Chennai Grand Masters

Chennai Grand Masters is a chess tournament held in Chennai, India.

History

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2023

The 2023 Chennai Grand Masters was organized from December 15 to December 21 at the Hotel Leela Palace. ^[3]

After the seventh round, Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi were tied for the first place with 4.5 points each. The Sonneborn-Berger score was used as the tie-breaker, and Gukesh emerged victorious. ^[4]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	SB
1	Gukesh Dommaraju  (India)	2720	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	4½	13.75
2	Arjun Erigaisi  (India)	2727	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	1	1	4½	13.00
3	Pentala Harikrishna  (India)	2696	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	4	14.25
4	Pavel Eljanov  (Ukraine)	2691	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	4	13.25
5	Levon Aronian  (USA)	2723	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	3½	12.25
6	Parham Maghsoodloo  (Iran)	2742	½	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	3½	10.00
7	Sanan Sjugirov  (Hungary)	2703	0	0	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	½	2½	8.50
8	Alexandr Predke  (Serbia)	2689	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1½	5.00

Source: ^[5]

2024

The 2024 edition was India's strongest classical super-tournament of the year. It was held between November 5th and November 11th at the Anna Centenary Library. ^[6]

After the seventh round, there was a three-way tie between Levon Aronian, Arjun Erigaisi, and Aravindh Chithambaram. Aravind was declared the winner after tiebreaks. The challengers section was won by V. Pranav. ^[7]

Masters

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points
1	Aravindh Chithambaram  (India)	2706	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	4½
2	Levon Aronian  (USA)	2739	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	½	4½
3	Arjun Erigaisi  (India)	2799	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	1	4½
4	Amin Tabatabaei  (Iran)	2686	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	4
5	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2737	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	3
6	Parham Maghsoodloo  (Iran)	2712	0	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	2½
7	Alexey Sarana  (Serbia)	2679	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	2½
8	Vidit Gujrathi  (India)	2739	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	2½

Source: ^[8]

Tiebreaks

The tiebreak was a two-game blitz match, followed by an armageddon if necessary. The time control was 3 minutes with a 2-second increment per move. ^[9] Aravindh was given a bye because he had a better score in terms of direct encounters, beating Arjun in their game. ^[7] He then won the final match against Levon Aronian, who proceeded after holding a draw as black in the armageddon game.

	Semifinals					Finals
						1	Aravindh Chithambaram	2
	2	Levon Aronian	1½			2	Levon Aronian	0
	3	Arjun Erigaisi	1½

Challengers

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points
1	Pranav V	2602	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	5½
2	Leon Luke Mendonca	2631	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	1	1	5
3	Raunak Sadhwani	2677	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	4
4	Karthikeyan Murali	2625	0	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	1	3½
5	Abhimanyu Puranik	2652	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	3½
6	Pranesh M	2580	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	3½
7	Harika Dronavalli	2493	0	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	2
8	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2490	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	1

Source: ^[10]

References

1. Venkata Krishna B. (2023-12-16). "Chess controversy: Is Chennai Grand Masters held just to help Gukesh & Erigaisi make candidates cut? 'Within rules' says Viswanathan Anand". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
2. Mayank (2023-12-18). "Anand weighs in on Chennai Grand Masters controversy, says tournament within FIDE rules". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
3. Venkatesan, S. Prasanna (2024-11-05). "Chennai Grandmasters | Arjun rallies to post a win over Vidit on opening day". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-11-28.
4. "Gukesh wins title on tie-break, becomes frontrunner for FIDE Circuit Candidates berth". The Hindu. 2023-12-21. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-11-28.
5. "Chennai Grand Masters 2023". Chess-results.com.
6. Team Sportstar (2024-11-04). "Chennai Grand Masters 2024 guide: Preview, player list, pairing, full schedule, FIDE circuit points at stake". Sportstar. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
7. Venkatesan, S. Prasanna (2024-11-11). "Aravindh stuns Aronian to claim top prize". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2024-11-28.
8. "Chennai Grand Masters 2024". Chess-results.com.
9. Saravanan (VSaravanan), Venkatachalam (2024-11-11). "Aravindh Wins 2024 Chennai Grand Masters Through Tiebreak". Chess.com. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
10. "Chennai Grand Masters Challengers 2024". Chess-results.com.