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Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters Challengers 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 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 1