trophy was held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from January 2 to January 9, 2025. A total of 176 players, including 16 Grandmasters (GMs) and 21 International Masters (IMs) from 21 countries, participated in the 10-round Swiss tournament.
Third seed GM Iniyan P triumphed with an impressive score of 8.5/10, scoring seven wins and three draws.
In the final round, he secured a decisive victory over GM Deepan, who had been co-leading the event until that point, clinching the championship title. GM Venkatesh also won his final-round game to finish second, while top seed IM Aronyak Ghosh claimed third place.

Final standings
1 |
3 |
|
GM |
Iniyan, Pa |
|
IND |
2508 |
8,5 |
61,5 |
65,5 |
54,75 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
18 |
|
GM |
Venkatesh, M.R. |
|
IND |
2362 |
8 |
55,5 |
59,5 |
45,50 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
|
IM |
Aronyak, Ghosh |
|
IND |
2544 |
7,5 |
61,5 |
67 |
48,25 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
|
GM |
Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. |
|
IND |
2413 |
7,5 |
61,5 |
66,5 |
48,00 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
15 |
|
IM |
Sammed Jaykumar, Shete |
|
IND |
2379 |
7,5 |
59 |
63 |
43,75 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
|
IM |
Kaustuv, Kundu |
|
IND |
2409 |
7,5 |
57,5 |
60 |
41,75 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
|
GM |
Siddharth, Jagadeesh |
U18 |
SGP |
2515 |
7 |
63 |
67,5 |
44,75 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
10 |
|
IM |
Vaz, Ethan |
U14 |
IND |
2412 |
7 |
61,5 |
64,5 |
41,75 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
|
GM |
Das, Sayantan |
|
IND |
2434 |
7 |
60 |
65 |
42,25 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
25 |
|
FM |
Mohamed, Anees M |
|
IND |
2334 |
7 |
58 |
62,5 |
41,75 |
0 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
|
IM |
Shahil, Dey |
U18 |
IND |
2374 |
7 |
56 |
59,5 |
39,25 |
0 |
5 |
12 |
13 |
|
IM |
Sathvik, Adiga |
U14 |
IND |
2395 |
7 |
55 |
59,5 |
40,00 |
0 |
6 |
13 |
34 |
|
FM |
Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy |
U14 |
IND |
2292 |
7 |
53,5 |
57,5 |
37,75 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
5 |
|
IM |
Mayank, Chakraborty |
U16 |
IND |
2457 |
7 |
52,5 |
56,5 |
38,75 |
0 |
4 |
15 |
23 |
|
IM |
Slizhevsky, Alexander |
|
RUS |
2340 |
7 |
52 |
56 |
36,50 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
35 |
|
GM |
Karthikeyan, P. |
|
IND |
2286 |
7 |
51 |
54 |
36,75 |
0 |
5 |
17 |
97 |
|
FM |
Rosh, Jain |
U14 |
IND |
2071 |
7 |
50,5 |
54 |
36,50 |
0 |
5 |
18 |
19 |
|
GM |
Nguyen, Duc Hoa |
|
VIE |
2358 |
7 |
49,5 |
54 |
35,75 |
0 |
6 |
19 |
128 |
|
|
Mayukh, Majumder |
U12 |
IND |
2013 |
6,5 |
57,5 |
62,5 |
39,75 |
0 |
4 |
20 |
56 |
|
|
Varun, V |
|
IND |
2173 |
6,5 |
55,5 |
59,5 |
35,75 |
0 |
5 |
21 |
138 |
|
|
Madhesh, Kumar S |
U12 |
IND |
2006 |
6,5 |
54 |
58 |
35,50 |
0 |
6 |
22 |
11 |
|
GM |
Fedorov, Alexei |
S50 |
BLR |
2409 |
6,5 |
53 |
58 |
35,75 |
0 |
5 |
23 |
7 |
|
GM |
Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo |
|
COL |
2435 |
6,5 |
52 |
56,5 |
36,00 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
37 |
|
GM |
Czebe, Attila |
|
HUN |
2278 |
6,5 |
52 |
56 |
35,00 |
0 |
4 |
25 |
24 |
|
IM |
Nitin, S. |
|
IND |
2338 |
6,5 |
50,5 |
53,5 |
33,00 |
0 |
6 |
176 players...
Games
1.e4 | 1,186,706 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 960,560 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,913 | 56% | 2440 | --- |
1.c4 | 185,115 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,902 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,609 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,959 | 48% | 2376 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,919 | 50% | 2383 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,252 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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