Indian Grandmaster Iniyan wins 15th Chennai Open

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1/15/2025 – 176 players took part in the International Grandmaster Open in Chennai in the first week of the New Year. Indian GM Inyan PA led the field and went on to win the tournament, beating Deepan, who had been leading the field, in the final round. | Photos: IA R Anantharam
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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

Rk. Name Pts.  Tb1 
1 Iniyan, Pa 8,5 61,5
2 Venkatesh, M.R. 8 55,5
3 Aronyak, Ghosh 7,5 61,5
4 Deepan, Chakkravarthy J. 7,5 61,5
5 Sammed Jaykumar, Shete 7,5 59
6 Kaustuv, Kundu 7,5 57,5
7 Siddharth, Jagadeesh 7 63
8 Vaz, Ethan 7 61,5
9 Das, Sayantan 7 60
10 Mohamed, Anees M 7 58
11 Shahil, Dey 7 56
12 Sathvik, Adiga 7 55
13 Ajay, Santhosh Parvathareddy 7 53,5
14 Mayank, Chakraborty 7 52,5
15 Slizhevsky, Alexander 7 52
16 Karthikeyan, P. 7 51
17 Rosh, Jain 7 50,5
18 Nguyen, Duc Hoa 7 49,5
19 Mayukh, Majumder 6,5 57,5
20 Varun, V 6,5 55,5
21 Madhesh, Kumar S 6,5 54
22 Fedorov, Alexei 6,5 53
23 Rios Gomez, Cristhian Camilo 6,5 52
24 Czebe, Attila 6,5 52
25 Nitin, S. 6,5 50,5

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