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 of he Challengers section starts August 8 at 15:00 local time. It will see 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 Masters
Round 1 on 2025/08/06 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.
No.
Rtg
White
Result
Black
Rtg
No.
1
1
2606
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
2454
10
2
2
2635
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
GM
Adhiban, B.
2534
9
3
3
2476
GM
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
GM
Iniyan, Pa
2586
8
4
4
2487
GM
Dronavalli, Harika
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
2576
7
5
5
2589
GM
Pranesh, M
GM
Aryan, Chopra
2634
6
Round 2 on 2025/08/07 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.
No.
Rtg
White
Result
Black
Rtg
No.
1
10
2454
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
GM
Aryan, Chopra
2634
6
2
7
2576
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
GM
Pranesh, M
2589
5
3
8
2586
GM
Iniyan, Pa
GM
Dronavalli, Harika
2487
4
4
9
2534
GM
Adhiban, B.
GM
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2476
3
5
1
2606
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
2635
2
Round 3 on 2025/08/08 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.
No.
Rtg
White
Result
Black
Rtg
No.
1
2
2635
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
2454
10
2
3
2476
GM
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
2606
1
3
4
2487
GM
Dronavalli, Harika
GM
Adhiban, B.
2534
9
4
5
2589
GM
Pranesh, M
GM
Iniyan, Pa
2586
8
5
6
2634
GM
Aryan, Chopra
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
2576
7
Round 4 on 2025/08/09 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.
No.
Rtg
White
Result
Black
Rtg
No.
1
10
2454
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
2576
7
2
8
2586
GM
Iniyan, Pa
GM
Aryan, Chopra
2634
6
3
9
2534
GM
Adhiban, B.
GM
Pranesh, M
2589
5
4
1
2606
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
GM
Dronavalli, Harika
2487
4
5
2
2635
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
GM
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2476
3
Round 5 on 2025/08/10 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.
No.
Rtg
White
Result
Black
Rtg
No.
1
3
2476
GM
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
2454
10
2
4
2487
GM
Dronavalli, Harika
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
2635
2
3
5
2589
GM
Pranesh, M
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
2606
1
4
6
2634
GM
Aryan, Chopra
GM
Adhiban, B.
2534
9
5
7
2576
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
GM
Iniyan, Pa
2586
8
Round 6 on 2025/08/12 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.
No.
Rtg
White
Result
Black
Rtg
No.
1
10
2454
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
GM
Iniyan, Pa
2586
8
2
9
2534
GM
Adhiban, B.
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
2576
7
3
1
2606
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
GM
Aryan, Chopra
2634
6
4
2
2635
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
GM
Pranesh, M
2589
5
5
3
2476
GM
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
GM
Dronavalli, Harika
2487
4
Round 7 on 2025/08/13 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.
No.
Rtg
White
Result
Black
Rtg
No.
1
4
2487
GM
Dronavalli, Harika
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
2454
10
2
5
2589
GM
Pranesh, M
GM
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2476
3
3
6
2634
GM
Aryan, Chopra
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
2635
2
4
7
2576
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
2606
1
5
8
2586
GM
Iniyan, Pa
GM
Adhiban, B.
2534
9
Round 8 on 2025/08/14 at 15.00 hrs
Bo.
No.
Rtg
White
Result
Black
Rtg
No.
1
10
2454
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
GM
Adhiban, B.
2534
9
2
1
2606
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
GM
Iniyan, Pa
2586
8
3
2
2635
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
2576
7
4
3
2476
GM
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
GM
Aryan, Chopra
2634
6
5
4
2487
GM
Dronavalli, Harika
GM
Pranesh, M
2589
5
Round 9 on 2025/08/15 at 12.00 Noon
Bo.
No.
Rtg
White
Result
Black
Rtg
No.
1
5
2589
GM
Pranesh, M
IM
Harshavardhan, G B
2454
10
2
6
2634
GM
Aryan, Chopra
GM
Dronavalli, Harika
2487
4
3
7
2576
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
GM
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
2476
3
4
8
2586
GM
Iniyan, Pa
GM
Puranik, Abhimanyu
2635
2
5
9
2534
GM
Adhiban, B.
GM
Mendonca, Leon Luke
2606
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