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Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 pairings

Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is taking place August 6-15 in Chennai, India. The tournament was previously known as Chennai Chess Masters and featured 10 high ELO players in a Round Robin.

Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is expected to be stronger than last year’s edition, now that Quantbox has joined as sponsor. The event is among the major tournaments of The Chess Calendar

Round 1 starts August 8 at 15:00 local time. It will see Pranav vs Karthikeyan, Keymer vs Nihal Sarin, Giri vs Robson, Vidit vs Jorden Van Foreest, Arjun Erigaisi vs Awonder Liang. Live games will be daily on Chessdom

Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters timeline

05.30.2025 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters announced
02.06.2025 First participant list announced
31.07.2025 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters Live games
05.08.2025 Pairings for all round


Round 1 on 2025/08/06 at 15.00 hrs
Bo. Rtg White Result Black Rtg
1 2597 GM Pranav, V GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2658
2 2730 GM Keymer, Vincent GM Nihal, Sarin 2692
3 2748 GM Giri, Anish GM Robson, Ray 2687
4 2720 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2697
5 2776 GM Erigaisi, Arjun GM Liang, Awonder 2696
Round 2 on 2025/08/07 at 15.00 hrs
Bo. Rtg White Result Black Rtg
1 2658 GM Karthikeyan, Murali GM Liang, Awonder 2696
2 2697 GM Van Foreest, Jorden GM Erigaisi, Arjun 2776
3 2687 GM Robson, Ray GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2720
4 2692 GM Nihal, Sarin GM Giri, Anish 2748
5 2597 GM Pranav, V GM Keymer, Vincent 2730
Round 3 on 2025/08/08 at 15.00 hrs
Bo. Rtg White Result Black Rtg
1 2730 GM Keymer, Vincent GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2658
2 2748 GM Giri, Anish GM Pranav, V 2597
3 2720 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM Nihal, Sarin 2692
4 2776 GM Erigaisi, Arjun GM Robson, Ray 2687
5 2696 GM Liang, Awonder GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2697
Round 4 on 2025/08/09 at 15.00 hrs
Bo. Rtg White Result Black Rtg
1 2658 GM Karthikeyan, Murali GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2697
2 2687 GM Robson, Ray GM Liang, Awonder 2696
3 2692 GM Nihal, Sarin GM Erigaisi, Arjun 2776
4 2597 GM Pranav, V GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2720
5 2730 GM Keymer, Vincent GM Giri, Anish 2748
Round 5 on 2025/08/10 at 15.00 hrs
Bo. Rtg White Result Black Rtg
1 2748 GM Giri, Anish GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2658
2 2720 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM Keymer, Vincent 2730
3 2776 GM Erigaisi, Arjun GM Pranav, V 2597
4 2696 GM Liang, Awonder GM Nihal, Sarin 2692
5 2697 GM Van Foreest, Jorden GM Robson, Ray 2687
Round 6 on 2025/08/12 at 15.00 hrs
Bo. Rtg White Result Black Rtg
1 2658 GM Karthikeyan, Murali GM Robson, Ray 2687
2 2692 GM Nihal, Sarin GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2697
3 2597 GM Pranav, V GM Liang, Awonder 2696
4 2730 GM Keymer, Vincent GM Erigaisi, Arjun 2776
5 2748 GM Giri, Anish GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2720
Round 7 on 2025/08/13 at 15.00 hrs
Bo. Rtg White Result Black Rtg
1 2720 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2658
2 2776 GM Erigaisi, Arjun GM Giri, Anish 2748
3 2696 GM Liang, Awonder GM Keymer, Vincent 2730
4 2697 GM Van Foreest, Jorden GM Pranav, V 2597
5 2687 GM Robson, Ray GM Nihal, Sarin 2692
Round 8 on 2025/08/14 at 15.00 hrs
Bo. Rtg White Result Black Rtg
1 2658 GM Karthikeyan, Murali GM Nihal, Sarin 2692
2 2597 GM Pranav, V GM Robson, Ray 2687
3 2730 GM Keymer, Vincent GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2697
4 2748 GM Giri, Anish GM Liang, Awonder 2696
5 2720 GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi GM Erigaisi, Arjun 2776
Round 9 on 2025/08/15 at 12.00 Noon
Bo. Rtg White Result Black Rtg
1 2776 GM Erigaisi, Arjun GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2658
2 2696 GM Liang, Awonder GM Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi 2720
3 2697 GM Van Foreest, Jorden GM Giri, Anish 2748
4 2687 GM Robson, Ray GM Keymer, Vincent 2730
5 2692 GM Nihal, Sarin GM Pranav, V 2597