1st Chola Chess Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2026

WinnerGMPranesh MFinished first on 7/9

Dates: 30 Oct – 7 Nov 2026
Location: Chennai, India
Format: 9-round Swiss
Time control: 90/40, 30+30

#	Player	Elo	Perf	Pts
1	GMPranesh M	2674	2739	7/9
2	GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh	2677	2679	6½/9
3	GMNarayanan S L	2557	2684	6½/9
4	GMIlamparthi A R	2523	2615	6½/9
5	GMVitaliy Bernadskiy	2517	2587	6½/9
6	GMPa Iniyan	2581	2656	6/9
7	GMSurya Shekhar Ganguly	2562	2543	6/9
8	GMNikita Afanasiev	2543	2550	6/9
9	GMS Aswath	2540	2556	6/9
10	GMMayank Chakraborty	2511	2585	6/9
11	GMMurali Karthikeyan	2647	2618	5½/9
12	GMLeon Luke Mendonca	2629	2602	5½/9
13	GMSamvel Ter-Sahakyan	2613	2564	5½/9
14	GMAronyak Ghosh	2546	2491	5½/9
15	GMHarshavardhan G B	2529	2556	5½/9
16	IMEthan Vaz	2525	2491	5½/9
17	GMB. Adhiban	2574	2389	4½/9
18	GMVignesh N R	2513	2378	4½/9
19	GMAlisher Suleymenov	2502	2571	4½/7
20	GMLevan Pantsulaia	2498	2486	4/7
21	GMBoris Savchenko	2492	2519	4/8
22	GMLuka Paichadze	2471	2500	3½/6
23	GMAleksej Aleksandrov	2435	2507	3½/7
24	GMMamikon Gharibyan	2481	2503	3/6
25	GMSandipan Chanda	2470	2415	3/6
26	GMMihail Nikitenko	2416	2549	3/6
27	FMSharnarthi Viresh	2326	2721	3/4
28	IMAyush Sharma	2440	2486	2½/4
29	IMNayaka Budhidharma	2397	2475	2½/5
30	FMMadhvendra Pratap Sharma	2389	2459	2½/6
31	IMMendes Aaron Reeve	2340	2426	2½/6
32	GMKarthik Venkataraman	2556	2365	2/4
33	GMDimitris Alexakis	2536	2264	2/5
34	FMAarit Kapil	2335	2452	2/5
35	FMSamyak Dharewa	2301	2468	2/5
36	GMRaahul V S	2393	2289	1½/6
37	IMSahib Singh	2374	2476	1½/4
38	IMManish Anto Cristiano F	2360	2447	1½/4
39	FMAadik Theophane Lenin	2354	2308	1½/6
40	FMMadhesh Kumar S	2327	2368	1½/4
41	FMYohan Yadav Tarala	2326	2501	1½/3
42	IMDaaevik Wadhawan	2375	2327	1/4
43	IMPanda Sambit	2365	2418	1/4
44	FMSarbartho Mani	2311	2319	1/4
45	FMFabian Glen Mariano	2311	2499	1/2
46	IMApoorv Kamble	2454	2152	½/4
47	IMSriram Adarsh Uppala	2446	2149	½/3
48	IMShahil Dey	2425	2340	½/1
49	FMBivor Adak	2387	2279	½/3
50	IMDalvi Aakash Sharadchandra	2364	2197	½/4
51	WGMRakshitta Ravi	2364	2282	½/3
52	FMAvirat Chauhan	2359	2350	½/2
53	FMAdvik Amit Agrawal	2351	2341	½/2
54	FMVandan Alankar Sawai	2337	2240	½/3
55	GMM.R. Venkatesh	2335	2513	½/1
56	WGMPriyanka Nutakki	2261	2239	½/3
57	IMVignesh Advaith Vemula	2395	1766	0/3
58	FMJohn Veny Akkarakaran	2391	1736	0/2
59	IMBenjamin Defromont	2379	1847	0/1
60	IMWagh Suyog	2378	1829	0/1
61	IMRout Padmini	2344	1736	0/1
62	IMSanket Chakravarty	2340	1725	0/1
63	WGMVelpula Sarayu	2338	1723	0/1
64	WFMShubhi Gupta	2335	1713	0/1
65	FMAdhiraj Mitra	2318	1697	0/2
66	WIMSachi Jain	2288	1751	0/2
67	IMTirta Chandra Purnama	2286	1774	0/1
68	FMM. Kunal	2278	1698	0/1

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
1	Pranesh	149w	½21b	135w	19b	½11w	112w	03b	115b	16w	7
2	Aravindh	130b	125w	½6b	½13b	½19w	½10w	118b	½4w	116b	6.5
3	Narayanan	151b	½36w	127b	120w	½6b	½11b	11w	½12w	½5b	6.5
4	Ilamparthi			012b	156w	½24b	126w	½11w	½2b	114w	6.5
5	Bernadskiy				½23b	157w	½30b	129w	113b	½3w	6.5
6	Iniyan	137w	158b	½2w	½15b	½3w	½19b	123w	111b	01b	6
7	Ganguly	150w	140b	011w	022b			130w	½19b	123w	6
8	Afanasiev					122w	½23b	½19w	½21w	124b	6
9	Aswath			136b	01w	026b			½24w	121b	6
10	Chakraborty			½23w		½15w	½2b	½13w			6
11	Karthikeyan	159b	146w	17b	½12w	½1b	½3w	½4b	06w	½20b	5.5
12	Mendonca	160w	147b	14w	½11b	113w	01b	½15w	½3b	027w	5.5
13	Ter-Sahakyan	142b	126w	144b	½2w	012b	½21w	½10b	05w		5.5
14	Ghosh							½21b	½20w	04b	5.5
15	Harshavardhan			166b	½6w	½10b	124w	½12b	01w	½26w	5.5
16	Vaz		035b		½46b	023w			122b	02w	5.5
17	Adhiban	½43b		½21b	024w		½28w				4.5
18	Vignesh							02w			4.5
19	Suleymenov					½2b	½6w	½8b	½7w		4.5
20	Pantsulaia				03b				½14b	½11w	4
21	Savchenko		½1w	½17w			½13b	½14w	½8b	09w	4
22	Paichadze				17w	08b			016w		3.5
23	Aleksandrov			½10b	½5w	116b	½8w	06b		07b	3.5
24	Gharibyan				117b	½4w	015b		½9b	08w	3
25	Chanda		02b								3
26	Nikitenko		013b			19w	04b			½15b	3
27	Viresh			03w						112b	3
28	Sharma						½17b				2.5
29	Budhidharma							05b			2.5
30	Sharma	02w					½5w	07b			2.5
31	Reeve										2.5
32	Venkataraman	½38w									2
33	Alexakis		044b								2
34	Kapil										2
35	Dharewa		116w	01b							2
36	Raahul		½3b	09w							1.5
37	Singh	06b									1.5
38	Cristiano	½32b									1.5
39	Lenin										1.5
40	Kumar		07w								1.5
41	Tarala										1.5
42	Wadhawan	013w									1
43	Sambit	½17w									1
44	Mani		133w	013w							1
45	Mariano										1
46	Kamble		011b		½16w						0.5
47	Uppala		012w								0.5
48	Dey										0.5
49	Adak	01b									0.5
50	Aakash Sharadchandra	07b									0.5
51	Ravi	03w									0.5
52	Chauhan										0.5
53	Agrawal										0.5
54	Sawai										0.5
55	Venkatesh										0.5
56	Nutakki				04b						0.5
57	Vemula					05b					0
58	Akkarakaran		06w								0
59	Defromont	011w									0
60	Suyog	012b									0
61	Padmini										0
62	Chakravarty										0
63	Sarayu										0
64	Gupta										0
65	Mitra										0
66	Jain			015w							0
67	Purnama										0
68	Kunal										0

Round 9 · 7 Nov

GMPranesh2673vsGMIniyan25811–0 GMBernadskiy2553vsGMNarayanan2561½–½ IMVaz2511vsGMAravindh26730–1 GMMendonca2617vsFMViresh23260–1 GMIlamparthi2513vsGMGhosh25461–0 GMPantsulaia2498vsGMKarthikeyan2658½–½ GMGanguly2562vsGMAleksandrov24141–0 GMGharibyan2493vsGMAfanasiev25270–1 GMSavchenko2492vsGMAswath25370–1 GMHarshavardhan2542vsGMNikitenko2427½–½

Top 10 boards from each round.

68 players · average classical Elo 2431

#	Player	Elo
1	GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh	2677
2	GMPranesh M	2674
3	GMMurali Karthikeyan	2647
4	GMLeon Luke Mendonca	2629
5	GMSamvel Ter-Sahakyan	2613
6	GMPa Iniyan	2581
7	GMB. Adhiban	2574
8	GMSurya Shekhar Ganguly	2562
9	GMNarayanan S L	2557
10	GMKarthik Venkataraman	2556
11	GMAronyak Ghosh	2546
12	GMNikita Afanasiev	2543
13	GMS Aswath	2540
14	GMDimitris Alexakis	2536
15	GMHarshavardhan G B	2529
16	IMEthan Vaz	2525
17	GMIlamparthi A R	2523
18	GMVitaliy Bernadskiy	2517
19	GMVignesh N R	2513
20	GMMayank Chakraborty	2511
21	GMAlisher Suleymenov	2502
22	GMLevan Pantsulaia	2498
23	GMBoris Savchenko	2492
24	GMMamikon Gharibyan	2481
25	GMLuka Paichadze	2471
26	GMSandipan Chanda	2470
27	IMApoorv Kamble	2454
28	IMSriram Adarsh Uppala	2446
29	IMAyush Sharma	2440
30	GMAleksej Aleksandrov	2435
31	IMShahil Dey	2425
32	GMMihail Nikitenko	2416
33	IMNayaka Budhidharma	2397
34	IMVignesh Advaith Vemula	2395

#	Player	Elo
35	GMRaahul V S	2393
36	FMJohn Veny Akkarakaran	2391
37	FMMadhvendra Pratap Sharma	2389
38	FMBivor Adak	2387
39	IMBenjamin Defromont	2379
40	IMWagh Suyog	2378
41	IMDaaevik Wadhawan	2375
42	IMSahib Singh	2374
43	IMPanda Sambit	2365
44	IMDalvi Aakash Sharadchandra	2364
45	WGMRakshitta Ravi	2364
46	IMManish Anto Cristiano F	2360
47	FMAvirat Chauhan	2359
48	FMAadik Theophane Lenin	2354
49	FMAdvik Amit Agrawal	2351
50	IMRout Padmini	2344
51	IMMendes Aaron Reeve	2340
52	IMSanket Chakravarty	2340
53	WGMVelpula Sarayu	2338
54	FMVandan Alankar Sawai	2337
55	GMM.R. Venkatesh	2335
56	FMAarit Kapil	2335
57	WFMShubhi Gupta	2335
58	FMMadhesh Kumar S	2327
59	FMSharnarthi Viresh	2326
60	FMYohan Yadav Tarala	2326
61	FMAdhiraj Mitra	2318
62	FMSarbartho Mani	2311
63	FMFabian Glen Mariano	2311
64	FMSamyak Dharewa	2301
65	WIMSachi Jain	2288
66	IMTirta Chandra Purnama	2286
67	FMM. Kunal	2278
68	WGMPriyanka Nutakki	2261

1st Chola Chess Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2026

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