Germany’s Vincent Keymer closed off his title-clinching run at the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 with a convincing win in the final round against American GM Ray Robson here on Friday. The result meant Keymer ended his unbeaten campaign with a remarkable tally of seven points; a sparkling performance which helped the 20-year-old enter the top…
Top seed Arjun Erigaisi cruised to an easy win against the USA’s Awonder Liang in the opening round of the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 here on Thursday. Playing with white pieces, World No. 6 Erigaisi established an early advantage before chipping away at his opponent’s defence consistently. Erigaisi’s high-accuracy chess eventually got to Liang as…
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…
Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi and Anish Giri will headline the third edition of Chennai Grand Masters, starting here on August 6. India’s most prestigious classical chess tournament will feature 20 players from across the Masters and Challengers categories. The 2025 edition of the tournament will have a prize pool of Rs 1 crore as…