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
