The Chennai Grand Masters chess tournament has been postponed by a day following a fire at the venue.
According to reports, the incident took place at the Hotel Hyatt Regency on Tuesday night. An electric fire made the entire hotel smoky, and everyone had to evacuate the hotel before it became difficult to breathe.
The players in both Masters and Challengers section were shifted to another hotel.
The 10-man tournament was set to begin on Wednesday and run till August 15 in a single round-robin format.
The postponed Round 1 will be played on Thursday with the rest day on August 11 being scrapped.
